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bloftinsk8 ("LordBobTX") wrote:

@fromjason Great post. Shared with friends. Thanks!

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logicalelegance@mastodon.online ("Elecia White") wrote:

first!

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• Cherry blossom on branch, first of the season. (remote)

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PythonLinks ("Forth Co-Processor") wrote:

I will be speaking on Saturday Morning, Jan25th, at the SVFIG meetup about an #FPGA Vector processor. Here is how it does #vector multiplies. Starts at 9:30 am California time. #verilog

http://forth.org/zoom

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• An image of two vectors being multiplied, and creating a third vector. Each element in the vector feeds a multiplier, which feeds the corresponding element in the results vector. The results vector has twice as many bits as the two arguments.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

With today's update, we've improved the look of the alt text modal you see when composing new posts on #Mastodon, and added some information about the significance of alt text for accessibility and how to write it.

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• A screenshot of the alt text modal in Mastodon's web app, with a preview of the image (in this case, our elephant mascot), a text field underneath it, a character counter, a button to automatically detect text on the image, and a help button that opens a popover with the headline "What is alt text?" The text that follows reads: "Alt text provides image descriptions for people with vision impairments, low-bandwidth connections, or those seeking extra context. You can improve accessibility and understanding for everyone by writing clear, concise, and objective alt text. - Capture important elements - Summarize text in images - Use regular sentence structure - Avoid redundant information - Focus on trends and key findings in complex visuals (like diagrams or maps)"

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redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote:

... implying the existence of either the craftichoke, or the sciencichoke, but not both! Of this much, I am certain

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

LGUG2Z@hachyderm.io ("Jeezy") wrote:

All of these cloud giants use your #opensource licensed software to build their offerings and then sell them to the IOF with the knowledge that they are explicitly being used to commit genocide

There is a direct line connecting genocide-friendly open source licensing and the Holocaust in #Gaza

As someone who writes software downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, I no longer use open source software licenses

https://www.972mag.com/microsoft-azure-openai-israeli-army-cloud/

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

cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

Every time I see someone bring up "IQ scores" I feel the need to repeat: IQ scores were literally invented by eugenicists and they've always been biased towards privilege

Also if you haven't noticed, once someone starts to believe they're a genius, they start to think a lot less clearly.

Reblogged by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):

catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:

Son⁠: I accidentally drove over a blue paint spill today.

Me⁠: So you blue a tire?

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

#OpenAI wants to wrap its tentacles across the web. Don't fall for it.

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/openai-s-operator-is-facebook-s-like-button/

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nora@blob.love ("Nora Reed") wrote:

let's all tell people about our joys and love and the beauty we find and create. and let's try to help each other in other ways too

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

Meet the new dial-up, same as the old dial-up.

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

Hey, little boy! Would you like to play a game with your ol' Dad?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/23/what-fathers-are-supposed-to-share-with-their-sons/

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• @bryan_johnson Nighttime erection data from my 19-year-old son, @talmagejohnson_, and me. His duration is two minutes longer than mine. Raise children to stand tall, be firm, and be upright. (remote)

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

Happy Anniversary

http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/jan/23

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

truly ugly, but then sometimes cruelty is the point:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/us/politics/trump-pompeo-security-iran.html?smid=url-share

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gvy_dvpont ("Guy Dupont") wrote:

Playing with the idea of "different perspectives on the same story"!

A QR code that sends you to a different source based on the angle.

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• screen record of my camera app. holding my hand out with a QR code. as a turn it slightly the QR code changes. It is 3 different QR codes behind a lenticular lens, you only see one at a time

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bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

CVSS is dead to us

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/01/23/cvss-is-dead-to-us/

#curl

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

The year is 2030 and thanks to the previous decade of ongoing abuse of "AI" scrapers, most internet services large and small have resorted to creating private VPNs you must join before accessing the service (with keys that can be revoked when abuse is detected). Browsers have been modified and adapted to integrate VPN client libraries and help users manage all their different VPN keys. Chrome and Edge browsers are blocked due to their owner's efforts to evade the VPN controls.

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

We're living in an age of darkness, and I don't just mean January.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/23/stuffing-a-gag-in-the-mouth-of-science/

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• Crushing darkness, seemingly no escape. Black holes? January. (remote)

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

The demons were squirming in church that day, I tell you what.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/01/23/a-christian-acting-like-they-tell-us-a-christian-is-supposed-to-act/

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• Trump, Vance, and family looking mighty uncomfortable in church (remote)

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eylul@social.eyluldogruel.com ("Eylul Dogruel") wrote:

"The commuter" October 2024, Istanbul, Turkey

This is easily one of my favorite photographs from 2024. Busy sidewalk, and just a snail in the middle of morning rush, on its way like everyone else.

#photography #snail #editbacklog #artWithOpenSource #darktable #naturePhotography (?)

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• A snail moving on a concrete surface photographed from the side. "the Commuter" 2024, eyluldogruel.com (remote)

Reblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):

amerpie@social.lol ("Lou Plummer :prami:") wrote:

Why would anyone marinate in the toxic hellstew of corporate owned social media when they could be a part of something like this? Reminder that we should walk the walk and not just talk the talk
@adam

https://omglol.news/2025/01/22/youre-important-you-matter-and-you-belong-here

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

Saw two interesting pieces of feedback (not shared with me, but rather about me, but I’ll take it as feedback). One was that I need to mind my own business, and the other was that I seem to make people pass a “purity test” of some sort.

Having a personal standard that condemns hate in all forms, from simple bigotry to Nazism, is not a “purity test”. It’s being a decent person.

And “mind your own business” is usually what people say when they hear things that make them uncomfortable.

Reblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):

robn@social.lol ("Rob 💚") wrote:

@adam

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• 2c701850dc854b71.png (remote)

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

Respectful platforms don’t license your content in perpetuity even after you leave the service.

adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:

The Pixelfed guy (if you call him that he can’t find this message when he searches for himself lol) actually built this entire fancy thing before his fixed his own draconian licensing terms on his Pixelfed instance.

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113876721962169012

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benjamim@social.lol ("Benjamim") wrote:

🤔 Benjamim

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daveycraney@social.lol ("Davey Craney") wrote:

Davey

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vzq@social.lol ("Jose") wrote:

jose

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ezwal@social.lol ("Tim") wrote:

ezwal

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maique@social.lol ("maique :hello_kitty:") wrote:

maique