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

pablolarah wrote:

🟣 Use CSS to boost the font size of emoji with no extra markup
By @Edent @Edent
#Emoji #EmojiFontSize #css #webdev

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/04/use-css-to-boost-the-font-size-of-emoji-with-no-extra-markup/

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• Dark violet text on yellow background with big smile emoji in lilac on bottom right: Use CSS to boost the font size of emoji with no extra markup

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

Raise your hand if you believe Trump will face any consequences whatsoever in his latest criminal trial. I think he'll walk away scot-free despite being guilty as hell.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/15/dont-get-your-hopes-up/

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• AFTER MY TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL, I NEED TO TAKE SOME R & R…REVENGE & RETRIBUTION! (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

#Threads no longer available in Turkey following a decision by the Turkish Competition Authority

https://www.rekabet.gov.tr/tr/Guncel/meta-ya-gecici-tedbir-karari-2f9550bff3e4ee1193c80050568585c9

> Within the framework of the current findings; It was decided to apply temporary measures to prevent data merger behavior that may occur as a result of the data transfer mechanism between Instagram and Threads.

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• Screen shot of Meta notice: Threads will no longer be available in Turkiye due to a regulatory decision Following a decision by the Turkish Competition Authority, Threads will no longer be available to people in Turkiye starting April 29, 2024. Your Threads profile will be deactivated, but you'll be able to download your information and delete your profile at any time. We value the Threads community in Turkiye and hope to be back soon.

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

How do you honestly "research" a religion and settle on Seventh-Day Adventism as the one true faith? I don't think this guy was using rational criteria.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/15/how-pathetic-do-you-have-to-be-to-be-ignored-by-the-press/

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• Joshua Fontanilla became a Seventh-day Adventist after researching dozens of faiths online. He was drawn to his religion partly for its Bible prophecy. (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Is there a Flipboard for single-author blogs?

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

One of the most valuable things about Mastodon is you get to see how people post when gaming an algorithm isn't the primary motivation.

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

I'd seriously love to see a study on how many still-open issues, feature requests, bug reports, and projects in progress were completely ignored by all the companies who rushed to implement AI as quickly as possible.

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

It's easy to spot the companies that listen to their investors more than they listen to their users; just look for the AI button.

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

I think I'm back, but I also think I need to take a nap.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/15/that-lost-weekend/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

What is your definition of decentralized social media?

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

"First Day of Summer"

Price: $194,366.44

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• 501526cb0efedb94.png (remote)

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

Hot take: any software that is deployed through Docker can avoid it, and in most cases, deploying software through Docker is purely a sign of unmitigated technical debt.

Lyrilith@nitecrew.rip wrote:

Not bad for a drawing done on the passenger seat while driving back up to Hamburg.

#mastoart #sketch #doodle #sketchbook #penDrawing #portraitDrawing #flowerCrown #springVibes

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• Portrait of a young woman, looking mischievously at the viewer. She is wearing a flower crown with peonies, some ribbon, and small antlers. Her hair is tied up into two buns behind the flower crown, some hair flowing down her back. The drawing is done with black and pink pen. Behind her a black rectangle for contrast. (remote)

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

I still like Mastodon, but it turns out centralization was actually just one of social media's many problems.

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jcrabapple@dmv.community ("Jcrabapple") wrote:

If only all "Christians" thought this way...

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• a659a4d8aa6b2b28.mp4 (remote)

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

JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange ("Jess👾") wrote:

Controversial statement I know, but there should never be a time where you judge people starving children to be "the good guys". It doesn't actually matter what race or nationality or religion or anything else any of the people involved are. People who kill children are not good people, regardless of the overall political or strategic situation.

Starving kids who can't pay for their school lunch? You're a bad person.

Starving kids who happen to live in a bad neighborhood or under a shitty government? You're a bad person.

Starving kids who live in a household that can't afford food? You're a bad person.

Starving kids who happen to live in a region where terrorists live? You're a bad person.

Whatever and whenever, kids should be fed.

andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella") wrote:

It's 3 AM on a Monday and I've finally managed to set up hibernation on my Linux laptop.

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

cobalt@awscommunity.social wrote:

A whole lotta these made the base for my spaghetti sauce. Blanching and peeling took a long time. The pot began cooking a few hours ago and I just added in the pressure cooked carrots, celery, onion, green pepper, fresh basil and garlic. Another hour at a low simmer and then puree time. I freeze 2 cups at a time in ziplock bags flat. That way I can thaw the right amount quickly. Happy time. #Tomatoes #Vegetables #Food

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• Lots of hot house on the vine tomatoes in the box I got. Very ripe, red- orange with bright green stems. (remote)
• The same tomatoes have been cooking down in a large pot for a couple hours. You can see a few whole tomatoes but they are blending down. No water was added. Just a pretty view by iPhone of the brilliant color. (remote)

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

stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:

I’m having my eyes on you :pusheentired:

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• Doggo checks out little cat and little kitten plays with doggo but mom keeps an super close eye (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

In your estimation, how many #Threads users have opted-in to the #fediverse?

(Trying this again as I messed up then first one)

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

drskyskull ("Skulls in the Stars") wrote:

You can prove the Banach-Tarski paradox by brushing a cat until you have enough fur to make a complete second cat

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

truth!

https://mastodon.social/@drskyskull/112272150768413162

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

tiffanycli ("Tiffany Li") wrote:

Reading a thread on “how to be more productive” while lying on my couch with TV in the background as if I don’t already know the answer

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

TRUTH

https://mastodon.online/@danirabbit/112272260330069969

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

... this is assuming that the data isn't publicly available, of course. If you know otherwise please share!

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

danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

The phrase “AI” has been poisoned so hard that nobody building serious products should use it. I would love to see more free software projects leverage computer vision or natural language processing for example, but I would never describe those as “AI” because it’s a brand destroying phrase at this point

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

I have not brought up an email server “from scratch” since the 90s, & let us just say a lot has changed since then. for a solid week now, daily reports from daGoogles & Micro$oft have said “running purr-fectly”.

now remember: email was one of the original design goals for Unixoids. so to those who tried to dissuade me from the task, who said it was too hard any more & everybody just needed to pay a specialized email provider, to them I say:

Screw You
[insert rude noise here]

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

In your estimation, how many #Threads users have opted-in to the #fediverse?

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PavelASamsonov ("Pavel A. Samsonov") wrote:

The true power of #genAI is not technological, but rhetorical: almost all conversations about it are about what executives are saying it will do "one day" or "soon" rather than what we actually see (and of course no mention of business model which doesn't exist).

We are told to simultaneously believe AI is so "early days" as to excuse any lack of real usefulness, and that it is so established - even "too big to fail" - that we are not permitted to imagine a future without it.

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timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:

I was so disappointed to see an episode of Abbot Elementary which assumed that tools purporting to detect "AI" generated text work 100%, given the number of students wrongfully accused of using ChatGPT because of these tools.