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technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see...") wrote:

it will never stop being funny to me when people brag about their charts going "up and to the right"

like... ok buddy you may have contributed to the "up" but the "to the right" is just the inexorable passage of time, you don't get to take credit for that

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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

A quiet moment at the Lincoln Memorial, where the lighting should be understood to be part of the architecture.

High resolution at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/50402933763/

#photography

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• The front of the Lincoln Memorial, filling the frame, at night, lit by floodlights. The statue of seated Lincoln is visible between the two centermost columns. (remote)

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

I would love to see religious child abuse outlawed. I don't think I'll see it in my lifetime.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/02/your-law-intrigues-me/

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• Indoctrinating children into a religion is child abuse (remote)

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

My only real thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld are that his disco radio station on GTA4 slapped and his output at chanel could only be explained by an ideological commitment to upcycling every couch dillards sold between 1987-1996

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

boxes within boxes gets me safe transport… my little 15W radio station-in-a-bag, unboxed

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• opened camera bag next to tripod, revealing packaging of sub-components
• 3Ahr battery with fuses and barrel connection adapter, microphone, earbuds in case, telegraph key, Elecraft KX3, AX1 antenna with radials & 25 feet of coax

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

fooking rain… well, at least I can plan for some nice weather. this test build-out weighs 7.2 lbs (~3.27 kg) and gets me a complete 15w 20m/40m station-in-a-bag.

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• my bike with a radio station packed into a camera bag and strapped to the rear carrier of a bike
• closer look at the station-in-a-bag strapped to my bicycle

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

Monster Viado is one of those RPG Maker-looking games that Kemco has been quietly pumping out. I've never seen anyone talk about these but I'd like to try them eventually

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• Cover image for the game Monster Viator. Features a blue haired anime girl, a boy with spiky red hair, and a purple/white tuxedo cat

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

well worth a read

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html?unlocked_article_code=Tbnu4CrUOFBdP7r_lYhTE2VBbQtuRM1RlvZVh8FZyj42viELpW2vPp1GuaTsBK2iv2KHjjo4OBMZGGfYip-0j5XLij-TrdjZJUF6zPYHZ-SeToT_mDZJVTqCB8bPZe-TExFS_6ymnRBhEkgPlz7W6VJ5K6lWZtYszZFT2N1GvUzmOA7mbMb25WSn89Wqrkb9_DpuuqpKypGtHmzwOpGraQFozmagpJ4Pfc5eHw6YcWAadpfTKdFPsFntJYlq1oNe9XtXg5sCmGkrav3JKqb1XvkqiTxiKJcz-vBXbUNMLNU54wuX9J_0DkB8X1QrOD3SjzjPhWqmlnxZ_JeiRGOX122vIfNtoBGElSin06Vq1IIzQQ&giftCopy=0_NoCopy&smid=url-share

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

ooh Raging Loop is $15 on the Switch right now. A really cool little horror/suspense VN. Groundhog day + murder mystery. Setting is the old reliable remote village with fucked up secret customs

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• Screencap of Raging Loop. A character IDed as Haruaki Fusaishi says, "I'm tired of dying, damn it! I know I come back, but dying really hurts!"

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wim_v12e@scholar.social ("Wim🧮") wrote:

* Make software that works on older devices, the older the better.
* Make software that will keep on working for a very long time.
* Make software that uses the least amount of total energy to achieve its results.
* Make software that also uses the least amount of network data transfer, memory and storage.
* Make software that encourages the user to use it in a frugal way.

#FrugalComputing

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

We've let these freaks acquire power to the point that they're banning books. There's no longer any doubt that they're the bad guys.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/02/theyre-killing-libraries/

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• Book burning (remote)

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

If it were the 1812 overture, nobody would have noticed.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/02/i-went-to-a-concert-on-campus-last-saturday/

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• I'll have what she's having. (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

it is not even 7 AM, and I already yearn for a second cuppa

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• 4ffd96b18743369b.png

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

First thoughts on Bluesky: y u no PWA?

Like, Elk can manage it. Pinafore managed it. Mainline Mastodon managed it! If the goal is decentralisation, why would you put app store gatekeepers in charge?

And if funds are not infinite, why wouldn't you centralise effort on the web, particularly now that iOS Push is out?

cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

I am really sick of this enhanced questionnaire before creating #support #tickets...

They are like „did you try that“, „or that“ and then like „are you sure you are maybe not simply too stupid to connect to your #server“?!

I operate servers since 2010 - I am not a kid trying SSH for the first time...

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a2_4am ("4am ❧") wrote:

Met Gala was off the hook

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• screenshot from "Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head"

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

alex@tech.lgbt ("Alex R :heart_progress:") wrote:

@isagalaev @lothar @zeborah @Jdreben it can sometimes! Bees can see in UV, which lets them see nectar better

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DeerWhispers@universeodon.com ("The Deer Whisperer 🦌⚓") wrote:

Sunset over the San Juan Islands, Washington as seen from a Washington State ferry on Puget Sound.

#Photography #Sunset #WashingtonState

photo by Wheels

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• Sunset over islands from a ferry (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

#ChatGPT: writing nonsense with the confidence of a professional, and apologizing with the sincerity of a toddler caught stealing cookies. #oops #mybad #sorrynotsorry

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

From now on I'll start all my sentences with

"I apologize for the confusion in my previous response..."

#ChatGPT

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

(This post brought to you by finally figuring out the right search terms to find out what that wonderful rattly buzzy thing is called.)

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

brb changing notification sound to a vibraslap.

blithe ("Blithe") wrote:

Vibes ✨ #photograghy https://glass.photo/rebecca-dale/tkas7qtTY7kccWFGH4yIO

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GrantMeStrength@hachyderm.io ("John Kennedy") wrote:

Happy Birthday, BASIC!
On this day in 1964, the first BASIC programs were working! https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty/basic.html

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• Dartmouth’s site on BASIC (remote)
• The first BASIC programming manual (remote)

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commonsensepaine@mas.to ("Doug Kappeler") wrote:

@barney @cshlan @serenebabe

Too true, my wife with her burst ectopic pregnancy situation in the 1990s would just have to die in most Republican states today. Definitely under tRump. There is no equivalency. What do you gain by throwing away a vote for someone under 1% polling, when Florida was decided by 550 votes for Bush? Nader, 2% of totals, enabled the Iraq war.

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

ah, parenthood

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/care-2

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• 0ce1761fbb32e437.png

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Is #Android Auto really always wasting 1/3rd of the screen on a panel that can't be turned off?

Reblogged by technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see..."):

TheoEsc ("Theophile Escargot") wrote:

Chess tip

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• Chess Tip: While pawns can move forward, they cannot capture pieces moving directly forward. The reason for this is because if they look their opponent in the eye while they kill them, they will see only their own face: that of a worker. The truth will dawn on them, that their enemy is their comrade and their king is their enemy.

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pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website ("a very weeny construct") wrote:

lb: a scifi magazine from wales, which is cool in and of itself

but i was browsing their web page and what is this, ahem, "owo what's this"

and where can i sign up and can i put the same stamp on my software

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• a little stamp on a webpage that says "AI FREE" with a five-fingered hand giving the peace sign (remote)

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tefferbear@mastodon.art ("soil gremlin") wrote:

do not let the weight of the world / make you hard

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• whitney hanson / I am in love with you / yes you / the people with fragile hearts / i think you are the bravest / most beautiful of miracles / if you cry when you read books / or if another's pain brings you heartache / if your heart cracks / for the sake of bent butterfly wings / please stay that way / do not let the weight of the world / make you hard (remote)