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

"To be able to say a gun is destroyed, disposal companies crush or cut up a single piece that federal law classifies as a firearm: the receiver or frame that anchors the other components and contains the required serial number. The businesses can then sell the remaining parts as a kit: barrel, trigger, grip, slide, stock, springs — essentially the entire gun, minus the regulated piece."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/us/guns-disposal-recycling.html

Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

kpfaulkner@hachyderm.io ("Ken Faulkner") wrote:

I have to admit that I was a bit confused about exactly what @oxidecomputer offered. Watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvZA9n3e5pc by @bcantrill cleared it up completely. Very much worth the watch!

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Today is poker night on the @yogscast #JingleJam, the December charity fundraiser event. It starts in about an hour. One of the streams I'm always looking forward to 🙂

https://twitch.tv/yogscast

#JingleJam2023 #Yogscast

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aardrian@toot.cafe ("Adrian Roselli") wrote:

As holiday fundraising campaigns continue, remember that the #SalvationArmy is fundamentally an evangelical anti-LGBTQ organization that campaigns against equal rights while pushing its religious agenda.

Donate elsewhere.

Refs (stance on LGBTQIA):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army#Stance_on_LGBT_issues

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

It’s hard not to say “AI” when everybody else does too, but technically calling it AI is buying into the marketing. There is no intelligence there, and it’s not going to become sentient. It’s just statistics, and the danger they pose is primarily through the false sense of skill or fitness for purpose that people ascribe to them.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#SilentSunday

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• Naked, winding trees on the bank of a winding river, surrounded by lush, green grass. In the distance, a grey stone mansion amidst red trees, on the approach of a fell covered in green and orange foliage.

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I do not want to be given iron-fisted control over my child's media habits, particularly as they grow up, but every "parental controls" app and setting is based on the idea that I need a way to prevent my kid from learning that trans people exist or that people say "shit" sometimes, not that I want to just give them a device which has the stuff that we have put on it that does not *advertise* other things to them constantly. I have no interest in preventing them from seeking out information.

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

ahhhhhhh

St. James Infirmary (Live At The Maple Leaf Bar, New Orleans, LA / 1977-1982) by James Booker

https://pandora.app.link/J829oiv2oFb

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

I Never Listened Too Good by Eric McFadden

https://pandora.app.link/0CjEjl30oFb

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

And like. I stated that like it's an unusual use case but what are you doing with a code editor if not opening folders full of text files and occasionally searching through them

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

wiki says that there's a new fork called Pulsar. One of the Atom guys is now doing a rust-based editor called Zed, but right now it's macOS only

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

It sucks that microsoft bought Atom by way of github and then smothered it. It seems more reliable for searching a folder full of text files than vs code, which occasionally just kind of soft-locks when I'm trying to find something in a large renpy game

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cocoaphony ("Rob Napier") wrote:

A reminder: When that major security bug shows up in one of your dependencies, and you need to ship a fix right now, that's not the time to discover you're 3 years and 6 API-breaking changes behind the version that has the fix.

Upgrade your dependencies when you don't *have* to. That way, when it is critical, it will be fast and low-risk.

This is *especially* true about that risky upgrade you've been avoiding. Take the hit now when you can schedule it. Don't let others schedule it for you.

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ElleGray@mstdn.social ("elle") wrote:

deck the halls with bats that are jolly

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• Two bright white fuzzy bats who look like they're smiling and are genuinely adorable (remote)

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

*randy newman voice* I love LA

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

stoyan@indieweb.social wrote:

Perfplanet calendar article pipeline is almost dry. If you thought about writing an article, now's the time. If you didn't plan, now's a great time to think about what you'd like to share with fellow #webperf enthusiasts. Details: https://calendar.perfplanet.com/contribute and I'm here for any questions.

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phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

We got covid for the second time, again while being in the UK.

I'm not saying there's a pattern yet, but.

nikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:

bonan matenon

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• kato (flarante florojn) (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Debian/Linux users beware:

Due to an issue in ext4 with data corruption in kernel 6.1.64-1, we are a pausing the 12.3 image release for today while we attend to fixes. Please do not update any systems at this time, we urge caution for users with UnattendeUpgrades configured.

Please see bug #1057843:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1057843

#debian #linux #ext4

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

Parenting is heartbreaking, but not always in the ways you expect.

For example: when your child sobs because they've developed a sincere emotional attachment to the packaging their toothbrush came in, and tearfully begs you not to make them throw it away, hugging the plastic and cardboard like a cherished pet and telling it "I'll miss you" through the sobs.

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glennf@twit.social ("Glenn Fleishman") wrote:

Retail theft went down and the national retailers federation had to admit 5% not 50% of theft was from criminal gangs. This whole panic was concocted to close underperforming and unionized stores and the media bought it. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/business/organized-shoplifting-retail-crime-theft-retraction.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ek0.cMux.iabRLNkE-vqu&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

tubetime ("Tube⛄Time") wrote:

bookmark this: https://connectorbook.com/

it is not just a book--there is an online utility that can help you identify mystery connectors!

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

I deplore debates, but sometimes I still get talked into doing them.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/09/does-god-exist-perry-hendricks-i-argue-about-it/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0FOaVtwBi4

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

My dream for the next generation of #3dprinting:

make nozzles that work like an iris diaphragm and let you dynamically adjust their diameter during printing.

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

we have some ugly recent history. the perpetrators of these stains on our national honor both operated with impunity then and still have suffered no consequences now. nobody here should get sanctimonious about other countries.

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/dec/09

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

MBoffin ("Dylan Bennett") wrote:

This is so cool! A command-line escape room! Love it. https://rmkubik.itch.io/terminal-escape

Made by @rmkubik for Confounding Calendar 2023.

#gamedev #commandline #terminal #linux #escaperoom

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:

The handover

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• The handover comic. Two code monkeys are in front of the computer. The monkey number 1 tells monkey number 2, this is my code. It’s your problem now. I’m out. The money number 1 walks out, probably indicating that he quit the job as a code monkey.

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

mattiem ("Matt Massicotte") wrote:

I've just added 3 solutions to caching values using structured concurrency. This is a common problem that is incredibly difficult to do robustly. I would appreciate more eyes on it. Is it actually correct? Can it be simpler?

https://github.com/mattmassicotte/ConcurrencyRecipes

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gericci@indieweb.social ("Angela "Ge" Ricci") wrote:

Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (UK Parliement)

"The architecture of the web is currently threatened by those who would create and preserve their own walled gardens of content that is provided by others, privatise a public resource for their own ends and monopolise all content offered to the public via the internet for their own profit."
https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2023-12-05/debates/8A9A99FB-CD4C-4591-B357-02A1FA287FCB/DigitalMarketsCompetitionAndConsumersBill

#AppleBrowserBan

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

amoroso@fosstodon.org ("Paolo Amoroso") wrote:

I found a great winter holidays reading. The book "Write Your Own Retro Compiler" by Nils Holm, which has just been published, describes the development of a self-hosting compiler that targets the Z80 on CP/M.

https://t3x.org/t3x/0/book.html

#compilers #z80 #retrocomputing