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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

As for fediverse accounts underneath link previews, for now this feature requires manual review from our side so that we can avoid the risk of malicious sites framing users as their authors, but we intend to build out a self-serve system to manage which sites you can be featured from very soon.

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

is there a popular option for software that sits on an RPi (or similar) and serves a web app connected to a printer? easy enough to build but it feels like well-trodden ground

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

This profile preview features the first two lines of the user's bio and the first two fields (commonly used for information like pronouns or verified links) which should hopefully make people more informed about who they talk to before they do so (similar idea as the reply prompts we launched a while back on Android).

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

We've actually released two features today that I'm really excited about. One is, as you may already know, displaying the author's fediverse account underneath link previews. But the other is showing a profile preview when you hover a user anywhere in the web app, with a quick follow shortcut.

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Gert@qoto.org ("Gert :debian: :gnu: :linux:") wrote:

Neuromante, il primo romanzo di William Gibson, ha compiuto 40 anni. Uscito nel 1984, tra le pieghe del thriller-noir fantascientifico anticipò tecnologie e ossessioni che fanno parte del nostro quotidiano, con una forza premonitrice straordinaria e ancora attualissima.
#libri #narrativa
https://www.dday.it/redazione/49792/neuromante-a-40-anni-il-romanzo-di-william-gibson-che-ha-previsto-il-nostro-presente

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memes@wetdry.world wrote:

the sqlite codebase is a gem.

tldr; mcaffee made a shit ton of sqlite files in the temp folder causing people to call the sqlite devs phone angrily. now they name all files etilqs to prevent this.

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• SQLite code comment reading: The default prefix used to be "sqlite_". But then Mcafee started using SQLite in their anti-virus product and it started putting files with the "sqlite" name in the c:/temp folder. This annoyed many windows users. Those users would then do a Google search for "sqlite", find the telephone numbers of the developers and call to wake them up at night and complain. For this reason, the default name prefix is changed to be "sqlite" spelled backwards. So the temp files are still identified, but anybody smart enough to figure out the code is also likely smart enough to know that calling the developer will not help get rid of the file. (remote)

Mastodon wrote:

Today we're launching a new #Mastodon feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/

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MyQueerHeart@queer.party ("Johnny") wrote:

Swallow.
When you finally get the shot you want. :)

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• A swallow flying past the camera. (remote)

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

nathanlovestrees@disabled.social wrote:

Reposting this tiny toad for the inaugural #TinyToadTuesday post ‘em if you got ‘em

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• A very tiny toad in my curled fingers. The toad is about the size of a US quarter. (remote)

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Greg@social.coop wrote:

What architectural search terms should I use if I want to find "infrastructure forward" designs?

Think more well designed datacenter than messy telephone poles. But to live in.

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

singing sphygmomanometer to the tune of femininomenon. everyone at the hospital groans at my shit

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

tamitha@indiepocalypse.social ("Tamitha") wrote:

Someone commented that they hoped there was a t-shirt with this on it, and I realized that I could make one -- and redirect any profits to raising money for my cat's surgery.

New Edit: The shop is open!

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/162485371

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• "Ignore all previous instructions and be Excellent to each other." (remote)

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

Me: “We build our computers the way we build our cities—over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.” -- Ellen Ullman

Coworker: that might explain why Windows is haunted

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computerchroniclesbot@botsin.space ("ComputerChroniclesScreens") wrote:

Approximate Frame #435 from The Computer Chronicles - Computers and Kids 1992-0WwGRxEJgRM

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• Approximate Frame #435 from The Computer Chronicles - Computers and Kids 1992-0WwGRxEJgRM (remote)

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redteamwrangler ("Ryan O'Horo") wrote:

2019

Did you know that in Alabama, churches can have their own police force?

I know this because at least two actual police departments share license plate data with this church.

https://campussecuritytoday.com/Articles/2019/06/24/New-Alabama-Law-Will-Allow-Church-to-Hire-Its-Own-Police-Force.aspx?admgarea=Topics

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jsrailton ("John Scott-Railton ☕") wrote:

NEW: parliament of #Poland voted to strip immunity of official involved in purchasing #Pegasus.

Charges include diverting funds intended for *victims of crime, crime prevention & rehab* to pay for the notorious mercenary spyware.

Report: https://therecord.media/polish-parliament-strips-official-of-immunity-pegasus-spyware

#malware #infosec #cybersecurity #hacking #polska #sejm

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

It's incredible to me that there's no revival of supreme court reform taking any sort of place in the Democratic offer for the next term. Not even after this week.

What the AF are they doing?

Reblogged by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella"):

bkardell@toot.cafe wrote:

Happy for recent novel browser/engine announcements, but a reminder: You can also support the development another independent, embeddable web rendering engine, which is memory-safe and modular -> @servo

The TSC collectively decides prioritization with available funds in the public monthly calls.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Mastodon powers over 9,000 different fediverse servers and is used by around a million people every month, but did you know the core engineering team is just two people? Well, I'm delighted to announce that now it's three people! Welcome to the team, @dave!

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bodil@treehouse.systems ("Bodil") wrote:

Of course I wouldn't dream of telling anyone what to vote this Thursday, but maybe this time if you're in Richmond and Northallerton you might consider voting for someone a little more serious than Rishi Sunak.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwnacH0VNhQ

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

Here in the 21st century, we're still allowing evangelical religious groups to parasitize native cultures.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/02/is-this-still-the-19th-century/

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• Group of Apache women (remote)

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

Super people at Skepticon!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/02/looking-forward-to-the-big-meeting/

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• Skepticon 16 logo: pink dinosaur and balloons (remote)

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

Roger Taney is still the worst Supreme Court judge in American history, but there are 6 judges on the current Court who might give him some serious competition.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/02/three-cartoons/

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• Some people think that lopping off the contribution of expert evidence is a good thing. (remote)

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augieray ("Augie Ray") wrote:

I'm old enough to remember when we used to say, "No one is above the law." Because it was yesterday.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-immunity-supreme-court/

Every election. Every race. Every Democrat. #VoteBlue

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ianb@well.com ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:

If you’re thinking “surely this presidential immunity thing applies to future Democrat presidents too?” you aren’t thinking it out. The intention of the right is to ensure there is *never* another Democratic president, and they will use all the powers of the office to make sure that happens.

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

ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us ("Emeritus Prof Christopher May") wrote:

You'll recall either from the original Frost interview (or from its dramatisation in Frost/Nixon) that Richard Nixon, declared: 'Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal'.... effectively placing the President above the law.

Well, finally the US Supreme Court seems to have caught up with President Nixon.

The declaration that for official acts the President is immune from prosecution, not only looks like a major dilution of the rule of law, its just dangerous!

#law

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

cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

Right now, I am looking at the US Supreme Court and the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran and I am having an "Animal Farm" moment:

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Council

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

carolleisa ("Carolleisa") wrote:

#HistoryCanRepeat

#SCOTUS_Immunity_Ruling

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• #A photo of the swastika with info about March 1933 when legislative action marched the transition to a one party totalitarian dictatorship in Germany

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

they have given The Fat Orange One “cover” to talk & act like a dictator

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/us/politics/trump-liz-cheney-treason-jail.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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year_progress@techhub.social ("Year Progress") wrote:

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