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redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote:
they should stop making sequels to 2020. The fourth one especially sucks
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heycaseywattsup@social.coop ("Casey Watts! (he/him) 🌈🫧") wrote:
As of Oct 1, 2024
Employers in Maryland MUST include a wage range for job postings ✨
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I wrote a short note about Meta's toaster problem— toaster are impossible to make, digital platforms are easier. So Zuck needs a bigger more expensive moat.
#IndieWeb #Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb
https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/meta-s-toaster-problem/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mathowie@xoxo.zone ("Matt Haughey 🎃") wrote:
never forget what Ronald Reagan did to this country
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tojiro ("Brandon Jones") wrote:
Signs of life for WebXR with WebGPU! (Yes, the triangle is behind me... but at least it's not upside down any more!)
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
froztbyte@awful.systems wrote:
from this point (archive)
App developers think that’s a bogus argument. Mr. Bier told me that data he had seen from start-ups he advised suggested that contact sharing had dropped significantly since the iOS 18 changes went into effect, and that for some apps, the number of users sharing 10 or fewer contacts had increased as much as 25 percent.
aww, does the widdle app’s business model collapse completely once it can’t harvest data? how sad
this reinforces a suspicion that I’ve had for a while: the only reason most people put up with any of this shit is because it’s an all or nothing choice and they don’t know the full impact (because it’s intentionally obscured). the moment you give them an overt choice that makes them think about it, turns out most are actually not fine with the state of affairs
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
it is worth thinking from time to time about the virtues of deliberate simplification as against the unintended complexities arising from lashing together generic & disparate systems in an agglutinative fashion
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KamalaHarrisWin@newsmast.social ("Kamala Harris News Group 2.0") wrote:
It's crucial to stay on top of voter registration deadlines! Make sure you don't miss out on the chance to make your voice heard. Check out the upcoming deadlines here: #GetOutTheVote #KamalaHarris - find them in the link below:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
for some definitions of “vision”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
he is just buying, remixing, & cobbling together Other People’s Tech, not really building anything new.
“… a patchwork product that relied on Microsoft’s Bing for search and Meta’s open-source Llama model for query rewriting.
…still relying on outside technology for core Grok features… Black Forest Labs to power image generation. The feature lacked guardrails… allowing people to generate photos of anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:
Melania Trump’s book publisher wanted CNN to pay $250,000 to interview the former first lady. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/03/politics/melania-trump-book-cnn-interview/index.html
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CelloMomOnCars ("CelloMom On Cars") wrote:
"If #Project2025 is implemented, the United States would be unrecognizable. Instead, it would resemble autocracies around the world."
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:
“Why did the NYT play the first story the way it did? We don’t know. They won’t say.
"Why did it play the second story so differently? We don’t know. They won’t say.
“’Don’t ask, don’t tell is one thing. The attitude of our leading journalists boils down to: ‘You can ask. We won’t tell.’
"This is not good enough.”
A tale of two front pages, from James Fallows, our leading media critic.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Excuse me??? Gaslight much?
Via Rupar:
GOP Rep. Brian Mast on #Trump saying "so what?" to #Pence's life being in danger on #Jan6:
"I don't think that should be characterized as anything more than hyperbole right there ... his life wasn't really in peril."
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘… former County Clerk of Mesa County, Colorado. Described in 2022 as "one of at least twenty-two election deniers vying to take charge of elections in eighteen states", she was the first election official in the U.S. convicted of criminal charges related to stolen election conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 United States presidential election. In August 2024, she was convicted on charges relating to unauthorized access to election machines.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:
DoJ - Warrant unsealed authorizing the seizure of 41 internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to commit computer fraud and abuse in the US. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-disrupts-russian-intelligence-spear-phishing-efforts
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
BleepingComputer@infosec.exchange wrote:
Microsoft and the Justice Department have seized over 100 domains used by the Russian ColdRiver hacking group to target United States government employees and nonprofit organizations from Russia and worldwide in spear-phishing attacks.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
timkmak@journa.host ("Tim Mak") wrote:
Here’s what we’re reading today:
Saudi Arabia's attempts to increase oil exports could lead to a fall in prices, putting the #Russian budget at risk.
A collapse in prices could severely limit Moscow's ability to continue the war, given its reliance on oil revenues.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The strategic uncertainties generated after an Israeli-Iranian nuclear exchange are likely to be at least as fraught as any that might arise before such a clash. An unspoken hope among security experts is that nuclear deterrence can work between Israel and Iran. Such optimism, however, discourages clear thinking about what might happen if deterrence fails and both countries use nuclear weapons.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
New paper on the GHG footprint of LNG exports from the US is now published. Conclusion? LNG has a larger climate impact than any other fossil fuel, including coal.
https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ese3.1934
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Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
You know how when you have a concept you want to write about, but whenever you try, it's all long-winded and boring?
I've been sitting on this one for ten months and I finally forced myself to stay under five hundred words.
Anyway, #Meta has a toaster problem.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Ooooo I have a five hundred word write up that is snappy and pithy. Should I post it to ol' faithful or my side-blog?
I feel like fromjason has been neglected lately so maybe there? But also, I love shiny and new things.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:
Microsoft, predictably enough, focused on a "lock everything to our platform" strategy. CEO Steve Ballmer calied every Ipod owner a "thief" and arguing that every record company should wrap music in Microsoft's Zune DRM, which would allow them to restrict anything they didn't like, even if copyright allowed it (and would also give Microsoft the same abusive leverage over labels that they famously exercised over Windows software companies):
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins"):
MaggieFero@hachyderm.io ("Margaret Fero") wrote:
Burnout isn't about working too much, it's about moral injury: watching or participating in betrayals of your ethics or values. Larger gaps between stated and practiced values create more burnout. - @phire at #Monktoberfest
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
zwol@hackers.town ("Zack Weinberg") wrote:
https://thesecretknots.com/comic/remind-me-later/
my god, what have we done
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
hot rain, @CARROT ? whyyyyyyyy?
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ArneBab@rollenspiel.social ("Arne Babenhauserheide") wrote:
I uploaded "My best thing today" in #sketchnotes from August 2024 to September 2024:
https://www.draketo.de/kreatives/best-thing-today#2024-09
Please boost! I’m publishing these with some hope that others may start #bestthingtoday sketchnotes: it’s a great way to build and strengthen positive memories.
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- rough, small sketches in ink with the best experience for almost every day in the timeframe. The base is lineart in black and gray, often colored with sky blue, grass green, sun orange, or earth yellow as highlight-colors. On the right there is a streak of colors where I clean the pens after they take up black ink. It starts with travelling during family holidays while singing together and writing a poem. Many days the best thing was swimming or going to the village celebration. Other days it was listening to audiobooks, especially qualityland. One was an uncle saying thank you for coming, two are kisses, three times it was dancing. Two others were work projects: improving diagrams and optimizing algorithms. Many are with the dog. It ends with playing the dark ending of Baldurs Gate 3 after patch 7 and turning the bg3 sketches into a video. If the days feel dark or gray to you right now — as mine felt when I started this — maybe sketching like this could be part of self-care that helps you get out. I remember more joy now. What ever may be a good path for you: if you feel like you’re drowning in gray, you should take *some* path to remember more of the best moments of your days. Please take care of yourself. You are worthy of experiencing joy. (remote)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
miah@hachyderm.io ("Miah Johnson") wrote:
Oooh The Designed by, and Powered by OpenWRT router is now out!
https://liliputing.com/openwrt-one-wifi-6-router-is-now-available-for-89/
$89 and $10 of every order goes directly to the OpenWRT project!
Hope to see some folks get these and post reviews soon! (I'll order one as soon as I can afford to)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:
what's your favorite videogame that wraps its challenge in having the player build consensus and cooperation instead of competition and domination?