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

wohali@octodon.social wrote:

The bartender said, "What's wrong?"

The moebius strip replied, "Where do I even BEGIN?"

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

And dear *effing* lord, do *NOT* let React anywhere near your codebase in 2024. At least make new mistakes.

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

PMs/EMs: I'm *begging* you to stop needing my services. I do *not* want to hear from your team! They're probably lovely, but your website drowning in JavaScript isn't, like, a novel challenge. I've seen *dozens* of identical patients, and it's alternatively boring and heartbreaking.

So, please, keep yourself from ending up in the long line of folks I have to check in on regularly who are *still* digging out from JS disasters. Don't add yours to the list of low-velocity orgs, mired in script.

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

jalcine@todon.eu ("Jacky (is looking for work)") wrote:

If you're a worker in the tech industry and can be in San Francisco in October, come join us with a joint conference held by Tech Workers Coalition and Collective Action in Tech!

https://techworkerscoalition.org/circuit-breakers/

#1u #union #labor

It'll be a great time to see examples of what democracy looks like in practice!

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

Over-engineer should be a job title.

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

Man it feels good to realize I have no personal or professional projects in Docusaurus anymore and I can just leave that Discord server.

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

I just asked Copilot to convert six CSS properties to their equivalent Tailwind classes.

It only got two right.

That's a failure rate of ~67%. On a task with extremely simple success criteria.

Idk, man. I don't think this thing's all it's cracked up to be.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Nice, only took two hours to get merged, so this will be an option starting with Plasma 6.2!

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Portfolio updated with 4 new photo series. Some of the photos I have or will post here, but there you can see them in context. #BelieveInFilm

https://eugenrochko.com/

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

Whoever it was at the Harris campaign that picked a chronically online young person and said "give them the passwords and let them go nuts" is a genius.

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

SutroTower@sfba.social ("Sutro Tower :sutro:") wrote:

My name is Sutro Tower and I'm your favorite landmark's favorite landmark

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

DivineKestrel@chaosfem.tw ("Eldritch Cumslut of Cthulhu") wrote:

"…The concept of a normal, empathetic, passably happy heterosexual white man who is not constantly afraid and angry and arguing with everyone around him simply does not compute."

https://defector.com/men-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown?giftLink=dfd6cc60bf27ef4d42e02fd2b1ef2995

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I didn't like the window outlines in Plasma's desktop pager, so here's a proposal to make them optional:

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2427

#plasma

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Inside a very old pub... (cont.)

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Ilford Delta 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography #35mm #Manchester

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• Clipboards, glass mugs filled with cutlery and serviettes, a spray bottle of cleaning fluid, posters on the wall, all underneath a staircase.

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

A few quick things.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/08/09/oddments/

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andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella") wrote:

Today I was asked by a friend about the work I'm doing in specifying the AsyncContext stage 2 JS proposal.

I described it as something that will only be useful for incredibly specialized libraries, and that the typical developer won't give a fuck about. And my job lately is to make sure they don't have to give a fuck about it.

Which is way harder than it sounds.

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

It's funny how much more generic "Labyrinth of the Demon King" sounds in Japanese.

My Japanese isn't good enough to judge the subjective impression that a phrase makes with 100% accuracy, but maou and meikyuu are both very common words in video game titles

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• Cropped steam screencap showing an image link to an upcoming game called "Labyrinth of the Demon King." The Japanese title (魔王の迷宮) is in large text and its English translation appears immediately below it. In both versions "Demon King" is in red and the rest of the text is in white. In the background is a dark figure with eyes sagging out of its sockets, drawn in the style of old youkai art.

Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):

riley@fiera.social ("Riley") wrote:

This is insanely good. Anime girl becomes self aware and uses Blender.

Source: https://twitter.com/kensyouen_Y/status/1820748563338637581

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

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

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• (A cat taking a selfie with Kamala, her husband and 2 stepchildren) FUTURE 1ST FAMILY. (remote)

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

anna_lillith@mas.to ("anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖") wrote:

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• Black and white photograph of a young man with a hat holding a sign which is saying 'why is there no maximum wage?' (remote)

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

The_Icarian@federated.press ("The Icarian") wrote:

DonOld's ghostwriter Tim O'Brien understands him best: "Inside his mind, there's a putter, a cheeseburger, someone else's credit card, and a porn video. And the rest of it is just an empty space where he's trying to figure out how to occupy center stage."

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

stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:

Like my little boii here it’s time to get some sleep :nkoSleep: :stux: :sleep:

Goodnight my dear friends :mastodon: :fediverse: :ablobcatheartsqueeze: :blobcathearts: :blobcathugyou:

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• Sleepy washy on the couch (remote)
• Stretched out upside down (remote)
• Paw over his head (remote)
• Zoomed in on Washy the cat (remote)

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

gtconway3@threads.net ("George Conway") wrote:

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• Photo by George Conway on August 08, 2024. May be a Twitter screenshot of text. (remote)

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

charges: murder 2nd degree, attempted murder 2nd degree, assault, illegal firearm, deadly weapon

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place wrote:

petition to rename "width" to "widgth" for monospace consistency with "height" and "length"

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

thanks for being so encouraging @CARROT

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

davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

Humane Ai Pin returns are now outpacing sales

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/08/08/humane-ai-pin-returns-are-now-outpacing-sales/

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

Doesn't Tim realize that you're supposed to treat women's sanitary needs with shame and disgust? Chaya Raichik does!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/08/08/oh-no-weve-lost-chaya-raichiks-support/

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• "Tampon Tim" meme (remote)

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

Just to spell this out explicitly: when your platform falls below 10%, you're not getting invited to dinner, you're *what's* for dinner.

Fixing capabilities and perf are the worthy causes for browser vendors that want the web to matter, but they got nerdsniped by Apple's privacy kayfabe.

But Apple also put its thumbs on the scale re: features, and webdevs seem happy to live in the wealth bubble while their futures are being quietly smothered.

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

Meanwhile on desktop, where browser choice is alive and well and CPUs can more regularly handle the nonsense that Vercel spews out, time spent in browsers is *far* north of 50%, and growing.