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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

mc_frontalot@mastodon.cloud ("MC Frontalot") wrote:

Zarathustra: How did this thing get its weird name

Zarathustra's homie: Well, it is, we see, on the one hand, as a fork must be, and then, on the other hand, at once another thing, a spoon in its aspect.

Zarathustra: ...?

Zarathustra's homie: Thus: spork, Zarathustra!

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

composergreg@io.waxandleather.com ("Composer Greg") wrote:

Sunday morning #LoopShare

A real-time performance, finding my workflow with the new live setup.

Features the #Yamaha #CS-30 and #Moog #Sub37 leads with #Roland #JX-3P, #Korg #EX-8000, and #Akai #AX80 on pads.

All parts are looped/single pass/live w/ minimal post processing.

@synths @synthdiy @alisynthesis

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• ba26915fb3c62697.mp3 (remote)

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

signal9@hackers.town ("signal9 :hackers_town:") wrote:

They've escalated.

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• Video player will be blocked after 1 video « It looks like you may be using an ad blocker. Video playback will be blocked unless YouTube is allowlisted or the ad blocker is disabled. l « Ads allow YouTube to be used by billions worldwide. | « You can go ad-free with YouTube Premium, and creators can still get paid from your subscription. (remote)

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

Clothes come from the Bible, so not being naked is proof of christianity.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/15/atheists-must-debate-while-naked-now/

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• Atheists who argue that we are just animals are almost always wearing clothes. Do animals wear clothes? No. So instead of making a consistent argument that we are only animals, atheists are instead confirming a literal Genesis 3 where we wear clothes due to sin and shame! God gave Adam and Eve cloths after sin. This works with many other things: Why do we have a seven-day week–the Bible. Why does logic and reason exist–the Bible. Why does knowledge exist–the Bible. Why is marriage defined as a man and a woman–the Bible. This list can go on for hours! But in an unbeliever’s worldview, they lack the very foundational basis for such things. (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Also, fun fact #️⃣ works the same as # for commenting code since it's actually an emoji combo in Unicode. Those production servers deserve some drip... as a treat!

#️⃣Unicode #️⃣ProTips

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• UnicodePad screenshot showing the Unicode breakdown of #️⃣Prod✨ (in Comic Sans Mono). # U+0023 Number sign ️ U+FE0F Variation selector-16 ⃣ U+0023 Combining enclosing keycaps ... (remote)

Reblogged by zack@toot.cafe ("Zack"):

donuts@kbin.social wrote:

Any good AP-enabled blogs worth following?

Now that WordPress supports ActivityPub, anyone know of any good AP-enabled blogs worth following? #fediverse

https://kbin.social/m/fediverse/t/538236

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

BenjaminBrinckmann@mastodon.art ("Benjamin Brinckmann") wrote:

Another landscape painting based of a photograph I took last summer while on a road trip through Norway. My girlfriend suggested adding a troll to it, so I did :)

#MastoArt #LandscapePainting #Art #Troll #mountains #KritaArt #Norway

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• Digital Painting of a road splitting in two in a norwegian mountain landscape. A car is stopping at the split. Its overcast weather and clouds hang over the mountains. (remote)
• Digital Painting of a road splitting in two in a norwegian mountain landscape. A car is stopping at the split. Its overcast weather and clouds hang over the mountains. A huge lumbering troll enters the frame from the left, only a hand and parts of the leg are visible. (remote)

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

I want to say that again. I'm totally sold on using #TailwindCSS (I was not the first time I used it on a project)

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

14. The Phantom Carriage (1921). Really cool visually but narratively it's content to be kind of a lesser version of A Christmas Carol.

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• Poster for The Phantom Carriage. On a dark bluegreen background, the silhouette of a horse pulling a rickety cart past a lit streetlight. On the cart is a hooded figure with a scythe.

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

The bartender, the next time I show up after I get thrown out for putting Mercedes Boy on the jukebox 12 times in a row

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• Screencap of The Smoke Room. In the center of the frame, an anthro ram named James is frowning. He says, "No pebbles this time."

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zoom_earth@mapstodon.space ("Zoom Earth") wrote:

The Earth, today.

That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.

#Eclipse #Eclipse2023 #SolarEclipse

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• 79f672aa3a11f731.mp4 (remote)

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JauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch ("Jaunty Art") wrote:

adultbel pictures I made

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• 250a51c0d7066801.png (remote)
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kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I've finally managed to get #ImageOptim notarized!

Try the beta build v1.9.1. It supports ARM fully now.

https://imageoptim.com/changelog.html#v1.9.1

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I’ve acquired a new lens and I’m excited to try it out. This model should have some interesting imperfections.

#BelieveInFilm

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• A Helios-44M 2/58 lens on a Canon AE-1 Program

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

It's interesting how silent movies use tinting to do basic scene-setting, especially when cutting between nighttime exterior shots (blue) and interiors (candle yellows). And how that goes away once full color becomes more common! No half-measures then, either full color or unaltered silver

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

My life is so dominated by discussions of how Mastodon can be improved that it's really refreshing to hear about what people like. Thanks @dangillmor!

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

“The [Hamas planning] document is dated October 2022, suggesting that the attack had been planned for at least a year.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-attack-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

I swear there wasn't a single time when my #Android project under #intellijidea wouldn't be broken after simply not having been touched for a few weeks. Something always has changed either in SDKs, or the IDE, or the build system. I now realize this churn is exactly what's keeping me from finishing the damn thing.

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

trevorflowers@machines.social ("Ding Dang Trevor Flowers") wrote:

One way to think about the weird relationship between worker effort and customer pricing is to watch this video about the wild intricacies of a electromechanical pinball machine while remembering that one play is $0.25.
https://youtu.be/ue-1JoJQaEg

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

Yo Yo Ma playing Bach in the great outdoors providing a soothing moment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx_IibJH4rA

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

New #Metric album has some nice tunes on it. I like this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckLnoc2JxKc

#np #nowplaying

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

This is terrorism on a grand scale.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/14/the-world-is-not-helping-my-depression/

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• Map of Israel's plan to exterminate Palestinians (remote)

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

kenshirriff@oldbytes.space ("Ken Shirriff") wrote:

The Intel 386 processor (1985) was the first 32-bit processor in the x86 line. Let's take a close look at the processor dies, seeing how Intel shrunk the chip, created new versions, and why the 386 SL jumped from 285,000 transistors to 855,000 transistors. 1/9

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

After various events around free email service providers that have occurred over the years, I have been slowly jettisoning email support on domains I have. I'm now down to two that I intend to keep. One of those has been using Gandi's "free" webmail service that they have decided to stop providing, and I'm not sure what to do with it yet, and I'm running out of time. 🤔

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

Isn't reality scary enough for you?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/14/well-probably-collapse-into-a-bunch-of-rational-explanations/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Se-zzvOia8

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

🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse

> 🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse

> 🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse

h/t @AstroKatie

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Not that it matters what a random guy like me posts on social media, but this is, above all, terrible, no matter what your views on Israel are.

Sneak attacks and acts of terror like this against civilians like this are wrong.

Hamas attack on Israel kibbutz Be’eri captured by mothers’ WhatsApp group

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67105618

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

tdverstynen@neuromatch.social ("Tim Verstynen") wrote:

Once again The Onion shows how it is somehow one of the most honest and insightful news outlets around.

https://www.theonion.com/the-onion-stands-with-israel-because-it-seems-like-yo-1850922505

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

Phyllis Latour: The secret life of a WW2 heroine revealed

“Of the 39 women agents who served with Special Operations Executive in the field in France, Phyllis Latour - Pippa Doyle - was the last survivor.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67100792

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

13. Onibaba (1964). It's striking how unsentimental about the past arthouse jidaigeki are. This starts off similarly to Kuroneko, (also directed by Kaneto Shindou!) with two women trying to ride out a war in feudal Japan, but it goes in a very different, mostly more naturalistic direction.

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• Japanese movie poster for Onibaba. The upper half of the older woman's face fills the top of the poster, overlooking a field of tall grass shown at a smaller scale. In the foreground, the younger woman and the neighbor laugh and fool around. In the middle distance, the samurai wearing an oni mask.