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smarr@mastodon.acm.org ("Stefan Marr") wrote:

A fun BA thesis from down under:

Reinvestigating Typed Assembly
Language for the Garbage
Collection Interface

by @hayley
https://applied-langua.ge/~hayley/honours-thesis.pdf

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

Happy New Year!
(to those using the Julian Calendar)

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• 8590347ee2405540.jpeg (remote)

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

Today in History: First "Be-In" held in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA, 1967

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GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

The laughter in the room is horrifying.

Joyce Vance:

This bit with Oklahoma Senator Mullin is very cringe. He winks at allegations of #Hegseth sexual abuse, saying he too was not in prison because "my wife loved me too" & that his "lord and savior forgave me." Then he asks Hegseth to say something nice about his wife & prompts him to remember the kids.

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

Today in History: Albert Schweitzer born, 1875

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

RichardLittler@pixelfed.social ("Richard Littler") wrote:

Mashup: Bruegel's Hunters in the Snow (1565) versus Rick Guidice's space colony painting for NASA's Ames Research Center (1975).

I meant it as a satire of some description, which I can't quite put into words.

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• Bruegel's Hunters in the Snow (1565) composited with Rick Guidice's space colony painting for NASA's Ames Research Center (1975). (remote)

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

The Richard Dawkins Award is very hit-or-miss…this year, it's a miss.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/14/another-conference-i-wont-be-attending/

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• John McWorter, well known kook (remote)

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

mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

So, people are wondering why this Free Our Feeds scam is focused on spending money on Bluesky and not on actually building out real public social media, the Fediverse.

The answer is that it is a grift. There is no way to get rich off of public infrastructure, so they are trying to kill it in favor of continued corporate dominance of social media.

If you really want freedom from billionaires maybe don't give them $30M of public money.

#FreeOurFeeds

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bison@pixelfed.fr ("Bison") wrote:

Hello #portfolioday

I'm Bison a woodcarver from France.

Here is my website :
https://bisonrimant.fr

You can also find me there :
https://linktr.ee/bisonrimant

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• Woodcarved humanoid goose wearing an armour plate, holding a shield and a mace with a red robin on the handle (remote)
• Woodcarved humanoid octopus wearing a dress, holding a book with a duck on it. It has a kingfisher on it's head. The base is a dark pond, there is a tiny head of an unhappy frog and some bulrushes (remote)
• Woodcarved Moo deng the baby pigmy hippo (remote)
• A standing up cat (remote)

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

hisham_hm ("Hisham") wrote:

https://hisham.hm/2025/01/14/frustrating-software/

There's software that Just Works, and then there's Frustrating Software.

htop Just Works. LuaRocks is Frustrating Software. I wrote them both.

As a user and an author of Frustrating Software, there's a very particular brand of frustration caused by its awkward workflows.

(cont.)

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

Ange wrote:

ICYDK I've been recently live-streaming about file formats, including PDF, polyglots...
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2-EpKoPE60Vh6z5zUOn6KRxB55NitlJf
Feel free to come up with suggestions, questions...
Soon the DOOM PDF too ;)
I'm also writing a hands-on book on PDF internals & hacking!!

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

starting to assemble an "About" page https://arghstudios.com:50433/about.html

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

Why is the very worst social media also the most popular?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/14/the-us-is-going-to-ban-tiktok/

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• Graph of relative popularity of social media apps, Facebook at the top, then Instagram, then TikTok (remote)

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

AiG can always find a way to make two awful things even awfuler.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/14/whats-the-opposite-of-chocolate-and-peanut-butter/

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• A hunk of meat with frosting and sprinkles (remote)

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

on dark winter mornings

Whispers of cold air,
Blankets hug, dreams intertwined,
Morning's quiet glow.

jwz wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6l7dz-Gzgg

jwz wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRm4_6an9is

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codinghorror@infosec.exchange ("Jeff Atwood") wrote:

🤗 https://pixelfed.org/servers

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• Meme: GET IN LOSERS, WE'RE DITCHING INSTAGRAM (remote)

jwz wrote:

Until tonight I did not realize that it was possible for a DJ to play Blue Monday wrong, but here we are.

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

2024 Word of the Year Is “Rawdog”:

"While the word originated as a vulgar slang term referring to having sex without a condom, rawdogging ended up crossing over into mainstream usage for a wide variety of activities, like the travel trend in which a passenger sits through a flight without any distractions. "

If Ol' Dirty Bastard wasn’t mainstream appeal, then I don’t know what is. https://americandialect.org/2024-word-of-the-year-is-rawdog/

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tomcoates@me.dm ("Tom Coates") wrote:

I think it’s important to keep reminding ourselves of the reasons we want decentralized social media or a Fediverse or anything like it to win. It’s because if implemented properly it makes the world a better place. It protects free speech, but it also makes it possible for people to choose the level of moderation they care about, to be in a place that corresponds with their values, and to feel safe in it.

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Toxic_Flange@infosec.exchange ("🦠Toxic Flange🔬⚱️🌚") wrote:

Classic.

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• Book Cover title: Chmod 777 and other systems administration writings of Aleister Crowley . (remote)

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

ieure@retro.social ("egregious philbin") wrote:

Thank you Al Gol for inventing the programming

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cbcnews@flipboard.com ("CBC News") wrote:

P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-charlottetown-meteorite-strike-first-audio-1.7430018?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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

would be a truly disgusting outcome

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/chinese-officials-consider-tik-51PEvvekQxqVuhd74SkSHg

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

trying to control the movement of mathematical ideas & data is indeed an exercise in futility. someone needs to read about the history of public key cryptography.

https://www.perplexity.ai/page/new-us-ai-export-rules-YiRvOtrUQG.kWJBqQqAHVg

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

I’m Not a Robot (Short Film): A failed CAPTCHA test sends a woman into an identity crisis.

Nice little sci-fi short you can watch for free on the New Yorker website. https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/im-not-a-robot

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• A woman with long brown hair and headphones on with a concerning look.

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

making some interesting points about the “widespread confusion between intelligence and consciousness”

— Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari
https://a.co/4oEHLlB

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benroyce ("Ben Royce 🇺🇦") wrote:

"#Meta Is Blocking Links to #Decentralized #Instagram Competitor #Pixelfed"

https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/

#Fediverse

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• starship troopers: "it's afraid"

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

makes a great point about ’social media algorithms’: “Outrage generates engagement.” and that is what is pushed on engineers: maximize engagement as the Holy Grail.

from: "Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI" by Yuval Noah Harari

https://a.co/8TBcnSz