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

Today in History: Leo Salkeld
Sowerby is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1895

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

Today in History: Aram Khachaturian dies in Moscow, 1978

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

Today in History: Antonin Dvorak dies in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1904

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

Today in History: Kate Smith born, 1907, Greenville, VA

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

Today in History: Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati of Bavaria, 1776

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

Today in History: First BASIC program run at Dartmouth, 1964 (and the poor soul was never able to learn to program as a result)

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

Today in History: Little Walter (Marion Walter Jacobs) is born, 1930, Marksville, Louisiana

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

Mastodon gave me some good commentary on my rejection of ChatGPT as a writing aid.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/01/social-media-1-chatgpt-0/

Attachments:

• AI head spewing random letters (remote)

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hannah@social.alt-text.org ("Hannah Kolbeck 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

Hi friends,

The http://alt-text.org alt text library project needs a new leader, I have brain cancer.

I built a working, scalable, proof of concept library of shared alt text with fuzzy matching.

I'd like to connect with the #accessibility dev community. I want to hand the project off to a team or a leader if anyone is willing to take it over.

Github: https://github.com/alt-text-org
WIP MVP: a site designed for writing alt text with a private library: https://my.alt-text.org

Boosts appreciated

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designthinkingcomic@mastodon.cloud ("Design Thinking! Comic") wrote:

Actions have consequences

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

I don't feel like Mastodon started like this, either. It used to be a cozy, welcoming niche for all kinds of nerdery.

Last year or so, though, I feel like I can't even find the content I'm here for. It's just drowned out, if it's even there. Almost like there *is* an algorithm, but it only pushes stuff that's gonna wreck your current mental state.

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

I hate to say it, but I miss having an algorithm.

Mastodon content is overwhelmingly non-stop variations on "everything sucks, we're all fucked," to a degree I don't feel like Twitter was even at the height of the pandemic. But at least with Twitter you got a few laughs in with your depression and despair.

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LALegault@newsie.social ("LA Legault ✌🏻MCRT") wrote:

Don’t believe them, #students got hurt tonight at #Columbia

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• t? Hon. Darth Vlader reposted maryam alwan E @maryamalwan Follow Police were quite literally throwing tables and pushing students down the stairs until one passed out. Inviting the NYPD onto campus at @Columbia University has both destroyed more property and endangered more people than the original occupation of the building. 10:26 PM • 2024-04-30 • 98K Views 2.2K Reposts 49 Quotes 5.4K Likes 190 Bookmarks (remote)

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triker@mstdn.plus ("Sarah with an H") wrote:

Bike Stolen! Please Boost!

https://bikeindex.org/bikes/406557

Someone stole my trike! It had to have been a professional thief with a truck, as they cut the cable in situ, but the lock on the front wheel and frame was taken along with the trike. They couldn't have ridden it away.

If you see this trike for sale on social media, ebay or craigslist please DM me.

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• Blue Sun Tri Classic, 2015 model. Recumbent trike with 1000w bafang mid drive motor. Trailer with Action Packer box. Banjo Bros panniers beneath seat. (remote)

Reblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):

temptoetiam@octodon.social ("Abie") wrote:

@pzmyers
Specialty bike stolen in MN. Maybe boost?
https://mstdn.plus/@triker/112360424467380443

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

an oldie, but still a goodie

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• book on desk: “Social Statistics, revised second edition “ by Blalock (remote)

Reblogged by pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑"):

kjetiljd@snabelen.no wrote:

@pzmyers Here are a few more or less random papers on the topic - they exist, are they all self-serving? https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/ChatGPT-4-and-Human-Researchers-Are-Equal-in-A-Sikander-Baker/66dcd18c0f48a14815edca1d715fa8be8909cca6 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10164801/ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/ChatGPT-Utility-in-Healthcare-Education%2C-Research%2C-Sallam/dfdf7ff01aa6f691831e663fd29bc71890be39e2

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mapache@hachyderm.io ("Maho Pacheco 🦝🍻") wrote:

Do you feel like your Resume/CV is personal information that you don't want to share unless it is a technical recruiter? Or do you feel like this is public information and you don't mind sharing?

#AskFedi

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

djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:

Good track.

Great music video.

"Days Go By" from Dirty Vegas

#nowPlaying

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• a music video about a man breakdancing in a business suit and the bystanders telling the backstory of lost love and his dancing in hopes that she would come back (remote)

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breakingtaps@universeodon.com ("Breaking Taps") wrote:

This project has been something of a white whale for me. Think I've been working on it 5-6 months now?

Still a lot of work to be done, but I'm finally confident (enough) in the results to share some details!

I made photosensitive pixels from Copper Oxide 😎

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7xH9ZSp_B4

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Adam_Cadmon1@mastodon.online ("Adam F. Lawton") wrote:

"Who failed Uvalde? YOU failed Uvalde!"

Coldest chant I've heard in years. Should be yelled at every Texas Ranger and State cop for eternity.

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

How to write pro-Meta propaganda disguised as a think piece:

Step 1: offer an early concession that Meta is a bad company. But keep it vague!

2. Say it's too early to make any conclusions.

3. Then conclude that you're optimistic nonetheless.

4. Tell people to ignore all critical thinking and instead to "wait and see."

Bonus: make it personal. Identify a Meta employee with no decision making authority and state you think they have good intentions.

#Meta #Threads

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Jontofski@mastodon.art ("Jonathan Edwards") wrote:

Yasaka Jinja, Kyoto. Watercolour.

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kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

It's surreal how slowly time moves in the world of C compilers.

Today there are still active projects that are hesitant to move past C89, and C99 is still the "new" standard.

The C99 standard has been released before the first public Mac OS X and Windows XP. It's older Itanium and the x86-64 instruction set. It predates iPod, Game Cube, first ever Xbox, and Nokia 3310.

Entire platforms lived and died in the meantime, while C programmers still can't be sure if they can rely on the new C99.

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

GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Do I know any Wikipedia editors?

I have an actor that wants to change their picture and can supply a royalty free photo themselves. I can edit the page but I don’t know the process to make sure it is done properly.

They’re not trying to control the image btw, the current pic is just really old.

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CogitoErgoWtf@mastodon.world ("Frankp") wrote:

That Merchan is allowing the Asshole to attend his son's graduation gives me some guarded optimism that the judge will actually throw thus fuck in jail at the next gag order violation, because it looks to me like a preemptive show of fairness and accommodation to Trump.
#TrumpTrial

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thisistheworldofollie@mastodon.world ("Ollie the Golden Retriever") wrote:

My new little friend, Mister Duck (a l'Orange). 😊

Read my Dog Blog at vangemeren.nl (link in Bio).

#dogsofmastodon #goldenretrieversworld #goldentriever #goldenretrieversofmastodon #goldenreetrieverpuppy #goldenretrieverlovers #mastodondog #goldenpuppy #cutestpuppy #cutepuppy #dog #puppy #dogblog #adogwithablog #dogblogger #dogoftheday #doglife #cutedog #happydog #ilovemydog ❤️ 🐾

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s0@cathode.church ("s0: Soldering Saboteuse") wrote:

I’m one of today’s lucky 10000 to learn about the Japanese fusion jazz band Casiopea’s live album Mint Jams. What an absolute masterclass in tight bops. And live recording mastering too, damn. Absolutely on point.
#musicRecommendation

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

I think I’m going to love using Simon Willison’s “llm” tool https://simonwillison.net/2023/Aug/1/llama-2-mac/

bcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:

people who have had kids: what are the top things you wish you'd done (or done more of) in your pre-kids phase of life?