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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I'm so glad someone could find a way to crawl into that scary narrow cave.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/18/burying-the-dead/
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stroughtonsmith ("Steve Troughton-Smith") wrote:
Wait, what part of the IMAX control system is run off a PalmOS emulator?? 😧 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ4go7XE/
/cc @thomholwerda
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Mastodon FeedLast Friday was our monthly pen and paper evening again and I finally had the time to participate. The gang had been playing Starfinder for a few rounds and I was finally able to join with my Verthani Technomancer Triz. Very fun to play, as she is specialized in junk. :D Can't wait to continue playing!
#mastoart #PenAndPaper #rpgCharacter #Starfinder #sketches #aliens #scifi
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- Four chibi drawings of the Starfinder characters of our current group. My Verthani Technomancer, in a mid-air jump position, smirking as she is conjuring a grenade. A Kasatha with three of his arms on his hips and one hand at his face, looking puzzled. A human mechanic with a large wrench thrown over his shoulders, one foot on his toolbox, one eye peaking out under his mechanics hat. And our feisty little Skittermander wearing a poncho, large hat, goggles and his right three arms poking out of the poncho, two holding guns, one pointing upwards, the other towards the viewer. (remote)
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Another fascinating thing about early computer programming books is how you'll find a book called like "Bare-Metal Programming on the Zilog Z80" and then chapter one is like:
This 💻 👈 is a computer. You can make a letter on the screen by pressing a button ('key') on the 'keyboard' ⌨️
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
it's funny how much the phrase "best x ever" or sometimes just "ever" has been adopted in other languages. I've seen examples of both forms before, as in "best jogo ever" and "melhor jogo ever"
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Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I brought up twitter to boost my follow-me-elsewhere post and it's verrrry interesting to see which social justice shouters are still posting their little hearts out over there
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Sunrise over Sacré-Cœur
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
suck eggs, still bad air quality here tonight
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
jayrosen_nyu ("Jay Rosen") wrote:
"Not the odds, but the stakes."
That's my shortand for the organizing principle we most need from journalists covering the 2024 election. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for our democracy. Not the odds, but the stakes.
Today the New York Times published an example of stakes reporting:
"Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government...."
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Had missed this post about Next.js, but love it so much:
https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2022/mobile-performance-of-next-js-sites/
I did a very similar thing back in 2018 when I was first "California Asked" (when someone tells you they're doing something in the form of a question) if it was a good idea to invest browser team resources in Next (obvs, lol, no).
My spreadsheet was even more brutal because computers were 4 years slower. Maybe by 2030 computers will be fast enough to suffer Next.js?
I live in hope.
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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
And Then Satan Said:
We are going to separate into breakout groups of five people, after 8 min. each group will present what they discussed in the main group.
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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
It's kinda strange to me that my students can get this joke.
They deserve new media IMHO.
Still an oldie but goodie.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
How billionaire Harlan Crow slashed his tax bill by taking Clarence Thomas on superyacht cruises
https://www.alternet.org/news-politics/harlan-crow-2662291337/
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eaton@phire.place ("Eaton") wrote:
The failure of the Internet to deliver its promise is particularly noticeable when you hunt for repair manuals for a product from the 90s. Used to be, the information would either be there or not there, finable or unfindable.
Now, there are hundreds of algorithmically generated sites claiming to have it just because it appeared in their search logs, generating potemkin village content traps with endless paging, broken-thumbnail named-like-the-file-you-want but actually-just-ebay-photos bullshit
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RickiTarr@beige.party ("Ricki Tarr") wrote:
I love how British people call Flashlights, Torches, like they are going to go storm a castle after this.
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calcifer@hackers.town ("calcifer :nes_fire:") wrote:
My children heard the term “drag racing” for the first time this morning. As usual, when they say “what’s that?” I have them first guess what it might mean based on context clues and knowing roots and such
Friends, their idea is so much better than what drag racing actually is! Their idea: Drag performers in full dress, racing go-karts
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
And She Was (2005 Remaster) by Talking Heads
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Wrapped Around Your Finger (Remastered 2003) by The Police
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Burning Down the House (Live) by David Byrne on LOUD
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Walk On the Wild Side by Lou Reed
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
yesssssss
Take Me to the River (2005 Remaster) by Talking Heads on LOUD
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Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
It was late May. So I planted the remaining of my marjoram seeds outside as a Hail Mary, and after two months of caring and fretting, it's grown strong to the first harvest.
Yay Fediverse! :-)
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
This year I planted some in a pot on a windowsill, and it successfully germinated. And then died. Twice. Frustrated, I complained on the #Fediverse, and surprisingly a kind soul directed me to a help line of my local library which provides gardening advice. Reader, I couldn't even think such a thing existed!
There I was told that growing marjoram inside was "difficult", which I understood was a euphemism for "don't", but gave me hope I could still try and plant it outside this year. (cont.)
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
This is marjoram. I used it to make a most perfect pot of shchi. There's a Story behind it, so sit comfortably and listen!
A few years ago marjoram disappeared from all the grocery stores around me. The reason, as I was told, was basically that nobody knew what it's for and it didn't sell. Since apparently it wasn't coming back, I decided to grow my own. It didn't go well. Too much water, too little water, too many slugs, wrong soil... Gardening is not easy. But I persisted. (cont.)
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black_intellect@mstdn.social ("@blk_intellect") wrote:
Eunice Newton Foote: The woman who discovered the greenhouse effect | https://www.newscientist.com/article/2382758-eunice-newton-foote-the-woman-who-discovered-the-greenhouse-effect/
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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:
Sean Astin being nice to a fan in need
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c0debabe@hackers.town ("c0debabe the c0deNB") wrote:
Slow down and make things better.
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Another beautiful day in a beautiful place
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PHIL_FISH@mastodon.gamedev.place ("PHIL FISH") wrote:
life is extra surreal for french speakers right now because in french, phonetically, “chat gpt” sounds exactly like “cat, i farted” (chat, j’ai pété). everywhere, on TV, in the news, people going “cat, i farted” over and over with a straight face. is cat, i farted going to steal your job? how are schools dealing with cat, i farted? lawyer caught using cat, i farted. it’s incredible.