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

medigoth@qoto.org ("Daniel Dvorkin") wrote:

One common feature of various anti-science ideologies is that their adherents lack a sense of scale. #FlatEarthers don’t understand distance, #creationists don’t understand time, #climate change #denialists don’t understand levels of emissions or rate of temperature change, #antivaxers don’t understand population morbidity and mortality. Probably other types of looniness with which I’m less familiar have the same underlying problem.

In a way I sympathize with this, because the numbers are so far outside normal human experience. But learn the #math and suddenly everything makes a lot more sense. We’re not talking about anything particularly advanced. Just grasp that intution breaks down when measuring something very large or very small.

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

BrianJopek@mastodon.world ("Brian Jopek") wrote:

Hmmmm.

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

StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:

Stop legitimizing oppression by couching the oppression within the concept of "culture." STOP IT.🙄

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

back from dog-walking shift at the #ROC City Pound

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

"Niani Finlayson, 27... called 911 for help during a domestic violence incident.

...deputy Ty Shelton shot Finlayson four times within roughly three seconds of entering her home.

...questioning why deputies failed to de-escalate the conflict and instead used fatal force against a woman who had sought their assistance and was a victim of abuse."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/29/la-police-fatally-shot-niani-finlayson-body-camera

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grickle@mstdn.social ("Grickle") wrote:

Generational humor. #grickledoodle #starwars #puns #birds #falcon #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

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

Self-indulgent year in review post: https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/enjoyed-in-2023

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

This is very well done, but doesn't even hit the biggest issue with RSC: `"use client"` is viral!

Every dependency of the entire tree from every component in the hierarchy from then-on-down will be sent to the client, and it will largely come as a nasty surprise to teams that *thought* they were doing things that would lighten up the bundle.

https://www.mayank.co/blog/react-server-components/

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mjg59@nondeterministic.computer ("Matthew Garrett") wrote:

Complaints about CEO salaries at non-profits are disproportionately targeted at people who aren't men and you should take that into account before amplifying them

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

Reviewing the past year in browser competition regulation and, wow, has Apple had a bad one (deservedly).

How it started:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-ceo-cook-conveyed-app-store-curb-concerns-japan-pm-nikkei-2022-12-30/

How it's going:

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Japan-to-crack-down-on-Apple-and-Google-app-store-monopolies

https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/consumers-and-small-businesses-to-benefit-from-proposed-new-regulation-of-digital-platforms

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/apple-loses-on-appeal/

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

ken@schwanksta.com ("Ken Schwencke") wrote:

Want to see something cool? My team at @ProPublica took all of the Supreme Court justices' disclosures, cleaned them up, connected them, and put them in an easy-to-use database for you to search: http://projects.propublica.org/supreme-connections/

Reblogged by nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi"):

c3voc_releases@chaos.social ("c3voc releases") wrote:

RFC 9420 or how to scale end-to-end encryption with Messaging Layer Security has been released on media.ccc.de https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12064-rfc_9420_or_how_to_scale_end-to-end_encryption_with_messaging_layer_security

Reblogged by nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi"):

kerfuffle@mastodon.online ("Kerfuffle") wrote:

#Mozilla asks for donations to reach half of their CEO's yearly salary, while people are getting laid off. Seems to me that the solution is simple.

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• The yearly salary of the Mozilla Foundation Chairwoman is twice that what they ask in yearly donations. (remote)

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

The harder puzzles in Hexcells+ are supremely satisfying to solve

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

scubbo@fosstodon.org ("Jack Jackson") wrote:

Wake up babe, Godwin's Second Law just dropped

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• Screenshot of tweet by Mike Godwin - "Drawing Bayesian inferences after extensive sampling, I've determined that it's 99-percent certain that anyone who uses "woke" as pejorative will turn out to be a fuckhead. Please don't blame me for pointing this out--it's just science." (remote)

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

Because it's the end of the year and that's when we talk about this stuff:

Tears of the Kingdom really shouldn't be considered a standalone game as much as the most expansive and expensive DLC ever created.

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lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social ("Low Quality Facts") wrote:

Me: And I believe you offer a señor discount.

Waiter: You mean the senior discount?

Me, wearing a poncho and sombrero: I knew it was too bueno to be true.

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Waren bei "Spielleitung von Pen&Paper RPGs". :blobcat_nwn: Viele nette Menschen mit tollen Ideen! :blobcatheart:

#37c3 #rpg #PenAndPaper

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

lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

The sucky thing about working in infosec is that you can't talk about most of the wildest, coolest projects you end up getting pulled into. It's paid work done under NDAs.

The train research done by @redford, @q3k, and @mrtick is a prime example of something that usually wouldn't see the light of day - and I'm really happy that they were able to buck the trend:

https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

“Das mit dem Data-Elch hab ich nicht verstanden.“ “Ist ja auch nur für einGEWEIHte!“

#37c3 #DataElch #schlechteWortwitze

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

You can add DTrace USDT probes to your Rust programs. Didn't know? Well neither did a bunch of our Oxide colleagues so we made some slides for them.

https://ahl.dtrace.org/2023/12/29/dtrace-probes-in-rust/

https://speakerdeck.com/ahl/dtrace-usdt-for-rust

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

to bed early tonight… 7am Saturdays I have a shift walking dogs stuck in the #ROC City Pound.

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kate@fosstodon.org ("Kate Morley") wrote:

My National Grid: Live site at https://grid.iamkate.com now includes data for Viking Link. This 1.4GW electrical interconnector between Bicker Fen in England and Revsing in Denmark is currently undergoing commissioning and is expected to be fully operational from 29th December.

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• A graph of energy transfers over Viking link, showing a peak of 1.4GW during the afternoon of 19th December (remote)

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RickyRomero@mstdn.social ("Ricky Romero") wrote:

I was curious about how rows of pixels map to diamond subpixel arrangements (like on the iPhone). So, after some research with my macro lens, I made a simulator!

https://rickyromero.com/tmp/diamond.html

You can use your mouse to draw on the left side and it will translate it to subpixels on the right. Use R, G, B, etc. on your keyboard to change colors. Or drag a 40x40 image onto the page!

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

"Hey, boss, where should I put this second elf figure?"

"On the back of the reindeer."

"Ok...and just to be clear, when you said the back of the reindeer—"

"The back of the reindeer! Look, I don't know what's so hard about this!"

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• A Christmas display with a large cartoonish reindeer figure. There's a small elf riding on the reindeer's shoulders, and a second one positioned against the reindeer's rear end in what may or may not be an unintentional choice that makes it look kind of like the elf is reaching up the reindeer's butt hole (or is, at the very least, positioned directly in front of it). (remote)

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

"AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans" — https://arstechnica.com/ai/2023/12/ai-created-virtual-influencers-are-stealing-business-from-humans/

I have to begrudgingly admit another positive change from AI.

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

"Asked whether he was at the Jan. 6 riot, Krvaric initially told USA TODAY he was not. Pressed about the photos that online researchers say show him that day, Krvaric acknowledged he attended former President Donald Trump’s speech, but said he didn’t go inside the Capitol. Asked about images that appear to show him inside the Capitol, he then said he didn’t remember whether he went inside. Sent copies and links to the footage, he stopped responding. "

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/12/28/oliver-krvaric-jan-6-capitol-riot/71971697007/

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

my Mom (Liberty) & my older brother (Larry), 17 APR 1945. my Dad was still deployed to Europe (ARMY3) & had not yet met my brother..

(all 3 of them are dead now)

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

Did you know umbrellas were long considered only for women, and unfit for use by men?

It's said the first man who dared to carry an umbrella in public in Paris was assaulted with thrown objects, so strong was the cultural backlash, even in the rain.

It seems ridiculous now that something with such obvious practical value was needlessly gendered.

Anyway my point is we should normalize men carrying purses.

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

deno_land@fosstodon.org ("Deno") wrote:

1️⃣ pick a node project
2️⃣ run it with #deno
3️⃣ screenshot the output (success or failure)
4️⃣ share on twitter with #NodeToDenoChallenge
5️⃣ be eligible for prizes 🎁

more details 👇🏻

https://deno.com/blog/node-to-deno-challenge