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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
scrum_log ("Cam Cook") wrote:

When folks ask me for help dealing with python 2.7 code

#python #programming

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

I decided it was time to obtain some travel & demonstration camouflage, so I ordered an enameled miniature lapel ribbon for my coat (the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal is "for operations for which no other U.S. campaign medal is approved, where a foreign armed opposition or imminent threat of hostile action was encountered." it is a boring story.)

and that, my children, was indeed a very long time ago.

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Sometimes all you need is a good stretch

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Satire has run off the rails and crashed and burned.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/29/i-wish-i-could-laugh-anymore/

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
janl@narrativ.es ("Jan Lehnardt :couchdb:") wrote:

uh-oh, if Backblaze is part of your backup strategy, you might want to slowly start looking for alternatives.

I’ve been running Arq for over a decade, open source file format, your choice of storage backend, native Mac client, highly recommend.

I’m also running Backblaze on low maintainance family machines and it’s generally great.
https://mastodon.social/@mjtsai/114422544139882895

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

I mean, when the "Cheap Crap You Don't Need From Overseas" site starts charging you quintuple for the cheap crap you don't need from overseas, it doesn't matter if the tariff cost is broken out or not, you just won't buy it because now it's no longer cheap

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/amazon-says-considered-listing-tariff-charges-ultracheap-haul-site-whi-rcna203480

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

Perhaps the ultimate irony to this sad situation is that the original disagreement stems from when an entirely different guy went online and cried about being “cancelled” as a way to gain sympathy and feel better about what he did.

And we’ve come full circle. When this new farewell post is trending on the Bear Discovery feed tomorrow, the sympathy will come pouring in, once again devoid of any objective context. Nothing was learned; nothing changes.

https://social.lol/@adam/114422390427632672

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

It's frightening how quickly institutions fall.

That country went from crying about Free Speech on every slope that could be even slightly slippery, to having the government directly and personally retaliate over a rumor that someone may state a fact that makes the king look bad.

Whether that's legal or not also ceased to matter, because legality of things is now decided by the king's drinking buddies.
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/114422571045203340

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

Men taking valid criticism without playing the victim impossible challenge

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

Finally, the “cyberstalking” thing is just *wild*. Dude, I read your blog and write about your bad takes. Maybe you didn’t like what I had to say, but that doesn’t make it stalking.

Throwing that word around so carelessly is an affront to every woman who’s ever *actually* been stalked. For crying out loud, stop victimizing yourself. It’s embarrassing.

Boosted by jwz:
bleuje@mathstodon.xyz ("Etienne Jacob") wrote:

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Boosted by jwz:
Andres4NY@social.ridetrans.it ("Andres S") wrote:

This is how taxes work. You are buying bombs to kill brown children. You are buying asphalt to pave roadways, and all the associated machinery and maintenance materials (like road salt) to keep them paved. But the thing is, people who bike are getting better health outcomes than people who drive or take transit (and if people don't make much money, you're paying for that health care one way or another). Bikes also cause hugely less road wear than cars and buses. So buying that bike costs less.

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

It’s astonishing how in every message or post about any of this, the people portrayed as the victims are those who perpetrated the abuse. Astonishing.

There was only one victim in any of this. One. Her name is @melanie, and I wonder how she feels when she sees all of these guys—including the ones who actually hurt her—writing about how *they* are the ones who were hurt. How *they* are the victims.

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

This is sad. No one should feel like they should stop speaking just because someone doesn’t like what they say. https://brandons-journal.com/farewell/

This is a bit wrong, though: “I simply disagreed with how a straight white man decided to shame another straight white man instead of trying to help show them the error of their ways”

You forgot the part where someone *did* show them the error of their ways, and then they promptly ignored that and went on to hurt a trans person. Twice.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
sleepless@social.lol ("Courtney") wrote:

@annie Thank you for sharing this part of your journey. We need more willingness to embrace empathy and to admit fault. Saying "I was wrong" isn't weakness, it can be virtue.

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

The upper-middle class left of center doctrine is a steaming hot mess. We need new voices. We need fresh takes.

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
jrconlin@mindof.jrconlin.com ("j-r conlin") wrote:

@mhoye

I dunno.

I mean, I have raging imposter syndrome, and there is one thing that definitely appeals to me whenever I use AI.

"Well, at least I'm not this awful."

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
PaulHammond51@fosstodon.org ("Paul Hammond") wrote:

Incoming!

A soviet spacecraft that was launched in 1972 is forecast for an uncontrolled re-entry likely on May 9th or 10th, 2025.

The Kosmos 482 descent craft is the lander module from a failed Soviet Venera mission to the planet Venus.

Its landing module, weighs in at 495 kg and is highly likely to reach the surface of Earth in one piece as it was designed to withstand 300 G’s of acceleration and 100 atmospheres of pressure.

https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2025/04/kosmos-842-descent-craft-reentry.html

#Incoming #space #duckandcover

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

This man is a Minnesota Republican party chair. But there's more to him than just the stupid hat!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/04/29/republican-madness-reigns/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

At Stony Brook U, I'm helping develop a new, interdisciplinary Department of Technology, AI & Society and @ibogost has excellent lessons for all such efforts here.
Gift link:
Universities Have a Computer-Science Problem
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/computing-college-cs-majors/677792/?gift=lOosoRE4GnUPfUTNHl2AzwWw-luFVYFFPQdzXmBoSYM&utm%5Fsource=copy-link&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=share

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

The Waldorf-Astoria is perhaps New York's most prominent monument to jazz age luxury and glamor. It's been the traditional residence for US presidents and foreign heads of state when in town (the "presidential suite" was meant rather literally there).

Built over the below-grade railyard of Grand Central Terminal, the hotel was equipped with a private rail siding and platform where guests could park their personal railcars(!). (Andy Warhol once threw a party on the platform.)

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

heh, yep they are

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

This was captured with a DSLR and a 19mm shifting lens, from a balcony of another building.

It's mostly an exercise in angles and symmetry. The vaguely wedge-shaped dark cloud that appeared overhead, following the lines of the buildings, created a fortuitous moment.

The Waldorf was closed for an extensive renovation shortly after this was made and has not yet fully re-opened. Many of the rooms are being converted into condo apartments.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (and Neighbors), NYC, 2017.

All the pixels, but without housekeeping or room service, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/32609074081

#photography

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sam@social.coop ("Sam Whited") wrote:

In other news, I'm desperate enough for work at this point that I'm willing to consider freelance software work again. If you know anyone who needs scripts, tools, integrations, etc. and want an expert in Open Source, XMPP, Go(lang), Rust, PostgreSQL, and other tools, LMK.

I won't work on or with AI or blockchain related products or companies.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
zicklepop@nyan.lol ("🌸 melanie kat 🌸") wrote:

@adam maybe brandon should treat others as he would like to be treated. i'll start: hey brandon isn't so innocent, he's been asking for this shit for a while. so what does mike and kev's boots taste like, brandon? journal that.

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

Brandon’s Journal: “I wasn't aware my blogs and social media movements were being tracked and scrutinized and well... it creeps me a bit out. Some folks need to get a life.”

You didn’t realize that people read your blog? And that they might have an opinion on what you wrote? And help me out, do *all* of your readers of your blog need to get a life, or only the ones who disagree with you?

https://weeklynotes.brandons-journal.com/post/week-in-review-april-27-2025

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

when sales & profits are hit, then even folks who had apparently ’bent the knee’ will push back

“White House denounces Amazon for plan to disclose cost of US tariffs”

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/white-house-amazon-tariff-price-announcement-is-hostile-2025-04-29/

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

Marc Andreessen Touted the Open Web. Now He Lives Life in Exclusive Group Chats | Vanity Fair:

"The same people who teased liberal snowflakes for their safe spaces and intolerance have now built their own insular echo chambers where dissent is quietly sidelined and ideological conformity is rewarded." https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/marc-andreessen-group-chat

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

Senate funding tracker https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/trumps-funding-freeze