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kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I've tried #VisionPro demo in an Apple Store (they have lots of available slots in the UK, BTW)

- It's heavy. When it doesn't crush my sweaty cheekbones, it makes my neck hurt.
- Resolution is the best I've seen, but at best a 1440p monitor equivalent. Text is ok, but a downgrade from a real 4K monitor.
- Spatial vid from iPhone is low res and barely any 3D.
- Apple's professional 3D content looks low res, and has wobbliness of 3DoF, like all VR
- FOV is average

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brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson") wrote:

On third party cookies: @slightlyoff says “The TAG missed a critical opportunity to call for legislative fixes to the technically unfixable problems it failed to enumerate.” https://infrequently.org/2024/07/misfire/ I (and we, at Vivaldi) completely agree. As we wrote at the weekend, "Politicians must grab the bull by its horns, put on some dry pants, and step up to fight for a better web. Banning profiling is what’s needed." https://vivaldi.com/blog/the-norwegian-minister-of-finance-is-peeing-in-his-pants-to-stay-warm/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

JD stands for Jerectile Dysfunction

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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:

Noting that it enrages Trump when he's called weird, Oliver Markus Molloy says,

"If you want to break the spell that a fascist cult leader like Trump or Putin has over his brainwashed minions, destroy the hyper-masculine 'magic aura' of the fascist strongman.

Destroy his ability to give them a dopamine rush.

How? Show that you’re not afraid of him. Disrespect him. Make fun of him."

#Trump #JDVance #weird #Republicans #fascists
/5

https://maganazi.substack.com/p/i-made-some-anti-trump-memes

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

Willy Brown: “Oh yeah, if the public is fascinated with your antics, you survive,” he said, before lowering the boom. “It’s unfortunate, but you can’t really tell the voters they’re idiots.”

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kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange ("Kevin Rothrock") wrote:

If it actually happens, what an incredible prisoner swap this will be. I'm still waiting for news about Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva…

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

sitting/waiting in “central jury room”… Law of the Multiverse: everything takes longer

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realTuckFrumper ("#TuckFrump") wrote:

Cartoon: Weirdo welfare https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/7/31/2259355/-Cartoon-Weirdo-welfare?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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eLife@fediscience.org wrote:

Can you tell which direction these figures are walking? What if we scramble the data points?

These tests are helping researchers understand the relationship between social skills and movement perception in children with #ADHD. #Neuroscience https://elifesciences.org/articles/90313?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic

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simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:

Wrote up some notes on trying out Aider, a neat open source Python terminal tool for working with codebases on disk via a variety of LLMs https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jul/31/aider/

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• > /ask what does ?exclude.tag= do in the search feature? The ?exclude.tag= parameter in the search feature is used to exclude specific tags from the search results. Here's how it works in the code: 1 The excluded tags are retrieved from the request's GET parameters: excluded_tags = request.GET.getlist("exclude.tag") This line collects all the tags that should be excluded from the search results. The getlist() method is used because there might be multiple excluded tags. 2 These excluded tags are then applied to the queryset for each content type (Entry, Blogmark, Quotation) in the make_queryset() function: (remote)

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

well now, I’m going to bet this does not make the Trump Campaign folks happy

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• Ipsos says Harris 1, HarrisX/Harris Poll says Trump 4, and Morning Consult Poll says Harris 1. Ipsos has a history of being quite reliable. (remote)

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

hah! truth…

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/people-with-children-horrified-to?publication_id=2337656&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=4qey6

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

screw the grandkids, let them deal with our greediness…

‘Donald Trump has made clear in his campaign that he supports a significant shift in U.S. energy policy, characterized by a robust emphasis on fossil fuels, extensive regulatory rollbacks, and a scaling back of renewable energy policies. He justifies these changes as necessary to reduce energy costs, achieve “energy dominance,” and boost the competitiveness of U.S. industries…’

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trump-has-big-plans-for-climate-and-energy-policy-but-can-he-implement-them/

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

It's colonoscopy prep day! AAAAIAIIIEEE!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/31/not-going-to-be-a-great-day/

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Above Ambleside.

📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Super Takumar 105mm/2.4
👤 Wife
⚗ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #TheLakes

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• A woman with dark hair wearing shorts and a white long sleeve shirt sitting on top of a green rock. Behind her is a green valley and the edge of a body of water.

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

Friendly reminder that: the super detailed API reference of your huge library is not #documentation

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jenni ("Jenni Leder ( ͡♥️ ͜ʖ ͡♥️)") wrote:

"Public Work is a search engine for public domain content. Explore 100,000+ copyright-free images from The MET, New York Public Library, and other sources.”

https://public.work/

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mnot@techpolicy.social ("Mark Nottingham") wrote:

Alex Russell @slightlyoff makes some solid points about the limitations of technical solutions to social problems: the @tag did indeed misfire here.

https://infrequently.org/2024/07/misfire/

BTW, a previous TAG recognised this limitation:

https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/unsanctioned-tracking/#h-limitations-of-technical-solutions

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

So my friends over at the @tag wrote a Finding on third-party cookie depreciation. TBH, I'm disappointed, but the good news is that could still be fixed with some targeted additions (and a bit less grandstanding).

I lay out the case here:

https://infrequently.org/2024/07/misfire/

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

lukeharby@octodon.social ("Luke Harby") wrote:

Hey!

Do you own a circular slide rule, or know someone who does? Maybe you have a box in the attic or a whole drawer of them.

I am working on an artist’s book with one chapter dedicated to circular slide rules.

If you would like to help me out and get a credit in a really cool book then please scan your slide rule(s) and submit via the form on my site or you can email me lharby@gmail.com.

Details and submissions at this link https://slackwise.org.uk/submit

Please retoot for more toot-ins!

Thank you!

#SlideRule #CircularSlideRule #Volvelle

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aliettedb@wandering.shop ("Aliette de Bodard") wrote:

Oh hey my book is out!
Four bickering juniors. One eldritch space monster on the loose. And just to make things worse, the juniors' superior is murdered.

Aka "disaster lesbians try to cooperate. It involves a lot of finger waggling, dangerous situations, and also some pining and longing because what's a mission without a fling?"

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250324887/navigationalentanglements

(cover art; Sija Hong)

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• A stylised woman dancing in space, above two huge figures of a snake and a rooster. Below her is a gate and a spaceship heading directly for the gate (remote)

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dangrsmind@sfba.social wrote:

Your Trump voting neighbor may deny they are supporters of anything "weird" like Qanon if you ask them.

But there's a good chance they believe some or all of the basic ideas of Qanon if they support Trump.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-24/a-quarter-of-republicans-believe-central-views-of-qanon-conspiracy-movement

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/09/02/majority-of-republicans-believe-the-qanon-conspiracy-theory-is-partly-or-mostly-true-survey-finds/

https://www.prri.org/press-release/new-prri-report-reveals-nearly-one-in-five-americans-and-one-in-four-republicans-still-believe-in-qanon-conspiracy-theories/

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technotenshi@infosec.exchange ("TechnoTenshi :verified_trans: :Fire_Lesbian:") wrote:

The Senate has passed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which could enable extensive online censorship and monitoring under the guise of protecting children. This bill threatens free speech and privacy. Contact your representatives to protect our digital and privacy rights.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/kosa-internet-censorship-bill-just-passed-senate-its-our-last-chance-stop-it

#FreeSpeech #Privacy #DigitalRights

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elfin@mstdn.social ("`Da Elf") wrote:

@GottaLaff
@GhostOnTheHalfShell

>>Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch wrote, "If Democrats can't defeat a party that wants to end recreational sex then I give up."

Right?!?

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socprof@masto.ai ("SocProf for Harris") wrote:

"Donald,. if you have anything to say, SAY IT TO MY FACE" was the line of the speech. And the crowd went nuts. 🐔

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

I think this view is towards Bowfell, but I'm not sure. From Dungeon Ghyll facing west.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #TheLakes #LakeDistrict #Cumbria

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• Green fell scraping the clouds.

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yurnidiot@mstdn.social ("Mandu 🥟") wrote:

k-street food version of an "egg roll"

:insta: seoultoast_bong

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mcnado@mstdn.social ("McNadoMD") wrote:

#stonecanyonfire #lyonscolorado #lyonsfire

Trying to move livestock to Jeffco as of 16:45. We do have some folks at BoCo fairgrounds. I have some alfalfa bales and chicken feed, water, human snacks here at BoCo fairgrounds (look for the red 4runner with llama trailer). If you need animals out of fire zone and don’t have trailer, hit me up and we’ll get folks to you.

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

Ewww, ick, wash your hands!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/30/reinforcing-that-dumb-jock-stereotype/

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• We know that there's going to be some E coli exposure, so I just try to increase my E coli threshold by exposing mystel to a bit of E coli in your day-to-day life. Just little things throughout the day, like not washing your hands after tyou go to the bathroom and stuff like this. (remote)

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evacide@hachyderm.io wrote:

Governments always want to censor and surveil the internet and the only thing that ever changes is the boogeyman they point to as justification for their power grab.