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

No! It's July! Fall semester can't be giving me the evil eye already!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/23/you-want-my-syllabus-when/

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

"Golden Apples of the Sun" by Suzanne Ciani & Jonathan Fitoussi makes for a pleasant soundtrack this Sunday morning.

https://transversales.bandcamp.com/track/golden-apples-of-the-sun

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davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

When those of us who work on CO₂ removal (CDR) meet, it’s apparent that no one wants to do this and no one thinks it’s easy.

It’s far easier and cheaper to stop emitting CO₂.

The fact that some of the smartest people I know decide to work on CDR signals our desperation.

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

While I was away from here, I learned that there are multiple No Doubt tribute bands.

Somehow that knowledge caused my already dusty remains to crumble into even more dust. :thonking:

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maxkennerly@mstdn.social ("Max Kennerly") wrote:

OpenAI talks about ensuring AI is "aligned with human values" but if the CEO doesn't understand there are downsides to building a nuclear bomb and didn't even notice Mark Zuckerberg was the villain in The Social Network then it's unlikely the company is aligned with human values.

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• Sam Altman tweet: i was hoping that the oppenheimer movie would inspire a generation of kids to be physicists but it really missed the mark on that. let's get that movie made! (i think the social network managed to do this for startup founders.) (remote)

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seldo@alpaca.gold ("Laurie Voss") wrote:

Should I get this shirt y/y

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer :batman:") wrote:

FYI the improved signs on Valencia were back as of this afternoon.

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starshine@woem.space ("[woemist] sam にゃん 🐾 :cat_is_blob_and_gay:") wrote:

ok cool but that’s not the status code i wanted to know about

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• looking up the wikipedia page for "HTTP status". it's returning a 503 Service Unavailable page (remote)

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

(Actually, the kiddo and I were doing this together, so it was time well spent. :D )

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

(Using my time wisely as always...)

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

After burning several, I did finally mange to get part of a kernel to pop. 😆

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

Sooo... It turns out it is a lot harder than I thought to pop a single kernel of corn using a magnifying glass.

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analyticus ("Cees Grootes") wrote:

The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists.

🔗 https://www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12016710/science-challeges-research-funding-peer-review-process

#science #sciences

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• The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists

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WearsHats@realsocial.life ("Paul-Gabriel Wiener") wrote:

@StillIRise1963 A good time to remember that Jack Dorsey is backing RFK Jr.'s campaign, in case you had any doubts about why Bluesky is refusing to take action against the overt racism on the platform.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jack-dorsey-robert-kennedy-jr-2024-presidential-race-b2351418.html

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GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Spanish voter turnout tops previous election despite summer heat as the conservative People's Party seeks to oust Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/341191

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

well worth a read

https://law-and-politics.online/@Teri_Kanefield/110760579550499368

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Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online ("Teri Kanefield") wrote:

Okay, Fediverse: My weekend blog post is ready:

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, DOJ prosecutors have given Trump a letter telling him he is the target of the criminal investigation into the attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. (Trump’s lawyers confirmed this in court.)

Here's what we know, what we can expect, and what I'm wondering:

https://terikanefield.com/trumps-2024-trial-schedule-its-time-to-learn-to-love-procedure-and-the-nuance-of-law/

(If you get an error message, wait a minute and refresh. Something funky happens when I first post the link here.)

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

I did a run of The Oregon Trail on an actual Apple IIGS tonight. What a great game. Mechanically, it kinda feels more modern than it did in the 90s thanks to the trend in indie games towards survival games with high levels of randomness

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coachgowron@tenforward.social ("Coach Gowron") wrote:

There is no honor in making others struggle solely because you did. Persevering through difficulty is worth celebrating, but is often worth even more if you can lessen the burden for those who come after you, especially those less fortunate, less privileged. That way lies glory.

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

That got me curious about the history of tile-based graphics, and wikipedia says the first tile-based game, period, was Galaxian only 2 years earlier.

But treating Galaxian and Apple II Ultima as both tile-based conflates two different things, since Galaxian DID have hardware support, and as an arcade game the hardware and software are a bit more tightly coupled anyway.

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

I was looking at the wiki page for Ultima 1 and I was surprised to learn that it was apparently the first tile-based RPG. It was originally developed for the Apple II, which doesn't have hardware-based tile support. If you want tiles, you've gotta roll your own.

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

Also, panting and sweating is the wearing a belt and suspenders at the same time of thermoregulation

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• Screencap of Echo. Background is a highway. A guardrail to the right and a rocky, reddish slope to the left. Dialogue box: "Leo smiles, panting a little in the heat, looking proud of himself."
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rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

You can kinda tell the authors probably don't live in a hot climate because the characters will just like, lean against metal or rock surfaces in the full heat of the day

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• Screencap of Echo VN. Background is a posterized photo of a derelict train station next to some old train tracks. Bottom center, a box with narration: "After doing a few panning shots along with some closeups of the cars, I lean against an old freight car with my head back."

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

In a Town This Size (feat. Dolores Keane) by John Prine

https://pandora.app.link/8gF4qxrDEBb

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computerchroniclesbot@botsin.space ("ComputerChroniclesScreens") wrote:

Approximate Frame #529 from The Computer Chronicles - Slowdown in Silicon Valley 1 1985-8REddtaRG3E

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benjamineskola@hachyderm.io wrote:

I have no opinion on the technical feasibility of “web environment integrity” but the weaselly justifications of it are offputting enough in themselves.

“Users want advertisers to know that they are real humans” — no, *advertisers* want to know that users are real humans. But nobody would find that persuasive because everyone rightly hates ads on the web, so it's clumsily reframed as being in the user's interests.

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

pea pods!

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

Saw Ben Shapiro's review: he doesn't understand it at all. He somehow thinks it's by and for people who hate Barbie.
He also complains that the trans character has a deeper voice than he does. Not the dig he thinks it is.

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mcc wrote:

Attempt, if you can, to find the element of the human in this sentence

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• "Free AI generated music for content creators"

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dedication_bot@botsin.space ("Book dedications bot") wrote:

That Cheese Plate Wants to Party: Festive Boards, Spreads, and Recipes with the Cheese by Numbers Method by Marissa Mullen #books #literature #dedication

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• To my online community of cheese lovers, who are always down to party together or apart (remote)