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Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
lgarron ("Lucas Garron") wrote:
Accidentally wrote "JavaScript bungle" instead of "JavaScript bundle" and… idunno, that sounds like a neologism rather than a bungle on my part. 😅
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Watched this hour-long interview with the Snapchat CEO.
Realized that Zuck is obsessed with that dude.
Snapchat does stories, IG does stories.
Snapchat changes its name to Snap to branch out into wearables, so does Facebook.
Snap releases smart glasses. Meta has Raybands.
Snap does AR, Meta does AR.
I think Zuck is obsessed with the fact that he wasn’t able to buy Snapchat back in the day. Lol amazing. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WXEWlRxI6XM
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
The Lumon Industries Discord server right now. #severance
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MLE_online@social.afront.org ("Emily Velasco") wrote:
A friend who commutes to work on the Metro asked if I could make a wand that would scream if pressed against a wet seat pad, so they can tell if a seat is wet without touching it with their own fingers.
It's a rainy day and I'm waiting on people at work to reply to me about things, so I put together a prototype since I don't have much else to do at the moment
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
you got that?
“Treasury employees were concerned that Elez had already made “extensive changes” to code within the Treasury system. The payments processed by BFS include federal tax returns, Social Security benefits, Supplemental Security Income benefits, and veteran’s pay.”
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:
A trio of SQLite nerdery on my blog today:
- https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/6/sqlite-page-explorer/ about a neat tool for exploring SQLite's binary file format
- https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/7/apsw-sqlite-query-explainer/ is a tool I built for playing with APSW via Pyodide
- https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/7/sqlite-s3vfs/ lets you back a SQLite DB with S3
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org ("Carl T. Bergstrom") wrote:
Worthwhile read from Wired:
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-nih-pick-launched-controversial-scientific-journal/
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:
ProPublica is documenting the shadowy DOGE crew assembled by Elon Musk. https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
clive@saturation.social ("Clive Thompson") wrote:
Well what do you know
Marko Elez, one of the young software guys Musk has illegally turned loose to alter critical government high-tech services ...
... was, just back in December, posting on X about how he wanted there to be a "eugenic immigration policy" ...
... how "you could not pay me to marry outside my race" ...
... and "Normalize Indian hate", referring in this case to folks from India
the Wall Street Journal just broke the story (gift link): https://www.wsj.com/tech/doge-staffer-resigns-over-racist-posts-d9f11a93?st=8613EM&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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- A screenshot reading: The deleted profile associated with Elez, who was embedded in the Treasury Department to carry out efficiency measures, advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act and backed a “eugenic immigration policy” in the weeks before President Trump was inaugurated. “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity,” the account wrote on X in September, according to a Wall Street Journal review of archived posts. “Normalize Indian hate,” the account wrote the same month, in reference to a post noting the prevalence of people from India in Silicon Valley. (remote)
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:
Meta torrented over 81.7TB of pirated books to train AI, authors say
Meta's alleged torrenting and seeding of pirated books complicates copyright case.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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Mastodon Feed"In Luigi We Trust"
United Healthcare definitely doesn't want you to watch this video or read the comments. United Healthcare is mad about a video a doctor posted on Instagram and TikTok and it's hired a defamation lawyer to get it removed. UHC also...
https://jwz.org/b/ykhd
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Mastodon FeedWelp, here it comes. We just had to raise the price of our chicken nuggets at @dnapizza by $5 because of our costs going through the roof thanks to bird flu. Happy 2025 everyone!
Mastodon FeedA Mission Local Mystery in Three Acts.
I feel like someone should be trying to connect the dots between "crime is at an all-time low" and "jail population has increased by 35%".
But what do I know.
The part where this parking lot could have been housing but isn't is just the cherry on top.
They're "offering" to bus drug users out of town, though. What a sweet offer! Next stop, El Salvador!
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Mastodon FeedProbably I should downgrade this iPad to whatever OS came just before Apple "Intelligence" got rolled out, and never upgrade again.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
cory@follow.coryd.dev ("Cory Dransfeldt :demi:") wrote:
📝 403ing questionable referrals #Development #Webdev #Ai #Tech #Socialmedia
I'm 403ing AI crawlers and now I'm 403ing what I find to be questionable referrers.
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/403ing-questionable-referrals
Mastodon FeedReblogged by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
netopwibby@social.coop ("netop://ウエブ") wrote:
This is nuts haha! Nintendo OS incoming? 👀
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/113959682579848330
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
This is super cool! https://wikitok.vercel.app
Mastodon FeedWell, the Jan 2021 update on this site has aged like fine milk: https://isthisacoup.com
Mastodon FeedI have now turned off "Apple Intelligence" three times on my iPad, and can now confirm that there's also an "Apple Intelligence Report" keylogger that I had to turn off as well.
But, to be fair, I did not tell them "NO". I told them "Maybe Later". So they're just following my instructions, right? That's how consent works, right?
Mastodon Feedzicklepop@nyan.lol ("melanie kat") wrote:
We Need To Talk About Apple's OSes
In the latest release of Apple's OSes they enabled Apple Intelligence by default, even if you had turned it off. That's bad enough, but what's worse is they are also phoning home every 15 minutes with your messages and what you've typed, aka a keylogger.
You can turn this off, and you should. Apple doesn't care about consent, so there's no reason to trust them with this data.
Edit: I may be misreading this, but I have no reason to give them any trust at all.
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
@NfNitLoop I'm fine with *anything* you use on the server. Sending Preact to the client is much better than sending React, but query if that's even needed.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:
What borders on stupidity?
Mexico and Canada.
Mastodon 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.