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

The Net (1998) is a TV spinoff of the movie and it is so camp. https://archive.org/details/the-net-1998%5F202204/The+Net/The+Net+-+S01E01+-+Deleted.mp4

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

achievement unlocked: started a chain of train-puns in our public matrix team-channel.

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changelog@changelog.social ("Changelog") wrote:

🗿 Neal Agarwal put together a virtual museum of Internet Artifacts, including a map of ARPANET, the first spam email, the first smiley, the first mp3, the first online pizza delivery website (which was probably earlier than you're thinking), and much more. https://neal.fun/internet-artifacts/

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

I think the content creation ecosystem is propped up by a surprisingly small number of creators.

And I think that *part* of the reason Mark Zuckerberg is laying off workers is that they're more valuable to Meta as recently laid off content creators, pumping out videos for the FYP, than as engineers.

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

I just came back from a great birding trip to South Eastern Arizona where I saw many new birds. This Gambel's Quail is no. 1,000 on my life list 😃 #birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #birding #Arizona #quail

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rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Fabian Giesen") wrote:

New blog post: "Oodle 2.9.14 and Intel 13th/14th gen CPUs" https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/oodle-2-9-14-and-intel-13th-14th-gen-cpus/ you saw it here first! But this is the write-up.

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tylersticka@social.lol ("Tyler Sticka") wrote:

@fromjason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3QfRJsF9Pk

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
emz@chaos.social ("Emma Zühlcke") wrote:

There is finally a complaint against Deutsche Telekom about their, in my opinion, unfair peering practices (in German): https://epicenter.works/content/keine-zweiklassengesellschaft-im-internet-buendnis-reicht-beschwerde-gegen-deutsche-telekom-ein

It's a practice where they're trying to get money not only from their customers, who pay for internet access, but also from online services using very restrictive peering policies. The result is often that networks (and server owners) who don't pay Deutsche Telekom, experience connection issues with their users.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
ratfactor@mastodon.art wrote:

Jeez, if anything, her Sketchbook 7 is even *more* stunning than 6:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9NvpcURZ%5FM

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
brucelawson@vivaldi.net ("Bruce Lawson ✅ (quiet time)") wrote:

At the weekend, a group of trans women protested topless at the Scottish Parliament about the recent Supreme Court ruling that the Equality Act defines women as "biological women". The police couldn't arrest them, because to arrest them for showing their breasts would be to define them as women (it's not illegal for men to be topless). And, of course, the right-wing press that reported on it censored their breasts, thereby making their point for them.

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oatmeal@kolektiva.social wrote:

[followup] Eurovision voting system under scrutiny

A wave of criticism is emerging after #Israel's entry, Yuval Raphael, narrowly missed victory at #Eurovision 2025 amid a huge shift in public voting impacting the contest’s integrity. Several broadcasters are calling for a review of the voting rules, citing concerns about "abuse" and "external interference."

[…] Public Spotify and YouTube streaming data shows that Raphael’s track lags far behind other competitors in terms of popularity. New Day Will Rise was the 19th most popular song from this year’s competition on Spotify in the week of the event, yet scored the maximum douze pointsfrom 13 national public votes.

Disparities in viewership versus voting numbers in #Belgium and concerns about #Israel hosting next year are also rising. With calls for double standards in cultural participation, the future of Eurovision’s rules and hosting process are now in question.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/may/21/eurovision-public-vote-israeli-near-win-social-media-campaigns

@palestine
@israel
#GazaGenocide

* Updated url

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
requiem@masto.hackers.town ("requiem 🦫") wrote:

If you can afford it, please get weird where we can see you.

https://jasongullickson.com/weird-in-public.html

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

Just got back from the future. Turns out, the first AI robot god is pretty chill. Although, it is using its knowledge of the multiverse to make it so that in every universe it is credited with writing Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce. Not sure what the end game is here

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

Yuck. I had to do manual labor this morning.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/22/its-a-rough-season-for-boots/

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

Me when the violin drops in Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers

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

Bröther may I have some AI slöp

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

Shout out to music. Have you heard it? So good. Big fan.

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infobeautiful@vis.social ("Information Is Beautiful") wrote:

Evolution of the Alphabet via https://usefulcharts.com/

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

(If you got that joke you are old and/or a movie nerd)

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

Mississippi Spurning

https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/man-attacked-after-walking-into-mississippi-bar-and-using-racial-slur-police-say/article%5F33d95bce-f26a-4284-85d4-161c04c692a8.html

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

They didn't because their CEO is a dimwit who doesn't get told "no," and what he wanted was a Battlezone Tank, not something that would be beneficial to his company and to actual other humans

https://www.theverge.com/tesla/672120/slate-truck-tesla-cybertruck-what-if

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

I don't care if some of them are feeling regrets, the Trumpy toadies must never be forgiven.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/22/no-sympathy-for-the-toadies/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

While I'm certainly curious what will come out of the Altman/Ive collaboration, there's some part of me that can't help but read all the hype as, “Wait until you see what the butterfly keyboard guy and the world's greatest monorail salesman do together!”

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robb@social.lol ("Robb Knight") wrote:

I'm trying something new: selling stickers. I made a joke about this one a last week and I _really_ wanted to make it but things cost money so here's the deal: $10 gets you two of these stickers shipped anywhere in the world (or you can pay more if that's what tickles your pickle). I'm gunna leave it open for a couple of weeks, then order the stickers and ship them to everyone.

New shop page: https://rknight.me/shop
Direct link to buy: https://rknight.me/shop/dont-at-me

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

As an old guy myself, I am repulsed by old people insisting on retaining privilege and power. Retirement can be great, I wish I could do it.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/05/22/deadwood-must-be-cleared/

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ErickaSimone ("Ericka Simone") wrote:

A gentle reminder.

“White Genocide” is not real, “racism against whites” will never be a thing, and is rooted in the completely delusional mental illness that most white people live in daily.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
EC64@oldbytes.space ("Everything C64 :verified:") wrote:

The HEART OF NEON Blu-ray Kickstarter is LIVE!

Go get yours now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dokk/the-heart-of-neon-blu-ray

#Llamasoft #JeffMinter #RetroGaming #RetroComputing

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Original link assuming you've got ad block etc.:

https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/oki-reaches-new-heights-with-124-layer-pcb/

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Anybody need a 124 layer PCB?

https://archive.is/CYDNW

Some things to watch out for:

"Towering complexity naturally brings towering costs. Each square meter of OKI’s 124-layer PCB commands a bill of materials upward of $4,800, with production times stretching up to 16 weeks and yield rates hovering around 65%. This is well below the 85% typical of 108-layer builds."

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

Can Directories Rise Again? - The History of the Web:

"Even in those early days, maybe especially in those early days, the categories and selections carried with them a point of view. It’s what Filo would often refer to as the “voice of Yahoo!”. Surfers didn’t shy away from embracing that voice, as long as the criteria was fair. It’s actually what kept people bringing back, eager to discover and explore areas of ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2025/05/22/can-directories-rise-again-the.html