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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Everything is just too long.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/02/im-not-lurking-really/
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the little buttons are just too tiny for programming stuff in
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Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
programming cable came for my FT-818ND, yay CHIRP... FOSS Roxs! (hand-programming FM repeater info directly onto the rig suxs roxs) 📡
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Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
from the History I Did Not Know Dept:
“On April 2, 1802, Georgia ceded its western territory—the land that would become Alabama and Mississippi—under the condition that slavery would be legal there… In 1790, North Carolina had similarly ceded its western territories to create the slave states of Tennessee and Kentucky.”
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I wanna get better with 6502 asm
Mastodon FeedTime for the song that is now playing in my head:
The Neon Judgement - Chinese Black
https://song.link/s/6aBqREo8qQ6g8IWv0QvjLH
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Learning new skills! For my kid's recent performance at her school I:
- Glued together and normalized volume of two audio tracks (ffmpeg).
- Recorded the performance on video with my camera.
- Superimposed the original audio track on the video and adjusted its volume against the audio from the mic to drown out the ambient noise (OpenShot).
- Added subtle fade in and out :-)P.S. OpenShot is… very idiosyncratic. Which is not saying much when compared against ffmpeg :-)
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
So #Ubuntu disabled `pip install --local`. Which was how all of my helper scripts were installed, because… it was simple and it worked. Now, if I want to run something I wrote in #Python on my own machine I need to either a) wrap it in a Debian package or b) use a venv for every project. The latter option means I'll have to run my scripts as `~//.venv/bin/python ~//something.py instead of just `something`.
P.S. I'm sure there were Reasons™. I'm just frustrated…
Mastodon FeedAfter two months, my art block is finally over!
Here's my OC Olivia enjoying some tea. :blobcat_tihihi:
#MastoArt #watercolor #sketchbook #TraditionalArt #OC #OriginalCharacter #Shadowrun
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- Watercolor drawing of a young woman with horns, pointy ears and tusks. She is faced towards the viewer, head slightly lowered, smiling, but looking very focused. In her hands she holds a rough pottery mug with red tea, the steam flowing up and around her head in stylized white shapes. The background is a dark red gradient from bottom, growing lighter towards the top. The entire image is in brown and red colors. (remote)
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
How low can creationists sink? How about pretending the great evo-devo scientist Rudy Raff provided evidence against evolution?
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
This post captures much of what I advise teams about: do work proportional to what's onscreen.
https://www.projectwallace.com/blog/making-analyze-css-render-6x-faster
via @tunetheweb
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Remember: Apple's argument to the UK competition tribunal wasn't that users would be safer if they didn't have a choice to switch browsers when the next WebKit vuln lands.
It wasn't that WebKit is actually a leading engine.
It wasn't that businesses aren't harmed by a decade of shocking neglect and showstopping bugs.
No, Apple's argument was "you didn't begin an investigation fast enough".
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's telling that Cupertino is willing to go to these extremes despite the stacking reputational risks. The extractive machine must be fed!
A web that *actually* competes with apps the way Apple has claims in court that they do just can't be allowed to emerge.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
All this to keep you from being able to run *real* Firefox. Or Chrome. Or Brave. Or Opera.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Odious background:
https://mastodon.social/@owa/110120581945462519
...which is a reminder that the recent burst of investment in Safari is *also* a delay tactic; backup for an argument that "there's nothing to see here, it's all fine":
https://infrequently.org/2023/02/safari-16-4-is-an-admission/
Expect Safari headcount to mysteriously go walkabout should the EU astroturfing and lobbying go the same way as the UK petulance has.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
With the CMA Appeal, the mask is fully off: Apple really hates the idea of you being able to choose a better browser. So much so that it's willing to funnel dark money to lobbying groups and litigate even the smallest technicalities to avoid having to compete.
Imagine, if you can, this kind of cash going to improve WebKit!
Mastodon Feedjeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
time to get a little wired and clean the kitchen floor
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Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Dang... I just keep listening to this over and over...
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
So far my April 1st hasn't been too bad, but it's probably best to take a break from the internet today. Before I go, have this lovely little duet with Aurora and Pomme:
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RadicalEdward@hackers.town ("Radical Edward :hackers_town:") wrote: