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

Source code for my games is now available on my web site. Just go to any game's web page, and the source code will be available among the downloads as a ZIP. There's a README.md in each one for compilation instructions. http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/ #gamedev #ibmpc #msdos #cga

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

What if "putting aside all the ethical concerns for the sake of this discussion" is how we got to the place where we've put all the ethical concerns aside? :thonking:

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
oldladyplays@wargamers.social ("Cait the Proud Trans Woman") wrote:

One of the hidden gems of being on Fedi is that people here are, generally, not falling for the LLM hype.

So we don't get much in the way of deepfake videos, or other AI slop, coming down our timelines (or at least, I certainly don't; no one I follow is making or boosting AI slop).

I was just watching a video warning about this, and the creator said "we've probably all been swarmed by those ads using deepfakes to push dodgy financial schemes" - I'm like, what? we have? - "and further, deepfakes of politicians all over social media, being pushed in front of us". Again, I"m thinking "Wow, that's not my experience of social media."

But this is my only social media site, really. I don't count Discord; those are basically closed systems. They don't push anything in front of you you didn't already want there.

Which just struck me as interesting. Throw in a really good ad-blocker, and I just don't see any of this shit going around.

And, à propos de rien, I use a web client for Fedi. Which means I get to see my adblocker adding up all the ads it's blocked at the top of each page.

I love coming over to the Fedi tab, because the adblocker counter remains firmly locked on zero.

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

Tomorrow, we will weep over the state of the world.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/08/crueltywardespair/

https://www.youtube.com/live/sIQDOMqnGaI

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

Drink Special @ Death Guild: COMMANDER IN CHEAT: House of Stuart Scotch, Ginger Beer, Splash of Angostura Bitters, Lime.

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• gifv: b908581a17b9651c.mp4

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

https://www.dnalounge.com/jobs/?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma

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

Drink special for Reputation Taylor Swift night:
ICE ICE BARBIE
TITO'S VODKA, SODA, SPLASH
OF CRANBERRY, AND A LIME

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

Drink special for Dark Sparkle: THIS IS THE MIRROR UNIVERSE --
BULLET BOURBON, GINGER BEER, LIME
JUICE, AND A LIME

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

Drink Special @ Hubba Hubba: Occupy Sesame Street -- Bumbu & Kraken rums, sugar, lemon, grenadine, orange bitters

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

Drink Special @ Death Guild: TEXAS WALKOUT: Tito's Vodka, Soda, Splash of Grenadine, and a Yeehaw Cherry.

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

♬️ Just announced: Fri Oct 31, 9pm: ALL HALLOW'S EVE
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/10-31.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #allhallowseve #hubbahubbarevue #indie #synthwave #gothic #hiphop #burlesque #sanfrancisco

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

Drink Special @ Secret Attraction: Avenge Mister Rogers: Aviation gin, rhubarb liqueur, lemon, sugar, soda, bitters

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• gifv: 0bd9b35d2a735cf9.mp4

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

Drink Special @ Micro Mania Wrestling: FOXTROT DELTA TACO: Cazadores, Ginger, Splash of Grenadine, Cherry.

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• gifv: a3692ee11d29606d.mp4

aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

(I apologise for leaving out the malignant narcissists, they also deserve a mention.)

aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:

We allow psychopaths and sociopaths to chart the course for humanity and then wonder why we live in a dystopian hellscape.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
DocAtCDI wrote:

I've done some terrible things for money. Like getting up early to go to work.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

New @the_freebooters video is out. We talk about i3 and the 'Online Safety Act'.

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/aRj8ot5FpRKMwgHLV5WY34

#Linux #OSA #Podcast

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

Who says programmers don't have time to read?

We should start a tech version of the Gideons, but instead of putting bronze-age superstition into hotel rooms, we should sneak Karl Popper quotes into the progress indicators of NPM installs and Next.js builds.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
dusk@todon.eu ("Dusk To Don :raccoon:") wrote:

In today’s live-stream of the launch of GPT-5, this is practically the opening slide. Take a close look at the values vs. the height of each bar.

( @garymarcus mentioned this in his newsletter, so I did have my eyes peeled for this QA miss)

#altTextIsAnArtForm #GPT5 #OpenAI

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
catsalad@masto.hackers.town ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.B.)") wrote:

2015: Google Maps is wrong

2025: Google.com is wrong

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

Just noticed that my kbd (the X-Bows Knight Plus) is once again available for pre-order, and so I'm buying another just in case:

https://x-bows.com/products/x-bows-knight-plus-ergonomic-mechanical-keyboard-with-magnetic-number-pad

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
shapr@recurse.social ("Shae Erisson") wrote:

Accidentally playing a game?
Unintendo!

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
jacqueline@chaos.social ("jacquelines 🌟") wrote:

if u have a tangara and u want to play music using apple's lossless audio codec, then there is some very good news for you in today's release https://codeberg.org/cool-tech-zone/tangara-fw/releases/tag/v1.4.0

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dante@masto.posting.haus wrote:

In many ways I think it's just awful that you have to learn things as you grow instead of just knowing things the whole time. Terribly inefficient

Boosted by jwz:
mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

Imagine signing up for a job as a FEMA administrator. You get to help people during the worst time of their life. You're good at your job. You work hard.♥️

Then the new administration prevents you from helping people after a hurricane.

Then the new admin tells you that you work for ICE now.

Boosted by jwz:
dansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:

So there’s some dude at the White House with a can of gold spraypaint whose entire job is to spray whatever Michaels-ass styrofoam piece of chintz gets delivered that day and then glue it to the wall?

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

Captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/6.3). Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50, 1/30 sec), Cambo WRS-5005 camera (shifted vertically -10mm).

Red Rock Canyon is just 45 minutes from the Las Vegas strip, but completely lacks slot machines, neon signs, B-list entertainment, chain restaurants, and other modern necessities. Zero stars, would not gamble there again.

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

Sandstone, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, 2025.

All the pixels, no exposure to nature required, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54702804473

#photography

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AliceMarshall@dmv.community ("Alice Marshall") wrote:

ICEBlock is an innovative, completely anonymous crowdsourced platform that allows users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity with just two taps on their phone. In recent years, #ICE has faced criticism for alleged civil rights abuses and failures to adhere to constitutional principles and due process, making it crucial for communities to stay informed about its operations.

https://daringfireball.net/2025/07/iceblock

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

i'm proud to have been involved in the creation of this new book from
@nostarch , Designing Electronics That Work! it's full of useful material for anyone who wants to build anything electronic and bring it to mass production.

https://nostarch.com/designingelectronics