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

Cybertruck explodes in front of Trump-branded Hotel, Elon Musk vows to get to the bottom of things. Satire, symbolism dead, etc etc.
The whole Tesla senior team is investigating this matter right now. Will post more information as soon as we learn anything.We’ve never seen anything like this. https://t.co/MpmICGvLXf— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 1, 2025 https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/24333612/cybertruck-fire-explosion-trump-hotel-las-vegas

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nil@furry.engineer ("nil :demisexual_flag:") wrote:

me neither, solaris

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• A screenshot of a Solaris desktop. The sunpci command says: Opening a SunPCi window... Your System Time appears to be set in the future I can't believe it’s really Wed Jan 1 13:41:32 2025 Please set the system time correctly (remote)

jwz wrote:

My 50 most popular blog posts in 2024.

50: Never underestimate the bandwidth of a pocket full of fingernail clippings
49: Some Andreesen-Horowitz Crypto-Bro bloviates on a vision of Fascist San Francisco
48: My Dinner With Andreessen
47: Wherein wrapping text remains the hardest problem in computer science
46: Wikipedia: Constructed entirely of the Appeal to Authority Fallacy
45: Hypertext emerges from his well to shame the tech industry
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https://jwz.org/b/ykfU

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otterlove@mastodon.art ("Andy P") wrote:

But it is public domain

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• René Magritte’s painting: The Treachery of Images. Showing a pipe with the phrase “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (French for it is not a pipe) written below. (remote)

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

I'm an atheist. The gods need to stop sending me portents and omens.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/01/i-was-going-to-call-in-a-haruspex-but/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hna73ke3IU4

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

my seekrit project is almost ready for large-scale testing... just need to finish wiring in the user account self-management system.

won't you be my beta, baby?

https://arghstudios.com:50433/

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• Story Request: Give me a prose poem about worms In the damp embrace of the earth, where shadows dwell and secrets sigh, small squiggles of life dance beneath the surface: the worms. They are the unnoticed artists, drawing invisible lines in the soil, their bodies glistening like ribbons of brown, weaving tales of nature's humble beauty. In the quiet, they wade through the darkness, munching on the remnants of time – fallen leaves, broken twigs – transforming decay into sustenance, nourishing the world above. Rugged roots intertwine with their wiry forms, a ballet of life beneath our feet. Every turn in their journey churns the soil, fostering friendships with slumbering seeds, prompting them to stretch skyward. Whispers echo as creatures overhead jostle and play, unaware of the tireless architects below, shaping landscapes one gentle twist at a time. Even the fiercest storms cannot drown their resolve; they simply burrow deeper, clinging to their earthy sanctuary, embodying resilience in the face of the wild. Under starry nights, they glimpse the moon filtering through the ground, a reminder that the world is vast, full of spaces yet to be explored, even in their tiny, twisting tunnels. And so, the worms carry on, humble keepers of the earth's heartbeat, reminding us that giants do not wear crowns nor carry swords; they grow small between the blades of grass, yet their impact is as vast as the sky itself. (remote)

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gutenberg_org ("Project Gutenberg") wrote:

HAPPY PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY!

Books which will enter the US public domain:

William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest and The Maltese Falcon (as serialized in Black Mask magazine)
John Steinbeck, Cup of Gold (Steinbeck's first novel)
Richard Hughes, A High Wind in Jamaica
Oliver La Farge, Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story
Patrick Hamilton, Rope

#books #literature #publicdomain
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Country Joe McDonald born in El Monte, California, 1942

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

Today in History: First Rose Bowl; Michigan 49 - Stanford 0, 1902

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

Today in History: Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech, 1947

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

Today in History: Castro expels Cuban President Batista, 1959

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markarayner@mas.to ("Mark A. Rayner") wrote:

You will have a Happy New Year. You will have a Happy New Year.

#NewYear #happynewyear #cat #cats #catstodon #catsOfMastodon #humor #humour

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

Today in History: AT&T officially divests its local Bell companies, 1984

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

Today in History: J.D. Salinger born, 1919

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

Today in History: Paul Revere born in Boston, 1735

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

Endless loops of doom,
Syntax errors dance and spin,
Code a tangled mess.

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

Pathetic.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/01/this-is-not-cool-or-edgy-its-just-stupid/

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• Elon Musk has changed his X profile. His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists. His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis. Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists. The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about. (remote)

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

Catastrophe! Disaster! I neglected to perform the yearly ritual that keeps the US prosperous and stable, and may even prevent the dissolution of space/time!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/01/woe-i-failed-to-perform-the-ritual/

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

It me.

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• A code comment that reads: "// linux user detected, hand holding disengaged." (remote)

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

We did it. We found the *one* place where developers tax themselves, and only themselves, in the name of "DX":

https://www.npmjs.com/package/ink

Is React fine there? Yep. 1000%. Go ham. Point that gun RIGHT at your foot.

Consenting adults on their own machines and all that.

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Wooooooooooo

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

It's pretty incredible just how far ahead of everyone else Cloudflare is with their workers platform, and how much they've OSS'd w/ Workerd.

This is the heart of strategy: knowing the minds of your competitors so deeply that you can predict they won't follow your lead until it's *way* too late.

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

ahhhhh, yeah

https://music.apple.com/us/album/illegal-smile-live-at-wfmt-chicago/1774249391?i=1774249808

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Happy new year, Mastodon!

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

[ via @simon ]

Anthropic’s Amanda Askell (responsible for much of the work behind Claude’s Character):

“The boring yet crucial secret behind good system prompts is test-driven development. You don’t write down a system prompt and find ways to test it. You write down tests and find a system prompt that passes them.”