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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
robrey@mastodon.art ("Rob Rey") wrote:
Flow
6 x 8 in, Oil on Yupo, 2021"If I could label each of my atoms at this moment ... some will undoubtedly become parts of other people, particular people. So, we are literally connected to the stars, and we are literally connected to future generations of people. In this way, even in a material universe, we are connected to all things future and past."
-Alan Lightman
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
(i first off want to concede it's funny that zero-click is being used in a very different way from its security meaning here)
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
are you familiar with the term "zero-click content," for stuff like email newsletters that don't aim to send you to existing web content? how do you feel about the concept?
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Some geometry.
📷 Canon AE-1 Program
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
kelpana@mastodon.ie ("Alanna") wrote:
This is absolutely fascinating - quartz crystal manufacturing 80 years ago. These processes are the ancestor of modern chip making: https://youtu.be/duZlWWwxIPQ?si=YBjk8nY5fkCdu6x2
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Now you know what it's like to be an atheist on the internet.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/27/why-i-left-facebook/
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Another case of housing-first / UBI working great https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/denver-gave-people-experiencing-homelessness-1000-a-month-a-year-later-nearly-half-of-participants-had-housing/ar-BB1ouZ1g
With so many, you might wonder why we don't do this everywhere? Because local legislatures are bought out by corporations that use the threat of homelessness to keep employees compliant and heads down on their jobs.
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
I remember this story about the first elected mayor of an Alabama town, who was denied the ability to actually serve as a mayor by a racist council. Apparently, he won: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/27/newbern-alabama-mayor-patrick-braxton
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
OWA Meetup - London! Join Alex Moore, Stuart Langridge and the OWA crew tonight from 6pm till late. 🎉🪅
See you at the London Hospital Tavern at 176 Whitechapel Road.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Me, last week, driving down the 101: Hmmm...I wonder why Apple's running this thicket of billboards so dense it could be a Burma Shave ad?
Me, today, reading the CMA's takedown of Apple's privacy claims: ooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....
https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/mobile-browsers-and-cloud-gaming#working-papers
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
We are cursed animals, that live by generating buckets of poop.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/27/poopology/
Mastodon Feedrust@octodon.social ("Rust tips") wrote:
Converting a slice
&[..]to a fixed-length array in #RustlangBy copying:
let arr: [_; N] = slice.try_into().unwrap();By reference:
let arr: &[_; N] = slice.first_chunk::<N>().unwrap();Single element only:
let arr: &[_; 1] = std::array::from_ref(element);If the slice length is obvious to the optimizer (e.g.
chunks_exact()iterator), theunwrap()will be optimized out. Otherwise, handle possibility of the slice being too short.There's more:
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/std/primitive.slice.html#method.split_first_chunk
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
foone@digipres.club ("Foone🏳️⚧️") wrote:
if I had a lot more time I think I might write a book on my ideas about "adversarial automation".
The idea that the point of computers is to help the humans do their job faster and easier, and sometimes the computer or the software on it is the enemy in that battle.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
@owa Also, if you're in London, it's not too late to sign up for the meetup tonight! Some of @owa's inimitable leaders are in town, and would be great to see you from 6pm at the Hospital Tavern in Whitechapel:
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
So @owa is out with early reactions to a new update from the UK's CMA. Augurs well for an expansion of real browser choice on iOS and unlocking of critical Android APIs (e.g., WebAPKs):
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/uk-cma-browser-cloud-gaming-progress-report/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffs@well.com ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
OMG, one of the catnip plants is flowering
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
pmcneil@aus.social ("The pmcneil (nerd)") wrote:
Just heard about solar suppliers sprouting bullshit about having to replace the whole system if the inverter fails. This makes me very angry. No wonder people are suspicious of renewables when charlatans in the industry do this.
Let's be clear. A solar panel will last > 25 years and then some. They DO NOT FAIL*. An inverter can be replaced and it will cost about a $1000 maybe. Don't let these people bullshit you.
The things that may fail on a solar panel are the bypass diodes or the optimisers, not the panels. Those diodes can be replaced.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KimPerales@toad.social ("Kim Perales") wrote:
Republican lies must be refuted 24/7. Undocumented immigrants & legal immigrants have consistently committed fewer homicides in Texas than native-born Americans.
"In Texas between 2013 and 2022, the homicide rate among illegal immigrants was 26% lower than that of native-born Americans. The homicide rate among legal immigrants was 61% lower than that of native‐born Americans.
-S Rattner
(from The CATO Institute)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
detachedspork@mastodon.ie ("detached spork") wrote:
I don't actually think we should have rules about who can and cannot attend pride, but we should have much higher standards for behaviour than we do.
The hands down worst behaviour I've experienced at pride came from gay men who felt entitled to grope me.
And you want me to be afraid a bi woman will bring her partner with her? Yeah?
Nah, fuck that.
The discourse is a fucking scam.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
krinkle@fosstodon.org ("Timo Tijhof") wrote:
From the Fast Company article:
> Robots Exclusion Protocol [..], compliance is voluntary. [..] Srinivas also noted that [it] is “not a legal framework.”Uh.. the robots protocol has in fact been tested in court. Trespassing, terms of use, and/or copyright prevailed over the liberty of unrestricted "universal" use without consent.
Short transcript / podcast:
https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/book/search/Summary from a legal course:
http://www.tomwbell.com/NetLaw/Ch06/eBay.htmlMore:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay_v._Bidder%27s_Edge#Order
Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
mikemathia@ioc.exchange ("🌪 MikeMathia.com 📡") wrote:
Please don't let #AI systems teach you how to set-up a campsite.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
check out this scene from 1931 where a swishy tailor openly flirts with James Cagney. It got taken out for the 1941 rerelease and only got restored in the DVD era, too late for inclusion in The Celluloid Closet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Whyks7Gp9E
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
KMHD delivered this little, dreamy gem of a song this evening. "Canario" from Karen y Los Remedios:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6RyZg1mcXw
and:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Gone were plans to make subway stations more accessible to riders with disabilities, repairs to some nearly century-old infrastructure and the expansion of the Second Avenue subway line, among other now-deferred projects.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“House Republicans on Wednesday advanced legislation that would slash funding for the Department of Justice and U.S. attorneys’ offices… would cut funding for salaries and other expenses at the Justice Department by 20 percent, and for U.S. attorneys’ offices by 11 percent… example of how House Republicans are again trying to inject the annual government spending bills with partisan policy mandates aimed at amplifying political grievances and culture war issues.”
Mastodon FeedAdded an Elasticsearch-powered Retrieval-Augmented-Generation + Gemma notebook to Hugging Face's community cookbook site
https://huggingface.co/learn/cookbook/en/rag_with_hugging_face_gemma_elasticsearch
Hope that makes it easy to get started.
Credit where it's due: inspired by Mongo's cookbook + dataset 🙇♂️
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I admit I exaggerate a little. It is actually only 18,746 words according to wc.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Company: We've updated our privacy policy because we care about things like not getting dragged through court. We encourage you to read it. Here's the 19,000 words of legalistic phrases and vague sentences.
Me: *heavy, heavy sigh*
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Regarding LB[1]: It's worth following the link to see the video Adam Beane created in response to the recent "Apple crush" ad. I'm not an Apple fan (not even from a nostalgic angle), but I admire and respect the effort Beane put into crafting that message.
https://80.lv/articles/clay-sculptor-crushes-tim-cook-in-response-to-apple-s-infamous-ipad-ad/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
antijingoist@hackers.town ("Abbie 🏳️⚧️") wrote:
via https://80.lv/articles/clay-sculptor-crushes-tim-cook-in-response-to-apple-s-infamous-ipad-ad/
Edit: gif missed the punchline.
