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lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Let my kid stay up this year to watch the whole of Sasuke. It‘s an end-of-the-year thing in Japan. She‘s now too pumped to sleep 🤦‍♂️

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasuke_(TV_series)

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

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#37c3

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

The thing about doing strategy or thinking long-term in any domain that nobody tells you is that it is the rare peer who understands. It's obvious in retrospect – nobody who has the probability map in their head needs a strategist, and most orgs are strategy-phobic because their peers are too – but gutting when the isolation hits.

The lesson is you aren't understood for the same reason you're valued, so develop a sidelight folks value more.

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kernellogger@fosstodon.org ("Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)") wrote:

"'" Conveniently #git can create a single-file archive of a repository via 'git bundle create' which appears to be the perfect fit for backups. […] I noticed that a small but fixed subset of repositories are getting backed up despite having no changes made. […] Turns out that for some repositories bundling is nondeterministic. […] What caught my eye was Delta compression using up to 8 threads—parallelism is a classic source of inherent nondeterminism. […]"

https://baecher.dev/stdout/reproducible-git-bundles/

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

Dig into the Masimo claims [1] even the tiniest bit, and it *looks* like Apple stripped a company for parts after signing NDAs, assuming a small firm wouldn't have resources to fight after it hired away key talent.

Then it pushed *ultra* hard [2] on proceedural shenanigans to undermine their claims [3].

I can't like either side of a billionaire pissing match, but you can cut the irony with a knife.

[1]: https://www.ocbj.com/manufacturing/masimos-3-1b-trial-against-apple-opens/
[2]: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-declares-mistrial-apple-masimo-smartwatch-trade-secrets-fight-2023-05-01/
[3]: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-court-upholds-rulings-apple-masimo-smartwatch-patent-fight-2023-09-12/

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

It's like conservative sex scandals: there probably isn't a problem under the sorts of rules we'd all prefer to live by, it's just that the hypocrisy deserves to eat what it kills.

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

Hey everyone, remember that time Apple laid a patent trap in the W3C for touch events, OSS'd code it knew competitors couldn't ship, then forced like 5+ years of nonsense to keep everyone from adopting Pointer Events until the competing patent portfolios forced a climb-down post Motorola acquisition?

Good times.

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

something something rounded corners something something

https://www.reuters.com/technology/biden-administration-allows-us-trade-tribunals-ban-apple-watch-imports-2023-12-26/

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

i love when people say "hoisted by my own petard" [sic] and I don't correct them of course but mentally I am like 😏😏😏😏

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brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson") wrote:

Stop making fun of older kids who still believe in Santa Claus, there are grown men who still believe in trickle down housing and that market can solve the housing crisis.

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

the film critic at the Amsterdam Times is always looking for the dutch angles

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peterdutoit@mastodon.green ("Peter du Toit") wrote:

"Prior to the start of 2023, the likelihood of a 1.5°C annual average this year was estimated at ~1%. The fact that this forecast has shifted so greatly [now a 99% chance] serves to underscore the extraordinarily progression of 2023, whose warmth has far exceeded expectations."—Robert Rohde, Berkley Earth

https://berkeleyearth.org/november-2023-temperature-update/

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateLiteracy

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JenLucPiquant@universeodon.com ("Jennifer Ouellette") wrote:

For 500 Years, Every Student Who Attained a BA from Oxford Had to Swear Enmity Towards a Person Named Henry Symeonis https://www.openculture.com/2023/12/for-500-years-every-student-who-attained-a-ba-from-oxford-had-to-swear-enmity-towards-henry-symeonis.html

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

the latest digital issue of Texas Observer is available to subscribers online now, with a spoken version [yay!] https://www.texasobserver.org/

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

we didn't know how good we had it (nor did we feel enough urgency imo)

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

I wish that during peak open data we'd established a standard API that museums each had to operate to enumerate works in the galleries and collections

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

John Prine Aug 25, 1973

https://wolfgangs.app.link/C5qOkeV9QFb

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

To paraphrase my favorite bit, the author points out the myriad assumptions built into the notion that Nazis should be defeated in the so-called marketplace of ideas, namely:

1. That this is how marketplaces work;
2. That this is how debates work;
3. That Nazis intend to debate in good faith and accept defeat like good sports;
4. That "ideas" are what Nazis even have to begin with; and, finally and most importantly
5. That these "ideas" haven't already been thoroughly defeated.

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beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com ("Ethan Marcotte") wrote:

“…a tech-industry culture that fetishizes innovation and regards product quality as a third-order concern. There simply isn’t as much investment money and credulous tech-media adulation to suck up in the promise of iterating on what already works. You must reinvent, almost literally in this case, the wheel—this time, apparently on the premise of ‘…and what if it sucked?’”

hey so let me tell y’all about how heavily i sat down after reading this graf

https://defector.com/youre-supposed-to-be-glad-your-tesla-is-a-brittle-heap-of-junk

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drahardja@sfba.social ("Dave Rahardja") wrote:

Haha I love this Australian anti-COVID PSA.

AVOID INFECTING PEOPLE YOU DRONGOS

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• Infected someone with COVID again? They are now: 3.5 times more likely to develop lung problems. 3 times more likely to have a heart condition. 1.6 times more likely to have brain changes requiring care. AVOID INFECTING PEOPLE YOU DRONGOS (remote)

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Today in the "Ivan answers questions in headers without reading the article" category:

"Will Trump provoke a crisis of legitimacy for the US supreme court?" — https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/26/trump-us-supreme-court-crisis

Only if you're an establishment media writer, apparently. For regular people all doubts have been long gone (Kavanaugh confirmation, reversal of Roe-v-Wade, covering of Thomas' corruption, just for a taste).

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AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

Astronomy Picture of the Day for Dec 25, 2023.
This beautiful image of the Basilica of Superga near Turin, Italy, framed by the peak of Monte Viso and a crescent moon behind it, was taken by Valerio Minato 10 days ago, after 5 unsuccessful attempts over 6 years. It takes a lot of planning and some good fortune to capture such an image. The alignment occurs about once a year and the weather Gods have to smile.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231225.html
#APOD
1/n

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TheDonsieLass@mas.to ("The Crafty Miss") wrote:

Happy Boxing Day to all cats who celebrate

#BoxingDay
#CatsOfMastodon

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

I always enjoy this blog, but this short and punchy entry is a particularly potent banger.

Questions for Substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/armoxon/p/questions-for-substack?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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rauschma@fosstodon.org ("Axel Rauschmayer") wrote:

“Mickey Mouse will be public domain soon—here’s what that means”
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/a-whole-years-worth-of-works-just-fell-into-the-public-domain/

“The rise of the Internet and its remix culture means that a lot of people now benefit from a growing public domain in ways that weren’t true in 1998. That includes big companies like Google, but it also includes grassroots communities like Wikipedia editors and Reddit users.”

“Mickey and Minnie Mouse lose copyright protection next week”
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/25/mickey-minnie-mouse-copyright-disney

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lynx_punk@0w0.is ("★¸.•☆•.¸★ ! 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚. ★⡀.•☆•.★ :verifiedagender:") wrote:

I’m curious how much this has changed since the last poll I seen for this, please boost!

What’s your age range?

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

we need a movie about an AI writing new Mickey & Minnie Mouse cartoons for the entertainment of other AIs https://mastodon.social/@SteveThompson/111647753813669992

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SteveThompson ("Dr. Steve Thompson") wrote:

"Mickey and Minnie Mouse lose copyright protection next week"

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/25/mickey-minnie-mouse-copyright-disney

"The original versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse will enter the public domain on Jan. 1, more than 95 years after first being introduced by Walt Disney in 'Steamboat Willie.'
Beginning on Jan. 1, any creator has the legal right to use the characters in new works, as long as it's the 'Steamboat Willie' versions and not the near-century of animated evolution."

Disney #MickeyMouse #MinnieMouse #SteamboatWillie

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TomEdmonson@toot.community wrote:

@RustyBertrand
“Engaging with assholes on the Internet is like trying to drown a vampire with your own blood.”
- Andy Richter

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

honestly this guy had the right idea

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• "A case in point: in 1976, David Ahl, editor of Creative Computing, arranged interviews with several hundred adults and young people to hear their thoughts on computing, surveying them on topics ranging from the impact of automation on American job prospects to whether computers would improve health care. He found that at least a third of the interviewees lacked a basic understanding of how computers worked. Moreover, people were confused when asked what they might do with a computer in their home. Some people presumed the questions referred to handheld calculators or robots. As one interviewee responded, "Well, maybe I'll have [the computer] serve me martinis when I come home from work."" (remote)