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adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:
Really missing Casio’s design style from the 90s.
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
A couple of interesting videos discussing the history of cameras used in the film industry:
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randomgeek@masto.hackers.town ("Random Geek") wrote:
Just. You know. Take the chance. Help people with what they’re already doing today. Learn what they’re doing. Move slow and fix things.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
how disappointing
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- video: 61a0888192c75eba.mp4
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bobkmertz@techhub.social ("Bob K Mertz :distressedUS:") wrote:
With AOL killing Dial Up Internet I was curious what still exists. I've found that there is over an estimated 160,000 people still using dial up in the US as their only connection (there are others using dial up as a fallback)
https://data.census.gov/table?q=internet+subscription
Earthlink quietly shut off dial up access in early 2024 (best I can tell).
Incredibly Juno and NetZero both still offer 10 free hours of dial up a month (and unlimited subscriptions).
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lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:
BREAKING: Police officer killed, shooter dead at CDC Atlanta HQ; shooter reportedly anti-COVID vaccines
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kim_harding@mastodon.scot ("kim_harding ✅") wrote:
Japan commemorates 80 years since Nagasaki nuclear bomb attack https://www.africanews.com/2025/08/09/japan-commemorates-80-years-since-nagasaki-nuclear-bomb-attack/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
me, mornings
https://suya.place/objects/0ca733b7-cc85-44d4-bb9b-2cc641cf42bd
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brianleroux@indieweb.social ("Brian LeRoux 💚") wrote:
Which, not really ..but sure. Because if that is the case, the code "does not matter", idk why we'd generate garbage transpiler undebuggable code when we can just as easily generate well tested, dependency free, web native semantically correct code that performs better and is accessible.
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debian@framapiaf.org ("Debian") wrote:
All the archive work to support trixie and preparations for development of forky is now done; image testing continues, and once the images team signs off, everything can be published to the mirror network. #debian #debian13 #trixie #forky #ReleasingDebianTrixie
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Gehtso@social.tchncs.de wrote:
Baltic leaders slam 'land-for-peace' deal for Ukraine amid Trump-Putin talks plan
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/baltic-leaders-reject-land-for-peace-deal-1754745292.html
#WarOfAggression #Europa #Ukraine #Baltic #Latvian #army #Estonian #war #Russia #WarCriminal #drones #occupiers #defenders
#перемогаYкраїни
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niedermeyer.online@bsky.brid.gy ("e.w. niedermeyer") wrote:
In the week since Tesla was hit with a $329 million judgement for a wrongful death involving Autopilot, the stock is up roughly 10%. Yesterday Tesla canceled "Dojo" training hardware worth $500b in market cap per Morgan Stanley, and this morning the stock is up. Something is rotten on Wall Street.
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cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:
Jobs-level successes for Cook? Let's see:
Airpods—the entire range.
Apple Watch. (Not huge, just the world's highest-grossing luxury watch brand.)
Apple's migration to M-series CPUs (a post-Jobs move).These are all smaller-scale than Jobs' successes, but each gross in the billions of dollars/year—comparable to Jobs' huge successes from the late 90s to late 2000s.
Apple is so vast these days it's impossible to debut a new product that increases their revenue by 100%/year.
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oli@olifant.social ("D. Olifant") wrote:
Reading this blog post and I'm just nodding along like, "Yep."
Why Even Consider Switching?
After months of running a self-hosted Mastodon instance in my homelab, I was getting increasingly frustrated. Not with the Fediverse concept - that's brilliant - but with Mastodon's resource appetite.
https://blog.klein.ruhr/gotosocial-ready-for-prime-time/
And I explain many of the reasons I switched from running Mastodon to GoToSocial here, too:
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StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:
"Murray’s supervisor… counseled him that Murray should be informing all new Black security personnel that the use of the ‘N-word’ was simply engrained [sic] in the culture at Tesla and, so, Murray should only be bringing aboard tht are willing to accept and acquiesce to the prevalence of that word in the workplace.”
"According to the complaint, the coworker, who was white, 'responded by angrily yelling back, ‘Do you want to hang by a tree?’”
TESLA IS NOT A CAR COMPANY.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/tesla-lawsuit-elon-musk-california-b2804549.html
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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:
Lucian K. Truscott features the photo below in a posting this morning.
My commentary:
"I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live."
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
https://substack.com/@lucianktruscottiv/note/c-142577029?utm%5Fsource=notes-share-action&r=4qey6
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Who's going to #ArcTanGent next week?
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
Somehow, our world is the type that allows the worst to rise to the top.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/09/does-this-sound-familiar/
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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:
"Putin generally cannot travel outside Russia because he has been indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, including the theft of Ukrainian children. And yet Trump is welcoming him to the United States of America."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Putin #Trump #Ukraine #PutinsPoodle
/1https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-8-2025-friday
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csstrowbridge ("C.S.Strowbridge") wrote:
Did you not read the story? Oregon tried to create a wildfire hazard map and a bunch of conspiracy theory losers got mad such a fuss that the State had to back down. This means the State wasn't as prepared as they should have been and wildfires likely caused more damage.
Those that spread these conspiracy theories shouldn't get paid by insurance companies, because their negligence cost others money.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
hmmm, do "animated" GIFs work? let us see...
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- gifv: 8942b51149b99107.mp4
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Cornellbox@a2mi.social ("Philip Proefrock, architect") wrote:
I'm going to try to do some kind of organized reading of Ursula Franklin's The Real World of Technology (her 5 Massey lectures are also on the CBC website, so listening is also an option.
But I don't just want to read it alone, I really want to discuss it, and I'm working on organizing it around a chapter/lecture every 3 weeks between end of Aug and mid Nov. Maybe doing some of it here, but something other than Masto toots will be needed.
LMK if you'd be interested
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
It's been one of those Venjent mornings...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKl9Tz1caxQ
"Love is the Answer"
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SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to ("Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀") wrote:
Happy Caturday!
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Composer Dmitri Shostakovich dies of lung cancer in Moscow, Russia, 1975
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Singapore secedes from Malaysia, 1965
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Sad Anniversary...
Today in History: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, 1945
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: US/Canada border defined in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Charles Manson murders take place, 1969