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Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
bburbank@idlethumbs.social ("ben burbank") wrote:
well we updated half life 1!
I got to do a bunch of work specifically for fans of the game like me.
I’ll talk more about it later!!
Mastodon FeedMastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
Hey everyone! See that thing happening with Chrome, where Google seems to be using their de-facto dominance over the mainstream browser environment to try and outlaw user-agent content filtering, AKA ad-blockers?
May I suggest you take a long, hard look at VSCode and GitHub and have a little wonder about those and where they might be heading a few years hence?
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
About to see #Sungazer
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
A.k.a., "The Google Trajectory Speedrun":
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ceejbot@toot.cat ("C J Silverio") wrote:
guide to choosing a programming language, variation on a meme
javascript: you just want to get shit done in a browser
php: you just want to get shit done on a web server
python: you don't care how long it takes to run
c: you care how long it takes to run but refuse to learn how C++ exceptions work
java: my condolences but at least you're getting paid
bash: you just want to get shit done
perl: you last wanted to get shit done in 2002
rust: you are very tired of C++ exploding in your face
c++: you spent ten years learning how exceptions work and are not giving up now just because it explodes in your face
pascal: you are enjoying your classic Mac hobby
excel: the entire company gets shit done with this one spreadsheet
Mastodon Feedbcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:
If you're looking for a chaser to the OpenAI boardroom drama, the video for my #monktoberfest 2023 talk "Intelligence is not Enough" is now up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQfJi7rjuEk
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
A skateboard of beer with @bibabobubi…
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Mastodon Feednikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:
@AltlandaJuristo
mi helpas
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Mastodon Feednikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:
dankon al @AltlandaJuristo por ĉiam sendi al mi multege da tiuj aferoj kiuj duobligas la poentojn kiam ni kunhavas taskon ĉe Duolingo
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
interesting juxtaposition: piece on Biden’s economic perception woes linked to TikTok mis- & dis-information next to piece on Republican attacks on TikTok
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I think my first-year undergrads could handle this discussion, no problem.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/11/18/everyone-is-talking-about-homo-naledi-now/
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Elon Musk should have hired the MyPillow guy to run the birdsite -- he'd have had the one guy who matches his incompetence.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/11/18/sympathy-for-linda-yaccarino/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:
Google confirms they will disable uBlock Origin in Chrome in 2024 🤡
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):
dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:
The European Commission has had enough of Musk's deadbird site -- at least enough to stop paying him for the privilege of swimming in a toxic waste dump -- and people are talking about that.
Which reminds me:
Please don't beat up on people who leave that toxic place, even if you believe, however righteously, that they should have left long ago.
They're doing the right thing now. Thank them, and encourage others to do the same.
https://www.politico.eu/article/no-more-ads-elon-musk-x-twitter-european-commission-tell-staff/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):
Techmeme@techhub.social wrote:
Sources: Apple is pausing all advertising on X (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/17/apple-twitter-x-advertising-elon-musk-antisemitism-ads
http://www.techmeme.com/231117/p17#a231117p17
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
saramg@fosstodon.org ("SaraMG") wrote:
C: I am the best language, C++ is too obsessed with types.
Also C:
void foo(int a, float b) {
printf("%d -> %f\n", a, b);
}typedef void(*fn)(float, int);
int main(void) {
fn bar = (fb)foo;
bar(3.1415, 42);
return 0;
}
// outputs: 42 -> 3.1415C++: Who hurt you, man?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
moira@mastodon.murkworks.net ("Solarbird :flag_cascadia:") wrote:
HEY, LEFTIES. LISTEN UP.
Guy I knew had a phrase, "can't stand prosperity." It refers to people who can't take good news, who have to turn it into bad news.
That's a _lot_ of you. STOP IT.
See link. Is this a complete victory? No. Is it a step? _Yes._
The response of a _lot_ of lefties is "that's not perfect so it's shit, and you're shit for being happy about it." Not those exact words, but close, and it's _exactly_ the attitude.
If that's not what you mean you react that way, then here's the correct response:
"Fuck yeah! Now let's make them do [the next step]."
Because "that's shit and you're wrong for being happy?" THAT'S NOT ANALYSIS, THAT'S SELF-SABOTAGE AND AIDING THE ENEMY.
STOP.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
cool story, fusion roxs
https://www.hcn.org/articles/food-a-sausage-fusing-chinese-and-mexican-cultures-is-spicing-up-tucson
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ivanica ("petite moi 🍂") wrote:
…and PJ Harvey at the Tiny Desk❣️
#musicfriday indeed!
#music #nowplaying #tinydesk #pjharvey
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
brianbilston@mastodon.online ("Brian Bilston") wrote:
Here’s a poem called ‘As I Grow Old I Will March Not Shuffle’.
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- As I Grow Old I Will March Not Shuffle As I grow old I will not shuffle to the beat of self-interest and make that slow retreat t o t h e r i g h t. I will be a septuagenarian insurrectionist marching with the kids. I shall sing ‘La Marseillaise’, whilst brandishing homemade placards that proclaim ‘DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING’. I will be an octogenarian obstructionist, and build unscalable barricades from bottles of flat lemonade, tartan blankets and chicken wire. I will hurl prejudice upon the brazier’s fire. (remote)
- I will be a nonagenarian nonconformist, armed with a ballpoint pen and a hand that shakes with rage not age at politicians’ latest crimes, in strongly-worded letters to The Times. I will be a centenarian centurion and allow injustice no admittance. I will stage longstanding sit-ins. My mobility scooter and I will move for no one. And when I die I will be the scattered ashes that attach themselves to the lashes and blind the eyes of racists and fascists. Brian Bilston (remote)
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
She is comfortable enough to routinely steal my chair now.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
nshady@aus.social ("Nick Schaedel 🏳️🌈") wrote:
NPR left Twitter/X and the results to their traffic were negligible. https://niemanreports.org/articles/npr-twitter-musk/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
The visuals aren't as good as the Solaris one, but this NASA and Chill "Uranian Sunset" soundtrack is great: https://plus.nasa.gov/video/space-out-uranian-sunset/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
FirefoxDevTools@mozilla.social wrote:
The markup view will make element attributes referencing element ids (aka idref/idrefs) actual links to referenced elements.
This was only accessible in the context menu (via a "Select Element #myId" entry there), or using Ctrl/Cmd + click on the attribute value.It wasn't very discoverable so we now* show the "select Element button" next to those.
This can be very helpful when using aria labels referencing elements that are far away in the DOM tree.* @FirefoxNightly 2023-11-17
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- [The Firefox DevTools markup view showing the DOM tree. A span element has an aria-details attribute with "bezier bezImg" value. Next to each of those attributes is displayed a button with a crosshair icon.
Further down the tree, we can see two other element whose id match the aria-details attribute value from the span element, respectively bezier and bezImg.
Two arrows are drawn between the buttons and the element they will select when activated][8] ([remote][9])
isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
They even omitted the word "allegedly" on the front page :-)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:
somewherewhen in the multiverse you sent some person three dollars in an envelope to pay them for their shareware png decoder on your mp/m-running Z28000 processor-based personal area network mesh to make web browsing more performant.
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
"OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board" — https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/17/openai-ceo-sam-altman-fired
I did not expect such plain speak from mainstream journalists! Kudos!
Now, onto actually reading the piece.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Geez, every time I want to write it as "everytime". It should be a word already.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I don't know about you all, but I think I'm wiped from all the disimproving of software I've done for the week. *phew* 😓
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
KevinMarks@xoxo.zone ("Kevin Marks") wrote:
@Techmeme the board says Sam Altman lied to them
He insists it's just a hallucination.