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

Have been forced in to getting a Windows box by a piece of equipment (doing data collection 24x7) that needs some Windows-only software to operate.

It really should come with a prescription for blood pressure meds.

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AlSweigart ("Al Sweigart") wrote:

Every AI company:

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

I post this mostly as a reminder that it wasn't that long ago that the rule of law and the constitution prevailed. I hope it will again soon.

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julianlawson@beige.party ("Chipotle Axelotl (aka Julian)") wrote:

Happy Milkshake a Fascist Day, everyone!

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

This was captured with the Rodenstock 90mm/5.6 HR-Digaron lens (@ f/6.3) and about 10mm of vertical shift to maintain geometry.

Four years ago, a group of insurrectionist losers sacked this building in an attempt to overthrow the US Government and prevent the transfer of power to a newly elected president. They got frighteningly close to succeeding.

This photo was made about six months later; some of the physical damage from the attack remains visible here.

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

US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, 2021.

All the pixels, each voting Yea or Nay, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51221569646

#photography

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cjwirth@mas.to ("Caesar Wirth") wrote:

uBlock Origin on Bluesky vs Mastodon

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hstone519 ("Henry Stone") wrote:

In Defense of American Tradition

You probably shouldn't call and ask if they have Chicken Tacos. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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ComicContext@mstdn.social ("Comics Outta Context") wrote:

jwz wrote:

Welp, mediamtx glitches out, too.

After the mediamtx stream was up for ~16 hours, OBS started doing the thing on the right. Disconnecting and reconnecting fixed it, but my check-volume.pl script did not detect it and so could not auto-reset it. Any...
https://jwz.org/b/ykor

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

A delayed CMS/SSG is eventually good, but a rushed CMS/SSG is forever bad. #neato

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AndreasZeller ("Andreas Zeller") wrote:

Knowing the input language of a software system greatly facilitates its (automated) testing. In our new GDBMiner work, we use the GNU debugger (GDB) to extract precise input grammars from any recursive descent parser that can be traced via GDB: https://doi.org/10.4230/LITES.10.1.1

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DuchessOfSnork@musicians.today ("Pride Duchess Of Snork") wrote:

You know John Mastodon, but have you heard of Fedi Mercury?

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frankenrol@mastorol.es wrote:

Ahora que la NASA va a recibir un hachazo a su financiación, me ha venido a la cabeza una de sus historias más épicas. En 2004 hicieron llegar a Marte una sonda tipo rover de exploración llamada Opportunity, una todoterreno de aspecto simpático. Para que su paseo por la superficie marciana se considerase un éxito debía superar el infierno del descenso y pasar operativa y mandando datos al menos 90 días.

Contra todo pronóstico, resistió 15 años, realizando un viaje como nunca antes se había visto, por cráteres y colinas.

Al final de esa década y media, la acumulación de polvo sobre sus paneles solares tras una tormenta marciana puso en peligro su única fuente de energía. Dejó de responder, aunque la llamaron durante semanas, manteniendo la esperanza y poniéndole música diferente en cada intento. Su último mensaje en telemetría fue traducido de forma poética como "my battery is low and it's getting dark", mi batería está baja y está oscureciendo, algo que resonó en el interior de mucha gente que estaba pendiente de ella.

Luego solo hubo silencio.

Y así finalizó su historia... o no. Me gusta imaginar el día, lejos en el futuro, cuando el mundo sea mejor y la exploración espacial vuelva a ser llevada por científicos, y no por megalómanos con ganas de llenarse los bolsillos, en que un astronauta solitario cruce la planicie marciana en una improbable misión de rescate. Limpiará las placas, comprobará los sistemas, y los mecanismos internos de una pequeña sonda, heroica e incansable, volverán a zumbar.

No te olvidaremos, Oppy.

A continuación, la lista de canciones que los técnicos de la NASA hacían sonar mientras intentaban reactivarla:

Wake Me up Before You Go-Go—Wham!
The Trooper—Iron Maiden
Dust in the Wind—Kansas
Here Comes the Sun—The Beatles
Rocket Man—Elton John
Everlong—Foo Fighters
Times Like These—Foo Fighters
Bohemian Rhapsody—Queen
Space Oddity—David Bowie
Life On Mars?—David Bowie
Alive—P.O.D.
Telephone Line—Electric Light Orchestra
Don’t Look Back—Boston
Keep Yourself Alive—Queen
I Will Survive—Gloria Gaynor
(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock—Billy Haley & His Comets
I Won’t Back Down—Tom Petty
Gold Heart Locket—Sam Bush

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

When we released post editing for #Mastodon, we first released a version that supported processing and displaying edits incoming from other servers, before releasing a version that flipped a switch allowing anyone to make edits. We're taking an identical approach with quote posts, as the upcoming 4.4 version of Mastodon will begin displaying quote posts from other servers and software. Once this is widely deployed on the network, 4.5 will bring the long awaited ability to quote posts.

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laemeur@mastodon.sdf.org ("LÆMEUR") wrote:

If y'all ain't into Fornax Void yet, you should be.

https://fornaxvoid.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-dystopian-concrete-buildings-the-future-of-void-corp

#music

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

I'm not going to make the easy joke of "that would mean she knew how to read" but I will note that her job isn't to read, it's to do what she's told, and what she was told was to vote for the bill.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-tax-bill

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webhackfest@floss.social ("Web Engines Hackfest") wrote:

AsyncContext: trimming down the web integration led by Igalia's
@nic

https://github.com/Igalia/webengineshackfest/issues/64

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

New post: "Dr. Neckbeard, or how I learned to stop worrying and love Emacs" https://coyotetracks.org/blog/dr-neckbeard-emacs/

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ufwupdates@union.place ("UFW") wrote:

It's peak season for these strawberries in the Moss Landing area of CA. Five crews are working this strawberry field. They're rushing to get it harvested as soon as possible before the berries to get over ripe. #WeFeedYou

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• video: 6c8af9dff962ed93.mp4

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

Somebody laid eggs on our milkweed.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/04/something-is-laying-eggs-on-our-milkweed/

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arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:

Science PhDs face a challenging and uncertain future
Smaller post-grad classes are likely due to research budget cuts.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/science-phds-face-a-challenging-and-uncertain-future/?utm%5Fbrand=arstechnica&utm%5Fsocial-type=owned&utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

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joancarroll@photog.social ("Joan Carroll") wrote:

Golden light bathes dramatic pillar rock formations, highlighting their rugged beauty against a clear sky. Soft sand dunes in the foreground are dotted with sparse vegetation and create a contrast with the rocky structures in the distance.

https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/rock-formations-and-sand-dunes-monument-valley-arizona-joan-carroll.html

#rockformations #dawn #sunrise #sanddunes #desert #dunes #shadows #nature #landscape #dramatic #monumentvalley #arizona #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #artforsale #wallartforsale #giftideas @joancarroll

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

okay, this is amusing #HamRadio 📡

https://ars-qrp.com/FOBB/FOBB.html

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

Everyone knows that giving a battleship a fierce warrior name is the only way to make it strong.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/04/how-pete-hegseth-celebrates-pride-month/

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

I wasted too much time trying to puzzle out the math education evaluations from the NCTQ. It turns out that sometimes data is just noise!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/06/04/im-confused-about-math/

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

Every 5x5 Nonogram is now the featured URL on https://url.town! 🥳

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dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

Drink Special @ Death Guild: POTUS Express: Orange Chicken - Tequila, Honey Simple Syrup, Orange Juice, Soda.

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• gifv: 1e0a014dc9a1f84f.mp4

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tek@freeradical.zone ("Free Teks for sale, cheap") wrote:

Just snagged some Nitzer Ebb / Front Line Assembly at @dnalounge tickets for the fam, and also a sweet Cyberdelia poster to hang in my home office.

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jef ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Putin: What happen ?
FSB: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Putin: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Putin: It's you !!
Zelenskyy: How are you gentlemen !!
Zelenskyy: One-third of your heavy bombers are belong to Ukraine.
Zelenskyy: You are on the way to destruction.
Putin: What you say !!
Zelenskyy: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Zelenskyy: Ha ha ha ha …
Putin: Take off every 'MIG'!!