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

this is so very fine +100

https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/110877739273210089

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thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas 🔭✨:verified:") wrote:

I’ve averaged photon counts of a rectangular projection of space things through multiple lenses and different pieces of colored glass and when I removed point-sources of light this is what happened #astrophotography

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• The Eagle Nebula, with stars removed. The famous "Pillars of Creation" are visible in the blue center. The outer regions are in various shades of orange. (remote)

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TimAkimoff@mstdn.social ("Tim Akimoff") wrote:

I placed my phone up against a beer can on a picnic table and set it for a 30-second nighttime exposure.

I am sometimes surprised by what it picks up that I cannot necessarily process with my own vision.

This capture absolutely floored me.

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• Shows an iPhone photo of the Milky Way galaxy taken from the Logan Valley in Oregon (remote)

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jerry@infosec.exchange ("Jerry Bell :verified_paw: :donor: :verified_dragon: :rebelverified:​") wrote:

Here is my periodic reminder that the fediverse is brought to you for free, but those services cost the fine people managing your instance their time, attention, and money. Admins do it out of love and a belief that there is a better way to operate social media.

Most instance admins rely on donations to offset the cost of operating the service you use. If you love the service you are getting and are in a position to donate, I would ask you to take a few moments and navigate to the “about” page of your instance instancename.social/about (ex. https://Infosec.exchange/about) and find the directions to support your instance. Many thanks to those of you who already do. And a special thanks to those awesome people who donate to the Infosec family of instances :blobheartcat:​

I ask this of all parts of the fediverse. We are stronger and healthier together.

Thanks

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Somebody recreated some of the special effects in #Oppenheimer at home. Very impressive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2FqU2f6DRc

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

I Had a King by Joni Mitchell

https://pandora.app.link/xzbtGp8tdCb

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

Saint James Infirmary by Snooks Eaglin

https://pandora.app.link/bgGsqWXtdCb

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

Little Wing by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

https://pandora.app.link/zOBTqFntdCb

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LadyDragonfly@universeodon.com ("𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 :verifiedtrans:") wrote:

ME: The Earth is 71% water
SCIENTIST: Yes. True.
ME: And practically all of that water is uncarbonated
SCIENTIST: Okay, sure. Not sure where you're going with this but
ME: So the Earth is flat
SCIENTIST...
ME: ...
SCIENTIST: Listen here you little shit

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ecstaticcling@pnw.zone ("Ecstatic Cling") wrote:

@briankrebs It's such a cool technology and has so much promise for spreading broadband to rural areas. It's just too bad their competitors aren't even close behind.

I think any satellite swarms should be taxed to pay for more scientific telescope satellites to compensate for interfering with earth based operations.

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

briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:

A long time ago, I signed up to be notified when Elmo's Starlink service would be available. Recently got a notice saying it's available, but a LOT has transpired since I made the inquiry. It would be a massive speed bump, and cheaper, but I just can't.

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europesays@pubeurope.com ("Europe Says") wrote:

https://www.europesays.com/773557/ Ukrainians advance 16-20 kilometers in tactically significant move #Ukraine

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• Ukrainians advance 16-20 kilometers in tactically significant move (remote)

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marcelias@mas.to ("Marc Elias") wrote:

"A major legal challenge to Florida’s disputed congressional map could result in the reinstatement of a north Florida district formerly held by a Black Democrat under a sweeping agreement reached late Friday." https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/12/florida-house-seat-al-lawson-00110962

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yogthos@mas.to ("Yogthos") wrote:

browsing in 2023 be like

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• a scene from the movie Airplane where the pilot has to fight his way past the passengers to the plane, and the passengers are labelled as cookies, newsletter sign ups, privacy policy updates, and so on (remote)

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tink@front-end.social ("Léonie Watson") wrote:

@plehegar describes how new work comes to @w3c and the safeguards that are in place to make sure #W3C standards are #interoperable, #accessible, and that they've considered #privacy, #security, and #internationalisation:
https://www.w3.org/blog/2023/web-environment-integrity-has-no-standing-at-w3c/

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genxjamerican@hachyderm.io ("GenXJamerican 🇯🇲 🇺🇸") wrote:

@olisuritz @carnage4life@mastodon.to I’ve recently seen it suggested that federal funds directed toward HBCUs could be at risk. That is a highly-plausible threat, particularly if this country makes the error of electing a GOP president again.

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x4nw@cathode.church ("xan") wrote:

i'm serious when i say we should see advertising as visual, auditory, and cognitive pollution

you are putting garbage into my brain to make money no different from the garbage you'd put in the river if it made you money

the only correct amount of ads is no ads. i don't care who can't make money without them. the public isn't a charity for your bad business model

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itorres@xin.cat ("Ignacio 👾") wrote:

@mcepl @fuzzychef

thank you. AFAIK they cannot re-license the past so it would be possible to continue using the Hashicorp versions prior to adoption of the BSL while migrating to an alternative or even fork if there is a community willing to continue development in an OSS fashion.

And I completely agree with you. Hashicorp's change of license is, in the words of @bcantrill, "shitting in the pool of Open Source and disgusting corporate behaviour".*

* https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=2518

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Apropos of absolutely nothing: on the next Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be revisiting Fred Brooks's classic 1986 essay, "No Silver Bullet — Essence and Accident in Software Engineering." Join us, Monday 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/RaVzEtHE?event=1139977602849845379

Recorded, as always:

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/

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

paninid@mastodon.world ("Sampath de Pāṇini ® ✅") wrote:

You can take the kid out of evangelical Bible study, but you can’t take the evangelical Bible study out of the kid.

The Beatitudes are “too liberal”?

Sure, boss, that’s #AntiNormie.

https://www.newsweek.com/evangelicals-rejecting-jesus-teachings-liberal-talking-points-pastor-1818706

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crschmidt@better.boston ("Christopher Schmidt") wrote:

A number of the bike routes around Boston have bike counters; several were apparently installed last year around the same time on Northern Strand, Minuteman, Norwottock, and Cape Cod rail trails.

Using the data from these bike counters, I've graphed a 2-week moving average of daily bike trips counted by these counters.

I would not have known that the Cape Cod Rail Trail is as popular as the Minuteman! (The counter for CCRT is in Brewster, near the middle-ish.)

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I'm curious, do you recognize which events from #Mastodon's history this sticker pack references? ☺️

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• Three stickers on a flat surface. One sticker features an elephant dressed in a jean outfit and holding a pineapple. Another features an elephant hiding under a table while a man in a red space outfit is looking for him. The last one features an elephant holding a chicken, with more chickens in the background.

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rooster@chaosfem.tw ("jessica") wrote:

Hey cis folks did you know Saturday is a great day to bring up your unconditional support for the humans rights of trans people with the other cis people in your life

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ITOmarHernandez@tabletop.social ("IT Omar 😷 🔜 Dice Tower Retreat") wrote:

This is someting I wish I'd realized a lot sooner in life.

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• Kurt Vonnegut wrote: “When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the archeologists one day during our lunch break and he asked those kinds of “getting to know you” questions you ask young people: Do you play sports? What’s your favorite subject? And I told him, no I don’t play any sports. I do theater, I’m in choir, I play the violin and piano, I used to take art classes. And he went WOW. That’s amazing! And I said, “Oh no, but I’m not any good at ANY of them.” And he said something then that I will never forget and which absolutely blew my mind because no one had ever said anything like it to me before: “I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them. I think you’ve got all these wonderful experiences with different skills, and that all teaches you things and makes you an interesting person, no matter how well you do them.” And that honestly changed my life. Because I went from a failure, someone who hadn’t been talented enough at anything to excel, to someone who did things because I enjoyed them. I had been raised in such an achievement-oriented environment, so inundated with the myth of Talent, that I thought it was only worth doing things if you could “Win” at them.” (remote)

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marcelias@mas.to ("Marc Elias") wrote:

Don't let anyone tell you that pro-democracy groups can't win in conservative courts. When the GOP tried to block the Ohio ballot initiative in court, my team represented the pro-choice group and won 7-0 before the conservative Ohio Supreme Court. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/abortion-amendment-will-be-on-ballot-this-fall-ohio-supreme-court-rules/

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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

This image of 1920′s New York City from the Staten Island Ferry sent chills up and down my spine.

It's more than 100 years old. But it's instantly recognizable as NYC. It would have sounded and felt much the same. Modernity is so old. The modern city, the grid, New York grit and fast walking are all older than anyone who is alive today.

The premodern world is beyond human memory.

*shudder*

Of course it was also very different in some ways... but every one has legacies.

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• Sepia-toned photo of people looking over the rail of the Staten Island ferry as it nears the tip of Manhattan, already an island crowded right to the shore with skyscrapers in the 20. The people have on hats, the city emerges from a haze of mist, pollution and the limitations of old photographs. (remote)

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cdevroe ("Colin Devroe") wrote:

Black Beauty tomatoes are delicious.

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• A colander of black beauty tomatoes.

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mattburgess@infosec.exchange ("Matt Burgess") wrote:

For the last three years, hackers have been logging into one honeypot setup by security researchers. When they do, the researchers have recorded their screens, every mouse click, keyboard tap, and also grabbed clipboard data.

This has resulted in more than 100 hours of data on the behaviour of cyber criminals. Here’s what can be learned from it

https://www.wired.com/story/hacker-honeypot-go-secure/ #cybersecurity #cybercrime #windows #infosec #blackhat

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

Also, the kid's name is Hanahiko. I didn't switch to Japanese to see exactly how it was written, but here's some kanji info from jisho dot org about a likely candidate.

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• First character: 華, hana. Meanings: splendor, flower, petal, shine, luster, ostentatious, showy, gay, gorgeous. Second character: 彦, hiko. Meanings: lad, boy (ancient). Often used as a suffix for male given names.

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sam@social.coop ("Sam Whited") wrote:

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