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Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:
What borders on stupidity?
Mexico and Canada.
Mastodon FeedMastodon FeedNfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈") wrote:
@slightlyoff I assume this is all for client-side stuff? You’d be OK with (P)React for SSR?
Mastodon FeedHappy Cabaret Voltaire day to all who celebrate.
109 years ago today: Like an intense fire, the light of the Cabaret Voltaire was bright but brief. It ran for six nights a week, but only until the summer of 1916. During that time, it became a byword...
https://jwz.org/b/ykhX
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Mastodon Feedingrid@everything.happens.horse ("Ingrid Burrington") wrote:
My therapist said I was the calmest client she's seen all week, trying to process this
Mastodon FeedThe status of your country has changed to In Review.
Mastodon Feeddocpop ("Doctor Popular") wrote:
Nationalize SpaceX.
#SFGraffiti #StickerSlaps
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- A colorful slap-sticker attached to a metal sign reads "Nationalize SpaceX," with smaller text below saying "de-orbit starlink". A cartoon astronaut floats above the main text. This art was drawn on a USPS Priority Mail label. The sign is attached to a metal post against a clear blue sky.
- Another sticker slapped high up on the back of a parking sign. The sticker says "Nationalize SpaceX, de-orbit starklink". It is drawn on a black USPS Priority Mail sticker label. It also has a drawing of Elon Musk floating in a space suit and flicking off the viewer with his middle finger.
- A USPS Priority Mail label that has been dyed bright colors, and had art painted on top depicting Elon Musk in space suit. He is flicking off the viewer, behind him a spaceshuttle and satellite are about to collide. Text on the sticker says "Nationalize SpaceX. De-orbit Starlink.". This label is affixed to a large public utilities box on the street and it is surrounded by other graffiti.
Mastodon Feeddansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:
ProPublica has launched a handy tracker to keep tabs on who’s who among Musk’s little fash goons https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The correct floor for your JS payload is 0 bytes (gzipped, on the wire), not 45KB. Or 100KB.
Every byte over 0 is a question that needs to be answered, and the fact of there already being a lot of JS is not a reason why more doesn't matter, it's a (rapidly escalating) reason why adding more *is fundamentally inadvisable*. Blowing past a budget doesn't mean the budget isn't still the right limit.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The best way to avoid these bad practices is to start reading the JS that your tools output.
Yes, that's right, I'm saying you should *manually inspect the transpiled output*. Copy it into a text editor, pretty-print it, and start scrolling. Anything you don't recognise is a lead to track down.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Have been told by co-workers that I need to be more prescriptive and less *"you should learn your system and respect users at the margins"*, so with that in mind, a short list of things that should never be in the critical path of a new website in 2025:
- React
- "CSS-in-JS" with a "runtime"
- Redux
- Apollo
- Lottie
- MSAL.js
- Polyfills for classes, promises, or generators
- core-js, Underscore, or Lodash
- Node's Buffer
- Moment.js
- zlib.js
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Dave_Goldsmith@mastodon.scot ("Dave Goldsmith") wrote:
Musk called for eliminating taxpayer funding for NPR, claiming that they should be able to survive on their own.
We should eliminate tax breaks for religious institutions. They should be able to survive on their own.
We should also eliminate all tax breaks for all for-profit corporations.
American citizens should be granted shareholder status in all extractive- industry companies, including timber, coal, oil, gas, mining, etc. Profits derived from public lands should belong to the public.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the idea that this idiot child has his claws into sensitive government systems makes me want to scream.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:
Tired of the mainstream media? Wired magazine has stellar coverage of the ongoing hack of our government by Elon's mad cadre of incels, neo-nazis, and teen thugs. Try to keep up.
https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-tesla-sexy-path-networks-doge/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:
Keep ’em coming
“Letitia James of New York and 11 other state attorneys general said that they would sue over a cost-cutting initiative that had given young aides to Elon #Musk broad access to the federal government’s most fundamental computer systems.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/nyregion/letitia-james-doge-suit.html
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
xyzzy@mastodon.sandwich.net ("Text Adventure") wrote:
You enter a smelly, brown room. There is a HATRACK in the corner. You see a CUP OF COFFEE here, in the window. There is a GARFIALD here, sweeping the floor and holding a BLOCK OF WOOD.
Exits: DOWN NORTH
#bot
Mastodon FeedSome_Emo_Chick ("Frankie ✅") wrote:
Donations to Luigi Mangione's legal defense fund slowed, then surged
Mangione's legal defense fund has received over $248,000 as of Wednesday.
Mastodon Feedkissane@mas.to ("Erin Kissane") wrote:
IFTAS asked what people needed to run servers and then did their best to make them. The things they made resonate very strongly with the needs Darius and I heard about in our fediverse governance research last year:
https://fediverse-governance.github.io/
There are a lot of new institutions springing up around this stuff, ans I hope they work out, but none have yet shown IFTAS’s level of interest in + sensitivity to what fedi server teams actually want and need from their safety tooling, so this feels rough.
Mastodon Feeddabeaz ("David Beazley") wrote:
I ought to write a guide for sabotaging Python projects (fight the power) and then just sit back and wait to see how long people take to figure out that it's all best practice. Sort of like that popular CIA manual.
Mastodon Feedceej.online@bsky.brid.gy wrote:
The CIA and FBI are evil organizations responsible for incomprehensible misery domestically and abroad and if they can’t deploy some of that evil to save their own skins one wonders what the point of it all was
Mastodon Feedancient_catbus@jorts.horse ("Catbus") wrote:
classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity
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Mastodon FeedJauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch ("Jaunty Art") wrote:
Me reading something about America each day for the last couple of weeks
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Mastodon FeedIf this post works, then it's true that Mastodon counts all links as 23 characters, and this 1,116 character post counts as 500 characters:
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/its-an-older-meme-but-it-checks-out/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/today-in-hoffman-lenses-3/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/marc-andreessen-murder-enthusiast/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/waiting-for-the-worms/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/today-in-acab-5/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/the-network-state-coup-is-happening-right-now/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/finally-got-my-emacs-setup-just-how-i-like-it-8/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/2025-year-in-review/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/sprouts/
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/02/01.html
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01/werewolf-futures/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01/new-gmail-war-crime-spotted-in-the-wild/
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/01/recent-movies-and-tv-29/
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Looks like I'm in agreement with another scientific society. Why do people keep telling me I'm not?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/02/06/who-is-the-disgrace-now/
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- Recent actions by the Executive branch of the United States Government threaten to freeze scientific funding, disable public and scientific resources, inhibit academic freedom and free speech, and dismantle the scientific infrastructure of the United States. These actions will harm science, the people who contribute to science, and humanity as a whole which benefits from science. Political changes within the United States only serve to highlight the importance of our mission and strengthen our resolve to pursue our mission. The pursuit of scientific knowledge requires adequate and reliable funding free from political pressures. We remain steadfast in our advocacy for both governmental and private scientific funding that allows researchers to follow evidence wherever it leads. Inquiry must not be curtailed, or data hidden, simply because the conclusion is unpopular with political leaders. Our organization will increase efforts to engage with policymakers to advocate for continued scientific funding, scientific free speech and inquiry, and rigorous application of scientific discoveries to guide policy. We will emphasize the crucial role of science in addressing society’s most pressing challenges, including the reality of global climate change, importance of conservation, or the complex nature of sex and gender. (remote)
Mastodon FeedSince I instituted the policy of not linking to Facebook or Instagram from the @dnalounge calendar, it turns out that most bands are able to remember that BANDNAMEofficial dot com does in fact exist.
DJs, not so much.
Mastodon FeedNfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈") wrote:
Hey #Mastodon #developers -- is there a way to link to a "boost" in the UI?
I can link to the #ActivityPub JSON, like:
https://mastodon.social/users/jwz/statuses/113953955781578455/activity
But I want to link to the "X boosted [post]" UI that I get in my Mastodon feed, so that users can:
1. Visually verify that yes, that user boosted $otherUser's content.
2. Immediately interact with that boost in the UI, without having to go search for it. (ex: a reply to a boost in the UI will @ both the booster and the OP.)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dusk@todon.eu ("Dusk To Don :raccoon:") wrote:
This is how I feel about the entire lineup of generative #AI product offerings from #Meta and #Google
[edit: thanks to @cstanhope for noting, gif is sourced from the work of Simone Giertz]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2evC2xTNWg
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Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
Nearly a week into Black History Month, @omgdotlol has given free memberships to thirteen people from minority backgrounds so far. Small but steady steps toward a more inclusive and diverse social web.
Please feel free to continue to tell your black and brown friends about this! #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #BlackHistoryMonth
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mweagle@hachyderm.io ("Matt Weagle") wrote:
Splice is on a hiring roll! 🎉
We have several open positions including two new Sr. Data Engineering roles. If your groove is secure, efficient, and reliable data transport and self-service tooling then this is a great opportunity to play in the pocket:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:
Republican congressmen call for shutting down depts of Education, OSHA, EPA, ATF, others
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jackmjenkins@mastodon.online ("Jack Jenkins") wrote:
Hi.
If you’re a religious organization that uses federal funds to do your work, but are now frozen out of using those funds, feel free to drop me a line over Signal (in bio).
Same goes for federal workers who work on/with religion, but are facing cuts.