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

I had trouble really getting into Cassette Beasts & Knuckle Sandwich was kind of a letdown

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

Favorite new release games this year: Paranormasight, Storyteller, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, Nova Lands, Fashion Dreamer

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

I don't know if it's an issue with Android or with the Chipotle app (though I strongly suspect it must be the former), but every time I order, I end up with a notification that's literally impossible to dismiss and I have to restart my whole damn phone to get rid of it.

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jacqueline@chaos.social wrote:

last day before i become increasingly more annoying. my annoyingness will peak at end of january, and be sustained through mid-march.

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kissane@mas.to ("Erin Kissane") wrote:

Noted without comment.

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• Kermit the frog drinking tea meme gif. (remote)

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

Today my New Year wishes are happening all around the world. Moscow, Kyiv, Paris, Houston. It leaves a bitter taste, because not all of us moved (or stayed) on our own volition. But you can still find the good people everywhere.

Happy New Year friends!

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Goodbye, 2023! Happy new year, Mastodon! 🥳

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robpike@hachyderm.io ("rob pike") wrote:

Long ago, I was an angry young man who railed against all the injustices of the world, but now time has passed, I have matured and learned so much more about things, and now I am an angrier old man.

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

Hmmmm.

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MattiRedsky@fedi.redsky.monster ("Matti Redsky") wrote:

Today is the last day you can boost this post.

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• A picture of a burning building from a video game with the caption, "The year is 2023. Civilization has progressed little in the last 20 years. (remote)

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dansup wrote:

Oh great, someone spreading misinfo about @pixelfed because they don't know how federation works 🙄

The source code is kind of public and this claim is easy to prove wrong by just reading it ✨

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hackernews@mstdn.digital ("Hacker News") wrote:

Threads.net is the new app.net but with ads and interoperable
https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/copy-acquire-kill-how-meta-could-pull-off-the-most-extraordinary-pivot-in-tech-history/

HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38826617

#hackernews - jayveeone 2023-12-31 19:13:01 Score: 54

fromjason ("Jason") wrote:

My latest post is currently number one on Hacker News. Mods changed my title, but hey, that’s show biz baby 😅

I wrote about Meta and how it could pivot into cloud services for social media. And how regulation could play a role. https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/copy-acquire-kill-how-meta-could-pull-off-the-most-extraordinary-pivot-in-tech-history/

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

Clients: "We want to be able to make our own changes to the website."

Devs: "lol they'll never change anything, who are they kidding? Nobody changes their website after it's built."

Dev tool makers: "Floogify makes it 10% faster to swap out pieces of your production dev projects on the fly—"

Devs: [Stampede]

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stacksmashing@infosec.exchange wrote:

I just published the code and hardware for Tamarin-C, the iPhone 15 USB-C exploration tool I presented at #37c3.

https://github.com/stacksmashing/tamarin-c

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ZachWeinersmith ("Zach Weinersmith") wrote:

Real
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/real-3 (click for full comic)
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #physics #philosophy

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

Page transitions have not shipped in any browser by default, and I honestly think devs don't realize it because CanIUse doesn't reflect that very well, and because the devs all have the experimental flag enabled so it seems like it's on to them.

fromjason ("Jason") wrote:

The Cambridge Analytica scandal changed everything for Meta (then #Facebook). It severely limited Zuck's options to grow his empire. And those options were already narrow.

When was the last time you remember Meta buying a social media platform? WhatsApp?

The scandal exposed a lot of dirt, and US regulators don't want another platform under Meta's control.

So instead, Meta has used the k*ll part of Copy, Acquire, K*ll to maintain dominance.

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

If you can't find a black widow, Steatoda borealis makes for a pretty gothy substitute.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/31/good-parenting/

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fromjason ("Jason") wrote:

First, a summary:

Using #ActicityPub and #Mastodon as a launching point, Meta could provide social cloud services that met regulation requirements. Small devs and admins, who couldn't meet it themselves, would be compelled to migrate.

This would first happen through #threads (dot) net. 
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Meta then offers a revenue-split with its ad network. This aligns with a well-documented #regulatorycapture strategy using a carrot and stick tactic. Where regulation is the stick and ad-revenue the carrot.

fromjason ("Jason") wrote:

Let's talk about "Copy, Acquire, K*ll," #Meta's well-documented version of Embrace, Enhance, Extinguish. 💨

Yesterday I posted to my blog about how Zuck could be gearing up to pivot into social media cloud services.

There was so much info around this, I had to edit the post down to a modest 2,000 words 😅

So I wanted to offer more details in a thread 🧵

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/copy-acquire-kill-how-meta-could-pull-off-the-most-extraordinary-pivot-in-tech-history/

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

Breaktime for Bonzo... preso almost drafted

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

What, exactly, am I supposed to celebrate on New Year's Eve? Nobody actually expects that next year will be better than this one, surely?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/12/31/screw-2023-2024-is-going-to-be-awful/

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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Every New Year's Eve I briefly ask myself whether democracy is really the right system 😆

*Explosive noises in the background* 🧨

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

I don't know how I've lived my life without `color-mix` in CSS.

https://codepen.io/collinsworth/pen/BaboKLE?editors=0100

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

Tonight is the night that each tree in the world adds a ring.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#SilentSunday

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

Go is simply not a bad programming language, I'm sorry

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

Might not be a good writer, but at least I'm glacially slow at it.

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

It feels like we need "weight classes" for SSGs and projects based on full rebuild times. I'm curious what folks are experiencing, so a quick poll below. If your situation isn't covered, would love to hear more:

What's the throughput of your SSG on the box you work on day-to-day in terms of milliseconds per page generated in a full (clean) rebuild: