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mathowie@xoxo.zone ("Matthew Haughey") wrote:
I wrote up some ideas on how to protect your mental health during another four years of a clown presidency. https://a.wholelottanothing.org/protecting-your-mental-health-during-a-clown-presidents-second-term/
Mastodon Feedmattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
Doing lots of blocking of the "you're just figuring this out now?" crowd at the moment.
Mastodon Feedtimbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray") wrote:
This is the best thing anyone has turned up in response to my “is 4K really beneficial?” post. Would *really* like to hear confirmation (or otherwise) from an Apple insider who knows what’s really actually going on.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
And let's just take a quick moment to examine the usual response of *"React can be fast enough!"*
Yes, good craftspeople don't blame their tools. They also don't bring shit tools to the job site.
What's being proposed concretely is the high-cost, low-confidence path based on little more than reckons. This is a demand that you to spend *more* to get *less*. And that's the optimistic version!
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
And I don't know how to say this any more directly than this: any frontend engineer who brings React or Angular on premises (without an honest bakeoff & guardrails), in 2025, is *de facto* bad at their job.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
NBC apparently edits out Elon Musk’s Nazi salute when publishing his “full” inauguration speech.
well this is fucked: i was just looking on youtube for a version of the musk nazi salute and came across this version from nbc chicago that edited it out.[image or embed]— Marisa Kabas ([@marisakabas.bsky.social](http://marisakabas.bsky.social)) Jan 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ejihld4sywvvqwe67cdkn4jq/post/3lga47cjgjc2e?ref_src=embed
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Software cultures that indulge in ignorance of constraints facilitate magical thinking, which eventually erodes the foundations out from underneath even conservatively-constructed experiences if left unchecked.
This is bad for users, but also business. A great shame of frontend's lost decade is that we lost the ability to adapt because so much of the community was high on frameworkism.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
corbet@social.kernel.org ("Jonathan Corbet") wrote:
Should you be wondering why @LWN #LWN is occasionally sluggish... since the new year, the DDOS onslaughts from AI-scraper bots has picked up considerably. Only a small fraction of our traffic is serving actual human readers at this point. At times, some bot decides to hit us from hundreds of IP addresses at once, clogging the works. They don't identify themselves as bots, and robots.txt is the only thing they *don't* read off the site.
This is beyond unsustainable. We are going to have to put time into deploying some sort of active defenses just to keep the site online. I think I'd even rather be writing about accounting systems than dealing with this crap. And it's not just us, of course; this behavior is going to wreck the net even more than it's already wrecked.
Happy new year :)
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The correct response to realizing computers are fast is not to make your software slow, because:
a.) you won't benefit as much as you hope
b.) if you break pro-user norms, so will every other site/app/library, and your thing will feel slow even if it's "fine" in isolation
c.) HW bounty is not evenly distributed, so your product becomes less usable non-linearly below some resource floorPretending constraints don't exist is not engineering, it's bullshitting.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
knittingknots2@mstdn.social ("Sue Stone") wrote:
""In that familiar old incompetence I haven't missed, Trump's executive order defines sex as what a person is at CONCEPTION. Fetal sex doesn't begin to differentiate until about 7 weeks into gestation. Which means Donald used the highest office in the land to declare all Americans legally female."
"Just realized that this EO outlaws men. At conception, all embryos are female. Which, to be honest, might not be such a bad thing," said legal analyst Jay Reding. "
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
blamellors@mstdn.party ("Blamellors ✔️✔️💙") wrote:
Trump just rescinded an Executive Order 14087 issued 10/14/2022 by President Biden to lower prescription drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.
The poor and sick said Jesus. not Orange Jesus MAGA. He said here you go big Pharma . #phama #MAGA #Trump
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
avandeursen@mastodon.acm.org ("Arie van Deursen 🟥") wrote:
RIP Gert Florijn (1960-2025), bridge builder between industry and academia in software engineering, and a friendly, wise, yet stern advisor to government and industry.
Together with Eelco Visser he was the initiator and industrial co-funder of the PhD project in which Eelco Dolstra developed the now widely used #Nix and @nixos_org -- a level of impact few of us have achieved.
In 2023 he joined #AcICT: It was a privilege to work with him.
https://www.adviescollegeicttoetsing.nl/onderwerpen/gert-florijn
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt ("Natasha Jay 🇪🇺") wrote:
A timeline cleanser. I think many of us need one today ...
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the cancer is in his lymph nodes, and Oscar appears to have little time left 💦
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Why would people use #Signal over #WhatsApp?
Idk, some people have integrity?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
patatas@social.patatas.ca ("patatas (regular size)") wrote:
Guys, please stop recommending Pixelfed as an Instagram substitute.
As it stands right now, it's a moderation disaster waiting to happen.
Maybe in time it'll be ready. But right now it isn't.
Please 🙏
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
How cool would it be if #Fediverse leaders didn't sell us out to Meta for personal gain? This would've been our moment.
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cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:
Once seen, never unseen!
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
taylorlorenz ("Taylor Lorenz") wrote:
With Meta and X outright embracing right wing ideology, and YouTube becoming increasingly saturated, progressive creators who found a haven on TikTok, now face the near impossible task of rebuilding their communities on platforms that are hostile to their content. Most will fail. https://www.usermag.co/p/the-great-creator-reset
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Today, the students begin their journey into the world of fruit flies.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/21/busy-day-of-making-the-younguns-happy/
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
How to steal the spotlight from Donald Trump.
Mastodon Feedandreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:") wrote:
This isn't a one-off. Fascism isn't an aberration, it's what an unchecked capitalistic system turns into, especially when reinforced by existing systems of oppression such as cisheteropatriarchy and white supremacy. The increased wealth disparity and isolation is a fertile breeding ground for conspiracy theories that blame the even more disadvantaged.
We need to fight this. Everywhere.
Mastodon Feednadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
📢🧩 Real World Cryptography Paris is back in 2025 for our third meetup!
✨Come join us for an evening of exciting talks and fun networking for applied cryptography enthusiasts in Paris!
🗣️Call for talks is open: submit a talk, come share your work! https://cryptography.paris
Mastodon FeedDear Diary,
Today I got takeout from a taqueria and sat on the grass in my local park listening to jazz singers celebrate MLK day. Then I read half of the (paper) book that I am currently enjoying. After that, our little clubhouse put on a Prince-themed burlesque show and we made it Purple Rain.
If something else happened today, I'm sure I don't need to know, or maybe eventually I'll hear about it later.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray") wrote:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
hotsoup@infosec.exchange wrote:
Another Stanley parable slide.
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Just saw the headline "Elon Musk accused of making what appeared to be fascist salute" from CBC. Is mainstream journalism too cowardly to call a straight up, broad daylight nazi salute for what it is now? How can you still be in denial about it?
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Side by side video (IG) of Musk’s Nazi salute and the Nazi salute in American History X. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFEeH9ZNZ_5/
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Someone told me that I just say whatever is on my mind.
Lol babe, every day the lord's sun shines on me I don't say the thing I *really* want to say.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
apple go boom
