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

If it only had "Guys Like Me" and "Lost In Space", Aimee Mann's "Lost In Space" would still be on continual rotation for me...but JFC..."The Moth"? Melts me every time. And I'm reliably informed that nobody else likes these songs, but love, e.g. "Pavlov's Bell" and "Humpty Dumpty". Wildly talented.

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

A tremendous number of words have been written—many of them by yours truly—about why we should, or should not, have required licensure for computer programmers. I think I’ve realized that we have been asking the wrong question. The real question is whether we ought to require licensure for *operating computer networks of sufficient scale*. The programming is a red herring.

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dosnostalgic ("Anatoly Shashkin💾") wrote:

Knight Force (Titus, 1989) #DOSGaming

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Ten@hachyderm.io ("Ten :verified_trans:") wrote:

A pun has not completely matured until it's full groan.

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

A lot of people have asked, so I've started to put together a small guide for teams that want to hire for frontenders with strong fundamentals.

What skills do you think should be on that list?

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

I've had the Transmission64 stream running, but this person is currently playing music on the stream:

https://reyn.net/about/

And it's been incredible.

https://www.twitch.tv/transmission64

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daedalus@eigenmagic.net ("JP") wrote:

The existence of security theatre implies the existence of security cabaret.

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spilth wrote:

I think I need an alternative to meetup.com.

Meetup charges you $100 every 6 months and I don't really have meetups for half the year - no acoustic jams outside during the cold months.

I suppose Facebook is an alternative but their interface is so frustrating.

I'd go with Discord but I don't think the folks who attend my meetup would use that (older crowd).

I suppose I could try to build something myself but that would still need to be hosted somewhere for a cost.

Any suggestions?

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

It is shocking to me how many email links simply will not work with an ad blocker installed. Whether I want to actually follow a link, go shopping, or unsubscribe, it's just a dead end with so many of them.

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

Via @baldur, this is probably the first third of a full critique of modern software development.

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/the-failed-commodification-of-technical-work/

The reasons to make fast, reliable, accessible software isn't to win intellectual points, it's to *serve society somewhat better*.

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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“The Failed Commodification Of Technical Work — Ludicity”

This is what drove most of the changes to software dev over the past decade. The purpose of React and code copilots both is to let managers replace specialists with a CADT while still maintaining consistent output https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/the-failed-commodification-of-technical-work/

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

Science agrees that I should stop using Zoom. Will do, Science, thanks for the input.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/11/25/the-problem-with-zoomconfirmed/

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teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

Friend’s Facebook account was hijacked. She’s locked out and FB’s support isn’t responsive. Any tips? #facebook #askingforafriend

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randomgeek@hackers.town ("Random Geek") wrote:

I am exceedingly fond of Web Scale, where Web Scale is defined as "manage your entire infrastructure from a Raspberry Pi, with the only issue being that you haven't been able to physically locate your Pi for six months but all the services work and you can log in no problem."

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

I should take a moment to save off The Smoke Room takes that I've been putting on discord:

Murdoch's route really captures that feeling of being in your 20s and kind of at loose ends: stumbling into a job from someone you hooked up with, getting semi-publicly high out at the lake with a couple of guys who have Opinions on the nature of reality, going to someone's house and finding yourself in a minefield of someone else's strained family relationships, etc

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Men will literally go to therapy instead of go and see great clown Pagliacci who is in town tonight.

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researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

All your AI existential threat to humanity fears are legitimate except that it's just corporations and billionaires who are mis-aligned with continued human existence and apparently can't be stopped

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

I saw a video recommending denture brushes as a tool for cleaning hair brushes, but I'm not sure I'm prepared for what ordering anything remotely related to dentures would do to my recommended items on amazon

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

Deep roots make for great strength.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/11/25/toughness/

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

BTW if you find yourself in a situation where you don't know where your DNS server moved to:

sudo nmap --script broadcast-dhcp-discover

Can be helpful. I have needed to use that more frequently than seems reasonable, (assuming a well functioning environment).

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

Well, my mother's in the hospital and not doing at all well. I may be making a sudden trip to Seattle soon.

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

(I get it. They're used to just dealing with businesses that run Windows exclusively, and they assume everybody can just reboot their machines and it'll be fine. 🙄)

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

"During this routine server upgrade over Thanksgiving weekend, we'll change the well established IP address of the DNS server while we're at it without telling anybody. It'll be fine. What could go wrong?"
-- My company's outsourced IT service probably *sigh*

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nolan@toot.cafe ("Nolan") wrote:

OK I take it back, Safari might be the new IE: https://github.com/nolanlawson/emoji-picker-element/pull/379

The WebKit team has been doing amazing work recently, but it doesn't help users stuck on old versions of the OS.

E.g. Safari 16.4 was a massive release from back in March, but about a third of Safari users are still on <=16.3. This accounts for 6.5% of *all* browsers! https://caniuse.com/mdn-api_elementinternals

I know the solution is "just buy a new iPhone," but how much e-waste is that going to generate? And how many people can afford it?

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

The Dear Hunter - The Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNd-7gO6B0w

#nowplaying #np

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starchy@infosec.exchange wrote:

Unbelievable Black Friday sale at my local library, any of the books I’ve been wanting to read for free and I can take it back for a new book when I’m done

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

Not one but two great #MarketingSpeak finds at the grocery store today:

- "organic alcohol"
- "naturally seedless lemons"

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alenacpp@hachyderm.io ("Elena Sagalaeva") wrote:

Scratch is amazing. My daughter can develop simple games, learn programming, and have a lot of fun there. Unfortunately, Scratch lacks debugging tools, so she calls Mom to debug. 🙂
https://scratch.mit.edu/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Loading up 120 film is a lot more tricky than 35mm, and the winder on the Pentax 6x7 has a lot more resistance than I anticipated. Took a while to figure out while the shutter wouldn’t fire. I think it works, but only one way to find out.

#BelieveInFilm

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zompus@phire.place wrote:

Today is your 1,777 pound #TURKEY THAW WARNING. If you have a frozen turkey up to 1,777 pounds TODAY is the day to move it from the freezer to the refrigerator for safe thawing by Thanksgiving 2024. Remember 2024 is a leap year so there's an extra day for defrosting.