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AgileAttorney@law.builders ("John E. Grant") wrote:

Failure demand can be understood as demand on a system caused by failure to do something - or to do something right - for the customer.

A Frustrating Example of Failure Demand https://www.agileattorney.com/a-frustrating-example-of-failure-demand/

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

and thanks to @micahflee for tipping me off to bitwarden lo those many years ago!

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tailscale@hachyderm.io ("Tailscale") wrote:

You want your passwords on all of your devices, but you want to keep control of the database? Check out our new guide on hosting vaultwarden on your tailnet for Bitwarden password managers https://tailscale.dev/blog/vaultwarden-tailnet

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globalmuseum@mastodon.online ("Global Museum") wrote:

In Europe’s empty churches, prayer and confessions make way for drinking and dancing.

Across Europe, the continent that nurtured Christianity for most of two millennia, churches, convents and chapels stand empty and increasingly derelict as faith and church attendance shriveled over the past half century.

https://buff.ly/3JvLT26 #religion #church

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

I wrote this guide for work about hosting a vaultwarden vault accessible only over @tailscale. I think it hits a real sweet spot of security and ease of use! Check it out: https://tailscale.dev/blog/vaultwarden-tailnet

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

Developer agility is not the most important aspect of technology choice. It probably isn't the third most important. It might not even be the fifth.

*Until and unless* you have solid data about the value of that aspect, in context with your other business concerns and costs, it must never be allowed to win a technology stack argument.

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

OK, @JordanBPeterson, I'm calling you out. You are cis. You're a low-down, dirty, scum-sucking cis person, just like me. What are you going to do about it?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/06/28/is-everything-a-binary/

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

well now, that is ugly

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

Minnesota set a bad example in the vaccine 'debate'.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/06/28/learning-from-history-is-a-good-idea/

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djlink@mastodon.gamedev.place ("David Amador") wrote:

I don't see it mentioned enough times but Fork is one of the best git clients around imo, lightweight, simple and it just works. Win & Mac, free to try and one time purchase. https://git-fork.com/

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Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

rstephensme@hachyderm.io ("Rachel Stephens") wrote:

Thoughts on Adobe Stock Photos in the age of Midjourney, with a little bit of @bcantrill economics wisdom thrown in for good measure:

https://redmonk.com/rstephens/2023/06/27/midjourney-adobe-stock/

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

Yesterday @bcantrill and I offered a rebuttal to the AI doomerism that has been gaining volume. Hoo-boy, this one had some range! Heaven’s Gate, ceteris paribus, WWII, derpy security robots, press-fit DIMM sockets, async Rust, etc. And optimistic as always: the hardware and systems AI doomers imagine are incredibly hard to get right; let’s see AIs help us before we worry about our own obsolescence!

https://youtu.be/r3qZJBfHI0Y

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

Exciting news! #FormulaE is going to be streamed on Roku, without any intermediaries, as far as I understand. I used to watch it a few years ago when they had been publishing full races on YouTube, but then some broadcasting scammers put their "exclusive" fingers on the scales and that stopped. And I'm definitely not subscribing to a cable.

Looks like I'll be wasting a lot more time on sports, considering I recently also found how to watch snooker online.

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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

Dog nose-prints on the blockchain, and two legally troubled celebs become crypto troubled also.

Catch up on that, plus the latest developments in FTX, Binance, and more with Issue 31 of my newsletter: https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/issue-31-ftx-spaghetti

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

jeridansky@sfba.social ("Jeri Dansky") wrote:

Tired of stupid password rules? Play this game and let me know how far you get.

Rule 5 had me laughing. (The digits in your password must add up to 25.) Laughing more at Rule 8. (I don't want to ruin the surprise on this one.) Gave up at Rule 11.

https://neal.fun/password-game/

h/t @jhpot

#infosec #password

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

words walk
deeds talk

https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963/110618297829297692

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andresmh@hci.social ("Andrés Monroy-Hernández") wrote:

Do you know anyone looking for a postdoc to turn their research into broadly adopted tech? This (social) entrepreneurship fellowship at Princeton comes with a $120k package.

https://start.princeton.edu

I’d be excited to be the faculty sponsor for someone working on social computing systems, specifically on improving the labor conditions of gig workers or on social AR.

Applications are due July 16

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clive@saturation.social ("Clive Thompson") wrote:

Denver last year offered subsidies for buying electric bikes

Their first 600 were snapped up in 10 minutes. Demand was *huge*

Denver ended up issuing over 4,700 (about 2,300 of which went to low-income residents)

Research shows it reduced car-miles driven in the city by 100K a week

My takeaway?

We should have ebike subsidies *everywhere*, and *now*. Cheaper than electric car subsidies, and arguably even more catalytic

My essay: https://clivethompson.medium.com/its-time-to-subsidize-e-bikes-900a862b8e76

"Friend" link https://clivethompson.medium.com/its-time-to-subsidize-e-bikes-900a862b8e76?sk=dea9f07c0dab4be831ee50a197360f95

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

fascinating artifacts

https://scholar.social/@igallupd/110618336616294384

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

talk about strange bedfellows…

“Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined Roberts’ opinion. Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented.”

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Habrok42@chaos.social wrote:

#catwuschel #DailyHope #CatsOfMastodon @Lioness

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

whether you agree with all their conclusions or not (and I do not), IMHO it is well worth your time to read this piece and to think about these issues.

https://dataprotection.social/@privacat/110617631106052475

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privacat@dataprotection.social ("Carey Lening :blobcatverified:") wrote:

So after wading into the debate yesterday based on an article written by @ploum (and posted by @dangillmor), and the larger #fedipact controversy, I decided to share a slightly more coherent version of my thoughts. I still think unnecessary #gatekeeping and preemptive #bans suck and will cause a helluva lot more damage to the protocol than Meta likely will, but as always, hope others who differ in their thoughts will engage in some healthy debate, and not just resort to calling me a troll for having a different opinion than them.

https://careylening.substack.com/p/the-fediverse-metapocalypse-and-preemptive

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richardinsandy@c.im ("RichardInSandy") wrote:

If you are trying to catch a cat and don’t have a cardboard box available, a piece of cardboard will often work just as well. #catsofmastodon

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deirdresm@hachyderm.io ("Deirdre Saoirse Moen") wrote:

One of the most endearing things about Lily is that she loves playing with people’s hair, especially Rick’s.

Here she is out on a walk with Rick.

#CatsOfMastodon

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reginasbread@homo.promo ("sophia") wrote:

I didn't think it would feel revolutionary, but the photographer Brooke Light doesn't force young girls to smile in photos and the results are...shocking
https://www.upworthy.com/young-girls-photographer-dont-smile

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paul@tapbots.social ("Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:") wrote:

Why is Apple financially supporting Twitter for something like this? Just stick it up on YouTube or make it free on the TV+ or iTunes or any of their half dozen other platforms.
https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/27/silo-first-episode-twitter/

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

a little fact chevking can go a long way towards dispelling the effects of dis- and mis-information

“Many videos claim to show clashes between both sides [the RF Army & Wagner forces], but not all are real.”

https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-do-these-videos-show-wagner-fighting-the-russian-army/a-66039867

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

The Borowitz Report headline:

“Americans Shocked By Audiotape Appearing to Prove Trump Capable of Reading”

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

a sane decision

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-state-legislature-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare