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Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
halcyonloon@retro.pizza ("Halcyon Loon") wrote:

Well my employer has decided to partner with Palantir, which means it's time for me to find a new job. I was a lot more willing to make 40% less than market rate when I knew my employer wasn't funding concentration camps because they want AI coding tools.

Anyway of you need a UX designer/researcher who knows his way around government regulations, healthcare, enterprise software I'm looking!

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
xandra@tilde.zone ("alexandra") wrote:

i'm learning how to put myself out there more when it comes to asking for support financially (thanks to @binarydigit & others), so please forgive me if this is a stumble!

to help support me while i'm unemployed, i'm trying something new: just opened an avenue to support me and my work through buymeacoffee.com. there's so much more i want to do. i doubt i could reach the point i could stop looking for work, but a girl can dream! in the meantime, this helps offset some of the out-of-pocket costs that my projects take and helps me code more (with less stress).

if you've enjoyed any of my work, blog posts, etc., consider tossing me a tip if you can. i know times are hard out here, so do not feel bad if you can't. no shame, no pressure.

thanks for indulging me, friends. <3

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

setting up for weekly voice net on 50.250MHz SSB 📡

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
jamey@toot.cat ("Jamey Sharp") wrote:

Well, it's like I always say: I never claim to be consistent

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

This short post on the "inevitable" framing of discussions about AI made me nod in agreement through the whole text. Recommended reading!

https://tomrenner.com/posts/llm-inevitabilism/

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
ireneista@irenes.space ("Irenes (many)") wrote:

the longer you spend using software that does not make deliberate efforts to run your inner peace through a wood chipper in order to monetize it

the more jarring it is using something that does

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

@NfNitLoop and as we all know, they'll simply ignore any opting out and continue gathering data anyway.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

React is load-bearing in most orgs in the sense that it's what binds terrible choices together tightly enough to keep them from being individually evaluated.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Well, Sameer finally got what he wanted: the end of an actually fast, actually secure counterpoint to Android.

CrOS can't make Android look like shit if CrOS also sucks:

https://www.theverge.com/news/706558/google-android-chromeos-combining-sameer-samat

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
rgadellaa ("Roderick Gadellaa") wrote:

I can't help but wonder how this new Android / Chrome OS hybrid is going to work on a 4 GB RAM laptop...

This screenshot was taken just after a reboot 🫣

https://www.theverge.com/news/706558/google-android-chromeos-combining-sameer-samat

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Complete with the disingenuous "wE vAlUe YoUr PrIvaCyyy~" at the top of the half page of boilerplate telling you that you have to OPT OUT of data collection.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Coworker shared an interesting web site with us on Slack today and, wow, if it isn't an example of modern #web #enshitification

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🌹"):
dillo@fosstodon.org ("Dillo browser") wrote:

For those in the #OldComputerChallenge in need for a lightweight #web browser, #Dillo can be built from source in under 10 minutes from old CPUs (let us know otherwise).

We always welcome new pictures for the gallery: https://dillo-browser.github.io/gallery/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Hey Lazyfed, what's your favorite web development blog that you think not enough people read?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
egorod@illo.social ("Ego Rodriguez") wrote:

“For the sad actor, there was never a moment to take off his mask.” #queerartist #Illustration

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sundogplanets ("Prof. Sam Lawler") wrote:

And here's Planetary Science Institute's version of the press release: https://www.psi.edu/blog/object-discovered-orbiting-sun-in-sync-with-neptune/

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
loriemerson@post.lurk.org ("Lori Emerson") wrote:

I'll be trotting out my hopefully fun and zaney, completely analog #othernetworks lecture-performance here in Boulder Sept. 9th - come join the fun if you're around! 20 copies of Other Networks will also be for sale at the event. and thank you @ntnsndr‬ for making this happen 💚 https://calendar.boulderlibrary.org/event/14949129

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
kottke ("kottke.org") wrote:

Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor. “He has betrayed the very system that made his success possible; the system in which he and a handful of others like him have profited disproportionately relative to their contribution.” https://www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andreessen-is-a-traitor/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Do you ever wonder if the val.town folks regret not calling it "var.town"? Or "let.town"? Or is "let.town" too close too "letdown"?

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
vapaad@wandering.shop ("desert dirtbag abby version") wrote:

my first raspberry lemonade sunflower bloomed! I got the seeds at a local seed swap so I didn't know what to expect, but I love it!

Boosted by pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷"):
randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

To any Austrailians being misinforned by Sky News, please know that Europe is just fine.

The fact that Sky News has found some social media clips of a few criminals committing crimes in Spain and France does obviously not mean that a continent of 744 million people “has fallen”. All it means is, Australia needs better media.

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

Captured on a short hike with a small mirrorless camera, 35mm lens, lightweight tripod, and enough neutral density for a roughly 30 second exposure.

Flowing water is a subject that lends itself to motion studies that reveal what our unaided eye can't see, controlled by exposure time. At 1/3000 sec, every drop of water freezes in place. At 30 seconds, we see smooth, cloud-like structures that obscure individual perturbations. Only at around 1/30 sec does the camera see what we do.

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

Tanner Creek, OR, 2011.

All the pixels, none of the nature, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/5892599507/

#photography

Boosted by Mastodon:
MastodonEngineering ("Mastodon Engineering") wrote:

Our monthly #TrunkAndTidbits engineering update is out. Looking back at June: behind the scenes on the 4.4 release, as well as all the other things the team has been working on. 🎇 https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/trunk-tidbits-june-2025/

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

Fortunately books aren't crap

RE: https://www.threads.com/@charliejaneanders/post/DMIt9f6pBks

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

I can see how this is Scorsese's first Emmy nod in acting; I'm mildly surprised at it being Ron Howard's, however. Did being Richie Cunningham for years and years mean nothing?

RE: https://www.threads.com/@hollywoodreporter/post/DMIwFJ5OvT3

jwz wrote:

Has the W3C RSS validator started blocking AWS? It works when I load it from home but from my server I always get 429. For a couple weeks now.
https://jwz.org/b/ykrO

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

I think I got this invitation to collaborate by mistake.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/07/15/i-might-change-my-mind-if-it-literally-gives-you-wings/

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

Kacie Kinzer’s Tweenbots are small cardboard robots that roam the city helped by strangers. They have many wabi-sabi qualities and I make the case that empathy is one of them.
https://wabitronics.com/examples/tweenbots/

#wabisabi #electronics #robotics #itp #moma #empathy

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft 🐧") wrote:

Good God. A restaurant uses AI to generate menu and this is what it reads.

Source: Restaurants shouldn't use AI for description https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1lzmx3o/restaurants%5Fshouldnt%5Fuse%5Fai%5Ffor%5Fdescription/