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

Apple designed a new, intentionally prohibitive fee structure for those wishing to publish outside of Apple’s App Store in Europe, designed specifically to make them stick to Apple’s App Store instead.

50 cents per app install over a million installs, including for free apps 😐 https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/25/apple-eu-fees-could-bankrupt-app-developers/

Reblogged by xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins"):

evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

Congratulations to @ProPublica for hiring @ben ! What a coup.

https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/propublica-hires-first-senior-director-for-technology

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

accretionist@techhub.social ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦") wrote:

@Teri_Kanefield

anyone watching media/ social media in october 2018 in the usa could see the regular drumbeat of hysteria about invading "caravans", especially as broadcast by trump

and then in in november 2018: *poof*, the entire problem magically disappeared post elections

i wish GOP allegiants could admit to themselves how easily they are manipulated. problem is enough of them are in on it: they know it's all a lie, they don't care, and they play along. they're happy about the manipulation. this is the modern GOP

finally, remember also "jade helm"

an idiotic alex jones conspiracy theory, and abbott played into it for political reasons, having the texas state guard "monitor" what was a regular military exercise (rick perry even came out to say it was a regular exercise)

i sense abbot is doing the same here: playing at the game of manufactured outrage for dim wits, and already aware he will back down if any real consequences present themselves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Helm_15_conspiracy_theories

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

playing around with ChatGPT, putting some of the text-focused ideas from the Coursera class on AI I'm taking to practice

https://chat.openai.com/share/aab57229-291e-4b67-8b8e-3244c6702e77

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

For those using the mastodon.social web app, there's been an update to one of #Mastodon's core features, the compose form! Been working on it since end of November last year, so really excited to finally bring it to light. More is to come. Let me know how you like it!

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

@theverge The "is allowing" frame also insinuates that the key actor here is Apple, rather than the EC, who actually deserve the credit for making a better web future possible within its borders. That mis-framing also removes agency from advocates like @owa who have been working tirelessly towards this moment for years.

Centering Apple, and giving them a positive frame, is not-even-wrong. This is a victory for users *because of good regulation*.

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

@theverge "is allowing" insinuates that:

- Apple had any choice
- They are actually collaborating on the process instead of waiting to the very last possible moment to outline a minimal conformance plan that has huge holes in it
- That this will be available to most users, when in fact Apple is trying to extinguish user and developer choice by ring-fencing to the EU where this is being required by law

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

Hey @theverge; fixed your headline:

"Apple is finally forced to allow full versions of Chrome and Firefox on EU iPhones":

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050478/apple-ios-17-4-browser-engines-eu

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

Instead of "Quiet public" I'm thinking we should go with "Soft launch". :thonking:

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adrian@holovaty.com ("Adrian Holovaty") wrote:

I'm so excited that iOS will finally allow alternate browser engines!

But, man, Apple's press release is just dripping with spite and utter lack of grace. Not a good look.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-changes-to-ios-safari-and-the-app-store-in-the-european-union/

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jk ("josef") wrote:

whether it’s true or not that “90% of everything is crap”, the tech giants are investing heavily in a hot new technology that promises to boost that figure up to an impressively reliable “five-nines” percentage

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ianbetteridge@writing.exchange ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:

I mean, basically it sounds like Apple has just looked through its entire catalogue of features and broken as many of them as possible for any app that dares to use an alternate app store.

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/25/features-unavailable-with-alternative-app-stores/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

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

beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com ("Ethan Marcotte") wrote:

oh my goodness: an interactive U.S. map dedicated to “uncovering, documenting and mapping thousands of New Deal public works and artworks around the country”:

https://livingnewdeal.org/map/

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

glynmoody ("Glyn Moody") wrote:

The amazing helicopter on #Mars, Ingenuity, will fly no more - https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/nasas-mars-helicopter-has-made-its-last-flight-above-the-red-planet/ "has flown a staggering 72 flights. It has spent more than two hours—128.3 minutes, to be precise—flying through the thin Martian air."

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KevinMarks@xoxo.zone ("Kevin Marks") wrote:

Another reason to regret Brexit? https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engines/

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davidbrin ("David Brin") wrote:

Andrew Fraknoi has compiled a pretty good list of sci fi stories and novels that relate good astronomy. My short story "Reality Check" appeared in Nature with an odd solution to the Fermi Paradox. https://www.nature.com/articles/35005182 Andy’s list is available at https://www.fraknoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Science-Fiction-with-Good-Astronomy.pdf

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thomasapowell@fosstodon.org ("ThomasAPowell") wrote:

@slightlyoff Indeed, and given how they “complied" with the EPIC judgment, what tricks will be implemented to preserve their boot position? For example, I wonder if they will assume the phone was initially set up in the US, so if VPNed to Europe, is there no non-webkit browser for you? It will be interesting to see if there are holes in their plan.

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

Just had a slight moment of panic when I noticed the word "butt" in production code and thought I'd forgotten to remove something I used for debugging.

Thanks for that, `stroke-linecap` SVG attribute.

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

phae@status.fberriman.com wrote:

We're at an Airbnb at the moment and Alex has an online talk to give today so I guess we're a hype house now or whatever.

Attachments:

• Alex fiddling with a living room DIY live steam setup. (remote)

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

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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

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• 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)

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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

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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

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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:

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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.)