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

Emulation isn't about piracy. Emulation is about preserving video game history.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Recently discovered this band through a friend. They're touring Europe this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNLSNsZSKB4

#NP #NowPlaying #Monkey3 #ProgTuesday

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

The police think violence against minorities is justifiable if they pretend brown people might hulk out. It's two for one: excusing cop cowardice and brutality in one ugly step.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/05/every-time-the-police-are-scrutinized-they-look-worse/

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• MPD training slide explaining that people on drugs are super strong and violent (remote)

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puppygirlhornypost@transfem.social ("Amber") wrote:

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• sign that says "history without discomfort is propoganda" (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

"Car makers told to ditch distracting touchscreens: Safety body will penalize models that don't have simple button controls"

Glad this nonsense stops, haptic feedback for the win.

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booters@kolektiva.social wrote:

I spent the last week scraping through a terabyte of GeoCities archives and collecting ALL THE #88x31 buttons! In the end, I gathered 29257 unique buttons (75k with duplicates). They are available at https://hellnet.work/8831/

Check them out!

I also have the dataset (~160MB), stats and a bit about the scraping process here: https://hellnet.work/8831/stats.html

#indieweb #smallweb #geocities #neocities

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• a scroll through the hellnet.work 88x31 archive (remote)

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estherschindler@hachyderm.io ("Esther Schindler") wrote:

Communications of the ACM (CACM) is now a fully Open Access publication. This means that more than six decades of CACM’s renowned research articles, seminal papers, technical reports, commentaries, real-world practice, and news articles are now open to everyone, regardless of whether they are members of ACM or subscribe to the ACM Digital Library. https://cacm.acm.org/news/cacm-is-now-open-access-2/

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

Hadn't been back to Japan since Feb '20, and a quick trip back confirms everything amazing about these isles remains captivating.

本当にありがとう、日本！

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Apple's latest announcement regarding Web Apps translated into plain English

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• Why don’t users in the EU have access to Home Screen web apps? UPDATE:Two weeks ago Apple made public its plan to remove web apps from iOS in the EU. We had sneaked in the change in the beta two weeks prior to that in the hope that no one would notice it in time, but that didn’t work out well. The need to remove the capability was motivated by our continuous effort to kneecap the web on iOS so it can never become a viable alternative to the App Store. A very annoying web developers association started running surveys and an open letter, and the European Commission started an investigation. Therefore, we had to back off. This means that in addition to no longer being able to force competing browsers to use our crippled browser engine, we have to keep web apps in iOS, which poses a serious security threat to our 30% App Store extortion racket. We want to reassure our shareholders that we will keep fighting the web as hard as we can. Indeed, we set out ridiculous requirements for alternative browser engines, and we will try to gate web apps installation to only Safari's engine after the availability of iOS 17.4 in early March.

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

Modern gas burners use a fascinating technology to determine if the fire is on or off: they use electrical current *through* the flame. The flame is actually a conductor, because water is one of the products of hydrocarbon combustion. And it reacts pretty much instantaneous both ways (flame appearing and disappearing), unlike old methods which used heat.

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frankashwood@flipping.rocks ("Frank Ashwood") wrote:

Macrophotgraphy gives us glimpses into countless tiny, alien worlds all around us.

Example: a few months ago, I went on a walk to a waterfall with my camera. On a mist-soaked log nearby, I found this tiny Penthaleid mite happily munching away on a vibrant purple cluster of Kōtukutuku tree fuchsia pollen.

At only a couple of millimetres in length, the mite had no idea I was there, watching it hungrily devouring this feast.

#Macrophotography #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity #MiteMonday

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• A photograph of an orange-legged, dark round bodied mite feeding on a cluster of tiny purple orbs. (remote)

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estherschindler@newsie.social ("Esther Schindler") wrote:

At the bar there was a sign saying, "Ask for the WiFi password."
I asked the barman what the WiFi password was and he said, "You have to buy a drink first."
I ordered a drink and asked again and he said, "You have to buy a drink first, no capitals or spaces."

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ecmascript_news@mastodon.online ("ECMAScript News") wrote:

JSR (JavaScript Registry) is in public beta
@deno_land
https://deno.com/blog/jsr_open_beta

#ECMAScript #JavaScript

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

There should be a mildly annoying indicator sound when you leave your car’s high beams on (like the existing one for turn signals).

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arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

Carmakers must bring back buttons to get good safety scores in Europe

In 2026, Euro NCAP points will be deducted if some controls aren't physical.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/carmakers-must-bring-back-buttons-to-get-good-safety-scores-in-europe/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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• b8cf29929d8fccf2.jpg

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majorlinux@toot.majorshouse.com ("Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers") wrote:

Opt-out is never the answer when it comes to users work, data, and privacy!

Automattic isn't protecting user choice when it comes to gAI - Desk Chair
Analysts

https://dcanalysts.net/automattic-isnt-protecting-user-choice-when-it-comes-to-gai/

#DCA

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governa@fosstodon.org ("ricardo :mastodon:") wrote:

#Tesla #CyberTruck

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

wearing my jants (jean pants)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Apple's frankness is rare but not unheard of. Steve Jobs did the same with flash.

One glaring difference- Tim Cook didn't put his name on the press release.

Considering the second most notorious firings in all of Apple history boiled down Scott Forstall not signing the Maps apology letter, I find that odd.

https://web.archive.org/web/20100501010616/http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

#Dune is well worth a trip to the cinema, I can say that much.

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

it is never aA Good Sign when an ambulance is moving *away* from the nearby ER, running ‘sirens & lights’

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

The App Store, Spotify, and Europe’s thriving digital music market:

> Despite that success, and the App Store’s role in making it possible, Spotify pays Apple nothing. That’s because Spotify — like many developers on the App Store — made a choice. Instead of selling subscriptions in their app, they sell them on their website. And Apple doesn’t collect a commission on those purchases.

Interesting play by #Apple.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/03/the-app-store-spotify-and-europes-thriving-digital-music-market/

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

Rust is mentioned more frequently and prominently than Go in Google’s own blog post on switching to memory safe languages: https://security.googleblog.com/2024/03/secure-by-design-googles-perspective-on.html

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amiserabilist@med-mastodon.com ("paul") wrote:

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• metronome (me) a better world is possible> <we're SO fucked (remote)

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mingo@oldbytes.space ("Mingo 🦩") wrote:

So, Spotify Premium price will come down now, right?

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

It's unclear if we're being dared to do this or begged not to, but today on Oxide and Friends @ahl and I are going to take on data visualization -- including (but not limited to!) our trusty but idiosyncratic friend, gnuplot. Join us, 5p Pacific! https://discord.gg/xgZ5uaXM?event=1214247033637183518

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

I don't know how anyone is ever so at the top of their game as Lynn Fisher, let alone for so long and on so many projects.

Case Study: lynnandtonic.com 2023 refresh | Lynn Fisher
https://lynnandtonic.com/thoughts/entries/case-study-2023-refresh/

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

sadly, true. we can but strive to reach them all

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• So many weather patterns to control, so few major metropolitan areas to unleash hell upon. (remote)

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

The evidence is piling up that Elon Musk is not a competent engineer.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/03/04/never-mind-the-vegas-eye-i-want-to-see-the-sludge-tunnels/

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• burning tesla (remote)

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

one area where I think we mixed up birth cohorts with generations is "boomer ellipses"....... they come for us all......