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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
There is a limit on how many lies a congressman can tell. It's pretty high, but someone has cleared the bar.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/01/incredible-a-republican-held-accountable/
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
It’s live!
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phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:
proper job
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
The @yogscast #JingleJam2023 officially opens in about 20 minutes with the Jingle Cats stream—festive cat videos with Lewis and Simon. The charity fundraiser on jinglejam.tiltify.com will launch at the same time.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
There's a company promoting a space hotel -- better book soon, it's supposedly opening in 2025.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/01/space-scam/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Note To Self:
use gloves this time, FFS
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matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange ("Matthew Green") wrote:
This graph of solar PV installations up to the present vs. past predictions is… incredible.
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EOHenning@esperanto.masto.host wrote:
Du vojoj diverĝis ĉe takosigno, kaj mi—
Mi prenis tiun kun takoj,
Kaj tio faris la tutan diferencon.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I enjoy learning about the nitty gritty details of sundry engineering challenges, and today I discovered an unexpected amount of engineering goes into the LHC's beam dump:
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exchgr@mastodon.world ("elle mundy") wrote:
actually the devex of react is atrocious. if you think it’s good, you just don’t know a better way
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
@owa It's pretty weird that The Verge will cover the bad vulns (update your devices, yo!)[1], but not the browser choice news🤔🤷♂️ :
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
freddy@security.plumbing ("Frederik Braun �") wrote:
Looks like the recent security updates for some other browsers are connected by the libavif bugs seen as exploited in the wild?
Firefox's use of Rust (https://github.com/mozilla/mp4parse-rust) and the fact that there is more than just this one implementation of the format saved us this time. 😌
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
@owa Why does this matter? In part, because the forced iOS browser monoculture is *terrible* for users who can't get access to safer, better-funded browser engines, or engines built with safer technology (e.g., Gecko):
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-fixes-two-new-ios-zero-days-in-emergency-updates/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Apple's strategy when in the wrong (which is a *lot*: right-to-repair, cables, browser choice, etc.) is to argue literally anything that will cause delay ("as much due process as they can afford"):
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-antitrust-regulator-wins-appeal-over-apple-probe-2023-11-30/
This case turned on the meaning of the word "shall", as Apple argued not that the CMA's findings that it's anti-competitive browser behaviour was wrong, but that the CMA didn't regulate *fast* enough.
It would be hilarious if it hadn't blocked progress for 6+ months.
Mastodon FeedLove it or hate it, it's very interesting to get hands on review of the production Tesla's Cybertruck and the design choices they've made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxOh12Uhg08
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
My morning is flavorless. My burrito is bland.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/01/the-day-is-ruined/
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Time to go around in the dark and cold rain while I try to come to terms with the bleak thoughts that crowd around all our minds these days.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
"Cluttered desk, cluttered mind." Yep. Can confirm.
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pete@toot.bike ("Pete") wrote:
Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists … https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/30/spotify-smaller-artists-wrapped-indie-musicians
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
First day of the @yogscast #JingleJam today! Have to get some errands done before the actual streams begin, but their office cam is already on.
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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
In a victory for consumers and developers, London's Court of Appeal has ruled against Apple and in favour of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), allowing the CMA to reopen their Browser and Cloud Gaming Market Investigation Reference.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Amazing news out of the UK!
@owa has the details, but TL;DR: Apple's attempts to block iOS browser competition on hilariously thin grounds (essentially "you didn't regulate us soon enough!") just took a huge hit:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-loses-on-appeal/
Expect Apple to appeal the appeal because delay is their strategy any time regulators find that their rent-extracting, anti-competitive nonsense is...er, nonsense (browsers, right-to-repair, charging cables, etc.)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
andy@bell.bz ("Andy Bell") wrote:
"By default, Astro will automatically render every UI component to just HTML & CSS, stripping out all client-side JavaScript automatically.”
No more convincing required tbh
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
More specifically, the idea that something must be a "standard" in order to ship, when some vendors are actively opposed but are not offering counter proposals to solve a real need is *barmy*. The denial of engagement itself keeps a design from becoming a standard!
It's illogical and circular, but also a recipe for platform stagnation, and one must ask, *cui bono*?
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The hallmark of bad-faith web platform commentary is the demand that browsers that have reason to lead must move at the speed of those who don't.
It has never been so, but there's a history of leaders doing so irresponsibly...but they're not the same.
What makes Blink different is that our process forces us to be responsible when leading; I gave a talk on it a few years ago:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
AnthonyCollette@infosec.exchange ("Anthony Collette :donor: / Loistava") wrote:
From Polish cybersecurity expert Jakub Płuska, this fun SOC LEGO set concept. Gotta love those facial expressions!
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
Michael Clayton is a good movie
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dthompson@toot.cat ("dave") wrote:
ahhh prescheme now has a website and it's built with haunt! https://prescheme.org/
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
depois que a primeira lontra
maravilhosamente pisou na lua,
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Take it easy,
