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

digits@ravenation.club ("Digits") wrote:

Amazing new band alert! N'Dekho is Joe Goddard (Hot Chip) and Falle Nioke. Debut single/EP on repeat!

https://ndekho.bandcamp.com/album/cousins #music

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

ryanfb@digipres.club ("Ryan Baumann") wrote:

my best command-line development productivity tip is this: mosh + tmux + @tailscale

(use tailscale as a private VPN, use mosh to connect to tailscale hosts for a resilient/resumable remote shell, use tmux to maintain state across sessions)

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Here's the book link: https://www.amazon.com/Cultish-Language-Fanaticism-Amanda-Montell/dp/0062993151

Please don't infer that I'm saying people who use Tailwind are brainwashed, or anything of the like.

I just notice the culture of trying to silence dissenters, and notice the similarity to some of the groups discussed.

Not all "cultish" groups are what you'd consider a cult. CrossFit, for example, fits the bill. So do many innocuous religious groups. It's not a slam; it's just a note of language and behavior.

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

I'm listening to Cultish by Amanda Montell (which I highly recommend).

It covers the language of cultish groups (the author avoids the word "cult" because its meaning is too fluid and overloaded), and what makes a group "cultish."

Weirdly, when listening to it, one of the things that struck me as cultish is: Tailwind.

Tailwind isn't a cult. But it is cultish. The "in" group firmly believes Tailwind the answer. They make you afraid to talk negatively about it. Tailwind vs CSS is "us vs. them."

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

Weather: ⛅️ Partly cloudy, +63°F, 75%, →22mph, 1007hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 09:59:43-0400 | Dawn: 05:48:17 | Sunrise: 06:19:23
Zenith: 13:14:29 | Sunset: 20:08:31 | Dusk: 20:39:29
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

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

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

Today in History: Parshas Shoftim

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

Today in History: Meriwether Lewis born, 1774

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

What an embarrassing admission from Bryan Johnson.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/18/shut-up-bryan/

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• Bryan Johnson's penis rejuvenation plan (remote)

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

Moms For Liberty has some really strange ideas about consent and gender affirming care.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/18/consent-is-obedience/

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• Hot dog on a bun (remote)

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

categorical refutation of lies:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/politics/trump-election-lies-fact-check.html?unlocked_article_code=0sbhVq2SCQ_YxeApPQ4myNLRK8v7AZo7-f6ccsi_0_ILN1vhyIZAx0cxUWss3DpyJI-Pgw5cHcDL-1d4YWg0pxQNY_-qVJlE8jkzqD97j2wK9K_55Qz_zj0SWgonfzrd7yHmYuUeiMBWS-irlr1ADIsqlPCPlS9jUlsI7nArgRrIGMGXP4E4CcW6fiEWWb2yQSfZ_fd89Z9fGjYbfQaufAJICEjtlWIWu18mxX7QBq9N3c8ZRcsPF7ADABLnBks5m0HOjityYBqUy1nQRLRDibkeafsS26-H_RlIGZZkDetec95ZSHB5RmF0uyNe7C62Bpig1YzZxLUqnNyz5jUcgAYXGTAZ4sVFTH8&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

shannoncurtis ("Shannon Curtis") wrote:

Here's to kicking in chairs and knocking down tables in a restaurant. 💪🏻💃🏻

New 80s kids song has dropped!

It's on ye olde #Bandcamp, of course: https://shannoncurtis.bandcamp.com/track/west-end-girls

And anywhere else you might stream: https://songwhip.com/shannoncurtis/west-end-girls

#music #NewMusic #80sMusic #synthpop #electropop #altpop #alternativeMusic #GenX #80s @hilljam

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• Single cover art featuring an 80s-era Las Vegas being destroyed by a nuclear blast. Overlaid text reads: "Shannon Curtis, West End Girls."

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

bunny breakfast buffet

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• b96f042a66571f42.jpeg (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Got my first film roll developed

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• A food court illuminated by a pool of harsh midday light. The food trucks are colorful.

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

newsyc250@botsin.space ("Hacker News 250 points") wrote:

How They Tried to Kill Me: https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/how-they-tried-to-kill-me/

Discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37145491

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Wild how many human problems can be perfectly summarized as "too much power in the hands of too few people."

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

bubbline@tech.lgbt ("Liana :v_trans: :v_kirb:") wrote:

Redux is the most insane human invention, and it has probably wasted uncountable human hours and resources just for the pipe dream of adding immutability to a mutable language

All that because a few people in charge of frameworks and tech influencers decided that it's cool and fashionable and that all codebases should have immutable state

functionally it doesn't even do anything useful. You could replace it with a literal fucking object. Look at pinia in Vue.js

All this technical complexity and boilerplate code just to jerk off about reducers.

the tech industry is a joke and I hope React dies because having one framework be the standard means the entire web industry is constantly forced to play with whatever new toy the people making it are into lately

Dan Abramov is nice and interesting but I don't need this shit.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Computers are fast:

* Loading and parsing 123,610 JSON files from a git repo: 6s.
* Running full recursive dependency resolution for 160,404 versions of crates: 1.6s.
* Calculating stats for reverse dependencies from 6,206,363 uses of crates: 0.3s.

And it all trivially fits in RAM, I'm not using any database. #rustlang

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

Too Young To Go Steady by John Coltrane

https://pandora.app.link/VN1AsjEXlCb

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lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

@xevix I already hate the stupid knob (:p) that dips into my screen real estate at the top edge.

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Got a new laptop for work.

Accepting any and all tips for setting up a nice 2023 dev env (incl terminal), esp. welcome are tips for setting up a Java dev env on an M2.

cc @xevix hope you get "commission" for this :p

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

I think right now I'm at just about peak optimism about technology and just about peak pessimism about the tech industry

Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):

moshboy wrote:

the king of chicago, screenshot, amiga (1987) https://mobygames.com/game/amiga/king-of-chicago/screenshots/gameShotId,31840/

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• an old-style gangster car with night sky and outline of a city in the background. overlaying text: politicians are a gangster's best friend.

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

you can get refunds for movie tickets now?! blew my mind. clicked a button 3 hours before showtime and boom. AMC lincoln square!

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

“The major flaw of Signal for privacy is that it works by using your phone number. This can be problematic if you prefer not to share your phone number for certain communications. If you want to keep your phone number secret, I would recommend using a different messaging app. However, this is the only scenario in which I would recommend something else than Signal.”

https://mastodon.social/@mshelton/110906286481415983

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

mshelton ("Martin") wrote:

Signal is becoming one of the most popular ways for newsrooms to get tips. It's easy enough to set up on your personal device, but having an institutional tip account is another thing entirely.

Here's how to overcome challenges when setting up @signalapp tiplines, based on a recent case study with @publicsource and our @freedomofpress digital security training team's previous experience. https://freedom.press/training/blog/signal-tiplines/

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

https://c18.masto.host/@carrideen/110907975150408159

QC inspection

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• Oscar the Housepanther inspecting my #HamRadio and #Antenna analyzer (remote)

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

carrideen@c18.masto.host ("Carrie Shanafelt") wrote:

For #BlackCatAppreciationDay I insist that you behold Camilla Magenta, who is the sweetest, silkiest, most kissable cat in the world. She does not one thing all day other than give us love and make us laugh. It's very hard to have a bad day with Camilla around. Go get a black cat today, before they run out!! #CatsOfMastodon

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• A regal, absurdly fluffy black cat lounging on her cardboard scratcher with a green and yellow rattle mouse toy in front of her. She stares at the camera with round yellow eyes. (remote)
• Same fluffy black cat, hiding under a rug on a wooden floor. She is pretending to be scared, with her eyes in perfect yellow rings. (remote)
• Same fluffy black cat, licking her upper lip with a big heart-shaped bright pink tongue. (remote)
• Same fluffy black cat, peeking out from a cat tower cave next to a little brown plush goat just a little shorter than her. (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

I have a great and mighty bone to pick with the privacy community, but before I do so, would very much like to know if there's literature I'm missing: has someone already written the "reducing entropy is cool, but futile because U NO PRIVACY LAW!?!" post/pamphlet/book yet?