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mcc wrote:

WebGPU, the new graphics API for JavaScript, shipped in a stable web browser (Chrome 113) about… an hour ago!

I have written a blog post about it, covering a brief (okay, not brief) history of graphics APIs to ~situate WebGPU in a context~, a brief general guide to writing WebGPU, and some specific resources for making WebGPU projects in TypeScript, Rust, and C++ (you can use it on desktop! it doesn't have to be in a browser).

I think WebGPU is really good.

https://cohost.org/mcc/post/1406157-i-want-to-talk-about-webgpu

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a@exozy.me ("​") wrote:

I have an obscure CS joke, but no one will get the &

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Earlier today mastodon.social has been upgraded to a nightly build too. Shout out to our DevOps! Lots of UX improvements now live.

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thezoq2 ("TheZoq2") wrote:

I think I have a pretty good grasp on how an #FPGA logic block is built up from LUTs, flip flops, SRAM cells and muxes, to the point where I was able to build a basic logic block for tiny tapeout. However, I'm missing the same understanding for the *routing*.

Are there any good resources on how it is typically done. What are the basic building elements? How does one build a routing grid that can route enough signals to be useful to where they need to be?

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Tech YouTuber @mattferrell with 1.19M subscribers is officially on Mastodon. Great to see verification in action! Welcome!

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kissane@mstdn.social ("Erin Kissane") wrote:

The last couple of days have been a little spicy here for me bc I wrote a blog post that provoked a bunch of strong responses, and I wanted to make some brief notes about how it went.

On the whole, lots of people were super friendly, which is always nice. Lots of people disagreed with me in ways ranging from very civil and conversational to "this is fascist," which is all extremely normal. I didn't have to report a single person for crossing into abusive behavior, which is chill and great.

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jalcine@todon.eu ("Jacky Alciné") wrote:

African folks standing up for their rights against abusive labor, labor specifically created by American big tech. Love to see it. https://nation.africa/kenya/business/technology/facebook-youtube-and-tiktok-content-moderators-in-kenya-form-labour-union-4219046

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Yet another reason to defend and uphold unions. (https://jacky.wtf/2023/5/jN4l)

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

stolen from bruce sterling who as a ridiculously famous author i would have expected to care a bit more about attribution and accessibility

this is https://www.mandelmap.com/ by Bill Tavis and Helena Martin

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• an antique-style "map" illustration of the mandelbrot set, with lots of informational insets and labels for various distinctive regions (remote)

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

nonmateria@merveilles.town wrote:

i didn't know i could still feel hype for things but here we go:

HIDARI (Pilot Film) - The Stop-Motion Samurai Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpefYPLH67A

#theObservatory #theCinema

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neilhimself ("Neil Gaiman") wrote:

We are on strike. I wish it wasn't happening and support it 100%.

https://www.wgaeast.org/writers-guild-of-america-calls-strike-effective-tuesday-may-2/

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e_urq@journa.host ("Evan Urquhart 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Great piece on Slate about the effort to re-brand conversion therapy as "exploratory". With every rebrand the goals and the dangers of trying to gaslight people out of their innate identities remains the same.

https://slate.com/technology/2023/05/gender-exploratory-therapy-trans-kids-what-is-it.html

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ctschroeder@hcommons.social ("Caroline T. (Carrie) Schroeder") wrote:

I'm hiring a part time, remote-work position. Must know Coptic. Please spread the word!!!
https://blog.copticscriptorium.org/2023/05/02/hiring-for-a-part-time-summer-position/

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PuckThePilot@universeodon.com ("PuckThePuddlePilot") wrote:

I care that it took him multiple tries and a dedicated program the same way I care that my students took the effort to read something before showing up for the flight.

Internal drive will take you way farther than anything the ASVAB tests for.
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RT @usarec
Pvt. Jhared Collins spent the past two years attempting to join the @USArmy. He was able to meet the physical requirement, but, after multiple attempts at the ASVAB, his score was in …
https://twitter.com/usarec/status/1652050210657370120

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• 475930731a2f8257.jpeg (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I want a fragrance that smells just like new hardware. Doesn't get much sexier.

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

Have people landed on a good conscientious domain registrar? I've been a Gandi customer for many years (despite imperfections, I know!) but would probably switch if there's consensus on where to

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

(If for some reason unicode doesn't render on your screen. The little empty boxes are supposed to be "much greater than" symbols.)

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

FWIW human suggestions for accounts to follow ≫ than any computer algorithm. And if I can't have that, slowly finding people to follow by virtue of using a platform ≫ than any computer algorithm.

At least, that's my experience and preference.

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

On last night's Oxide and Friends @kissane joined @bcantrill and me to discuss her terrific blog post "Blue Skies Over Mastodon". We were also fortunate to be joined by @timbray and @steveklabnik.

Bluesky has been... fun! Whereas our experience on Mastodon has been more... earnest.

We touched on a key topic of safety--a key reason for the exodus from Twitter--and the approaches Bluesky and Mastodon are taking.

Thanks again to Erin, Tim, Steve, and everyone in chat https://youtu.be/bcMiWZ2Er2g

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wingo ("Andy Wingo") wrote:

fifth in the series: what has huawei been up to? their own implementation of javascript, that's what, and a new flutter-like app development library. a deep dive into ark ~~ https://wingolog.org/archives/2023/05/02/structure-and-interpretation-of-ark

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)