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

lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

The success of the infosec industry can be measured by the number of urgent op-eds published in the wake of the Jia Tan incident, all calling for a radical rethink of how we build and use open-source code.

I'm sure the radical rethinking is all done by now

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

Interesting to see folks from Vercel reacting to my post[1] with "I don't think there's anything I could say that would make them change their mind about Next.js 🤷",* when the specific thing I highlight that should *absolutely* change minds is comparative data*.

Data like this:

[1]: https://infrequently.org/2024/11/if-not-react-then-what/

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• A chart I derived from the 2024 Web Almanac data showing CWV pass rates before and after the INP rollout. In general, tools with lighter default payloads (Astro, Rails) started better and (importantly) were less likely to regress as a result of INP's introduction. Or put another way, React-burdened stacks (Next.js, Next.js w/ App Router, and Gatsby) started with less than 50% pass rates and regressed the most when fairer, more representative metrics were added. (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

In a subreddit dedicated to “Trump stole the election" conspiracies, members play chicken with each other on who will say “it” first.

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• it would be on us as citizens to do something about it.&10;&10;Not advocating for violence but heads would have to roll before anything realistically happens.&10;&10;I'm not advocating for violence either. But heads rolling might be what James Madison and Thomas Jefferson had in mind.&10;&10;Oh absolutely. The 2nd amendment was intended to protect us from a tyrannical government, not other civilians.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Let me tell you about ADD— I've been putting off finishing my business website for four months.

Today, I check what I have left to do and it turns out I finished it and just forgot. 🙃

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

“Hello in There” by John Prine

https://pandora.app.link/RfSlrTxS0Ob

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

ahhhhhhh, yeah

“Pack Up The Louie” by Caro Emerald on LOUD

https://pandora.app.link/JWh0oL1R0Ob

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

In December 2021 I set myself a goal: Add a year-in-review feature to #Mastodon before the next December. It's December 2024 and it's finally, slowly rolling out. It's not all that it was meant to be, because we couldn't prioritize it over all the other things we work on, but I didn't want to miss another year.

#Wrapstodon

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• A screenshot of my #Wrapstodon for 2024. My character archetype is "the cool-hunter", which means I boost other people's posts more than anything else. My most used hashtag is #BelieveInFilm. I've gained 19K followers and made 2,275 posts, which puts me into the top 1% of mastodon.social users. My most popular post was about how important it is that Mastodon is not centrally operated out of the US in light of the latest US elections.

jwz wrote:

Wrapstodong.

I'd like to be known for more than scolding Bluesky chumps and never using hashtags, but here we are.

My third-most-favorited post of the year was much funnier. https://mastodon.social/@jwz/111880683489635174

https://jwz.org/b/ykd0

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

amoroso@fosstodon.org ("Paolo Amoroso") wrote:

Now that it's no longer possible to rank in web searches, unless you're a content farm or a major publisher, it's a good time to ditch SEO, drop keywords, use descriptive headlines instead of catchy or clickbait ones, and write for humans. SEO won't help anyway, so let's help the readers who care.

#seo #WebSearch #blogging

jwz wrote:

Telescope Spooks.

How do you know what you're not allowed to see? "I didn't even know which agency I was talking to". Whoever it was would communicate with him only through intermediaries at the NSF.[...] All he knew was that they were very...
https://jwz.org/b/ykdy

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

Every Monday has been Cyber Monday since at least the first time two people used technology outside their natural bodies to communicate. Although it wasn't known as such until we also discovered Mondays.

Mastodon wrote:

We believe the internet should be a place where everyone feels safe, respected and empowered to connect.

That’s why this #GivingTuesday we’re launching a campaign to fund a vital new role at #Mastodon:

✨ Trust & Safety Lead ✨

With the recent US elections and many changes to come, protecting our community has never been more important.

We officially kick off on *Tue, Dec 3rd* but if you’d like, you can make an impact today. Thank you for your support!

https://givebutter.com/givingmastodon

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

What kind of repetitive torture must Popeye have suffered?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/02/i-yam-what-i-yam/

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jwz wrote:

Someone please tell me this Enron thing is viral marketing for a new season of Mr. Robot...

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

alcinnz@floss.social wrote:

Last couple links from Bjarnason's linkdump so happen to be regarding tech-debt!

Gresham's law of programming - Jennifer Moore:
https://jenniferplusplus.com/greshams-law-of-programming/

If Not React, Then What? - Alex Russell:
https://infrequently.org/2024/11/if-not-react-then-what/

More links & quotations at https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2024/links-43/ including some lawsuit news.

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lufthans ("der.hans") wrote:

Happy Cyberman Day to all those who celebrate

Prepared to be upgraded!

#DoctorWho #CybermanDay #CyberMonday #cyberman

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• Many Cybermen from different eras, all shiny and metalic, from the show Doctor Who

Reblogged by jwz:

BobHorowitz@sfba.social ("Bob Horowitz") wrote:

And the post you've all been waiting for. My 2024 Christmas card has just dropped.

#photography #Santacon #StreetPhotography

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• A street photo of Santa sneaking into the adult oriented O'Farrell Theater to see movie WHERE THE WILD GIRLS ARE. A promo banner and picture of lusty ladies in animal leotards appears on the XXX theater's marquee above Santa's head. (remote)

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0x47df@duckpon.de ("sleepy duck pond appreciator 🦆✨🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

rodents can have a little single mode fiber as a treat

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• Google search for "can rats eat single mode fiber". Featured snippet reads: Rodents can have a little optical fiber, and most will go crazy to get their paws on the delicious smelling polyethelyne jackets. However, it should be kept as an occasional treat only, as too much could cause weight gain. Your rat should be just fine with a couple of cores of single-mode fiber as a treat. (remote)

jwz wrote:

Safari "Web Apps" broke middle-click.

I use "Save to Dock" to create app-like web views for some heavily-used sites. It's great. But as of a week ago or so, Cmd-click now opens in the current window instead of in a new window. This is intolerable. Is there any way to fix it?

It's definitely a problem with the web-app view itself, not with the underlying web site's JS.
https://jwz.org/b/ykdv

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ahihi@anticapitalist.party ("pulusound") wrote:

emacs users horrified to discover that "meta-x" now means two awful social media companies

jwz wrote:

Today I saw a boost of an absolutely asinine take from a stranger, and instead of replying to dunk on them, I hit block.

This has earned me one point in The Good Place.

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kityates@mas.to ("Kit Yates") wrote:

It's at this time of year, when the Christmas songs come on the radio, that I like to remember one of the Pogues finest works.

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NanoRaptor@bitbang.social ("Nanoraptor") wrote:

Apple's advantages in publishing in the early 90s included forward thinking CMYK Displays, which used CMY triplets instead of the inferior for print RGB.

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Reducing the juice in a pot and then further thickening it to an almost solid state seems to work. The only problem is, it's not red anymore!

The residue on the bottom of the pan is actually more red. So may be I should add *much* more sugar and let it dry at room temperature...

#cooking

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• Brown film of glaze on a baking sheet.
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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

textfiles@mastodon.archive.org ("Jason Scott") wrote:

MIT has a set of books labelled "Open Access" but it's a little clunky to find them on the MIT Press site, and so I've gone ahead and mirrored 400+ of them here:

https://archive.org/details/mit_press_open_access

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

Matt_Noyes@social.coop ("Matt Noyes") wrote:

How do cooperative enterprises differ?

A small example/anecdote: When I applied for a job at a big Japanese university I had to re-submit my CV. The problem? I had included my six years of "stay-at-home parent." That had to go in order for my CV to be accepted.

In our current co-op study/organizing circle, based on @luisrazeto 's How to Create a Solidarity Enterprise, we each prepared a CV, and then a combined collective CV that recognized the importance of parenting and other care work.

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

fvsch@hachyderm.io ("Florens Verschelde") wrote:

@slightlyoff This prompted me to think a bit more of how bundlers play a role in the bad perf outcomes of frontend projects, and my conclusion is that they currently are like power tools without appropriate safety features:
https://hachyderm.io/@fvsch/113583490410827935

(also cross-posted on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/fvsch.com/post/3lcd7taxvh22i)

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

Some_Emo_Chick ("Frankie ✅") wrote:

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on Twitter

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/european-federation-of-journalists-to-stop-posting-content-on-x-386598/

#news #tech #technology #socialmedia #twitter #politics #elonmusk

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

FYI: Lots of Mastodon accounts with "Google Plus refugee" in their bios commenting social justice word salad to get people arguing.

@claralistensprechen3rd

From: @claralistensprechen3rd
https://friendica.myportal.social/display/e65e1095-1867-4de0-e45b-196288166527

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

How Democrats Can Regain the Working Class - The American Prospect:

"The next time Democratic primary candidates debate one another, they should have to answer one straightforward question: Whose hatred do you welcome?"

Moving to the right to appease republicans is playing their game. No concession will be good enough. Welcome their hate. https://prospect.org/politics/2024-12-02-how-democrats-regain-working-class/