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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

@zzt when people read a post about fascism in tech and treat it as a personal attack on their tech choices, that's a tell that saves a lot of time going forward

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lety@doesstuff.social ("Lety Does Stuff") wrote:

Psycho question, is anyone here a welder. And I mean, veteran welder with years of experience and fun welder stories to tell, level of welder. If so, I'd appreciate your DMing me.

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fugueish@wandering.shop ("Chris Palmer") wrote:

How a labor movement (free software) destroyed itself, and how to recover from that (CW: Kubernetes mentioned favorably): The Death Of Consequences, by Christopher Neugebauer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsbUzGailCw

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oli@olifant.social ("D. Olifant") wrote:

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
trevorflowers@machines.social ("Trevor Flowers") wrote:

An open inkjet printer?
You have my attention.
https://www.hackster.io/news/the-open-printer-is-a-raspberry-pi-zero-w-powered-fully-open-highly-flexible-inkjet-printer-30948a1787cc
https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-tools/open-printer

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danirabbit@mastodon.online ("Danielle Foré") wrote:

This is the Ladybird guy btw in case you were still unsure about the project’s politics https://mastodon.social/@alatiera/115272605624599561

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:

Level up your nerd cred 🎮 Snag "the Game Console 2.0," "Game Boy Modding," and more in @nostarch's latest bundle. That's 21 books for as little as $36—and you're supporting EFF! https://www.humblebundle.com/books/electronics-for-the-curious-no-starch-books

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offby1@wandering.shop ("Chris is.") wrote:

I think this article by Bruce Schneier is really important to understand in the world we inhabit today.

The short version is that it is worth thinking about what your real threats are from authoritarian government surveillance and what you’re trying to protect or achieve.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/09/digital-threat-modeling-under-authoritarianism.html

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

On Little Donnie Boy Seeking Revenge

In shadows you plot,
A heart turned cold by anger,
Peace lost in the chase.

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

Remember when the web was younger and some dude went on Twitter like - "hey my dad is autistic you should hear the shit he says." And that was enough to get a tv show

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

Also for those interested, I had some trouble getting the perspective on the wings right, so I built a paper dragon to help me draw the base. :ablobderpy:

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

Here it is: Flying Dragon
A tribute to dragons, adventure, and flying!

I finished this just before my first gallery exhibition with the theme "Fantastik" (fantasy), where this painting had its premiere showing as a canvas print. The art show was a lot of fun, and I'm so happy my fellow nerds appreciate my art ❤️ Here's to dragons! 🔥

Digital painting made in Krita.

PS It works great as a phone screen, feel free to download for personal use!

#DigitalArt #Krita #Fantasy #dragon #FantasyArt #noai

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

If this brainstorming program actually comes together, it will probably be too Dramatica-inspired for people who don't like Dramatica, but not enough for people who love Dramatica. 🎯

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
tymwol@hachyderm.io ("Timothy Wolodzko") wrote:

The "do something and if it fails return None" pattern is responsible for a lot of strange bugs in Python code. Stop doing this! None is a valid return type only if "no result" is a valid result. Yeah, in languages like Rust or Haskell the Option monad is pretty popular, but they also force handling it properly. In dynamic languages, you end up with "None" strings, math errors when doing arithmetic operations on None, or even less pretty bugs. In such a case, None should be returned only in cases where user should expect it as a valid result, so is expected to handle it properly. Otherwise, it begs for bugs.

#python #monads

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oneunderscore__@threads.net ("Ben Collins") wrote:

I just want to say... thank you.

We thought this thing was dead in the water. Instead, over 100 independent theatres, bars, improv spaces, and random people with projectors emailed asking to show this dumb movie because making fun of the president and his dead pedophile friend is important.

If your city isn't on this list and you run a theatre or event space there, email jeffreyepstein@theonion.com and we'll let you screen it for free.

Again, this is real. Thank you.

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

Now I will need a song to dislodge this one, but later... much later.

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

Woke up with "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" in my head, which is appropriate I suppose.

But I was looking for a way to dislodge the song from my mental record player and came across this new song and video from Florence and the Machine, "Everybody Scream":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iBgkXb1EE

Which uh... Yeah... 😳

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MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social ("Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!") wrote:

Just re-upping this amazing protest sign I saw over the summer

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@don_atoms feeling this. I got out of a meeting minutes ago where I was asked: why did we build this thing this way?

Because we were told these were the tools to use, (and the pattern to follow) so we did as we were told.

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alex@dads.cool ("alex dadsite") wrote:

turns out the real jazz was the notes you didn't play along the way

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swordlace@www.librepunk.club ("Ada Swordlace") wrote:

Colorado

Attachments:

• video: Clips of a bunch of people riding custom vehicles down the street, such as a ladder, a bunk bed, an aircraft carrier, and a trampoline

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DocPop@pixelfed.social ("Doctor P. Popular") wrote:

Hack the planet. Spotted on Mission St. #SFGraffiti #Graffiti

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weirdsatellite@mastodon.art ("Weird Spy Satellite") wrote:

Transmission #10759 from RASR-2 (L CLEARANCE)

1. Moat of Space
2. Menacing Solar Eclipses
3. Black Hole of Bonesaws

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

♬️ GOTHICUMBIA at DNA Lounge tonight: Fri Sep 26, 9:30pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/09-26.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #gothicumbia #losgothsco #gothic #cumbia #postpunk #rockenespanol #darkwaveymas #sanfrancisco

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• gifv: ee7659861b607bc4.mp4

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Fatal Funnel Hat") wrote:

/2 HEGSETH: NOBODY tells a warrior "hey ease up" or "haven't you had enough" or "must you vomit into my handbag" GENERALS: [eerie silence, cough, creak of chair] HEGSETH: and NOBODY tells a warrior how to keep his women in order or how to chase tail GENERALS: .... HEGSETH: NOT. EVEN. MOTHER.

jwz wrote:

Today in TicketBastard.

The SIM Farm Hardware Seized by the Secret Service Is Also Popular With Ticket Scalpers: The technology used, which can be seen clearly in photos released by the Secret Service, are regularly used by SMS scammers, spammers, and...
https://jwz.org/b/ykv3

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Dio9sys@haunted.computer wrote:

pretty messed up how magic smoke is smoke that indicates a fried pcb instead of smoke that makes a genie come out of your pcb

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alcinnz@floss.social wrote:

Software Performance: Avoiding Slow Code, Myths & Sane Approaches – Casey Muratori @ The Marco Show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apREl0KmTdQ (YouTube)

CW: "AI" comes up in conversation at the end.

Regardless, great interview! Really cuts through misconceptions I see regularly.

jwz wrote:

Please enjoy jwz mixtape 254.
https://jwz.org/b/ykv1

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• video: fcb815c60a60b75a.mp4

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don_atoms@hostux.social ("gofoss") wrote:

The most radical act in tech isn’t building something new. It’s keeping the old ideals alive: that people should control their tools, not the other way around.