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Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

nmann ("Nils") wrote:

iOS 18 supports dual language keyboards. So no more need to have multiple keyboards active, making it easier to switch between keyboard and emoji picker 🎉
I reported this as a feature request, great that it got added!

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

checkervest@laserdisc.party ("there might be owls") wrote:

I met a friend as I was leaving the office!

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• A gorgeous Luna moth clinging to a rusty chain link fence (remote)

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

nafnlaus@fosstodon.org ("Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦") wrote:

Kudos to the #BBC for following up on this.

#Ukraine #NAFO #Russia #Crimea #CrimeaIsUkraine

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

No, thank you. Not gonna read Tablet.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/10/i-dont-need-to-know-what-tablet-is/

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• Sinai Award: given to some of the most godawful bigots I've heard of (remote)

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

jalcine@todon.eu ("Jacky (is looking for work)") wrote:

I need to read more Ursula but this looks like a great turn of events for her home (and such a generative one): https://apnews.com/article/ursula-k-le-guin-home-writers-residency-8a119efb584b4446056c12405186f4fd

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

mhoye wrote:

Look, it's not so much that the failing and ML-containerization of search keep you from finding the answers to problems you care about. It's that they keep you from finding the people who share your problems or care about the same things you do.

In a world of forums, whether it's reddit or discourse or phpbb or anything, search is a soft path to social discovery, in the way view-source was once a soft path to collaboration. This isn't going away by accident. This is being taken from us.

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

mhoye wrote:

"Mexican Computers: A Brief Technical and Historical Overview":

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.04912

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Damn, they brought the calculator to the iPad. Unbelievable #wwdc24

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

We eagerly await her due date.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/10/the-new-family-has-been-efficiently-transferred/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlgZL-8sTU8

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

whitequark ("✧✦✶✷Catherine✷✶✦✧") wrote:

the Amaranth simulator documentation is now live! https://amaranth-lang.org/docs/amaranth/latest/simulator.html

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

Today in History: Ernest Chausson dies in Limary, Seine-et-Oise, France, 1899

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

Today in History: Judy Garland is born, 1922

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

Today in History: Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett) is born in West Point, Mississippi, 1910

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

Today in History: Denver police tear gas Jethro Tull and 2000 fans at Red Rocks, 1971

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

Today in History: Death of Alexander the Great, 323 B.C.

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

Today in History: First Apple ][ shipped, 1977

Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):

scy@chaos.social wrote:

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.

https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.html

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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)

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

The we're about to witness the one of a kind alignment of Apple-prefixed product naming scheme with the iProduct naming scheme:

Ai

i

#cicadas

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

"Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration."

-- Stan Kelly-Bootle

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

My policy.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/10/my-new-motto/

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• Bob the Angry Flower thinks about "What would Conan do?" and throws someone who has annoyed him off the castle wall. (remote)

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

yuanchuan@vis.social wrote:

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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Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

Apple WWDC keynote leaked in full just hours before!!!!1

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• The words AI drop like an anvil on a black screen. (remote)

Reblogged 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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• “children see magic because they look for it” in watercolor calligraphy

pzmyers@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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• Shark in Jaws 2 meets its demise (remote)

Reblogged 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

pzmyers@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.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/10/uh-oh-4/

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

hah! truthfully, @CARROT

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andreu@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.

cstanhope@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.