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babe@glitterkitten.co.uk ("tiddy roosevelt") wrote:

My magnum opus, my masterwork... I dedicate this one to you, my community.

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• Clay model of the mastodon elephant mascot sitting down and holding a cocktail umbrella (remote)
• Clay model of the mastodon elephant mascot sitting down and holding a cocktail umbrella (remote)
• Clay model of the mastodon elephant mascot sitting down and holding a cocktail umbrella. The photo is taken from behind and he had rotund, pert buttocks (remote)
• Clay model of the mastodon elephant mascot sitting down and holding a cocktail umbrella. The photo is taken from behind and he had rotund, pert buttocks (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

sgrif@hachyderm.io ("Sage Griffin 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

The Rust Foundation listed a job with responsibilities that have a lot of overlap with my old job, except it's now explicitly a marketing position instead of someone holding them accountable.

Turns out it wasn't a budget issue or the position no longer being needed, it was them wanting blind loyalty instead of accountability. And they think we're stupid enough not to notice. The foundation doesn't respect you.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

fossifoundation ("FOSSi Foundation") wrote:

Guess who's back! We are excited to invite all of you to a new @fossifoundation Latch-Up conference, the premier event for open source silicon in the Americas.
This time we will be in Boston/Cambridge, MA April 19-21 and we hope to see you all there.

https://fossi-foundation.org/latch-up/

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

rafa@mastodon.design ("Rafa") wrote:

It’s one accessory Michael.
What could it cost, $200 dollars?

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

markmccaughrean ("Mark McCaughrean") wrote:

Ah, Q&A.

Landing as such seems to have been successful – it is still sending data back at the moment.

Question is why there's no solar power generation. As the arrays are fixed on the body, it feels as though the lander is perhaps upside down or might be a panel connection failure.

A question from NHK on this now.

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

scoping makes for some interesting possibilities... (wishing the W3C Validator did not complain about X-whatever elements)

https://people.well.com/user/jeffs/demos/alpine/firstDemo.html

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

flexghost ("flexghost.") wrote:

This is a win

I worked hard to pay off my student loans but I’m happy for those getting relief

Most people don’t even know the administration canceled more than $136 billion in student debt already. It should be a major talking point in the media

But instead they talk about who Trump will pick for a running mate and the no-no he said in court for the 13,457,836th time

🇺🇸

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• Headline Biden forgives another $5 billion in student loans for 74K borrowers Wait for the smoothbrain spoiled babies to stop complaining about their debt as a reason they won’t vote and shift to another strawman

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

Boeing is having a "difficult" time https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-68032755

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

BBC@c.im ("BBC News") wrote:

#BBC [World] Flames seen coming from Boeing plane mid-flight https://w.st/NtY2n

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

markmccaughrean ("Mark McCaughrean") wrote:

Update on JAXA's SLIM & its status on the surface of the Moon due in 10 minutes at 02:10 JST / 18:10 CET / 17:10 UTC.

https://www.youtube.com/live/nvXLt3ET9mE?feature=shared

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

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Via Kyle Griffin:

The #Biden admin is canceling $5 billion in #debt for 74,000 borrowers.
President Biden said 44,000 approved borrowers were having their debt wiped clean after 10 years of public service — including teachers, nurses and firefighters.

Nearly 30,000 borrowers have worked toward repayment for at least 20 years but "never got the relief they earned through income-driven repayment plans."

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

bgzimmer ("Ben Zimmer") wrote:

"Stochastic parrot," coined by @emilymbender for "large language models that...do not truly understand the meaning of the language they are processing," was recognized as AI-Related Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society. My latest for WSJ. 🦜 https://on.wsj.com/47DKfVf

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

Who has been scribbling on my sidewalk?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/19/curious-squiggles/

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• markings in the snow on my sidewalk (remote)

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

playing around with alpine.js while I avoid work

https://www.well.com/~jeffs/demos/alpine/firstDemo.html

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

“There are two methods in software design. One is to make the program so simple, there are obviously no errors. The other is to make it so complicated, there are no obvious errors.”

- Tony Hoare

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

FrancisWilkinson@journa.host ("Francis Wilkinson") wrote:

I'm looking at who's leaving [the GOP] but I'm also looking at the next generation,” Ornstein said. “And the next generation in many ways makes the Freedom Caucus look moderate. These are people who have come of age during the worst period when they've been fed conspiracy theories, tribalism, extremism.” https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-19/liz-cheney-s-improbable-dream-of-a-new-gop

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

cleared the walkway, driveway, and sidewalk of snow. fsck snow.

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

Anticipate lots of lazy, biased journalism in the coming months.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/19/oh-no-its-that-season-again/

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• Ruben Bolling explains modern media perfectly. See, in particular, the NY Times. (remote)

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

You, like me, have probably seen this article in your feed many times now. Well if you, like me, haven't actually read it yet, I'd encourage you to take the time.

Very Ordinary Men | The Point Magazine
https://thepointmag.com/criticism/very-ordinary-men/

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

I do get tired of everyone sidling around the real root of the problem.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/19/their-one-true-god-is-ignorance/

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• RELIGION. A DAUGHTER OF HOPE AND FEAR, EXPLAINING TO IGNORANGE THE NATURE OF THE UNKNOWABLE. (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

TBH I'm kind of tired of the freezing rain and gusty winds.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

I'm just gonna throw it out there

Here's my spicy take

Letting greedy assholes run hospitals to maximize short-term profits is a fundamentally bad idea that needs to be stopped with whatever tools are most expedient

https://pestakeholder.org/news/new-report-details-harm-caused-to-healthcare-industry-by-apollo/

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

luka@sonomu.club ("Luka Prinčič :heart_gq:") wrote:

"we have gone quite mad that we need 50+ million lines of code for a garage door opener. That we find this normal must come with some pathology."

by @bert_hubert

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/a-2024-plea-for-lean-software/

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

Unixbigot@aus.social ("Christopher Biggs") wrote:

Favourite stove burner?

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

CliffWade@allthingstech.social wrote:

AllThingsTech.social is looking for a moderator to help us moderate the instance as well as grow the community here on Mastodon, Discord and other areas.

We're looking for someone that is energetic, outgoing, has ideas to help us grow as much as possible and to help make #AllThingsTech the safest, most fun, most welcoming instance in the #Fediverse

If you feel that's you, please reach out to myself or to @beardedtechguy so we can talk further!

#Moderator #Mastodon #Community #HelpWanted

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

CliffWade@allthingstech.social wrote:

Are you pre-ordering the new Apple Vision Pro?

Please BOOST for maximum exposure to the #Fediverse

#Poll #Polls #POTD #Question #Questions #QOTD #Apple #VisionPro #VisionOS #Tech #AllThingsTech

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

Fantastic music, even better dancers. I ❤️ Jungle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU5tSF6k-m8

#music #jungle

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I have the theme from L'homme Orchestre stuck in my head today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGYnQ85sLJ0

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

yabellini@fosstodon.org ("Yani Bellini Saibene") wrote:

Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

A tumblelog directory from 2007. Not sure if any of those links still work but I'm feeling adventurous. #SmallWeb #oldweb

https://web.archive.org/web/20070708185344/http://tumblelog.co.uk/