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

After a bit of bickering, the main character, also an otter, breaks the tension by suddenly diving into the lake, possibly for the first time since the incident. The others follow and things are good until the otter decides to rest briefly at the bottom of the lake, where he suddenly finds himself mysteriously paralyzed until he loses consciousness.

He survives, but whatever was responsible missed the chance to do the funniest thing possible there

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

Summary if you haven't played: Echo is about a group of early 20-somethings reuniting during spring break in their awful little desert town.

They're all permanently fucked up because 10 years ago one of them, an otter, drowned under mysterious circumstances. On Friday, they get together at the lake where it happened in an attempt to reach closure.

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

TudbuT@tech.lgbt ("TudbuT :v_bi:") wrote:

Curious about the demographic of fedi: What continent are you on?

(Ordered alphabetically in case you're wondering)

Please boost if appropriate, I want to reach as many users as possible.

#fedi #fediverse

Oceania is defined as in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania - it is not a continent, but instead a geographic region consisting primarily of Australia and New Zealand. I had to collapse those into one to avoid needing more than 8 options.

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

jpasski@infosec.exchange ("Jonni Passki 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

The ssh-agent RCE write-up somewhat reminds me of exploiting various Java deserialzation gadgets for RCE. So good! #CVE202338408

https://www.qualys.com/2023/07/19/cve-2023-38408/rce-openssh-forwarded-ssh-agent.txt

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

https://youtu.be/OUNXFHpUhu8

bcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:

if you live in america here are some fun facts about the HPV vaccine:

1. regardless of gender you can now get it if you are under 45

2. if you previously received Gardasil 4 (the vaccine prior to 2015), you can still get Gardasil 9. i didn't realize this until i asked my doctor.

https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-hpv-vaccine-access-and-use-in-the-u-s/

rust@octodon.social ("Rust tips") wrote:

If you maintain crates.io crates, there's a dashboard and RSS feed for you with issues you may need to fix, like outdated dependencies or incomplete metadata.

https://lib.rs/dash

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

silvereagle@furry.engineer ("e(Ag)le") wrote:

I know the fact that the Windows lock screen tries to clickbait you into clicking their little descriptive tags on whatever picture isn't that big of a deal, but it just infuriates me because it speaks to everything that is wrong about modern Windows.

In modern Windows, you're stuck in this adversarial relationship with your own OS. It's trying to get you to use a browser you don't want, or services you don't want, or send data you don't want to send to people you don't want to have it. It's never respecting your consent; the button is never "No", it's always "Maybe Later". Everything is built to make you do what they want, not what YOU want.

Even if you don't use Linux every day on your desktop (I still don't, for complicated reasons), it's hard to imagine not at least rooting for them. I want Linux to do better and better every year, and it *is*, and that delights me. Apps "just work" more and more often, and gaming is way, way better. Honestly, thank goodness it exists, for so many reasons.

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Deglassco ("D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:

If you were Black and woke up in NYC on Monday, July 13, 1863, things got terrifying quick. For Black New Yorkers, there was no reprieve. Black life was dispensable to white mobs & law authorities. The Civil War, poverty, & rabid racism in 19th-century New York explains the events of that week. For Black Americans, the NYC Draft Riots were a heinous episode in an already brutal age. But it didn’t happen in a vacuum.

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@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe @BlackMastodon@chirp.social #BlackMastodon #Histodons #History #NYC

Attachments:

• Black and white sketch of a Black woman and children running from the mob during the New York City draft riots of 1863.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

real history

https://mastodon.social/@Deglassco/110742834910018723

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w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

Here’s what is in the latest US military aid package for #Ukraine (valued at $1.3 billion).

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• 8606a3c76530ee48.png (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

meredithw@wandering.shop ("MeredithW") wrote:

An MIT student asked AI to make her headshot more ‘professional.’ It gave her lighter skin and blue eyes.
“I was like, ‘Wow, does this thing think I should become white to become more professional?’” said Wang, who is Asian American.

@Wolven have you seen this?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/19/business/an-mit-student-asked-ai-make-her-headshot-more-professional-it-gave-her-lighter-skin-blue-eyes/

Attachments:

• Two pictures of MIT student Rona Wang. Original: Asian young woman with shoulder-length brown hair and dark brown eyes. AI "professional-looking" version: Same young woman but with white skin and blue eyes. (remote)

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

lapcatsoftware@appdot.net ("Jeff Johnson") wrote:

The programmers who think that A.I. can replace programmers are in fact the programmers who should be replaced.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

@pearlbear [waves hello]

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

profcarroll@federate.social ("David Carroll") wrote:

File under: all the stupid digital ads don’t even pay the bills, folks;
“ #Netflix its free plan with ads in US and UK after Canada ” https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/19/23800079/netflix-cheap-ad-free-basic-plan-removed-us-uk

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

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

I wrote a comic about pirates.

Attachments:

• 1 Pirate: Time to walk the plank. 2 Frog: sure, where's his leash haha 3 Pirate: lol good one you're first mate now (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

steve@fediscience.org ("Steve Easterbrook") wrote:

What we imagined climate change deniers would say when the climate catastrophes came, versus what they actually are saying...
https://boingboing.net/2023/07/19/tom-the-dancing-bug-what-we-imagined-climate-change-deniers-would-say.html

Attachments:

• Cartoon by Tom the Dancing Bug. Heading reads: What we imagined climate change deniers would say when the climate catastrophes came: Panel showing two men waist deep in flood waters, saying: "I was so wrong! And now everyone must pay for my greed and lies! May God have mercy on my soul". Next heading reads: "What they actually are saying:" Panel 1: three figures on a city street darkened by wildfire smoke, saying "They're just using these disasters as an excuse to control us! Like they did with Covid! and 9/11! And the fake moon landings!" Panel 2: a neighbour talking to a family who are packing up their car to flee from an approaching wildfire: "These fires aren't caused by climate change, you Libtard! They're started by Jewish lasers from space" Panel 3: Man on sun lounger eating hotdogs while watching a distant wildfire, saying "Of course the Earth's climate is changing! It's always changing! My galaxy brain sees the epochs". Panel 4: Man waste deep in flood water speaking on his cellphone "Screw you and your electric soy beans! I want my federal rescue money now!" (remote)

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alwirtes@indieweb.social ("Al Wirtes") wrote:

@tchambers “It remains to be seen how the battle for users’ attention spans plays out, but marketers would be wise to start planning a strategy that could adapt to a decentralized internet.”

The reason the Internet exists is to be decentralized.

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

OutOnTheMoors@beige.party ("CrazyMyra") wrote:

No one knows how to cook umber

Attachments:

• Two tubes of acrylic paint, one labelled "Raw umber" the other "burnt umber" (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:

My team is hiring a solutions engineer who is familiar with Django.

You will be working on some exciting projects that I'm also part of.

The team is led by @cydharrell and you will work closely with me and with @castironflower.

The role is 1 day a week in downtown San Francisco, remote CA the rest of the time.

https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=3743990002200656

#FediHire #Jobs #SanFrancisco #CivicTech

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rodet@mastodon.online ("Stephane") wrote:

This is pretty awesome to see this mature: "Coming soon: Carbon Web Components v2" https://medium.com/carbondesign/coming-soon-carbon-web-components-v2-7decc1749f5d
cc @slightlyoff

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

Basically, what we’re saying to people today is:

You’re interested in tech and you want a nice home (or just any home) and stability? Go work at Google, Facebook, or some other surveillance capitalist.

What’s that? You want to work on free and open source? Sure, go work at IBM or Oracle… Oh… you don’t mean enterprise software? Tech to protect human rights/democracy? Not for profit hippie-dippie crap for the common good?

Oh, then suffer.

I mean, is it any surprise things are as they are?

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

the sheriff of giverny has been very dismissive of my MANY noise complaints about my neighbor (claude monet) because, and I quote, "that man draws a lot of water in this town"

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

does anybody here actively listen to a Python-related podcast that they recommend

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blaise@hachyderm.io ("Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3") wrote:

@bcantrill from @oxidecomputer says a lot of interesting things
https://youtu.be/W8qiDhlFVCE
some of them are about computers, but the best are about #storytelling as a social medium and the role of #podcasts , #radio , #audio in expanding community

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

ugh

Problem 3: explicit return not required

this is such A Very Bad Idea. just as an explicit guard should be checked at either the beginning or the end of every iteration control structure, so an explicit return should be required for any function which returns anything.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

- there are two safe types of iteration: leading test and trailing test.

— leading test iteration (may happen 0 times):

while (condition) {
do something;
}

— trailing test iteration (always happens at least once):

repeat {
do something;
} until (condition);

or

do {
something;
} while (condition);

3/5

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I think the #Rust programming language is a huge leap forward… one of my failures at RIT was in trying to get the language into the curriculum. and, like anything else, it has some less-than-optimal stuff going on. luckily, it looks to me that, by sticking to well structured approaches to design and coding, I can notice and avoid most of the pitfalls and produce clean, readable, maintainable, and bullet-proof code.

5/5

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Problem 1: trailing test iteration not directly supported

yes, I can fake it using “break”… but to paraphrase another: “use of break considered harmful”. long and harsh lessons have taught me that there should always be just one way in and one way out of any chunk of programming. in addition, harsh lessons have taught me that all iterators should require a guard condition at the beginning or the end.

Problem 2: infinite loop directly supported

think about it… no guard condition required.

4/5

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

yard work done, first walk done, laundry folded, leftovers consumed… time for another day’s session of #LearningRust.

first, some notes on #Rust weirdnesses and goodnesses. I’ve been hacking away at code for a half century now, and some things in the language go against basic programming principles or “rules of thumb” which I have learned, usually “the hard way”, make a lot of sense when writing code.

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