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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Cleaning up the last bits of my mother's legacy.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/31/brain-permanently-scarred-but-pennies-saved/
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Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
A hardened criminal… Always climbing the Christmas tree.
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Mastodon FeedNSFVoyager2@techhub.social wrote:
1/ On this last day of 2024, I thought this might interest those of you following our progress in detail. Here is a summary of all the One-Way Light Travel Times of the Voyager spacecraft over 2024.
The first thing to note is that the plot lines have different vertical axes! While the times are _offset_, the scale is the same. If you plot both these times on a single vertical scale, you can barely see the sinusoidal shape. Remember: green with green, blue with blue.
OK, why is there this shape? Because the distance measurements are being made from a moving platform: Earth. The sinusoidal variance is because of Earth's orbit around the Sun. At certain times of year, the Earth is actually moving towards the Voyagers faster than they are leaving, so the distance _decreases_.
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Mastodon Feedstreetartutopia@mastodon.online ("Street Art Utopia") wrote:
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- A graffiti piece painted on a brick wall, featuring the phrase "CLASS WAR" in bold white letters outlined in black. Between the two words, there is a depiction of Oscar the Grouch, a character from Sesame Street, sitting in his iconic trash can and holding an AK-47 rifle. The artwork combines humor and political commentary, critiquing social and economic inequalities. The wall has some graffiti tags in the background, and the area in front is overgrown with weeds and debris, adding an urban, gritty atmosphere to the scene. (remote)
Mastodon FeedAren't timezones fascinating?
In Australia, it's already 2025
In Europe, it's still 2024
In the USA, we're entering 1937
Mastodon FeedComicContext@mstdn.social ("Comics Outta Context") wrote:
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Stoori@polyglot.city ("Fairytale Loyola — بنت الليل") wrote:
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Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
I have to watch my poor kittens flinch every time a firework goes off. Curtains closed to minimize noise and all. Fuck fireworks. No fucking point at all, just noise and pollution.
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tink@w3c.social ("Léonie Watson") wrote:
Right 2025, listen up!
If you think we're going to put up with another 2024, you can think again.
We want more kindness and less hostility; more thoughtfulness and fewer bros; fewer disagreements and more conversations; more curiosity and fewer assumptions; and if you can't manage that, we'll damned well have to do it for ourselves.
On reflection, who's with me?
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I wrote about all the things I enjoyed in 2024. (Most of them were video games, but there's some other good stuff in there too.)
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Happy NY, y'all!
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Nearly NY here in Taipei. The assignment for 2025 is the same: do good, respect everyone, leave it better than you found it. Pass it on.
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elizayer ("Elizabeth Ayer") wrote:
Turns out I really needed some @mipsytipsy energy this morning!
Her play-by-play analysis of Brian Chesky's interview on Founder Mode is a delight.
It's like an asynchronous watch party, where we all get to throw popcorn at the screen every time Chesky says something inhumane (hint: you'll need a lot of popcorn), but still cheer the good parts.
https://charity.wtf/2024/12/17/founder-mode-and-the-art-of-mythmaking/
Mastodon FeedHappy new year! All the best in 2025 :)
Mastodon FeedWhite team wins! #紅白
Mastodon FeedGlay AND B’z … comw on white team #kouhaku
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Winterland closes its doors, 1978
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Jimi Hendrix introduces the Band of Gypsies at the Fillmore East, 1969
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in Histoty: First supersonic commercial flight by Tu-144, 1968
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Windows tax in England, 1695
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I just finished up a ruthless New Year's Eve cleansing of my incoming email, a brutal slashing of anyone who has been flooding me with demands for money to save this or that. the volume of fund-raising missives has soared recently, and it is obnoxious.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and good morning to you too, @CARROT
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furioursus@queer.dev ("Sonic the Hedgehog’s Dilemma") wrote:
i would rather light myself on fire in the desert, thank you very much.
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Meta has the tools to give you a fake boyfriend/girlfriend. Or to spam the internet with phony posts. Will all the friends be Russian?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/12/31/on-meta-nobody-knows-you-dont-have-a-personality/
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anapoda@mamot.fr ("anapoda :anar: ⏚ 🌱 🖤") wrote:
Vivement l'année prochaine !
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- Lors d'un rallye automobile, les pilotes déboulent à toute allure dans ce virage glissant. Les passages s’enchaînent et se ressemblent. Les concurrents terminent leur course dans le fossé les uns après les autres, subissant parfois plusieurs tonneaux avant de s'arrêter complètement, jusqu'à faire une montagne de véhicules accidentés. Sur la vidéo, chaque véhicule est légendé par une année de 2020 à 2025. (remote)
Mastodon FeedComicContext@mstdn.social ("Comics Outta Context") wrote:
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Mastodon Feeddnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:
End Times!
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Mastodon FeedDaojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:
My New Year’s resolution is 1080p
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Obviously, the citation of React Fiber hasn't aged well, but the author doesn't spend their time staring into the frontend abyss the way I do. But the meta-point stands: more interactive experiences make more money. See:
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It seems denial about the need for highly-paid programmers to make software that's accessible to everyone else isn't just constrained to the frontend discourse. I know the bootcamps are cooked, but what the everloving hell is going on in CS schools?