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

Back in the 1990s, I played the heck out of a little game called "Hellcats Over the Pacific". It's a bit dated now.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/06/retro-gamers-ahoy/

Attachments:

• Hellcats Over the Pacific (remote)

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

jkohlmann ("Joseph Kohlmann") wrote:

If anyone knows of a PDF to rich text (i.e. Markdown) conversation tool that preserves strikethrough annotations, please let me know!

So far I know of one viable workflow, using Microsoft Word for macOS, an Office 365 subscription, and its remote service to convert a PDF to DOCX. This correctly translates strikethroughs. Pandoc’s DOCX to Markdown conversion also preserves strikethrough formatting.

I’d prefer a free, open source PDF converter, preferably one with a Node.js API or a general CLI.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

I made an IG and threads account dedicated to the old web. Because what better place to share the treasures, histories, and lores of the #oldweb than the places that are trying to kill it?

IG: https://www.instagram.com/imisstheoldweb

I also made a website. Check it out: https://imisstheoldweb.com

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

I've been trying to forget the atheist 'community' that once existed. Thanks, Lauren Chen, for reminding me that you were there. Now go away.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/06/im-getting-flashbacks-to-the-internet-atheism-of-yore/

Attachments:

• Lauren Chen, Liam Donovan (remote)

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

djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:

oh hey, bandcamp friday?

check out the catalog of Analog Revolution, our scrappy indie label led by @ajroach42 and @DoctorDeathray and get yourself some good, wholesome, oppression-busting tunes whilst supporting a group of leftist media rabblerousers in a battleground state!

https://analogrevolution.bandcamp.com/

#BandcampFriday

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

I think this cartoon is more a comment on media bias than on the makeup of the prairie population. Lots of progressives here, but they're outnumbered by the MAGA-hat wearing, truck driving, gun-toting nitwits.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/06/i-wish-i-had-more-prairie-progressives-around-here/

Attachments:

• Cartoon mocking how reporters go looking for MAGA goons in midwestern diners when there are also progressives here (remote)

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

Resister@radicalsocial.work ("Radical Social Worker") wrote:

Have a radical Friday! 💥💥💥

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• Photo of a woman holding what looks like a marijuna joint in the passenger seat of an orange car. She is holding a sign that says "sex is cool but have you ever fucked the system?" (remote)

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

I love this piece, I love Michigan

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/style/michigan-i-voted-sticker-werewolf.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ik4.Cb1l.YWsxPe_6CLgg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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

I like CSS.

Attachments:

• 2024 State of CSS survey results: 435 total points. Of the 60 features mentioned in the survey, I've used 34 and heard of 19 more, which puts me in the top 10% of all respondents. (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

holothuroid@rollenspiel.social wrote:

This is a proposal to expand the tried tl;dr standard for further usecases.

The authors propose

pw;dr - paywall; didn't read
ai;dr - ai, didn't read

This is a draft.

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

barometz@tech.lgbt ("dominic") wrote:

@mcc it doesn't help that strstream is in and stringstream is in so it's easy to just pick the wrong abbreviation that matches either option

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

mcc wrote:

(What I'm referring to is that the C++ standard library has a class named "stringstream" but also a class named "strstream" and they're basically the same except "strstream" crashes when you try to use it, and "strstream" isn't supposed to even *be* there it's just an early mistake that got replaced with "stringstream", but it's *still there* so if you accidentally mistype "stringstream" you will unknowingly call into existence this Thing That Should Not Be by the act of naming it)

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

gulovsen ("Grant Gulovsen") wrote:

I think I need to get a t-shirt that says “I’m voting for the cop”

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

I love this piece:

“The mystery of the cover letter” - The Economist

https://apple.news/A7hg3eEooSmqN3-rsp3ff3w

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

just please don’t elect them

Attachments:

• e98d978145ded79a.mp4 (remote)

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

If you torture the text hard enough, you might be able to squeeze modern space science out of the Bible, according to Rob Webb.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/06/rocket-science-is-in-the-bible/

Attachments:

• Ghosts rocketing up out of their graves (remote)

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

John Cage - 4'33" - Nightcore mix

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

https://masto.ai/@rbreich/113087445219458160

Attachments:

• 159879c1d4e4984e.png (remote)

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

RickiTarr@beige.party ("Ricki Jorkin Depeanus Tarr") wrote:

I would say this is pretty charted territory:

Attachments:

• Europe | Schicksalwahl The hard right takes Germany into uncharted territory The parties in Olaf Scholz’s coalition are crushed in state polls (remote)

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

aftunion@threads.net ("AFT") wrote:

WATCH 🎥 Educators React to JD Vance's Attacks on Educators "Without Kids"

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• c7173b78a7afebbd.mp4 (remote)

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I've compiled 100K #RustLang crates, and collected all the lints and clippy warnings:

https://users.rust-lang.org/t/ive-ran-clippy-on-100k-crates/117127

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

anildash@threads.net ("Anil Dash") wrote:

Hey, today’s my birthday! I am so fortunate, I want for nothing, so I’m asking for something simple: take a moment to show gratitude to someone in your life whom you appreciate, and give what you can to support the most vulnerable people in your community. One more gift for me: forgive yourself, we are all trying our best! 💜

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

emma@orbital.horse ("Emma Builds 🚀") wrote:

Shouldn't that be an opt-in, and not an opt-out?

I guess Jeff needs more yachts.

https://awscommunity.social/@Quinnypig/113087488324450819

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

jeffcutsinger@tenforward.social ("Jeff Cutsinger") wrote:

In light of the Internet Archive losing its appeal to hachette, I just wanted to point out some websites you should avoid:

* https://annas-archive.li/
* https://downmagaz.net/
* https://ebook-hunter.org/
* https://forcoder.net/
* https://freemagazines.top/
* https://liber3.eth.limo/

If you were to download books from these websites, you might cut into hachette's more than three billion dollars of annual revenue. So make sure to avoid those websites and the following:

* https://libgen.is/
* https://oceanofpdf.com/
* https://pdfroom.com/
* https://pdfstop.com/
* https://pdfdrive.to/
* https://pdfmagazines.club/
* https://sci-hub.se/
* https://singlelogin.re/
* ... or any of the other sites listed at https://rentry.co/megathread-books

#internetarchive

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

markotway@mastodonapp.uk ("Mark Otway") wrote:

@fromjason PumpkinBeth: www.pumpkinbeth.com

(disclosure: she's my wife 😁)

Reblogged by fribbledom ("muesli"):

awilfox@mst3k.interlinked.me ("🌈 A. Wilcox delicately") wrote:

I have done The Thing.

https://catfox.life/2024/09/05/porting-systemd-to-musl-libc-powered-linux/

I have ported #systemd to #musl. Properly. Passing all tests, properly. Booting my 2012 Ivy Bridge in 3.2 seconds, properly.

I'm aware of how unpopular this will be in some circles. But change does not happen without competition, and musl environments deserve more than what they have right now. systemd isn't a panacea, it isn't even that great, but it's here, it solves real issues people have, and it's now an option. Not a requirement, but an option.

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

mhoye wrote:

I sort of love that these two vehicles have the same bed size.

The Kei's is actually a bit more useful because you can fold down the sides.

An electric Kei could be a game changer in cities.

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• da95979311ccd2d9.png

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

Russia loves the right-wing bias of online media.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/05/i-missed-out-on-the-action/

Attachments:

• Dave Rubin & Tim Pool (remote)

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤"):

gwynnion ("Nowhere Girl") wrote:

Liz Cheney is a bad person whose power struggle with Trump for control of the GOP ended up with her and Kinsinger being excommunicated. Like Nikki Haley, they represent virtually no one. The GOP doesn't want them and Democrats don't need them. They aren't useful and Democrats need to stop trying to rehabilitate them. They're just a different flavor of Nazis and their approval should fill anyone with shame.

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

Note that this release also includes the fix for CVE-2024-43402, which was announced yesterday: https://blog.rust-lang.org/2024/09/04/cve-2024-43402.html