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

fingers unfrozen, must be time to warm up da tubz and see if anything is happening in JS8-landia #AmateurRadio 📡

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

admin@mastodon.ai8w.ddns.net ("Seeker (tm) (AI8W) ✡︎ :ally:") wrote:

To those who believe that hating those who hate you will accomplish anything at all: you're wrong.
Those who hate you will only feed on your hatred of them, which will only feed your hatred of them, which will only fuel their hate even more, until all that is left is hatred.
If you're someone who hates those who hate you, tell me now so I can engage /dev/null.

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

remotesynth@mastodon.xyz ("Brian Rinaldi") wrote:

My process for coding is something like:

1. Think through the problem.
2. Do a bunch of research.
3. Form a mental plan.
4. Start coding.

It's a lot of prep but the coding tends to go faster because I already know what I want to do and how.

I bring this up because a lot of companies are still fixated on live coding tests. Those heavily favor folks who jump right into code. If your process looks like mine, you probably fail miserably (as I have) though it's not a reflection of your skill.

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Time for the annual State of Rust Survey! 📝✨

Whether you've just begun using #rustlang, are an experienced Rust user, stopped using Rust, or might use Rust in the future, we'd like to hear from you!

Available in seven languages and open until January 15th:

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/12/18/survey-launch.html

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

I am contractually obligated to post this notice yearly:

https://people.well.com/user/jeffs/humor/emailDisclaimer.html

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

chores more or less completed, time for a walk in the snow

::poof::

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

RIDDLES@c.im ("Cindy She/Her") wrote:

@RIDDLES

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• eab15eb9ebfcadbc.jpeg (remote)

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

davidrfeinberg@fosstodon.org wrote:

Basically how the field of #bioacousics operates.

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• Picture of young seeks saying aar aar aar, and the old seals say AARP, AARP, AARP (remote)

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

“The 15-second clip of Taters the cat was sent via laser - and fittingly shows it chasing a laser beam.”

https://youtu.be/GvJtVOmFs5Q?si=LQLRkYeKKydwpNUo

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

DBailey635@mstdn.social ("David Bailey :verified:") wrote:

Brilliant. Our first long-distance space laser communications test is a cat video! Hopefully the aliens aren't dog lovers. 😸

#Cats #CatsRule #NASA #DSOC #JPL
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67721671
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvJtVOmFs5Q

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• Cats in UFOs invade a beach, causing people to flee in terror. Image by _cosmicvoids via Instagram. (remote)

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

Mike Echo Oscar Whiskey… copy?

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

petersuber@fediscience.org wrote:

"E-readers were supposed to kill printed books. Instead, they're booming. Sales of print books enjoying lift from success of genre fiction and interest from young readers."
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/print-books-thrive-despite-e-readers-1.7056731

#Books #Print

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

michaelgr50 ("MichaelG 📯") wrote:

Guten Morgen und
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Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

Santa’s elves and I have something in common.

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• e939fdd030e30f68.jpeg (remote)

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sarajw@front-end.social ("Sara Joy to the World ✨") wrote:

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• Mirror selfie of Sara, masked, wearing Heydon's "HTML& CSS& (strikeout) JS& (end strikeout) not you SVG" T-shirt. (remote)

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Speaking of mastodon.online, there’s been another visual update on the web app, so let me know how you like it. Yes, it will come to mastodon.social soon enough too.

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patrickbrosset@mas.to ("Patrick Brosset") wrote:

AVIF support is coming to Edge, starting with version 121.

#avif #webdev #edge

Reblogged by lloydmeta ("Lloyd"):

ross@rossabaker.com ("Ross A. Baker") wrote:

Initial release of http4s-otel4s-middleware:

https://github.com/http4s/http4s-otel4s-middleware/releases/tag/v0.1.0

#Scala #OpenTelemetry #http4s #otel4s

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

My colleagues know my thoughts on Navan.

That said, their AI assistant chat thing is pretty great.

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

anneapplebaum@journa.host ("Anne Applebaum") wrote:

Give Russia's frozen assets to Ukraine. Now. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/ukraine-russia-frozen-assets/676390/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Looks like the rate at which mastodon.online users follow others has increased by 56% after the algorithm change (from 1.2K per day to 1.9K per day), so that's pretty good considering follow recommendations are kind of buried in the interface.

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

helped another #AmateurRadio operator get his configuration together just now to do JS8 on 20 meters… fun to help a success happen

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

deirdreassenza@universeodon.com ("Deirdre Assenza") wrote:

The word for a thing that’s clearly fake but also so hyper-realistic it’s gross

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• A group of people in business attire and hairnets seated around tables with pizzas, looking unenthused. In the background, two men in suits appear dejected, sitting in front of a large pile of cash. The included caption reads, "Congrats team! The company made record profits this year and we wanted to do something special for you guys." (remote)

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

Good to see @owa cover Apple tucking tail about its categorical loss at the UK Court of Appeals last month.

A reminder on timeline: Apple got CMA's investigation of browser shenanigans suspended in April on a technicality, arguing not that the eviscerating findings of the CMA's report were wrong, but it hadn't moved to regulate *fast* enough 🙄

The Court of Appeals overturned this, and the deadline for Apple to appeal that (unanimous) finding has now passed. Huzzah!

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/cma-reopens-investigation-into-apple/

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Read more about it here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/cma-reopens-investigation-into-apple/

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

owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

UK browser investigation to restart Jan 24 after Apple failed to appeal to the supreme court!

Perhaps Apple realised that the negative news generated by a supreme court case would harm their brand and further thrust their anti-competitive behaviour into the global spotlight

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• 18 December 2023: the deadline for Apple to seek the Court of Appeal’s permission to appeal the Court’s decision has now lapsed, therefore in accordance with the Court’s order dated 30 November 2023, the market investigation will recommence on 24 January 2023. Further updates will follow in due course. – Competition and Markets Authority

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

AskNick ("Nick Francesco") wrote:

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. ~ Oscar Wilde

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

Biggest surprise on my end of year summary on Steam was that I played more games released this year than the average player, (18% vs 9%) and fewer "classic" games (16% vs 38%).

With the exception of the pokemon games, it usually takes me a few years to get around to the big titles like BG3 or Zelda

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

mpesce@arvr.social ("Mark Pesce") wrote:

"Bard’s ability to process and generate natural language makes it a valuable tool for enhancing the productivity of Gmail and Google Docs users."

http://windowscopilot.news/2023/12/19/transforming-your-gmail-and-docs-with-google-bard-a-productivity-boost/

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

from my instance's admins:

"Announcement
Hello masto.deoan.org folks, due to an ongoing wave of spam accounts and messages we have silenced/limited mastodon[.]social, mastodon[.]world, and mastodon[.]online. Accounts you already follow from those instances should not be affected - but you may see gaps in conversations due to accounts you do not follow.

Once the wave has receded, we'll undo it."