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

for @backupbear

a Vantacube. Easiest to solve, or possibly not. or stare at until it stares back into you.

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• A picture of a black rubik's cube on a desk that's so black it has no features. it's just black with the outlines of a rubik's cube to show what it even is. It's currently in a solved state. (remote)

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jmac@masto.nyc wrote:

@jwz One is reminded of this classic of speculative lore

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jwz wrote:

"I vore for the Users!"

jwz wrote:

Does the 5th ghost get demoted to the Baby Pac-Man game grid?

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andreabettini@mastodon.uno ("Andrea Bettini") wrote:

Oggi in #FUTURO24 parleremo di riscaldamento globale. Con il direttore del Copernicus Climate Change Service Carlo Buontempo faremo il punto sui dati più recenti e su cosa ci aspetta nei prossimi anni. Con l'Ingv parleremo di rischio tsunami. Poi andremo in una stazione di ricerca del Cnr ai piedi del Cervino e al Polo Sud. Vi aspettiamo alle 16.45 e alle 21.45 su RaiNews24!

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jwz wrote:

When Pac-Man dies does he come back as a ghost?

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nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek #NSFW

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• Star Trek Lower Decks scene. Ok, we're going to handle this with class and maturity, everyone, and I'm going to include some context or prissy gatekeeping fans will throw a fit about this scene. We're on ship where a fever has infected the whole crew, similar to episodes in The Original Series, TNG, and DS9. Jett, Billups, and Boimler (or Boims if you're nasty), all human Starfleet bros, are pictured in the USS Ceritos' version of Ten Forward. A shirtless Billups is reading a Padd in the background like a nice respectable gentleman, while Boimler and Jett are buck naked closer in. Boims is spread eagle on the bar with legs reaching for the sky. A square black censor bar rests comfortably over Boim's'es wedding tackle, and Jett is flexing just behind him. No caption.

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

Wrote this a couple of years ago. Thought it was relevant now, and a good refresher on the lengths Zuckerberg went to to ban TikTok: As Tiktok goes so goes the nation https://jasondotgov.substack.com/p/as-goes-tiktok-so-goes-the-nation

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

Good resource: How to donate to LA fire victims, and avoid falling for scams | Mashable https://mashable.com/article/la-fire-victims-how-to-help-donatem

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

The kiddo is not feeling well, and has been binge watching an old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle series. I'm not watching it, but as I go about things, I hear a villain's voice that instantly brings someone to mind. And what do you know, Jeffrey Combs played a character in this series.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1877889/characters/nm0001062

Before this, I wouldn't really think of his voice as distinctive, but I guess it is. Something about his delivery. Not sure. Or maybe I just watched too much DS9. 😆

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

Pony has been in a pile of links for things to explore later, and lwn has an introduction to the big ideas behind it. Seems like it has an interesting computational abstraction and framework. "Preventing data races with Pony":

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1001224/57f371b65861185f/

jwz wrote:

Always nice to see THE CYBERIZER in its natural habitat.
https://jwz.org/b/ykgP

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jwz wrote:

What is this? I've seen it on Tumblr.

I had not seen anyone make the obvious thing, so I made the obvious thing.

https://jwz.org/b/ykgK

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timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray") wrote:

It’s perfectly legit and sensible to crack jokes about that moronic 51st-state schtick. It’s also legit to call out Canadian traitors who are sucking up to it: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/10/opinion/trump-threats-traitors

#cdnpoli #USpol

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kingu@mstdn.social ("𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮 :mikupat:") wrote:

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dbattistella@mstdn.ca ("DB 🇵🇸 🌎🌏🌍") wrote:

#LAfires #Slavery #EnforcedLabor

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raiderrobert ("Robert Roskam") wrote:

If the computer is a bicycle for the mind, then the smartphone is a hamster wheel. 🐹

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novenary@akko.wtf ("[GRLC] fumo gaming") wrote:

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• "beware of the pipeline" but it's the classic 5 stage RISC pipeline (remote)

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jerzone@techhub.social ("Jer 🚵🏼") wrote:

Musical icicles.
#ice #NHwx #winter

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• Side of a large granite overhang in the woods where water has dripped through the winter and formed a variety of icicle shapes and sizes. Hand is moving among them tapping to get a sound out of them. (remote)

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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

"He burned our libraries. Why did he do that? It's so destructive. Can you think of anything more evil?"
"I can, child. There is something worse than burning a library."
"How!"
"It happened long ago, this was a time when books were not rare as they are today. Everyone had hundereds of books."
"Hundreds! No!"
"Thousands."
"Oh!"
"So, the new kings realized they couldn't possibly destroy all of the books. They would always miss a few."
"What did they do?"

#slopocalypse #microfiction

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nathanolsenart@mastodon.art ("Nathan Olsen") wrote:

The world of tomorrow feels closer than ever. 🔥

#sundaecomics #webcomic #comics #ClimateChange #SciFi #dystopia

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• A mother takes her children to the lake for a picnic in this sci-fi webcomic. (remote)

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bruces ("Bruce Sterling @bruces") wrote:

NVIDIA Personal AI desktop supercomputer.

*I don't "need" it, but I've already spent tech money on stupider things than this

https://www.wired.com/story/nvidia-personal-supercomputer-ces/

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

Can I just snuggle down in a nice warm bed until May?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/12/maybe-we-should-just-cancel-the-whole-semester/

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• Weather forecast for today in Morris, MN. Temperatures just keep going down to -20°C tonight. (remote)

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

I'm going to have to applaud this impulse towards self-destruction in the Republican party.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/12/its-all-kilkenny-cats-out-there/

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• Steve Bannon (remote)

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

viticci@macstories.net ("Federico Viticci :ticciseal:") wrote:

At MacStories, we won't stand for Meta's dehumanizing, harmful moderation practices.

Fuck them and everyone who builds their business upon a semblance of "free speech" to ostracize minorities and all kinds of humans.

For this reason, we're leaving Threads and Instagram behind.

You can read about our decision here, and find some links to support different organizations today: https://www.macstories.net/stories/macstories-wont-stand-for-metas-dehumanizing-and-harmful-moderation-policies/

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gutenberg_org ("Project Gutenberg") wrote:

English author Agatha Christie died #OTD in 1976.

She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap.

Watch our podcast about The Big Four:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoKUX5a7T0Y&t=74s

Books by Agatha Chrissie at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/451

#books #literature

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• Christie as a young woman, 1910s Unknown author - The Christie Archive Trust The photo typically depicts her as poised and elegant, reflecting the fashion and sensibilities of the Edwardian era transitioning into the 1910s. Christie often appears with a gentle, confident expression, her hair styled in soft waves or an updo common at the time. Her attire would likely consist of a high-collared blouse or dress, possibly adorned with lace, reflecting the refined yet understated elegance of the era.

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

kcarruthers@infosec.exchange wrote:

LA fire misinformation campaign goes into hyperdrive via @camwalker.bsky.social

https://australianfirefightersclimatealliance.org/2025/01/11/la-fire-misinformation-campaign-goes-into-hyperdrive/

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

bert_hubert@fosstodon.org ("bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺") wrote:

Someone just reported a crash in my Dutch post code database tooling. Turns out this was very likely hardware related, which made me think of my ~16 year old blog post "The 14 stages of any real software project":
https://blog.netherlabs.nl/articles/2008/11/16/the-fourteen-stages-of-any-real-software-project

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• The fourteen stages of any real software project Posted by bert hubert on 11/16/2008 Idea - estimates for time to completion range from 3 days to 3 weeks Pretty convincing first stab ‘look how cool this would be’ The Hard Slog to get something that actually works. Estimates now range from 3 months to 3 years. First real users pop up, discovery is made that all assumptions were off Starts to look good to the first real user Elation! Someone actually uses the code it for real, the bugs come out in droves A zillion bugs get addressed, harsh words are spoken Elation! The guy you had previously told that 100 million users would not ‘in principle’ be a problem actually took your word for it, and deployed it on said user base. Harsh words are spoken. Fundamentals are reviewed, large fractions of the code base reworked Product now actually does what everybody hoped it would do. Even very unlikely bugs have cropped up by now, and have been addressed. Even rare use cases are now taken into account. If a user complains of a crash at this stage, you can voice doubts about the quality of his hardware or operating system. (remote)

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joeinwynnewood@mstdn.social ("Grassroots Joe") wrote:

"That's an aspect of this that I haven't heard many people mention: moving your company to Texas in 2024 and 2025 is a pretty brazenly misogynistic move, in that you're demanding the women of your company move to a state in which their lives will be put at greater risk in comparison to the company's men."

Zuckerberg's plan to move Meta employees to Texas isn't just toadying—he's also a vapid, misogynistic creep
https://www.unchartedblue.com/zuckerbergs-plan-to-move-meta-employees-to-texas-isnt-just-toadying-hes-also-a-vapid-misogynistic-creep/

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