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

As a line engineer it can be challenging to decode replies to emails you spend weeks drafting to sr mgmt; here's a quick decoder ring:

- "sorry for the slow reply": "I care about this which is why you're getting any reply at all"
- "have you seen X?": "explain why this isn't the solution to the problem"
- "can you chat to Y about this?": "I sense you're onto something, but I need a trusted lieutenant to vet it"
- "keep me in the loop": "keep my reports in the loop. Or don't. I don't care"

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

You love to see it!

https://www.ft.com/content/191d8388-c5c0-419c-95d6-918df6f09fc5

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

owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Let's review OWA's 2023. A special thank you to all of our volunteers and donors! Happy New Year!
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-2023-review/

Attachments:

• Let’s ring in the new year with a review of everything OWA achieved in 2023. The whole team would like to thank our kind volunteers and donors. We couldn’t do it without you! Happy New Year!

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

Happy NY, y'all.

Reblogged by lloydmeta ("Lloyd"):

kurisu@famichiki.jp ("Kurisu") wrote:

Tsunami Warning – 1/1, 4:12pm
A Tsunami Warning has been issued. Waves of up to 3m are expected. Those near coastal areas, rivers, or lakes should evacuate to higher ground immediately.

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• 548fc47967cef8a3.png (remote)

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simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:

"The most surprising thing we’ve learned about LLMs this year is that they’re actually quite easy to build." https://simonwillison.net/2023/Dec/31/ai-in-2023/#easy-to-build

"I like to compare the difficulty of training an LLM to that of building a suspension bridge—not trivial, but hundreds of countries around the world have figured out how to do it."

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

QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

28 years ago today on December 31, 1995, legendary cartoonist Bill Watterson published his final 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip.

How beautiful and appropriate it was. A timeless reminder of what we can make the next year.

May we bring about justice for all humanity in 2024.❤️

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• Calvin and Hobbes see the whole world covered in snow and marvel at the possibilities of what they’ll discover. They jump on a sled and go exploring.

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

NYE OH: "oh no! I forgot to believe in myself!"

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seldo@alpaca.gold ("Laurie Voss") wrote:

Happy 2024! Mickey Mouse is in the public domain: https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2024/

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Been enjoying this Thai indie synth pop band, HYBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFo4Il_jn_k

#music

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

NYE OH: "...ok, but in my fictional defense...."

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wikipedia@wikis.world ("Wikipedia") wrote:

Some people start the new year with a kiss. Others refresh English Wikipedia at midnight ET to see Mickey Mouse. Happy Public Domain Day!

Attachments:

• Wikipedia homepage. Under the "featured pictures" there is large text that says "no image". The caption is about Steamboat Willie (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("Jason"):

theangrynoodle ("Bryanna/The Angry Noodle") wrote:

Readers, do you like the smell, sound, and feel of books? Are you like me, flipping through pages just to get a whiff of that delicious page smell?

I wrote a post ranking book formats based on their feel, smell, and sound. Whatcha think? 🤔

https://theangrynoodle.com/ranking-types-of-book-formats/

#blogpost #book #bookstodon #Bookwyrm

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

2023 was a an *intense* year on the browser competition front, and @owa is out with a rundown:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/owa-2023-review/

Reblogged by fromjason ("Jason"):

rmondello@hachyderm.io ("Ricky Mondello") wrote:

no matter what else I can say about 2023, Kissinger is still fucking dead

fromjason ("Jason") wrote:

The wild thing about the threads.net and App.net comparison is that it actually sounds pretty dope if it weren't Meta doing it.

Moral reasons, sure. But also because of what it could mean for indie devs in the long term.

When a sector becomes dependent on Meta, it tends to flex its power in unsavory ways. Like remember I can haz cheeseburger and text from last night? Sites like those don't exist as much anymore. FB got them addicted to its traffic and then 😵

That train is never late.

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ashporter93 ("Ashley Porter") wrote:

#MutualAidRequest for food. Nothing too major, just something to get me by for tonight and tomorrow, if possible. Thank you 💛

$40
CA $AshleyPorter93
@mutualaid

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xandra@tilde.zone ("alexandra") wrote:

kicking off my first #blog entry with a post about why i think everyone *should* blog (and why it includes you): https://library.xandra.cc/everyone-should-blog/

#indieweb #personalweb #webdev #enshittification

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

Yeesh, that was silly. Overstuffed plot, hammy acting, pointless kaiju punching, abrupt ending. A good way to spend an evening.

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

THE END.

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

Katsura unalives herself.Mechagodzilla is destroyed! Titanosaurus runs away. Head alien from Black Hole Planet 3 jumps into a flying saucer to escape, but Godzilla fries it. Titanosaurus falls into the sea.

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

Katsura is shot, losing control of Mechagodzilla. Godzilla rips its head off. Mad Scientist Shinzo Mafune is shot and dies dramatically! Katsura cries because she's a cyborg and her boyfriend still loves her.

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yurnidiot@mstdn.social ("Mandu 🥟") wrote:

start at 11:56:20 for the remastered version

Attachments:

• tweet: If you play 'In The Air Tonight’ by Phil Collins on December 31st at 11:56:40 the drum break will play right as the clock strikes midnight. Start off your new year right. (remote)

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

Humans take out Titanosaurus with the supersonic sound beam weapon. Godzilla staggers back into the fight to engage Mechagodzilla.

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

A captured journalist is going to escape, I think, because the aliens know nothing of kinbaku. Those are the worst knots ever.

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

Like any pro wrestling match, in the early fight the heels are kicking butt, and the face is getting annihilated.

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

Godzilla is back! Three-way fight commences, finally.

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

And Titanosaurus is back! Double-teaming Tokyo with Mechagodzilla.

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

At the one hour mark: finally, Mechagodzilla emerges under Katsura's psychic control. I guess they didn't have to implant her brain after all.

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

OMG. They're going to implant Katsura's brain into Mechagodzilla. Mad Scientist Shinzo Mafune seems to be having second thoughts.