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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
This is entertaining because, in part, it has been the pervasive ad fraud enabled by the other side of the house that has eroded the ecosystem like water:
https://www.theverge.com/23846048/google-search-memes-images-pagerank-altavista-seo-keywords
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mimsical ("Christopher Mims") wrote:
PBS Terra's Weathered series, and host Maiya May, are doing some of the most important journalism in the world right now.
Here, for example, is the best 3-part series on climate impacts I've ever seen:
What's the RISKIEST Region in the US as the Climate Changes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Oe6YK0DgE
THIS Is the Safest Place to Live in the US as the Climate Changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcj9IGY6Etg
Is Earth's Largest Heat Transfer Really Shutting Down?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:
The fear of being murdered by your student with a gun Is uniquely American.
https://www.wral.com/story/unc-shooting-victim-faculty-academic-adviser/21023373/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:
Warning.
The National Hurricane Center does not use the words "catastrophic" or "destructive life-threatening winds" lightly.
Do not ignore these warnings.
#HurricaneIdalia
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evewrites@newsie.social ("Eve Glicksman") wrote:
The joy of cleaning out drawers: Girl Scout pocket knife circa 1960s.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
👍🏻Gender identity no longer required on #Boston marriage licenses, officials say #LGBTQ
Mastodon FeedAnd even earlier history - engineering lead, legendary Toivo Annus outlining market opportunity and broad product strategy for Skyper (the “r” got dropped before the launch) to Niklas and Janus Friis, the other cofounder.
Mastodon FeedOn this day 20 years ago Skype beta version was published online. The first lucky 10K users got access to the download. #otd #history #skype https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/09/skypes-secrets/2/
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I think it's cool an entire branch of evolution that was like, you know what? Hunting sucks. Let's just wait for things to die and then eat them.
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nebulos@comicscamp.club ("nebulossify") wrote:
If you work in tech and haven't heard about "being glue", I would say that it's vital to read about it:
https://noidea.dog/glue by @whereistanya
You'll either feel extremely heard, or it will open your eyes to what some of your (disproportionately female) coworkers struggle with on a regular basis.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:
Here’s the hidden truth of education:
You don’t know what you’re preparing for.
Your teacher doesn’t know. Your school doesn’t know. Your future employer doesn’t know. Nobody knows. Not really.
Much of what you’re preparing for doesn’t even exist yet. We •hope• it doesn’t exist yet: don’t we educate students in the hope that they will make the world better by changing it? By creating realities that don’t even exist yet?
6/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
@tante Predictably, everybody in the replies here is immediately arguing about license terms. I really wish we could move past that, acknowledge that the "four freedoms" framework from GNU is pretty good *in the narrow, specific context of licensing*, but a disastrously incomplete vision of a social movement. You can't hack your user's brains into being better people by using license terms and I wish we'd stop trying.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
oh also I totally fuckin jinxed the delivery date by making that first post before I re-checked the UPS page. It seems it's been delayed by the weather, despite there not being any clouds on the radar between me and its current purported location
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unclepj@zirk.us ("UnclePJ") wrote:
I think I’ll start writing a book today about all the things I should have been doing in my life. It’s an oughttobiography.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Republicans give $101m to sports arena as myriad needs loom over Louisiana | US news | The Guardian
“Robert Mann – an LSU professor, author, and political historian who frequently criticizes Louisiana’s government – said that school officials and advocates have spent years pleading for a new library. Despite those pleas, lawmakers allotted only a few million in project planning for a new library.
However, lawmakers quickly delivered on Mulkey’s request for arena improvements, even though the university itself did not ask for PMAC funding.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
I am once again asking: If you haven't looked at/weighed in on this poll about how we add exclusive accordion behavior to the web platform - please do. The text describing it is fairly short.
This is a way that ~any~ developer can potentially help influence the future of the web platform in only a couple of minutes!
Boosts appreciated.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘It’s been festering in Florida’: DeSantis accused of hypocrisy over response to racist shooting | Florida | The Guardian
“Nazis were rallying in Jacksonville, in Orlando, at Disney, [and] many of them flew DeSantis flags alongside swastikas. What politician from any party wouldn’t immediately condemn Nazis rallying in their name? Ron DeSantis was that politician.”
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
surely as these things become more common we'll start seeing some zany little fantasy computers
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Be careful if you're bird watching in Africa.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/29/what-i-learned-today/
Mastodon FeedThe PS2 had 3 GTA games and now GTA V has 3 PlayStations 😂
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Dreaming of a better lawn.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/29/a-small-step-to-a-happier-planet/
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I was not planning on trying to do electrical engineering with it, but... it would be kinda cool if there was a tutorial similar to buildyourownlisp for doing something like that. I think I used VHDL for a class once but that was back before the dawn of human memory
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Also fun: my fpga gameboy should be arriving today
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
amazing news everyone, I just realized that I had 1 more refill than usual, meaning I have 3 extra months before I have to determine through psychic intuition or brute force repetition when I should call in order to actually speak to someone at the office.
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rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Every question on one of those American dialect surveys is like...
What do you call these?
- A crossdog
- A crotchdog
- Ladybug Pie
- Parson's Wages
- Nobody's-fault-but-my-own
- I don't have a name for this
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Just got the good ending in Spirit Hunter: NG. This was a fun little adventure game! Definitely more ambitious than the previous one. The ghosts' backstories were all more fucked up in this one too. The "Screaming Author" chapter was especially nasty.
There is a fast-forward button, so I'm probably gonna go back and get the normal and bad endings too.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Radical_EgoCom@kolektiva.social ("Ⓐ Beautiful AnarKitty Ⓐ") wrote:
Anyone who isn't happy for the UPS workers for this win needs to reevaluate their priorities.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
seldo@alpaca.gold ("Laurie Voss") wrote:
The Tennessee GOP wants to make clear that it doesn't think Black people should be allowed to talk. https://nashtodon.com/@PeterRobison/110970030376585233
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
This is weird for me, but I think B&H just won a lot of my future business. Reasons:
- Not Amazon
- Ridiculously fast delivery
- Totally painless RMA after I described memory incompatibility
Mensches!
Mastodon FeedReblogged by xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins"):
ALLEGEDLY
