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

But also because they're fascists.

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

A handy list of folks to never do business with; not because they're fascist, but because they're too fucking stupid to understand what happens when fascists win power. Don't fuck with craven:

https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/17/musk-andreessen-horowitz-tech-silicon-valley-trump-biden/

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

Ho solo cliccato su un file txt dentro a una mail. #android
Un. File. Txt.

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• User interface android. Un popup che mi avverte come un certo tipo di file può essere aperto solo se prima lo carico su Google drive. (remote)

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TheWarOnCars ("The War on Cars") wrote:

A good explainer video from @citynerd on what a Trump victory and Project 2025 will mean for transportation in U.S. cities. (Spoiler alert: every transportation dollar will go for highway expansions and subsidizing driving and none will go to mass transit and safer streets.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmKtZ34IVYc

#project2025

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

Wait...is this the tech press...GETTING IT!?!? Acknowledging that Apple's version of "privacy" is just kayfabe for the wealthy?

🤩

https://youtu.be/0z3STToGkTU?si=Z1Qy1AeXhZeuEkN0&t=289

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lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

If I were a deranged billionaire, I'd smuggle several crates of hedgehogs and set them loose in a number of US states. They're adorable and there's no conceivable downside.

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jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

“The editor said employees of the Journal should not be seen as advocating for press freedom in a place like Hong Kong, even though they can in Western countries."
Murdoch's Journal.
Wall Street Journal fires Hong Kong reporter who headed embattled press club https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/17/hong-kong-wall-street-journal-press/

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Patricia@vivaldi.net ("Patricia Aas") wrote:

Here I am innocently watching Edward Tufte’s keynote on data visualization and then he absolutely MURDERS economics 💀
https://youtu.be/rHUDJ8RyseQ?si=nYtoIKWyArcwbBu_

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• 8a1acc17f3485b42.mp4 (remote)

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deater78 wrote:

enough people asked, I made a version of this on a hard drive image in case you don't want to swap around 7 floppy disks. You can try it out at the internet archive here: https://archive.org/details/riven_hgr.2mg

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

I was right in the middle of wondering why JD Vance always looks like he's sniffing a giant diaper that's full of shit when I realized he's Trump's running mate now, so...I kinda answered my own question.

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Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net wrote:

This is a refreshingly good look at why extensions with both full privileged access and dynamic script + style execution are a really bad idea, greatly weakening the CSP on every site:

How insecure is Avast Secure Browser?

Injecting arbitrary scripts and styles ought to require an extra permission and be selectively allowed on a per-site basis.

RE: https://floss.social/@alcinnz/112803562967733831

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

More of this, please:

https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/17/outer-sunset-tallest-apartments-plan/

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MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social wrote:

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chiffchaff@tech.lgbt ("kæt") wrote:

Hildegard von Blingin' has dropped an amazing Bardcore version of /We didn't start the fire/ (including medieval history lyrics).

[ALT: The Billy Joel song, /We Didn't Start the Fire/ played on lutes etc, with lyrics such as "Charlemagne / Alfred / Anne Boleyn / Without a head // Few things / Here to read / But the Nibelungenlied // Castile with / Aragon / Second pope in Avignon // Novgorod / Chinggis Khan / Beowulf / Decameron" etc.]

https://youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8

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haritulsidas@masto.ai ("Hari Tulsidas") wrote:

In an astonishing find, scientists have uncovered active termite mounds in South Africa that are 34,000 years old, making them the oldest ever discovered. These ancient mounds provide valuable insights into termite behaviour and ecosystem roles over millennia, revealing a remarkable continuity of termite activity through prehistoric times.

#Archaeology #TermiteMounds #AncientHistory #ScientificDiscovery #SouthAfrica

https://allthatsinteresting.com/oldest-termite-mounds?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

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Ronflaix@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Cornflaix") wrote:

linear interpolation : lerp
bilinear interpolation : blerp
trilinear interpolation : tlerp

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aaron.rupar@threads.net ("Aaron Rupar") wrote:

"Trump has always been pretty good about supporting Ukraine" -- Rep. Dan Crenshaw on CNN

(Fact check: Trump was impeached for trying to blackmail the Ukrainian president)

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

“This is a great example of how, even for very basic and well-studied problems, there are sometimes very simple but non-obvious solutions still waiting to be discovered”

- William Kuszmaul, Harvard University

https://hachyderm.io/@rain/112475838747712100

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QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

We need to talk about the wild racism being targeted at Usha Vance. She's arguably been one of the most accomplished lawyers advancing MAGA extremism—yet all that pales in comparison to her skin color.

This is who the MAGA party has always been. Documenting receipts because legacy media continues to ignore it.

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/maga-erupts-in-racism-after-realizing

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

On Monday, Raja Koduri joined @bcantrill and me to answer a question sent in from a listener: what's are the differences between a CPU, GPU, FPGA, and ASIC? And after a walk through history of hardware, software, their intersection and relevant companies, we ... almost answered it!

https://youtu.be/7hF9AM8LM4c

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researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

It's happening again!

The Fedi's own academic conference, back for year 5

Everything's free, sign up to attend here!

https://solsticeschool.scholar.social/2024/

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TwoClownsEating@beige.party ("Mat Bradshaw") wrote:

My first time doing #MusicWomenWednesday, where to even start!

I'm going to go with the delightful Kelly Lee Owens, a Welsh producer, songwriter and performer who makes electronic music with beautiful songs. If you like this one I can highly recommend all of her work (she's great live too if you get the chance to see her).

Kelly Lee Owens - Lucid

https://youtu.be/GvVLuk1KGxc?si=-0bGOlu3jXVrMpCa

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Photo libraries should have a "cats" / "not cats" toggle. I can't find any non-#cat photos.

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• Rows of photos of a cat on a perch

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deidara@goblin.camp ("nart the library goth ✨️") wrote:

anyway here are some pics of the very cool library we visited today

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• the main room of the public library in Stuttgart, it has all open so you can see the gallery parts of the 4-8th floors, everything is in white with some blue furniture, it also has a cool glass ceiling (remote)
• more downwards view taken from the top (remote)

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polygon ("Polygon") wrote:

Microsoft just gave the Xbox controller a huge ass https://www.polygon.com/24200443/xbox-deadpool-wolverine-wireless-controller-giveaway-ass

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

Curious how many people know about the `||=` operator (the "logical OR assignment") in JavaScript? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Logical_OR_assignment

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Time to disconnect.

#Plushtodon #Merchtodon

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• A stuffed Mastodon toy sitting in a chair in front of a window that displays a body of water.

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

yes!

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annaecook@mstdn.social ("Anna E. Cook") wrote:

I’m looking for a brand designer for a small paid temporary project, if you have recommendations I would appreciate them 🙂

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GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Via Rupar:

Gov. Tim Walz on the RNC: "Yesterday was about bend the knee and groveling. Today is about bending to Putin on foreign policy."