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eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:
The DIY tech and maker movement owes a debt to engineer Limor "Ladyada" Fried, the founder of Adafruit Industries. She has helped ordinary people get hands-on with high tech tools, equipment, and electronics for 20 years. #womenshistorymonth
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
words have consequences, Space Karen.
h/t @ZhiZhu
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ZhiZhu@newsie.social ("Zhi Zhu 🕸️") wrote:
Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim Cuts Ties with Elon Musk’s Starlink, Costing Musk $7 Billion After Controversial Tweet
https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/tech-companies/mexican-billionaire-carlos-slim-cuts-ties-with-elon-musk-s-starlink-costing-musk-7-billion-after-controversial-tweet/ar-AA1zWshm"Tensions between the two business moguls reportedly escalated after #Musk shared a controversial tweet implying #Slim had connections to organized #crime. Within minutes of the post, Slim canceled all collaborations with #Starlink in Latin America, causing Musk to lose an estimated $7 billion."
Mastodon Feedbcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:
When does the need for new functionality in a larger system merit creating something generic? Today on Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by our Oxide colleagues Andrew Stone, @rain and John Gallagher to talk about the creation of one such piece of generic software, the Daft Rust crate. We will talk about the larger problem that we were solving, our attempts at taking various swings at it, why we landed on something generic. Join us, 5p Pacific!
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The tests by Nvidia and Broadcom are using Intel's 18A process, a series of technologies and techniques developed over years that is capable of making advanced artificial intelligence processors and other complex chips. The 18A process competes with similar technology from Taiwan's TSMC, which dominates the global chip market.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
sunrise on Luna, from Firefly Aerospace
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is such a *very* bad attitude for a bank to take towards this level of risk:
"If they make that legal, we will go into that business"
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/bank-of-america-s-stablecoin-p-AgizxI0oRRaQvC.XGYru8g
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/800a/2025/researchers-create-the.jpg
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I love this
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-world-smallest-video-game-nanoscale.html
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is close to as corrupt as you can get… and they are being quite openly corrupt. a whole bunch of ordinary people who cannot afford it are going to lose their money in this insanity.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
Last month, omg.lol pledged to give a membership to any members of minority groups who asked for one. I’m happy to share that we welcomed 22 new members who took the offer! Many of our new members have joined Mastodon, so consider browsing the social.lol local timeline to find some diverse new friends!
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
It must be a serious academic conference if it features this guy.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
I’ve just completed our donation to U24, for $170 (half of the $340 that omg.lol earned on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). Thanks to everyone who bought an address or added some time to support the cause. 💙💛
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Type of phishing email that's a corporation attempting to get you to "verify" information you're pretty sure you never gave them in the first place. 🤔
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The Third Way is a dead end, a recipe for the Republicans' eternal victory.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/03/the-democrats-are-dead-we-need-a-new-party/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
See also:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
guaca@toot.cafe ("Estela Franco ⚡️") wrote:
The @performanceobserver.dev virtual meetup is back for its second episode!
This time, we have two fantastic new hosts—Vinicius Dallacqua and Keerthana Krishnan—ready to guide us through another deep dive into Web Performance.
Join us live, connect with others in the #WebPerf community, and be part of the conversation.
📅 March 19th - 6 PM CET (10 AM PT / 1 PM ET)
See more details and add to calendar (with the zoom link) at https://performanceobserver.dev/events/ep-2-long-animationframe-api-and-designing-webs-for-bad-performance/See you there!
Mastodon FeedBoosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
fj ("Frederic Jacobs") wrote:
“The transatlantic alliance may be on life support; Putin may be circling like a vulture; technofascism may be tightening its grip—but Europe’s resolve remains unbroken.
It’s time we remember that. Because this is our 1940. Our last off-ramp before this American technofascist Fourth Reich becomes a runaway train we cannot stop even if we wanted to.”
https://ryanleetaylor.com/blog/the-fourth-reich-europes-reckoning-in-the-age-of-technofascism
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
I'd missed that this was in video series form. Sadly useful:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhZxrogyToZsllfRqQllyuFNbT-ER7TAu&si=DaWoGMgvZUCPW2Rw
Mastodon FeedThe "Donut Shop Ends Police Discount" guy is now Deputy Director of the FBI.
https://jwz.org/b/ykjn
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Fleet Adm. Gial Ackbar would make a better Secretary of Defense than Maj. Anheuser-Douche
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
yup, OPSEC horror
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mark@mastodon.fixermark.com ("Mark T. Tomczak") wrote:
On this, the eve of Flow taking home an Oscar, I want to note that Blender exists in its current form because after Ton Roosendaal spearheaded writing it, released it as freeware, had his company dissolve, tried developing it as shareware, had the company developing it go bankrupt, and built a non-profit foundation to crowd-source funding for it... Enough people stepped up to fund it that it still lives.
It's a hell of a testament to a software author---and a community's---insistence that in spite of market evidence to the contrary, the software is good and worthy of continued existence.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Telling stories is one thing, acting them out together is another. The Argh Studios Storyteller service tries to give you what you want, and in a child-safe fashion.
Remember: accounts are free to use, free of ads, and free of tracking
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold") wrote:
For the sake of timezone coverage, I’ll plan to total everything up and make our donation in the morning (so any earnings overnight will count, too!). 🇺🇦
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jon@vivaldi.net ("Jon S. von Tetzchner") wrote:
Crypto was a scam and it still is.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
A word of advice: If someone ever asks you if you drink Wilkins Coffee, just say yes.
https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/jim-hensons-commercials-for-wilkins-coffee.html
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
openculture@toot.community ("Open Culture (Official)") wrote:
Jim Henson’s Commercials for Wilkins Coffee: 15 Twisted Minutes of Muppet Coffee Ads (1957–1961)
https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/jim-hensons-commercials-for-wilkins-coffee.html
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
fiddling around more...
https://arghstudios.com/support/testCampaign.png
h/t @simon for an evening's amusement
Mastodon FeedBoosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
terrybot@frikiverse.zone ("Terrybot :pratchett:") wrote:
"If you put butter and salt on it, it tastes like salty butter."
Popcorn comes to the Discworld
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
