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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Is there a word for the persistent feeling that you should apologize to your child for the state of the world?
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Walked to a doctor's appt in SF today. This town is in real trouble.
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Just used "wea culpa" in a meeting for a group mistake.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Squinty Frye meme: Can't tell if they're a misanthrope or just externalizing self-loathing.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Squinty Frye meme: Can't tell if misanthropic attitudes have always been this bad and I didn't know because there was no social media, or if the Church of the Algorithm has led to a devaluing of ourselves.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
LinkedIn is like the Emperor's New Clothes, except every single person you know is the Emperor.
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susan77@mas.to ("Susan, Abbey and Finnegan") wrote:
Molly Crabapple, artist and activist:
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s0@cathode.church ("s0: Gizmo Doctor") wrote:
I think it’s important that computers are not our friends.
Selling us on computers being our friends is a tremendously profitable industry because we are all little lonely monkeys.
Making computers into our friends is a very effective method to divide community and promulgate individualism, which is both profitable in the short term (if everyone needs to buy their own brand new computer/phone/watch/etc) and the long term (by dividing us from our community, collective bargaining, radical organisation, and the power of the proletariat is quelled).
Framing computers as our friends makes it very convenient for the companies puppeting them to shape our thoughts and desires. We accept their overreach into our lives as opinions and feelings of a close one, not corporate propaganda.
It also conceals the power of considering our computers to be tools. Companies prevent us from having full control over our computers because already they fear what we might do with them. How does this compare to other tools of revolution in history?
Can we think of examples how narratives framing certain tools as morally repugnant to possess, use, or educate about, have been used effectively by the ruling class to control the populace?
Now what if those tools weren’t sinful to possess, but only to use in a disobedient manner?
What if our tools demurred made little sad faces, tattled on us to their corporations, and even sabotaged themselves, when we demand them to perform a task they are capable of?
You wouldn’t steal a car, they assure us. We know you wouldn’t do that. But you must still be prevented from even sharing ideas of DRM removal, you naughty little perverts.
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matuzo@front-end.social ("Manuel Matuzović") wrote:
Sometimes I visit my own website , that I haven't really optimised for performance, to look something up and I'm like “damn, that was fast”, and then I remember why it's so fast: HTML only, no JS, minimal HTML, minimal CSS (yeah I know the design is meh), and optimised images. The homepage for example is less than 13KB 🔥.
I'm not bragging, just underlining that HTML-first SSGs like @eleventy or frameworks like @enhance_dev are very user friendly out of the box (they don't ship useless JS).
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saphirethefolf@yiff.life ("folves of chainmail Θ∆") wrote:
A good gender-neutral alternative to "ladies and gentlemen" is to address your audience as "foolish mortals."
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Naming something that's been bothering me about the world today. I used to be able stay away from places I was uncomfortable in, where I was "welcome" but not actually accepted. But today, you can't avoid the new religions. Doff your hat, friend, you're always inside the Church of the Algorithm.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
The Church of the Algorithm
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bramus@front-end.social ("Bramus") wrote:
Are those … CSS Scroll-Driven Animations on https://scroll-animations.style in Safari?
Yes they are! What made this possible is a polyfill our team has been working on: https://github.com/flackr/scroll-timeline
Load up the polyfill JS file and … that’s it - there is no other step.
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Live updates: Trump’s D.C. election-obstruction trial set for March 4, 2024 - The Washington Post
“U.S. Judge Tanya S. Chutkan has scheduled Donald Trump’s D.C. trial on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election for March 4, 2024…
Trump is the only person indicted in the D.C. case so far, but his indictment alleges he enlisted six unnamed conspirators…
Trump is the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. He has been indicted in four cases — all while leading the Republican field in the 2024 presidential nomination race. He has denied wrongdoing in each case.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘Bring them to justice’: Georgia town residents demand answers in Trump election plot | Georgia | The Guardian
‘Hanging over the room were not just the challenges members of small communities face when their own neighbors are implicated in serious wrongdoing, but, also, the issue of race.
Coffee county is about 68% white, but most of the attendees at the town hall were Black. One white woman said she had urged other white locals to attend, but was met with indifference.
Many were also aware that one of the more prominent locals present – city commissioner of 24 years and voting rights activist Olivia Coley-Pearson – was persecuted for years by the state for helping disabled and illiterate voters, while state election officials have shown little interest in investigating the breach, according to Marks. Coley-Pearson is Black; Trump’s associates involved in the breach here have all been white.’
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
neither the Court nor any other branch of gov is imperial
Mastodon Feednadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
New public audit report!
We're pleased to share the publication of our latest smart contract audit for Native Labs.
For a comprehensive understanding of our methodologies, findings, and recommendations, we invite you to access the full audit report.
Thank you to the team at Native Labs for their collaboration throughout this process. We value our role in contributing to the safety and integrity of the blockchain ecosystem.
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oberonsghost@aus.social wrote:
I’m certain the lady chasing the energiser-bunny toddler all over the terminal is wearing her “more joy” t-shirt sarcastically. #GhostOnTour
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catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:
What's a good pet name?
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
on this day in August of my 13th year, as I eager,y awaited the start of my Freshman year of High School (my father was stationed in northern Virginia), Dr. M L King Jr spoke to a crowd gathered at the Reflecting Pool. the world changed that day.
I am glad Dr King went off-script and preached from his heart.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The Internet made me look up Clay Clark. I hate you, Internet.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/28/who-the-heck-is-clay-clark/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Good god, NSF, do you just not care about the safety of women?
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Mastodon FeedAnd one of my favorite Yowamushi No Pedal remix memes. :D Best part is the guy at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ8ONsAuq_Q
#meme #YowamushiNoPedal #HimeHime #bike #cycling #cyclist #aero
Mastodon FeedStill in my post-festival high and preparing for my bike packing vacation.. So this song needs to get on my MP3 player. :D Just the right thing to get me hyped to "increase my cadence by 30 rpm". ;) iykyk 🚴♀️
Ashbury Heights - Is That Your Uniform :batsquish:
https://song.link/s/3pOcMCU9OvHKKXffKDEJod
Mastodon FeedBuilding a company and thinking of raising VC funding? Test your pitching and reasoning skills with this "VC as a bot" thingy: https://negotiate.bcv.ai/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Update: it was the memory! @phae 's rig has a set of 4800MT SO-DIMMs I could try in lieu of the 5600MT pair in mine, and that was the difference.
Turns out Intel has only validated the slower speed, even though the board is nominally rated for 5600MT:
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agreenberg@infosec.exchange ("Andy Greenberg") wrote:
This weekend, pro-Russian saboteurs halted more than 20 Polish trains, likely to hamper Ukraine's allies. @LukaszOlejnik figured out how they did it: Broadcasting three tones at a certain radio frequency triggers a "radio-stop" command. Anyone can with as little as $30 of equipment. https://www.wired.com/story/poland-train-radio-stop-attack/
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
There are a lot of problematic aspects of social media, and I don't even think this is one of the biggest. But:
I often think we'd all be a lot better off not trying to breathe artificial life into every tenuous connection with each person we once shared a passing life experience with, and instead, just allowed those relationships to pass gracefully into memory via a quiet and dignified natural death.
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CptSuperlative@toot.cat ("John Wehrle") wrote:
This is huge. This should be headline news but it isn't.
The NLRB just ruled that when companies engage in illegal union-busting they will be automatically forced to recognize the union and start negotiations.
(Will boost in morning when most of US users are awake)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
hold on to your dream...
https://music.apple.com/us/album/alien-hold-on-to-your-dream-live/189565746?i=189566170