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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Ernest Chausson dies in Limary, Seine-et-Oise, France, 1899
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Judy Garland is born, 1922
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red Rocks, 1971
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: First Apple ][ shipped, 1977
Mastodon FeedReblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
Did you know that #XScreenSaver (yes, the collection of screensavers for X11) is available on Android?
And that #Google requires it to have a privacy policy in order to be available in the Play Store?
And that the maintainer chose to crowd-source a privacy policy where every item starts with "Unlike Google"?
It's become a great list of all the privacy violations Google did and still does. And I thought that it's gonna be long, but it's even longer than I imagined.
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- XScreenSaver for Android • Privacy Policy Unlike Google, XScreenSaver collects no user data. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver uses no user data, having collected no user data. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver shares no user data, having collected no user data. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver has no need to process requests for deletion of that user data, having collected no user data. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will honor deletion requests if you email us asking to delete all none of your user data that does not exist. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never share user data with anyone, as it has no user data to share. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never build an un-auditable personal profile of you. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never use cookies. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never track your location. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never track your location even if you asked them not to. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never track your location and lie about it. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never prevent you from running an ad blocker. Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will never restrict your ability to extend the software to protect your own privacy and security. (continues off screen) (remote)
Mastodon FeedThe we're about to witness the one of a kind alignment of Apple-prefixed product naming scheme with the iProduct naming scheme:
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Mastodon Feed"Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration."
-- Stan Kelly-Bootle
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
"WE ARE THE SPIDERS OF THIS HOUSE" is my official blog anthem.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/10/and-now-i-have-an-official-blog-poem/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
My policy.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/10/my-new-motto/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
Here's css-doodle code of the second image. It may freeze your browser so I didn't create the CodePen link.
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- css-doodle code for second image: @grid: 5 / 432px ^8 *50deg ~ -1.5% 1.9%; @seed: 1717968675285; :container { filter: @svg-filter(.013, 20, 10, seed=@r900); } background: conic-gradient( from @r(360deg), @m10.@P( #F5D700, #003A59, #00609A, #6E746E, #E2E0B8, #1E272B, #468495, #E1E0CA, #666F75, #84A16A, #413B4E, #98AEC7, #979DA4 ) ); border-radius: 50%; mix-blend-mode: overlay; transform: rotate(@r(360deg)); filter: contrast(1.15) @M10.@svg-filter(.013 .001, 100, 10, seed=@r90) @M10.@svg-filter(1.013, @r100, 20, seed=@r90) @svg-filter(dilate=@p(0, 0)) (remote)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:
Apple WWDC keynote leaked in full just hours before!!!!1
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
rachsmith ("Rach Smith") wrote:
“Children see magic because they look for it” - Christopher Moore
Daily #handlettering no. 10
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Remember, electricity killed the shark in Jaws 2.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/10/the-great-shark-vs-electrocution-debate/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
vkc@linuxmom.net ("Veronica Explains") wrote:
I suppose I should post something introductory now that I'm on my own instance.
I'm a Linux lady who used to work in COBOL development and assorted legacy systems management gigs.
Nowadays I make videos and occasional blog posts about Linux and vintage/retro tech. Entirely supported by viewers like you (no sponsors as of writing). Links in bio.
Are we still doing hashtags?
#linux #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #amiga #commodore #homelab #unix #peertube #youtube
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Busy morning -- I've got to move my preggers black widow into a safer box with no openings small enough for a spiderling.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
hah! truthfully, @CARROT
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Mastodon Feedandreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella") wrote:
This week I'm helping organize a CSS Working Group Face-to-face meeting at @igalia's office in A Coruña, Spain. It's been a bit hectic, but it seems like almost everything is ready now for the event to start tomorrow.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
These thoughts brought to you by the kiddo struggling to learn to read and write, and they're running head long into how irregular the spelling is for most of the language.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
It's the least of this language's problems, but I'm still kinda mad that zh is not an acceptable digraph, despite the sound existing in words like "vision", "collision", "precision", and "coercion".
Also, "of" should be spelled "uv" like I did on my first writing assignment in 3rd grade after returning from summer break.
Mastodon FeedIf you think about it, the object of golf is to play the least amount of golf.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Follow up to LB[1]: Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul's set on KEXP is a delight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9poMU5bcE14
In particular, this "HAHA" is something else:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
etherdiver@ravenation.club ("Ether Diver") wrote:
Jeremy Blake/Red Means Recording is maybe the most vital creator in the synth/electronic music YouTube sphere, and his latest video essay is not just a brilliant defense of politics in electronic music, it's also a great intro to a ton of cool-ass acts you might not have heard of. Go give it a watch!
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Anyway, it's as good a time as any to re-read The Open Society & Its Enemies.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's a sallow thing that the 20th century gave us Bertrand Russell, Arendt, Orwell, and Popper only to have their mountain of clarity torn down by the very forces they documented and warned against.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Whoops. One of my black widows made an egg sac. My wife is going to freak out & make me kick that hussy out of her house.
Mastodon FeedI've made a #shadertoy!
Mastodon FeedI've noticed that when #rendering using raymarching adding a random start offset creates dithering, and makes rays look contiguous even with very few samples.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
skeletor@mas.to ("Inspirational Skeletor💀") wrote:
