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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Sefirat ha-Omer begins (Counting of the Omer)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Pesach (Second Day of Passover; sabbatical)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: National Day in Senegal

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Liberation Day in Hungary

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Ching Ming Festival in Hong Kong

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: NATO Established, 1949

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 1968

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Tandy Corp. acquires Radio Shack, 1963 (9 stores)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

[BEGIN TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Weather: ☁️ Overcast, +47°F, 60%, ←12mph, 1020hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 18:45:48-0400 | Dawn: 06:16:32 | Sunrise: 06:45:58
Zenith: 13:13:21 | Sunset: 19:41:04 | Dusk: 20:10:37
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

bendingoutward wrote:

For those into #bdd and #testing and whatnot, I've been republishing old posts (and writing new posts) about testing. Right now, I've got two recent posts, and another one coming about a week from today.

https://ess.github.io/Creating-A-Code-Contract-For-Your-Peers-And-Yourself/ is a very old post reposted.

https://ess.github.io/Stil-Into-Testing/ was first published about five minutes ago.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

This song popped into my head today. Sting's "Fragile":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Let's see how many of you are actively following me here and want to join me in an experiment? 🧑‍🔬

Follow me on my own little Fediverse instance: @muesli

Note: for the foreseeable future my account on mastodon.social will remain my main profile, this is just me having some fun with a gotosocial deployment.

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

I’m so tired of living (in Britain)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

good thread to read to understand what is going on with today’s charges:

https://law-and-politics.online/@Teri_Kanefield/110142274171633282

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scalzi ("Scalzi") wrote:

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lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social ("Low Quality Facts") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

remember: they didn’t write the rules, they’re in the book...

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/indecision.png

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kimlockhartga@universeodon.com ("Kim Possible") wrote:

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thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭✨:verified:") wrote:

Attachments:

• Former CEO of "Frank" Charlie Javice charged in $175M fraud. She massively and intentionally overinflated customer numbers when selling her startup company to J.P. Morgan Chase. (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

why do these ppl have friggin' Bolton on as a commentator??

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ChronRevisited@oldbytes.space ("Chronicles Revisited") wrote:

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

So I appear to have cleaned my cooktop out of the working condition: ignition doesn't work anymore. As an introverted guy, you could imagine how I love dealing with making service appointments. And then you wait for weeks, because corporations are so efficient in saving money on providing customer service…

On the plus side, it's really clean now!

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carlmalamud@official.resource.org ("Carl Malamud") wrote:

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b0rk@jvns.ca ("Julia Evans") wrote:

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• A screenshot of a website. There’s a bit pattern (10110011), and interpretations of those bits as a signed decimal value, unsigned decimal value, binary value, and hexadecimal value also there are 6 operations you can do: increment, decrement, left shift, signed right shift, unsigned right shift, and not (remote)

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fword_dev ("The F-Word") wrote:

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• The F-Word. 15. Origins of Apple browser ban and hope for changes. Alex Russel, Bruce Lawson, Vadim Makeev.

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SalivaGlance@queer.party ("💦 Saliva Glance ✨") wrote:

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glass@mastodon.world ("Glass") wrote:

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chrisisgr8@tech.lgbt ("chri :verified: sisgr8") wrote:

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

You're looking increasingly lonely up there in the North, Russia.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/04/the-new-nato/

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