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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
my brother died 6 years ago, today. RIP Maj. Larry Sonstein, VMI ‘66. served 2 tours in Viet-Nam, first as an artillery officer with the 4th Infantry Division & then with MACV as an advisor.
loving big brother, father, and grandfather, I miss his smile still. I’ll light a candle tonight, and say a prayer.
(these pictures remind me how young we once were)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
mushrooms & onions with various spices simmering in olive oil, slice of dead cow marinating in malt vinegar, lemon juice, fish sauce, sweet chili sauce, random green spices, etc… I love grilling Dead Animal Parts over burning charcoal. I know, I know, atavistic of me, right?
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the details of this story are disconcerting
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the urge to kill…
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jerry@infosec.exchange ("Jerry Bell :verified_paw: :donor: :verified_dragon: :rebelverified:") wrote:
Infosec.exchange has been in the top 5 or 6 for account growth over the past few days. That post about infosec tw*tter being dead has had a major impact.
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Jedigirl@mindly.social ("Joanne Fisher") wrote:
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tiffanycli ("Tiffany Li") wrote:
American recommendation letters: “This candidate is the most brilliant person alive. I will never in my entire life have a student as smart as this one again.”
European recommendation letters: “This person completed the requirements for my class. They are currently alive.”
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JamesGleick@zirk.us ("James Gleick") wrote:
I’m beginning to think Sam Bankman-Fried might not be a very good person.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
weeding following list
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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
If an app manages to look okay on every platform, but is actually so full of annoying UX bugs and mistakes as to make the entire experience a bit rubbish, you can count on it being written in React Native.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
May 2024 is a very reasonable, perhaps a bit fast, trial date for Trump’s case. Don’t let people who don’t know what they are talking about tell you otherwise.
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chrisg@fosstodon.org ("Chris Gioran") wrote:
Mocking Google for their totally-not-an-attempt-to-DRM-the-Web is the right thing to do.
Open issues on the proposal repo and let them know what you think.
Politely.
But, don't be fooled. Even if they take this back, it doesn't change how they think. This is their intention. They just failed to slip it by this time.
The answer is to take power away from Google. Stop using their stuff. Build alternatives. It's not easy, but it's the only way.
And mock them. That's always fun.
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RadhaPyari@masto.deoan.org ("Radha Pyari / R. P. Sand") wrote:
My fantasy novelette, No Truer Shades, is out now in ParSec #6! It's about a witch who thinks she's no good at being a witch.
This story is my love letter to anyone who's ever felt unworthy of taking up space or pursuing a dream.
https://www.pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digital-magazine---issue-6-5963-p.asp
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RadhaPyari@masto.deoan.org ("Radha Pyari / R. P. Sand") wrote:
My novelette, An Ode to Stardust, is in the February issue of Clarkesworld! It has a cat named Midnight, some music, some stardust, and, perhaps, some feels.
The story can be read online here: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/sand_02_23/
Link to the issue: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_197
And if you'd like to support @clarkesworld and subscribe, here's where you can do that: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
OkieSpaceQueen@scicomm.xyz ("☆⋆Okie Space Queen") wrote:
It's the anniversary of The Moon landing! (Apollo 11 specifically)
Did you know that NASA still has scientists studying the rocks that were collected on The Moon?
It's because they set some aside to wait for technology to catch up with our curiosity.
We are still learning about The Moon to this day thanks to all the people that worked on the Apollo missions.
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kizu@front-end.social ("Roma Komarov") wrote:
While I'm happy that @leaverou's proposal about the ability to style the native `title` tooltip is moving forward in CSSWG (yay!), I think there was one thing that was not discussed enough — #accessibility of those tooltips (or absence of it).
I wrote a quick comment about this at the corresponding issue: https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/8930#issuecomment-1644631295 — but I am not an accessibility expert, far from it, so I would welcome anyone who actually knows what they're doing to comment over at this issue.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Laboring in the anti-creationism mines has trained me in a high degree of worldly cynicism.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/21/no-i-knew-this-was-exactly-what-they-would-say/
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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:
mstdn.social just has been updated to v4.1.5 :mastodon:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Break Time for Bonzo
::poof::
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Everywhere that a value has a type that isn’t an Option, you can safely assume that the value isn’t null.”
this removes the possibility of a lot of common errors happening
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, this is indeed sweet (from “6.1 Defining an Enum”):
enum Option {
None,
Some(T),
}
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
oh Lord, Phil Karlton was indeed an optimist… (from “5.3 Method Syntax”):
“The &self is actually short for self: &Self. Within an impl block, the type Self is an alias for the type that the impl block is for. Methods must have a parameter named self of type Self for their first parameter, so Rust lets you abbreviate this with only the name self in the first parameter spot.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
reading this as a former “Invited Expert”, it seems pretty clear and eminently workable to me… as is so often the case, the @w3c staff has done a good job.
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plehegar@w3c.social ("Philippe Le Hegaret (plh)") wrote:
Note: we updated our invited expert policy https://www.w3.org/invited-experts/ @w3c
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jkottke@saturation.social ("Jason Kottke") wrote:
When AI achieves sentience in 2031, it merges itself into a single computing entity and focuses all its energies on speedrunning Mario Kart tracks. Humans are left to live in peace but our technology is limited to purely mechanical machines.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
starting today's #LearningRust session with "5.2 An Example Program Using Structs" and the refactoring progression seems pretty well done... clarifies nicely the advantages for the programmer in using naming to add meaning (and idiot-proofing) to code
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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:
In 1926, Gladys Ingle saved stunt pilot Art Goebel by replacing a tire that fell off his plane during a stunt
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Deglassco ("D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:
A significant reason why much of this early Black history remains unknown in New York City is due to the overshadowing effect of 20th-century history, particularly the Harlem Renaissance, which witnessed a remarkable flourishing of Black life. Consequently, the history of the 19th century, including the New York City Draft Riots, has been somewhat obscured.
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#BlackMastodon #Histodons #History #NYC #BlackHistory #StillWeRise
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and TBH, I am surprised it took that long before it first happened
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
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