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Cornellbox@a2mi.social ("Philip Proefrock, architect") wrote:
Billionaires Should Not Exist
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
You know, I realize Tesla is one of the most visible companies, but Musk has his hands in a couple of other companies that deals directly with the public and where collective efforts could have an impact. There's X and Starlink.
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rl_dane@polymaths.social ("R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵") wrote:
Darude Sandstorm as it was always meant to be: played on Morse Code paddles
https://loops.video/v/75kyX1g%5FBy
Direct video link, for terminal enjoyers: https://loopsusercontent.com/videos/80575218996875264/127598525214357858/el1iOMDcfBdVgEMmgh0B78z2vT6CgBH4x4muNhGb.720p.mp4
From
@utahforreston YouTube.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
yup
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Just happened to catch a ...69420... sequence. 😆
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edsu@social.coop ("Ed Summers") wrote:
I probably haven't been paying close enough attention, but I've found much of the mainstream reporting in the US about tariffs to lack a clear analysis of the strategy that is motivating the seemingly chaotic decision making. Unlike this thread, which lays it out in no uncertain terms--straight up imperialism:
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Spring break ends tomorrow, so of course Minnesota lays down an icy snowy dangerous trap for all our returning students.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/15/minnesota-doesnt-like-students/
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
"Matthew McConaughey"* is still at it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KpS54llYUA
I somehow find this a soothing thing to put on in the background. 😆
* impersonator
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:
IT in a nutshell
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
that is a pretty stark picture, and does not bode well for any normal person’s retirement funds
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Unixbigot@aus.social ("Kit Bashir") wrote:
You might think working a phone repair kiosk is a waste of my skills. Yeah nah.
Today, this kid came in with an iPhone that was more than cracked, it was banana-fied.
“What happened?” I asked, turning the wreckage over in my hands. I don’t think there was a single salvageable part. “And have you considered just upgrading?”
“My novel’s on there”, the kid said, wringing his hands anxiously. “It got ran over by a hauler bot.”
“Got a backup?”. The tears in the kid’s eyes were all the answer he needed to give. “Okay, event rebasing is the only way to fix this”, I gestured at the price board, “can you afford that?”
He gulped. “Uh, just.”
“You sure?”
“Yes. Can you really fix it?”. Hope flickered in his eyes.
“Let’s see, no win no fee”.
I held the smashed and bent phone-ana in my hands and turned it over, feeling its shape in space and time. With my /other sight/ I saw its lifeline leading away from where the kid had been, a shimmering trail of history leading back in time. With the fingers of my mind, I felt back along the lifeline until i felt the bump, beyond which the device had been a flat rectangle. Exploring the shape of the damage event I twisted the lifeline into a loop. Now here’s the tricky bit; if you have the knack, and you dig your nails in /just so/ you can pinch out a moment in time and detach it. I rubbed the lifeline with my mental fingers, smoothing out the join where the excised moment had been.
Blinking back to the present, I powered on the phone and handed it back to its owner. “All good?”
The kid’s fingers flew over the screen as he checked on his preciousss, and breathed a huge sigh. “All good. That’s incredible, can you fix *anything* like that?”
“Almost. Like?”
He avoided my gaze, staring down at my hands on the counter with their iridescent nails, matching the highlight colours in my hair. He made eye contract briefly, wide eyes again a bit teary. “Even…..me?”
Oh, that. “Absolutely not. *wink* Such things are not done and definitely not by me. Clear?”
*nod*
“Okay, hold still.” It’s a different technique than rebasing, especially because i like to spread the change over a few years to conceal the edit.
“All done”.
“Oh wow”, she said, reaching up to feel her shoulder length mauve hair (clearly I’d nailed that detail), then taking a twirl. “How, how much do I owe you?”
“On the house and you weren’t here. “
The tears were back. “Thank you thank you, this is the best. “
“My pleasure, have a great life”
“Thanks, you too” she said. “Bye!”
“Wait! Don’t forget your phone!”
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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:
i am on the only website i have ever needed to be on and that is @mediengruppe_bitnik 's website
https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/data/alexiety%5Fsf/index.html
(courtesy of @thgie )
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StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:
White supremacy ruins EVERYTHING. Even the white people.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
Heidelinde@dresden.network ("MissSofies Survival") wrote:
Werft blos nicht eure Perlen vor die Säue. Passt auf euch auf. schönes Wochenende!
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skry wrote:
My robot vacuum came packed inside this. Should I worry?
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HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social ("Imogen") wrote:
Yaesu HF radios have a CAT port on the back. This is used for communicating directly with your cat. The interface box is called the WSKR and plugs directly into this port. It can be purchased from your local ham radio store.
For further information please turn to page 394.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
indivisibleteam ("Indivisible") wrote:
Did your Democratic senator betray you yesterday by voting to give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government? Let them know you’re outraged by their decision to cave to extreme GOP demands, and that they’ve got some work to do to win back your trust: https://indivisible.org/resource/tell-your-democratic-senator-youre-angry-they-caved-and-supported-republican-continuing?source=mastodon&medium=directpost
Attachments:
- gifv: 6a7d71f73202b694.mp4
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krypt3ia@infosec.exchange ("Krypt3ia") wrote:
As your GENX doctor, I recommend you go outside all day, ride your bike, throw dirt clods, play in the creeks, drink hose water, cause trouble, and then hide under your desk to escape the existential inevitability of nuclear blasts.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
friggin’ script kiddies are at it again
Silent screens flicker,
Whispers of a crash unknown,
New dawn, hope restored.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
(Probably because most of us are just trying to survive and catch some joy when we can.)
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helenchong@social.lol ("Helen Chong :prami_pride:") wrote:
I was nominated by @mbjones to participate in the blog questions challenge about my favourite decade or year:
https://blog.helenchong.omg.lol/en/posts/2025-03-15-favourite-decade-year-blog-challenge/
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
On top of that, we've all been coerced into carrying surveillance devices with us at all times. I have the dumbest possible phone I could find, and it is still too capable and allows powerful entities to easily know too much about me.
This post makes some good points about the current context:
https://m.ai6yr.org/@exador23/114163614903434736
But... We've never actually been far from this in my lifetime. These concerns don't seem to register for most of us.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I hope people get rid of their domestic surveillance devices disguised as a home assistant. But based on what I've seen of the people who have these, many people use it as a source of entertainment, especially for their kids. ("Alexa, play the space unicorn song!") But I suspect the ones I know never enabled the "Do Not Send Voice Recordings” option. So nothing has changed for them. They don't stay on top of the news regarding Amazon shenanigans:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold :usa_distress:"):
heliographe_studio ("Héliographe") wrote:
https://AgBr.app, our black & white film emulator, ships with 11 emulations based on film emulsions old and new, carefully researched by https://Nuevo.Tokyo
We'll be updating the app with one new emulation per month throughout 2025. One time in-app purchase unlocks all of them.
Mastodon FeedIn an effort to make our REST API more approachable, I set out to make it artificially less performant today.
Ended up optimizing it by about 60% by accident.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
how did it become the 90s again? what have I done to deserve this return to is-it-running purgatory again? I'm going to go eat worms... https://tenor.com/view/ds9-deep-space-9-star-trek-worms-dinner-gif-14856557203314151153?quality=lossless
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I knew this would be coming: Bryan Johnson is turning his artificial lifestyle into a brand he can sell to gullible rich people.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/03/15/it-always-turns-into-a-grift-with-these-people/
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djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog from the *new* toot-lab") wrote:
Mastodon FeedBoosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:
Become an irreplaceable 10x developer in 30 seconds flat
Why learn actual skills when you can just look impressive instead?
Introducing rust-stakeholder - a CLI tool that generates absolutely meaningless but impressive-looking terminal output to convince everyone you're a coding genius without writing a single line of useful code.