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kdwarn@fosstodon.org ("Kris Warner 🦀 🐧") wrote:

@nnungest @bcantrill I just came across this article - https://www.iflscience.com/pythagorean-theorem-found-on-clay-tablet-1000-years-older-than-pythagoras-72091 - and immediately thought of this talk.

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Spooky hooded figures are always nice. :blobcat_tihihi:
Started with pencil, added a bit of ink and then the gradient in GIMP. :blobcat_nwn:

#mastoart #pencil #ink #gimp #WitchyVibes #spooky #witch #BlackAndWhite

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• Frontal portrait drawing of a cloaked woman with straight long hair, wearing triangle shaped jewelry with crystals. Behind her, a black square for contrast. A slight gradient shadows her face, but her eyes are glowing. She is looking straight at the viewer intensely. (remote)

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

TFW the *only* minifier in your build toolchain doesn't support CSS nesting.

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• "A transpiler keeping you from using new platform features? It's more likely than you think" (remote)

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

#HappyColidays

https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/111613224672995350

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

neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

Absolutely massive Quaker-brand recall of granola and related products for e-coli contamination. I had a box of granola cereal in my pantry included.

Saw this originally from @Wolven, so thanks dude ;)

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/quaker-recalls-granola-bars-and-granola-cereals-due-possible-health-risk

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

but of course

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/20/voter-fraud-prosecutions-2020/

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

Nice flag.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/20/i-have-come-home-to-a-new-state-flag/

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• Minnesota state flag. (remote)

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

When a dev uses the word "magic," 90% of the time, they mean "a thing that I can't be bothered to learn."

It's a handy trick that allows ignorance to be blamed on the subject, for existing outside previous knowledge, instead of on the student's unwillingness to learn.

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

Who in the world would want this kind of morality police in their everyday life?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/20/why-is-my-bedroom-so-crowded/

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• Twitter post from Nick Fuentes fanboys with knights milling around a bedroom to enforce their morality (remote)

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

I just ran my first ever half marathon. This was unbelievably challenging.

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• 69c84d646e280735.jpeg (remote)

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

emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

Can't get enough Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000? This is your lucky week! Join us

Friday Dec 22, noon Pacific
AI Hell Has Frozen Over (If Only)
https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute

... in which @alex and I will clear the backlog of Fresh AI Hell.

We're expecting this to be as cathartic as our previous pure hell episode (Ep 12, from May 2023).

#MAITH3K

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

A new stereophonic sound spectacular!

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#SteamYearInReview

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• The Steam Year In Review card. - 17 games played - 166 achievements - 582 sessions - 4 new games Most played games by % of playtime: - Dota 2 87% - Deep Rock Galactic 3% - Plate Up! 2% - Skyrim 2% - Dishonored 2 2%

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

#dog looking out of a #window with an #american #flag in #japan #hashtags

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

ginaintheburg@mastodon.world ("Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻") wrote:

Claire McCaskill on Alex Wagner Tonight reminds us Anderson v Griswold was NOT brought by Democrats - it was brought by 5 Republican voters & 1 independent voter.
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A 4-3 decision, the 3 dissenting judges were appointed by Dem governors.

Not a Democratic partisan decision as fact-challenged Trump & his MAGA gang feverishly scream.

#ColoradoSupremeCourt

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

dukepaaron@babka.social ("דאלק בן אברהם") wrote:

A book report 🫤

"A 13-year-old who admitted to planning an attack on a synagogue was sentenced to probation - and a book report."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67766966

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

janellecshane@wandering.shop ("Janelle Shane") wrote:

Dec 20

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• "Snow glob" - a snow globe containing a christmas tree. (remote)

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

MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Tesla to add recorded “banging” noises to the Cybertruck so that the Coast Guard can more easily locate wreckage.

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• Elon tweet: “We are going to offer a mod package that enables Cybertruck to traverse at least 100m of water as a boat. Mostly just need to upgrade cabin door seals.”

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

howz yer aura, Dora?

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

hi_mayank@hachyderm.io ("Mayank") wrote:

📝 new post: "A custom element base class"

it's a bit niche and i kept it quick, to be improved later in true "digital garden" fashion

https://www.mayank.co/blog/custom-element-base

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

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

Hey @jaffathecake looks like we're shipping support for AVIF with Edge 121. Thought you'd be interested to know.

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

Did I toot this because I was mad at the problem I was having? Yes.

Did that problem turn out to be mostly my fault? Also yes.

Is everything I said still true though? Triple yes.

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

stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

If you missed last night’s Quiz you can still watch the recording at this link, although it won’t be quite the same without the live interaction with other players. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1jVxkdf-VU

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

Snowshadow wrote:

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• I don't give a damn about men transitioning to women. I am much more concerned about republicans who are transitioning to nazis.

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

Teri_Kanefield ("Teri Kanefield") wrote:

The national election protection hotline (I do legal volunteer work for them) asked me to share information about them on social media.

Here is their website: https://866ourvote.org

If you are a lawyer and want to volunteer, there is a place to contact them.

(I like doing back office research, so I spent a few dozen hours last year researching changes in state election laws and writing up summaries so the lawyers working the hotline have the information handy.)

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

setting up for weekly voice net on 50.250MHz USB

#AmateurRadio 📡

Mike Echo Oscar Whiskey

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Mozilla has easy-to-run single-file servers for LLMs (#AI/hallucinators), and the Mixtral-8x7B-Instruct is pretty coherent. Ability to run one locally solves a lot of privacy and centralization issues:

https://github.com/Mozilla-Ocho/llamafile

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Finally on vacation! And finally played with my watercolors again yesterday! No idea why my first few lines made my brain go “this should be a mermaid“.. But I'm quite happy with the result. It's always interesting to see where your creativity leads you. :blobcat_nwn:

#sketchbook #mastoart #watercolor #mermaid

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• Watercolor painting of a mermaid leaning out of the water, her lower arms laying on a wooden jetty. Her hands are crossed beneath her chin, propping up her head. She is looking upward at someone with an expression that is trying to tempt the one she is looking at into the water. The end of her fin is peaking out of the water, almost laying on the jetty. Her skin has a slightly green tint and is slightly scaly. Her eyes are golden, as well as her lips and fingernails and her blue green wavy hair flows around her face and shoulders. (remote)

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

I just genuinely don't understand why anyone still uses React (aside from just legacy decisions that cost too much to undo, I mean).

The only thing it does well (manage state), every other framework on the planet does just as well or better.

Aside from that, React/JSX makes literally everything else about working on the web harder than it was to begin with.

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

FrankPasquale ("Frank Pasquale") wrote:

“the same article, Insider revealed that Decentraland, arguably the largest and most relevant Metaverse platform, had only 38 active daily users. The Guardian reported that the monetized content ecosystem in Meta’s flagship product Horizon Worlds produced no more than $470 in revenue globally. You’re not reading those numbers wrong. To say that the Metaverse is dead is an understatement. It was never alive.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/metaverse-zuckerberg-pr-hype/