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

zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :verify:") wrote:

“The wind in your hair feeling of the developer experience getting better may have just been you rolling coal in someone else’s face”—@slightlyoff today at @cfedev’s #TheJamDev

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

RickByers@toot.cafe ("Rick Byers") wrote:

A big day for the open web in Europe... https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engines/

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

elizabethtasker@mastodon.online ("Elizabeth Tasker") wrote:

Not kidding about SLIM landing on its head... here is picture! This was taken by LEV-2 (SORA-Q) that adorbs transformer robot carried by SLIM that looks like a ball and then springs open to roll wild across the lunar surface and take photos as the mood takes it.

Clearly, it found this pretty funny and it autonomously selected this shot to send back to Earth.

There's a press release here that HQ can't be bothered to post the English.

https://www.jaxa.jp/press/2024/01/20240125-4_j.html

Attachments:

• Photograph of the SLIM spacecraft tilted onto its head on the lunar surface, taken by the LEV-2 robot onboard SLIM. Despite the spacecraft's angle, it's actually fine: it was a soft landing, but the loss of one of the main engines resulting in attitude control issues. (remote)

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

Levendowski@mastodon.lawprofs.org ("Amanda Levendowski") wrote:

Two years ago, I made my first perfume. Last year ago, I certified the first ever OSHWA perfume. Last summer, I interviewed indie international perfumers about the legal and social barriers to perfume. Now, I'm delighted to share my forthcoming article about it all and envisioning how open source perfumes can democratize this exclusive industry, Open Source Perfume: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4705795

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

agaitaarino@scholar.social ("Alejandro Gaita-Ariño") wrote:

"A call for frugal modelling: two case studies involving molecular spin dynamics

As scientists living through a climate emergency, we have a responsibility to lead by example, or to at least be consistent with our understanding of the problem, which in the case of theoreticians involves a frugal approach to modelling. [...]"

https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13618

@wim_v12e
@aspuru @EllisCrawford
@Decodoku
@ScientistRebellion
@DrMLHarris

#ScienceMastodon #Chemiverse #climate

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

metin@graphics.social ("Metin Seven 🎨") wrote:

A little thread 🧵 [5/5]…

Inspiring drawings by David Semple (three-eyed monster), Chad Townsend (drone robot) and Tyson Murphy (horned demon), and my 3D interpretations.

#art #artwork #artist #ArtMatters #DigitalArt #illustration #drawing #CharacterDesign #design #GraphicDesign #2D #3D #B3D #Blender3D #Blender #MagicaCSG #sculpture #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt

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• Side-by-side comparisons of inspirational cartoon character drawings, and my 3D interpretations. (remote)

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

Just an odd phrase that popped into my head this morning. I'll leave it to you to decide what might fit that description.

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

The HOA of computing... :thonking:

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

octothorpe@mastodon.online ("CM Harrington") wrote:

I mean, happy anniversary to the Mac, sure. But more importantly, happy 40th anniversary to Purple Rain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnYmWpD_T8

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

20m JS8 is looking pretty good right now... kinda noisy, but lots of stations there
#AmateurRadio 📡

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

It also goes right along with me even when I'm doing something really stupid.

Today, for example, I mistyped a comparison as `!a === b` instead of the proper way, `a !== b`.

Copilot happily helped me repeat that mistake as many times as I wanted to, before I eventually discovered the error.

(Technically, `!a === b` is valid code, so Copilot apparently just assumed that's what I wanted, even though it made no sense in the context of what I was doing. Even TypeScript didn't help with that one.)

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

So I've been using GitHub Copilot full-time (work and play) for a few weeks now.

I notice it either comes up with the perfect thing amazingly quickly, or spits out something so blatantly wrong a junior in their first week would laugh at it. There's no in-between; everything it suggests is either amazing or terrible.

The tricky thing is: it's not always apparent at a glance which is which.

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

Weird. I guess I'm not a "super lib", because I'm not concerned about how Mary Lou Retton uses donations to help her medical conditions.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/25/did-you-sign-up-for-the-war-on-mary-lou-retton/

Attachments:

• Mary Lou Retton (remote)

Mastodon wrote:

Watch out for this banner at #FOSDEM! A bit more than a week left and you can meet a large part of the Mastodon team and buy some of our merch in building H, level 1! @fosdem

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• A roll-up banner with the Mastodon logo, the tagline "Where conversations happen", a cloud of hashtags #FOSDEM, #FOSDEM24, #OpenSource, #SocialWeb, and #fosdem2024, an illustration of colorful elephants on a green landscape and some clouds, a QR code, the second tagline "Free, open-source decentralized social media" and the address joinmastodon.org.

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

thegibson@hackers.town ("The Gibson") wrote:

Be kind to others, build them up.

You don’t know the good you may do.

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

Of course we make tea by heating water in a microwave!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/25/how-to-make-tea/

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• US Embassy London explains the proper way to make tea (remote)

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Ja, es ist mal wieder so weit.. Die Arbeit macht Tomas Tulpe nötig. :blobcateyesspin:

Tomas Tulpe - My name is Tomas
https://song.link/s/431QNdnCqhhAt4vqm1oX1v

#music #NowPlaying #TomasTulpe #electro

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

Why yes, it has been a long day. And come to think of it, I probably should be asleep right now...why do you mention it?

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

My best theory so far: "on" only works with horizontal things because our brains unconsciously perceive anything visual as having gravity.

The items can be perceived as resting on a horizonal row, but not on a vertical column, where they would fall, and so our brains instead perceive the column as holding the items.

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

Why do we always say an item in a grid/table/spreadsheet is *IN* a column, but *ON* a row?

✅ "On row 5, in column 3"
❌ "In row 5, on column 3"

✅ "Look on the first row"
❌ "Look on the first column"

Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):

MurderDeathHug@woof.group wrote:

@rmrenner Me driving to the Mansus: Yeah i'm a total fascinationpilled lanterncel. I'm basically going Long mode and i'm giving Watchmancore vibes

My 25 year old cultist Enid: Leader I think the Madrugad should kill you

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

The only reason I can recommend this book is as a historical study of how wealthy Europeans thought about the world in late XIX century: being the only enlightened people compared to the savage rubble like Indians, Chinese, Americans, etc.

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

It was very different from the cartoon I watched when I was a kid :-) Gone is the ingenious Mr. Fogg using whatever is at hand in clever ways. In the book he bribes his way through and is being saved by other people. The main idea is, to win a terminally dumb wager, you need lot of money and a lot of luck. But surprisingly, the story isn't satiric in the slightest, he's a damn hero :-).

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

After seeing some people talk about The Book of Hours I decided to start up Cultist Simulator for the first time since 2018 and wow, I did not remember how to play it at all

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

sadness

https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/melanie-dead-brand-new-key-singer-woodstock-1235886892/

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

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

I like TypeScript, but I maintain that beyond a certain point, it makes you *feel* more productive than it actually *makes* you.

It *feels* like an amazing achievement when you finally, satisfyingly, invoke the proper incantation to banish those cursed squigglies in your editor...

...but you might have just spent hours "improving" the code, when what actually ships and runs is 0% different that it was before.

It's possible the only thing you meaningfully changed was your own feelings.

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

hikingdude ("Franz Graf") wrote:

Hey Friends! one more shot from my weekend's #photo #adventure! It was midday and the stream was not very calm, lots of ripples .. it didn't really please me until I saw how it was meandering from right to left and back.

I grabbed my ND filter and tried a couple of long exposures so that the "harsh" ripples turned into an interesting pattern.

A little bit of processing later, I was really positively surprised!
Enjoy 😉

#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #river #art #nature #winter

Attachments:

• This image captures a serene winter landscape, where a river meanders through a snow-covered terrain. The river, appearing placid and untouched, serves as a stark contrast against the snowy landscape. The surroundings are dotted with trees, their branches laden with fresh snow, adding a sense of tranquility to the scene. The image is presented in black and white, adding a timeless and almost ethereal quality to the tableau. The foggy atmosphere further enhances the sense of stillness and quietude, transforming the scene into a monochrome winter wonderland. The composition skillfully intertwines elements of nature, water, and winter, creating an atmosphere that is both outdoor and somewhat infrared in its aesthetic appeal.

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

noodling around on JS8, 40m is getting pretty busy #AmateurRadio

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

infosec_jcp@infosec.exchange ("@infosec_jcp 🆓🐦🐈🃏 done differently") wrote:

@rtyler @pluralistic

Love how this just says ' so use a web browser like the developers of the web site intended. ' #W3C

Don't make me tap the sign
⚠️
👇

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• Love how this just says ' so use a web browser like the developers of the web site intended. ' #W3C Don't make me tap the sign ⚠️ 👇 (remote)

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

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Oh?

House Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt #Gaetz has reached out to the woman whom the congressman allegedly had sexual relations with when she was a 17-year-old minor #GaetzGate

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/24/politics/house-ethics-matt-gaetz?cid=ios_app