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

auscandoc@med-mastodon.com ("Auscandoc") wrote:

New York's largest offshore wind farm just got the official greenlight | Electrek https://electrek.co/2024/06/24/new-yorks-largest-offshore-wind-farm-sunrise-wind/ #NewYork has approved its largest-ever offshore #WindFarm—a 924-megawatt project near Montauk Point, Long Island.

Once operational, it will generate enough clean electricity to power some 600,000 New York homes while lowering emissions.

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

requiem@hackers.town ("requiem 🏴") wrote:

Don’t let your job make you feel bad about yourself.

(as much for me as it is for you)

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

It takes a *lot* to make the copyright mafia look like the good guys; a real tell that you might be the baddie:

https://www.fastcompany.com/91144894/perplexity-ai-ceo-aravind-srinivas-on-plagiarism-accusations

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

Moms for Liberty is a hate group, as its representatives so clearly demonstrate.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/26/hatred-can-be-so-oblivious-to-itself/

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• Beth Bourne, with camera (remote)

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

“I’m not sure how many Americans attracted to Trump feel this way. It’s consistent with the strength-versus-weakness framework Trump is deploying.”

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

“He continued: “We need an odious thug to shake up Washington, stir up all the ossified bureaucracies now destroying America, do all the things no one has had the balls to do.”

When I looked skeptical, he charged: “We need someone to take control!”

As soon as he uttered those last words, he and I both knew the conversation was over. He had spilled the beans. He was impatient with the messiness and slowness of democracy. He wanted a dictator.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/26/biden-trump-debate-robert-reich

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

“A few days ago, I was talking with a young conservative who admitted that Trump was an “odious thug”, in his words, but argued that America and the world had become such a mess that we need an odious thug as president.

“Think of Putin, Xi, Kim, Ali Khamenei, Netanyahu – they’re all odious thugs,” he said. “We need our own odious thug to stand up to them.”

I demurred, saying that direct confrontation could lead to more bloodshed, even nuclear war.”

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

Oh hai, London 💂

If you're also around, @owa is hosting a meetup from 6pm on Thurs; see their toot for details and how to register (it's free! But you should, of course, donate if you can):

https://mastodon.social/@owa/112631587342839829

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

stacksize ("Alex Ivanovs") wrote:

Polyfill compromise hits 100,000+ sites in a supply chain attack

https://stackdiary.com/polyfill-compromise-hits-100000-sites-in-a-supply-chain-attack/

#webdev #software #cybersecurity #javascript #infosec

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

pygame wrote:

https://github.com/pygame/pygame/releases/tag/2.6.0

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

I just don't know how to trust your opinions unless you write them down and share a photo of them

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

benwis@hachyderm.io ("benwis 🦀") wrote:

saad - software as a disappointment

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

painful

https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/112678314342455234

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

“It looks like Claude instead handle a smaller amount of extra knowledge but paste the whole thing into the context window, which avoids some of the weirdness around semantic search chunking but greatly limits the size of the data.”

some interesting trade-offs happening here

https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112678636577020253

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

eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

You can support privacy and free speech online for as little as $5 a month. You know what's even better? Right now Craig Newmark Philanthropies will automatically match your first YEAR of donations for free. https://eff.org/summer-r

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

almost felt too depressed to call the governor today but then i reminded myself that complaining about congestion pricing delays is the main thing cheering me up

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

Lydie@tech.lgbt wrote:

Throwback project from 2005 !!

I brought my old NES back to life by turning it into a giant handheld console, just like a Gameboy. It took a lot of work to fit everything into a small case that I built myself out of Lexan. I used a cheap controller with turbo buttons and a screen from a PlayStation 1. I even managed to squeeze in a rechargeable battery that lasts for over 3 hours!

The hardest part was making sure everything fit together and worked properly without changing the way the NES played games. I wanted to keep the original sound and feel, and I didn't want to use one of those imitation chips. In the end, it turned out a little heavy, but it's comfortable to hold and definitely worth the effort!

#retrogaming #nintendo #NES #diy #handheldgaming #gameboy #custombuild #modding #electronics #gamer #neslife #portableNES #giantgameboy #retrogamerlife #nostalgia #childhoodgames

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• 0a3b57d04d8becb5.mp4 (remote)

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

anatudor ("Ana Tudor 🐯") wrote:

There's NO text duplication here. The text isn't included in the image either, it's actual text, the image is the backdrop.

Done with #SVG filter magic!🪄✨

Live demos on @codepen :
🌟 https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/dyEeVrg
🌟 https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/gOJzXEL

(technique similar to selective saturation https://mastodon.social/@anatudor/112472767054974233)

#filter #svgFilter #poster #textEffect #filterEffect #typography #code #coding #frontend #web #webDev #dev #webDevelopment

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• Screenshot. Shows a poster. The background image is that of a woman photographed from above, wearing a bright red dress and lying in on the ground the snow. The text "fashion" is written in all caps, vertical and upright on top of it. Wherever the text is outside the bright red dress, it has a black fill, contrasting with the white snow. Wherever the text overlaps the red dress, it has no fill, just a white stroke to contrast with the strong red of the dress.
• Screenshot. Shows a poster. The background image is that of a woman photographed from behind, wearing a dark blue dressthat contrasts with everything in the field around. The text "inner peace" is written in all caps on top of it. Wherever the text is outside the dark blue dress, it has a dark orange fill, contrasting with the green scenery around. Wherever the text overlaps the dark blue dress, it has no fill, just a very light bluish stroke to contrast with the dark blue of the dress.

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

mttaggart@infosec.town ("Taggart :donor:") wrote:

Don't sleep on this; I am pretty sure 100k is an undercount. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/polyfillio-javascript-supply-chain-attack-impacts-over-100k-sites/

#ThreatIntel

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

we likes this… tls works fine now

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

My first experience with Ilford Delta 400 was on medium format, so I should not be surprised it's a bit grainier than I expected on 35mm.

📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Ilford Delta 400
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8, Yellow filter
👤 Wife

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm

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• A black and white photo of a woman with black hair and hoop earrings, wearing a straw hat, a long trenchcoat and a waistcoat underneath.

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

Warning.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/25/defending-my-castle/

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• Notice sign for my house: FAST & AGGRESSIVE SPIDERS INSIDE (remote)

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

although I must admit, my test server really should return “218 This is fine” on success rather than “418 I am a teapot”.

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

davatron5000 ("Dave Rupert") wrote:

Having gone through the job search process, @collinsworth's opus on tech job hunting covers all the bases.

https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/fwiw

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

The opposite of an anti-depressant is a Google product dashboard.

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

given the situation in Kenya, they might be needed back home

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/25/world/americas/haiti-kenya-police-gangs.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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

dnc@vive.im ("Dining and Cooking") wrote:

Just what I want for my housewarming party https://www.diningandcooking.com/1470441/just-what-i-want-for-my-housewarming-party/ #StupidFood

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• Just what I want for my housewarming party (remote)

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

for that newlywed couple

https://vive.im/@dnc/112677818689160365

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

SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to ("Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀") wrote:

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• As a woman, I just want the same rights as a rattlesnake RATTLESNAKES MAY BE FOUND IN THIS AREA GIVE THEM DISTANCE AND RESPECT (remote)

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

agitatra@berlin.social ("Mark Kahl 🚲🐻🦁🇺🇦🇮🇱") wrote:

@TonyStark As a German I'd like to remind you that we also had a guy who even wrote a book about what atrocities he's about to do when he comes to power, and most people were like: "he's not serious, he wrote it but is not going to act on it". A decade and 20 Million dead later it became obvious he literally meant it, and the whole world had to come to us to get rid of the guy. So better take your guy serious!