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

futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

:: You see, it’s not just how you see the world that changes. To measure a system is to forever alter it: a physical effect on matter itself. Any object recorded or counted is subject to this distortion. The universe looked very different before the first imagination dreamed of numbers. No modern human eye has seen (or mind perceived) the unsubtized beauty of nature in tens of thousands of years. And yet, in the wilds of deepest wilderness, there are … refuges remnants of a metricless universe.

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

mcfadden ("Brian McFadden") wrote:

Paul Reubens' estate posted Pee-Wee's Xmas special remastered in HD. If you've been watching the same ratty DVD or bootleg clips for 20+ years, it's quite the upgrade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRvtOGLzpvE

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

POLITICOEurope@press.coop ("POLITICOEurope :press:") wrote:

Ukraine’s first lady: Without more aid the world ‘will simply let us die’

'It hurts us greatly to see the signs that the passionate willingness to help may fade,' says Olena Zelenska. #press

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-first-lady-olena-zelenska-financial-support-war-russia-weapons/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication&utm_source=press.coop

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

KristenWixx@pebble.social ("Kristen Wixx") wrote:

Librarian humor.

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• A group of books lined up on a shelf so that the titles spell out Nana, Nana, Nana, Nana, Batman. (remote)

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

paninid@mastodon.world ("Sampath Pāṇini ®") wrote:

I had dinner with an edtech founder and told her the metaphor of the networked org tree.

It’s a very familiar narrative for me.

She really digged it and suggested I write it as a Medium article so she could share it.

Let me know your thoughts: https://www.superversive.co/essays/history-of-the-org-chart

#ComplexAdaptiveSystems #network #OrganizationalChart

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

sitting here, watching the sky lighten & drinking coffee with a cat purring on my lap on a Saturday morning. thinking about how just one key player can introduce an enormous level of churning & discord into an organization.

yes, I’m thinking of one specifically. no, saying which one here would be rude.

;^}

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

stoyan@indieweb.social wrote:

🪩 Web Performance calendar day 8
🔗 https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2023/monitor-performance-using-google-sheets-and-crux-history-api/
📜 Henry Price shares his way to use Google sheets and CrUX API to monitor perf metrics over time
📈 You thought setting up perf monitoring is hard and/or expensive? No more!

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

Two losers in a meeting of the mindless.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/09/what-if-two-of-the-most-annoying-people-in-the-world-had-a-conversation/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzfUDrJLaI

Reblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):

bruces ("Bruce Sterling @bruces") wrote:

*They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead

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• e9ce53b2427e6d0c.jpeg

nikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:

*iras al esperanto punkto masto punkto host en mia retumejo* hej. tiu ĉi paĝo estas en esperanto

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

fimion@notacult.social ("Alex Riviere") wrote:

I saw someone else say this, and I don't disagree: CSS is the only language that gets blamed when the author is bad.

Reblogged by mbrubeck@mefi.social:

phooky@octodon.social wrote:

[evening newscaster]
and we are just now learning
the vengabus is burning
we'll go to our reporter
for answers in short order
[reporter, soberly]
they liked to party

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Festive doofus.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

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• A black cat wearing a red and white scarf with red pom-poms, being held in arms like a baby, and looking very silly.

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

Could the fact of this debate presented as evidence that god exists, and he really really hates me?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/08/pray-for-me-2/

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• hendricks vs. myers, does god exist? (remote)

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

surPRISE!

‘OPEC Leader Tells Members to Block Any Climate Summit Deal to Curb Fossil Fuels
In a letter, the secretary general of the oil cartel called on countries in the group to “reject any text or formula that targets energy.”’

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/climate/opec-cop28-climate-oil.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Did a little thing to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Ask #MetaFilter: https://ask.metafilter.com/377078/Your-favorite-DVD-commentary-tracks

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

mwl@io.mwl.io ("Michael W Lucas¹ :flan_brick:") wrote:

Computers are like onions. Everything is layers built on layers, and every layer makes you cry. #sysadmin

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kangaroo5383 ("Jessica Lam 👩🏻‍💻👩🏻‍🎨") wrote:

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• I'm still tired from all the crossfit this morning. It's pronounced croissant and you ate 4 of them.

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

Well, also intellisense/editor integration are great with types.
When I moved to Python I still used Eclipse for a while, but missing autocompletion and refactoring features has been something I missed. For a very short time.

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

https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2023/12/1/the-python-that-was/

Unpopular, but I share all of this. While I cannot deny the power I see in #TypeScript, duck typing on Python is a totally different matter. I don't see much value in it (except if you are on libs like Pydantic or Fastapi, but this is a different application of types).
I was a Java Guy in 2003/2004, I knew everything about the language, a real typing fan-boy.
When I switched to #Python... Wow. I was impressed by the gain in productivity and how much the code was clear.

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

ahhhhhh… shiny

#AmateurRadio

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• f6ebd2a211acf183.jpeg (remote)

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

let the unboxing begin!

#AmateurRadio

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• new antenna analyzer in box, case, and Type-N-to-BNC adapter on a table (remote)

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

liw@toot.liw.fi ("Lars Wirzenius") wrote:

I don't know who needs to read this today, but since it's been zero years since a security breach leaked cleartext passwords, I'm sure there are people who need to.

It's a 1978 paper by Ken Thompson and Robert Morris how Unix password storage evolved over the years. It's not even close to new, but it's better than what umpteen zillion web sites do today.

https://www.cs.uaf.edu/~cs393/SUP/passwordsecurity.pdf

#unix #historical #security #passwords #rant

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

acegikmo ("Freya Holmér") wrote:

Heartbreaking: Local quadratic polynomial as a function of x struggling to fit constantly rotating data

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• a set of points rotating around a common center, with a graph trying to fit the data with least squares

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

A beautifully shot and edited invasion of the privacy of a Malagasy village that was settled specifically because the inhabitants wanted a remote home.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/08/an-exercise-in-geography/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h42QVfrUVFw

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

wingo ("Andy Wingo") wrote:

proposal to rename relaxed atomic loads to chill fills

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

panic@panic.com ("Panic") wrote:

Big Fun. Big Memories. Big News.

Introducing Big Walk, an ambitious new game from House House (Untitled Goose Game), published by Panic. Hang out and get lost with close friends in a cooperative adventure about teamwork and talking.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1478500/Big_Walk/ 👈 Wishlist it Now!

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• From the creators of Untitled Goose Game, the trailer for their newest game, Big Walk. (remote)

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

knowler@sunny.garden ("Nathan Knowler") wrote:

@matthewp @slightlyoff @nolan You can use DSD to stream HTML into the correct DOM order (important for accessibility).

https://shadowroot-streams.deno.dev (code: https://dash.deno.com/playground/shadowroot-streams)

(Safari buffers all the HTML before rendering—I’ve reported the bug.)

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

This *great* news out of Australia (via @owa) makes worldwide browser choice more likely. Every jurisdiction that rejects Apple and Google's underhanded browser nonsense bring us a step closer to ending App Store rent extraction and proprietary lock-in.

As @pluralistic says:

*"An app is just a web-page wrapped in enough IP to make it a crime to defend yourself against corporate predation"*

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/new-digital-competition-laws-for-australia/

#competition #antitrust #browsers #owa #appstores

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

owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Breaking News: The Australian government has agreed to new competition laws for digital platforms!

This is excellent news and will pave the way for fair and effective browser competition on all operating systems & allow Web Apps to compete on an equal footing with Native Apps.

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• Australia - New Laws for Digital Platforms In-principle agreement reached The code of conduct for mobile OS services could require Designated Digital Platforms to allow third-party browser engines to be used on their mobile OS. This could allow third-party providers of browsers and web apps to compete on their merits. We also consider that the additional competition measures should include the ability to provide third-party providers of apps and services with reasonable and equivalent access to hardware, software and functionality through their mobile OS. ACCC - Digital Platform Services Inquiry #5