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

ovid@fosstodon.org ("Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)") wrote:

I just want to say that @theory used to be my boss when he owned a company called Kineticode. Not only was he an awesome boss, he was also a fantastic person.

The fact that he's a brilliant geek is just icing on the cake. If you care about #PostgreSQL, listen to what he has to say. He's solid on all fronts.

https://fosstodon.org/@posetteconf@mastodon.social/112599787197692419

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

kurtseifried@infosec.exchange ("kurtseifried (he/him)") wrote:

How is Digital Ocean building/configuring their network such that planned maintenance as part of upgrades to their core routers still result in outages?

During the above window, our Networking team will be performing maintenance on core switches in our NYC1 datacenter as part of network upgrades.

Expected Impact:

We anticipate brief interruptions in network traffic from Droplets and Droplet-based services. This impact would be for a duration of 5 to 10 seconds and could occur a few times within the maintenance window. We will endeavor to keep any such impact to a minimum.

Didn't we figure out how to put two network cables into a server, each from a different router like... 2 decades ago? Ditto for incoming feeds and so on.

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

Smalljones@triangletoot.party ("Smalljones aka Paul Jones") wrote:

Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never wanna be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
I need a love to keep me happy
I need a love, baby, won't y'keep me happy
Baby, won't y'keep me happy
Baby, please keep me

https://youtu.be/1175axY2Vvw?si=bKiReJKtFFKYuqw8

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

"I may attempt to stay alive until the year 2099, purely so that I can make an aggressively spite-filled horror movie about Peppa Pig."

https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/11/mickey-mouse-the-horror-movie-screamboat

yes!

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

Taotica@troet.cafe ("TaoTao") wrote:

Feel it, love it 🥰

Attachments:

• JOMO (noun) Joy of Missing Out. Feeling content with staying in and disconnecting as a form of self care. (remote)

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

There was some concern the news regarding Lynn Conway's passing was incorrect, but unfortunately there is confirmation:

https://news.engin.umich.edu/2024/06/the-legacy-of-lynn-conway-chip-design-pioneer-and-transgender-rights-advocate/

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

TechConnectify@mas.to ("Technology Connections") wrote:

This again?

This again.

https://youtu.be/jHP942Livy0

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

Four boosts and seven likes... This is getting even more traction than I imagined! :thonking:

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

To the extent that Apple will not sell devices at every price-point, these statements are fundamentally incompatible:

• "Privacy. That's iPhone"
• "Privacy is a fundamental human right"

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

draco@sonomu.club wrote:

All the music I'm proud of that I published under the name the_emergent is now on #mirlo: https://mirlo.space/the-emergent

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

I don't understand why it isn't seen as fundamentally offensive to self-styled "privacy advocates" that Apple's approach to privacy is to make it a luxury product.

Imagine if every dollar FruitCo spent to defeat right-to-repair had been matched to support real privacy laws!

Instead, the idea is that privacy should be for the rich ("buy your mom an iPhone"), nevermind the sloganeering.

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

ErisCaffee@masto.ai ("Eris :trans:") wrote:

Famous electrical engineer and trans woman Lynn Conway has died. May her memory be a blessing.

#LynnConway #lgbt #lgbtq #trans #transgender #computer #engineer

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• Partial transcription of obituary. Lynn Ann Conway January 2, 1938 - June 9, 2024 Prepared by Dallas Denny June 10, 2024 Lynn Ann Conway was an electrical engineer, computer scientist, and an activist on behalf of transgender people. She died in Jackson, Michigan on Sunday, June 9, 2024 of heart trouble. Lynn was born in Mount Vernon, New York on January 2, 1938. She was a reserved but exceptionally bright student who attended MIT but did not graduate due a difficult and ultimately unsuccessful gender transition. She continuing her education at Columbia University, where she earned B.S. and M.S.E.E. degrees in 1962 and 1963, respectively. In 1994, she accepted a position as a researcher at IBM's facility in Yorktown Heights, New York. There, she worked with others on an advanced supercomputer project. She was fired in 1968 when it became known that she intended to transition. IBM later apologized for that action. That same year, Lynn consulted Dr. Harry Benjamin and became a patient. She completed her gender transition, also in 1968. In a divorce, she was denied the right to visit with her minor children. Using her new name, Lynn continued work as a computer research scientist, working at Computer Applications, Inc., Memorex, and, Xerox PARC, and DARPA. In 1985, she became a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan and, simultaneously, Associate Dean of Engineering. (remote)

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

[ for the 4th time today ]

Names and dates on docs. Every time. Don't forget.

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

Elevator pitch: It's the Emacs of social media platforms.

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

Worth your time:

https://patrickbrosset.com/articles/2024-06-10-my-analysis-of-the-state-of-html-2023-results/

by @patrickbrosset

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

It will never stop astounding me that, for all of our sophistication as a species and as a society, we still hold on to the primitive notion that a person's rights should be determined by *where they were born.*

We're somehow still stupid enough to think it matters where your mother was when you came out of her.

The idea is precisely as archaic as any prehistoric lizard-brained illiterate barbarism you can think of.

And yet...here we are, in the year 20-fucking-24, assigning rights on THAT.

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

It's hard to get worked up about Hunter Biden's conviction.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/11/also-guilty-guilty-guilty/

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• Hunter Biden (remote)

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

thisisjofrank ("Jo Franchetti") wrote:

Love using @deno_land in VSCode?
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=tonybaloney.vscode-pets Deno is now an available pet in VSCode pets! Get your lil Deno code companion 💚🦕

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• a4502b12f0990eb1.mp4

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

I'm worried some of you may have stopped calling lawmakers about congestion pricing

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

kirb@hachyderm.io ("Adam Demasi") wrote:

Do you think they’re working on IP over Lithium-ion technology?

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• Screenshot of the macOS Sequoia Settings app, the Battery item has mysteriously moved into the top section where networks are, between Network and VPN. (remote)

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

When will the conspiracy theorists ever learn?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/11/let-the-lab-leak-conspiracy-theory-die-already/

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• Lab leak? IS A CONSPIRACY THEORY! (remote)

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Meetup in London! I'll be talking about #RustLang's paradox of promising safety while allowing unsafe code.

https://innovateinteractcf.splashthat.com/

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

carlmalamud@official.resource.org ("Carl Malamud") wrote:

Librarians and Civil Society push back. https://www.arl.org/news/libraries-civil-society-push-back-on-ndaa-copyright-amendment-based-on-pro-codes-act/ Standards people trying to sneak their amendment into the defense act. For shame.

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

From Texas to Minnesota, the butts have been saved.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/11/weiner-saves-texas-butts/

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• Michelangelo's David, rear view (remote)

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

Today in History: Richard Strauss born, Munich, Germany, 1864

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

Today in History: Greeks seize Troy, 1184 BCE

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

autumn@tech.lgbt ("Autumn Mahoney :sparkletrans:") wrote:

I'm so sorry to hear of Lynn Conway's passing. She was an inspiration, and I had hoped to meet her someday.

Thank you so much, Lynn. May you be at peace.

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• "If you want to change the future, start living as if you're already there." — Lynn Conway (remote)

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

Is there a worse software than #Discord out there about start-up time? Every time I open it, at least one update, which requires tons of time to be executed.

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• A rotating Discord logo with text "Starting" blow, the classic start-up widget used by this software. (remote)

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

Any UI is terrible if you are not familiar with it and have no time to learn it while trying to put food on the table.

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

Let's assume for a second that all FOSS tools have terrible UI (taking an exaggerated position commonly seen online). Even if you "fix" these UIs, I think you will still see people locked into using proprietary software if the FOSS UIs aren't exactly like the proprietary ones and as long as proprietary tools have marketing budget and are taught in schools (an extension of marketing).