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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:
Cybersecurity explained
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
if
carpenters built buildings
the way programmers build software
then
the first woodpecker to come along
would destroy civilization
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
from “Jingo” by Terry Pratchett
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Swamp dragons tended to explode in the air, imps ate the messages and the semaphore helmets had not been a success, especially in high winds. And then Corporal Littlebottom had pointed out that Ankh-Morpork’s pigeons were, because of many centuries of depredation by the city’s gargoyle population, considerably more intelligent than most pigeons, although Vimes considered that this was not difficult because there were things growing on old damp bread that were more intelligent than most pigeons”
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manton@manton.org ("Manton Reece") wrote:
"The Social Web Foundation works to grow this new ecosystem in an open, healthy, and sustainable way—working with technologists and the public to build a new global town square that works for everyone."
This looks very interesting. I’m going to be honest, though, even though I know this is petty: I’m insulted that Micro.blog wasn’t given a heads-up about this before launch. We’ve only supported ActivityPub since 2018. 🤪
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:
pixel perfect is the enemy of pixel good
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ieure@retro.social ("Boosty Collins") wrote:
When you already own most of the Funkadelic discography, and assume you have to buy the entire Parliament discography too... that's the Funk Cost Fallacy.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
We have these guys mucking up academic research, too!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/24/the-bad-actor-problem-in-academia/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
amoroso@fosstodon.org ("Paolo Amoroso") wrote:
Sebastian Witowski explains why and how he still uses Make for Python projects and other tasks.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
Today on no one should ever use yaml for anything:
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
thank you, CAPT Tully… the Union still stands
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
edsu@social.coop ("Ed Summers") wrote:
A good quote to start Kill it With Fire:
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- [We build our computer systems the way we build our cities: over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.
Ellen Ullman][5] ([remote][6])
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The best Halloween spider ever.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/24/the-official-spider-of-halloween/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz") wrote:
In retrospect, it's kind of crazy that the two biggest developments in CPU technology over the last 20 years were "use much less power, for mobile" and "use much more power, for AI", and Intel managed to miss both of them
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Also, Adams' version of "War Machine" is worth checking out (the song he recently released). I was unaware he was involved in writing that one.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
It just blows my mind that the abbreviation "WP" is explicitly *not* covered by copyright, and yet, Matt Mullenweg still tried to extort millions from WP Engine to "license" it.
He even updated the WordPress license page after the fact to try to throw shade on WPE and make his utterly baseless claim look better (even though *tons* of other businesses and products also use "WP").
Really sucks watching a once-respected figure in open source devolve into a petulant, borderline-criminal man-child.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
(Lapels are oddly convenient for that sort of dramatic action.)
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Kim Wilde and Bryan Adams both released new tracks recently. I found out on the same day, and I had an urge to run out into the street and grab the first person I saw by the lapel and say, "Quick! Tell me what decade is this!"
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Back when I first heard about the effort to get real-time patches upstreamed into the Linux kernel, I initially assumed it was this one:
https://www.yodaiken.com/2024/09/19/rtlinux-retrospective/
I was less interested once I realized the patches going in were more "real-time" than real-time.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
2010's third-wave feminism was a wild ride.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Currently listening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdHhfhLBZLw
Mastodon FeedReblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):
Sophie@dice.camp ("Sophie 🎲🧩🏳️⚧️") wrote:
Ok so here’s something everyone should be aware of:
Computer mice are facing you.
The wire is the mouse’s tail, right?That means those things you push down on aren’t buttons,
they’re buttocks.
LMB= Left Mouse Buttock
RMB = Right Mouse Buttock
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fox@front-end.social ("karolina") wrote:
a really good piece by @polotek that nails the importance of investing in core web technologies at individual and business level.
i’ve seen epic spends of creating whole rewrite the front end teams. it didn’t solve meaningful issues.
“Companies that want to reduce the cost of their frontend tech becoming obsoleted so often should be looking to get back to fundamentals. Your teams should be working closer to the web platform with a lot less complex abstractions.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
fimion@notacult.social ("Alex Riviere") wrote:
Well, based on recent events, I'm gonna start releasing my future open source projects as GPLe, where it's copy-left but I reserve the right to extort you if you sell it better than me.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅") wrote:
An Abridged History of Safari Showstoppers https://webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/history-of-safari-show-stoppers/ - not the mere niggles, but the absolute cesspit explosions. By @rgadellaa, who has seen things you people wouldn't believe; IndexedDBs on fire off the shoulder of Orion. Scrolling bugs glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.
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ilovewebsites@social.lol ("I ❤️ Websites Club") wrote:
1991— Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, emails some thoughts on what makes for a good website "home page" design.
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-talk/1991SepOct/0005.html
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
(pls ignore, testing a #tailscale thing)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ilovewebsites@social.lol ("I ❤️ Websites Club") wrote:
🧊 If you're looking for a rabbit hole to fall into tonight, start here.
The Cursed Computer Iceberg Meme is a masterfully curated list of programming-related links that progressively become weirder the further down the iceberg you go.
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lucylikeayourface@tech.lgbt ("~/Lucyyy 💙") wrote:
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
The Register: "Apple accused of hoodwinking UK antitrust cops"
Apple claims they aren't being anti-competitive, but there isn't really any plausible deniability for that UI decision, so that might explain why they are trying to pretend it never existed.