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collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
In fairness, this is probably because a lot of the browsing I do is on Elk's "explore" tab, which surfaces the most popular posts in my server neighborhood, and of course those are unavoidably going to be the negative posts.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
When I joined Mastodon, I liked that it seemed to be free of the constant stream of outrage that colored so much of Twitter.
Lately, though, it seems like Mastodon has caught up. I'm starting to notice I feel angry and depressed and helpless when I browse my feed here, too, just like I did with Twitter
Which leads me to wonder: how much of that is my decisions? And how much is just self-sustaining rage loops seeking out the largest audiences?
No real conclusions; just a wondering observation.
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skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:
An op-ed written by Michael Sangiacomo of Recology (which handles San Francisco’s waste and recycling):
“Even in San Francisco, long hailed for the high percentage of waste it is able to recycle, the head of the city’s waste disposal provider has said that the system is failing.”
“The simple fact is, there is just too much plastic – and too many different types of plastics – being produced; and there exist few, if any, viable end markets for the material.”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/It-is-time-to-cut-use-of-plastics-13489726.php
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zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman") wrote:
being in tech sometimes feels like suffering through “what if 911 emergency phone services but as an iOS app” pitches from folks lauded as visionaries
Mastodon Feedbcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:
What punch cards teach us about AI risk https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2023/11/26/what-punch-cards-teach-us-about-ai-risk/
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df@hachyderm.io ("Dan Frakes") wrote:
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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
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davatron5000 ("Dave Rupert") wrote:
Take a deep breath in. Smell that? That’s the smell of pure, unadulterated, ad free, algorithm free, non-monetized digital space. That’s the stuff. Thanks for being here.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Chris Rufo does not do well when confronted by intelligent people.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/11/26/conservative-jerks-like-rufo-are-pushovers/
Mastodon FeedTrying to get back up-to-date on Communion After Dark. :batpog: One of my sources for new music. :gothsparkleheart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE50x6EagkQ
#music #NowPlaying #CommunionAfterDark #MusicPodcast #WebradioShow #goth #industrial #ebm #DarkWave
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simevidas ("Šime Vidas") wrote:
Custom Highlight API in four steps
(full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qldqyT324o)
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ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:
Molly White explores why effective altruism and effective accelerationism are such dangerous ideologies - selfishness disguised as higher-minded philosophies. #Technology https://newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/effective-obfuscation?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
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APoD@botsin.space ("Astronomy Picture of the Day") wrote:
A Dust Jet from the Surface of Comet 67P
Image Credit: ESA, Rosetta, MPS, OSIRIS; UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
It's still possible to see Reyn's performance if you need some music for your Sunday:
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Killer whales are only going to be inspired by a death metal concert.
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amiloradovsky@stereophonic.space ("Andrew") wrote:
any opinions, which one would you pick and why
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greytheearthling@queer.party ("Grey the earthling") wrote:
@cstanhope @requiem Recently I've found SearXNG (e.g. https://searxng.ch) surprisingly capable (with caveats).
In the list of Engines in the Settings, I switched off Google (and Brave, because no thanks cryptocurrency-homophobia man); I switched on Alexandria, Mwmbl, Wiby, Yacy, Curlie and Wikidata.
Quite often the useful results come from these engines, especially about clearly-identifiable entities (people, places, organisations, physical things; as opposed to news stories and programming syntax).
Alexandria and Mwmbl *are* general-purpose search engines, but their results feel sober, like pre-evil Google — even when a result isn't what I wanted, I can see why it came up. Yacy is just-about-federated (but isn't *really* what you want, as it's not a subjective network-of-trust like Scuttlebutt). Curlie is DMOZ, and Wikidata is also like a library.
You can use Wikipedia to provide autocomplete suggestions, which IMO is genius.
I also have Bing and DuckDuckGo switched on to fill in the gaps, and I still often fall back on DDG. SearXNG implements the same list of “bangs” as DDG but with “!!” so this is as easy as appending “!!ddg” (or “!!w” for Wikipedia etc).
For your use-case, you *could* disable all of the general-purpose engines, and just enable the structured-data library/encyclopedia–type ones.
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jonty@chaos.social ("Jonty Wareing") wrote:
Wishmas, we need to talk about how trains work
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@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.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
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.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@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?
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I've had the Transmission64 stream running, but this person is currently playing music on the stream:
And it's been incredible.
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daedalus@eigenmagic.net ("JP") wrote:
The existence of security theatre implies the existence of security cabaret.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
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?
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@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.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@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/
