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vwbusguy@mastodon.online ("Scott Williams 🐧") wrote:
When you meet people that can type out `openssl` commands from sheer memory, be kind to them, because they've been through a few things.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
News Corp sues Perplexity for ripping off WSJ and New York Post https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/24275924/news-corp-wall-street-journal-perplexity-lawsuit-copyright-infringement
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andybaio@xoxo.zone ("Andy Baio") wrote:
Nilay Patel interviewed Intuit's CEO for the Decoder podcast, obviously asking about their long history of lobbying against free tax filing. Incredibly, Intuit's chief comms officer demanded Nilay delete that entire section of the podcast. The headline writes itself. https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/21/24273820/intuit-ceo-sasan-goodarzi-turbotax-irs-quickbooks-ai-software-decoder-interview
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Overheard a poll worker say if early voting continues at the current rate, everyone in the county will have already voted by election day. Seems positive.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz wrote:
The cat's out of the bag: I can relax now. https://www.mersenne.org/
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EmilySchnall@mastodon.art ("Emily Schnall✨Commissions Open") wrote:
Day 196: The boundary between my boy and the environment is blurring. It’s starting to actually feel like I’m giving him back to the world 🧵
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Shorter version of my competitive analysis of why web performance matters [1]:
Platforms are competitions. Pick a side.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
My primary motivation is that I want the web to win.
What does that mean? Concretely, that means that I want folks to be able to accomplish most of their daily tasks on the web. A reasonable diagnostic metric is time spent as a percentage of time on device. JTBD fraction would be the natural leading metric, but it's wicked hard to track.
This phrasing -- fraction of time, rather than total time -- has the benefit of not being thirsty. It's also tracked by various parties.
Ok, but why?
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's interesting how thin a skin the React crowd has. They think I'm being deeply antagonistic when, in fact, I've been holding my fire (and the confidences of consulting counterparties) for ~8 years. This has only served to make things look *better* than they really are.
The damage I'm seeing isn't just in the public sector, or limited to exceptionally bad cases. It's now ecosystem-wide, and JS-first culture is very much to blame.
But why do I care? A short thread.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's interesting how thin a skin the React crowd has. They think I'm being deeply antagonistic when, in fact, I've been holding my fire (and the confidences of consulting counterparties) for ~8 years. This has only served to make things look *better* than they really are.
The damage I'm seeing isn't just in the public sector, or limited to exceptionally bad cases. It's now ecosystem-wide, and JS-first culture is very much to blame.
But why do I care? A short thread.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
My primary motivation is that I want the web to win.
What does that mean? Concretely, that means that I want folks to be able to accomplish most of their daily tasks on the web. A reasonable diagnostic metric is time spent as a percentage of time on device. JTBD fraction would be the natural leading metric, but it's wicked hard to track.
This phrasing -- fraction of time, rather than total time -- has the benefit of not being thirsty. It's also tracked by various parties.
Ok, but why?
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Some additional context:
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
So, Monday was starting out as Mondays do, but I was listening to this podcast:
And learned about the "Lesbian Seagull" song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uSGPmYmJc0
And it cheered me up a bit.
(Note: The song was on a Beavis and Butt-head movie soundtrack. I've always been repulsed by B&BH, so I have no idea if the original context was intended to be offensive. The song seems over-the-top sentimental, but otherwise inoffensive unless you're a bigot or something.)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
well good, a few cores are “only” at 80% now
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I have never seen all of my laptop cores go to over 95% at the same time & just stay there… clearly, this 5-yr-old Intel-chip machine is not up to the task of running GPT4All
;^{
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Voted ✅
Judging by how many people were there (it's the third day of early voting in my county), it's a popular thing to do.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
If he was my server, I wouldn't trust the food.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
*Double date 2035*
Firt couple: we met after the great blue orb that follows all sent an email to my brain chip explaining Shelly is the least likely to murder me with a slave robot
Second couple: aw that's sweet listen the reason we invited you here is because we like your vibe and-
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The WaPo publishes an opinion piece on the power of prayer that includes a link to an article in the scientific literature to prop up its point.
It doesn't. Surprise.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/21/fluff-and-nonsense/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Monday follows Sunday.
It's a weekly thing, they say.
One is often a fun day.
The other...I'd rather not say.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
spacehobo@teh.entar.net ("Space Hobo") wrote:
Make reader mode the default #CSS in all browsers send toot
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
paddyduke ("The Paddy Dook") wrote:
No, I don't want tracking cookies.
No, I don't want to subscribe to your newsletter.
No, I don't want a special offer if I check out in the next 10 minutes.
No, I don't want to sign in with Google.
No, I don't want to watch an unrelated video on top of the article I'm trying to access.
No, I don't want a "better experience" in your app.
No, I don't want to sign in to read the article.
No, I don't want to read "more like this".
No, I don't want to fill in a survey before I go.
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ianhopkinson ("Ianhopkinson") wrote:
Paper: Feminism in Programming Language Design by Felienne Hermans
https://www.felienne.com/archives/8470 #python #feminism <- I found this intro to the paper really interesting
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
[what follows is a lengthy explanation about wet bulb temperatures and how even seemingly quotidian workaday heat can be deadly if not properly accounted for and mitigated with proper workplace health and safety precautions]
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
drcaberry@blacktwitter.io ("Dr. Carlotta A. Berry, PhD") wrote:
Flower∞Bots are low-cost open-source modular 3d printed robots flexible enough for novice to expert makers in #BlackInRobotics Workshops on 10/13, 11/3, 11/10 #Adafruit #MicroBit #Arduino #RaspberryPiPicoW #CircuitPlaygroundExpress #ElecFreaks
#BlackSTEM #WomenSTEM
Robot included for only $35
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
wim_v12e@octodon.social ("Wim 🅾") wrote:
A white wagtail taking a bath
#photography #nature #birds
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
It's not on the same scale as rehabbing Trump's career for The Apprentice, but NBC DID also make Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera relevant again for The Voice, and I think indirectly bringing "Moves Like Jagger" into the world is also a crime the network should be held accountable for
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I'm home with refreshed memories of being 22 years old again.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
srsly, Herr Musk… this is not the South Africa of your youth, this is the US. you do not get to buy either registrations or votes here
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/10307
“(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties
Whoever knowingly or willfully… pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both…”
