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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“We were angry | A Working Library”

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/we-were-angry

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AceArsenault@fosstodon.org ("Andrew "Ace" Arsenault") wrote:

Recently I've been working with analog magnetic sensors for reading keyboard position, velocity and aftertouch.

Wrote a quick FM-synthesis engine for some sweet 1980s synth bells. Then took the prototype keyboard for a test drive on one of them free jam-tracks. : }

#music #instruments #electronics #diy #firmware

Attachments:

• video: 2x10 multitouch compact keyboard matrix being played to a jazz track.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your spooky 'net denizen"):
kelsiraespace@mstdn.social ("Kelsi🔭📷🌠") wrote:

My system 7 project is continuing at a good clip, ps/2 keyboard input, sb16 emulation and started converting the pascal and assembly source for macpaint from Bill Atkinson to C also for inclusion #RetroComputing #macintosh #OpenSource https://github.com/Kelsidavis/System7

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:

I know I ask this periodically but:
SPACES or TABS?

(If you convert your tabs to spaces, then you use spaces.)

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 👻") wrote:

there wasn't supposed to be gravity...

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• gifv: "snake" game but the snake comically accelerates too fast and drops off screen

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺") wrote:

A classic style rambly video about my Newsboat and Lynx browser setup.

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/gQ9pCFCgmcihC67rnMMhUz

#foss #linux #newsboat #lynx

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

the gentleman says safety AND justice are possible? what a concept 🙏

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000732122350

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

Science brain meets bad SF movie, and suffers horribly.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/10/16/the-problem-with-trying-to-make-sense-of-a-bad-sci-fi-movie/

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 👻") wrote:

"this looks broken, there is an error"

"can you copy the error and maybe screenshot the problem?"

*radio silence*

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Datacenter GPU service life can be surprisingly short — only one to three years is expected according to unnamed Google architect | Tom's Hardware”

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/datacenter-gpu-service-life-can-be-surprisingly-short-only-one-to-three-years-is-expected-according-to-unnamed-google-architect

More details on the Google architect's short service life estimate for GPUs

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

‘revival begins with the people proclaiming, by word and deed, “I have sinned.”

MAGA Christianity has a different message. It looks at American culture and declares, “You have sinned.”

And it doesn’t stop there. It also says, “We will defeat you.” In its most extreme forms, it also says, “We will rule over you.” That’s not revival; it’s revolution, a religious revolution that seeks to overthrow one political order and replace it with another…’

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/opinion/christianity-charlie-kirk-revolution-revival.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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jaffathecake ("Jake Archibald") wrote:

I dug into progressive image rendering and found a bunch of common assumptions aren't quite true.

➡️ JPEG & WebP progressive-renders worse in Safari
➡️ AVIF _does_ support progressive
➡️ But JPEG XL in Safari doesn't
➡️ JPEG XL decodes much slower than AVIF
⬇️ …and more

https://jakearchibald.com/2025/present-and-future-of-progressive-image-rendering/

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iso7010@hacksrus.xyz ("ISO7010 pictogram of the day") wrote:

W041 — Asphyxiating atmosphere

Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISO%5F7010%5FW041%5Fwarning;%5Fbreathing%5Fhazard.svg
Author: Wikimedia Commons user Repeater-reclaim
CC0 (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

The scenarios the post outlines are wildly optimistic bullshit that assumes there are no shenanigans going on and that the demand will inevitably be there, but the initial observations are interesting

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Lifespan of AI Chips: The $300 Billion Question - CITP Blog”

https://blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/10/15/lifespan-of-ai-chips-the-300-billion-question/

> Per my calculations, this hole grows to over $1.5 trillion annually if the true total cost of ownership is taken into account

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rgarner ("Russell Garner") wrote:

jwz wrote:

Show them the finger, babe.

(It's cool, I'm sure that meant something completely different in 1937.)

https://jwz.org/b/ykwk

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• video: 1eae0fa472e84a58.mp4

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
uglyreykjavik.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Ugly Reykjavik") wrote:

I don't think this door is in use.#Iceland #Reykjavik #photography #streetphotography #decay #door #concrete #rust #red

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jwz wrote:

@insom @turnipGod @alanc

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• gifv: b6e6b93d151c42c1.mp4

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Werewolf ⁂🐧🌱☕ 🎃💀🕸🐺"):
eris2cats@chaos.social ("Eris2cats") wrote:

Microsoft hat ihre "convert2linux"-Quote noch nicht erreicht, wie es aussieht.

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Quick update: credit where it's due!

Heltec's support completely turned things around! They apologized, sent a replacement, and even included an extra goodie.

Mistakes happen, but how a company handles them really matters. Now I'll happily buy there again 🙌

Boosted by jwz:
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

"Hey market what are you up to?"
"I have this nice AAA bond very safe can't go wrong."
"Wow THREE As?"
"Yes."
"So uh... what's in it?"
"Well... you know. Bundles."
"Bundles of what?"
"Bundles of bundles."
"Ok what is in those bundles?"
"Loans."
"That's nice. What kind of loans?"
"..."
"Well?"
"I'm lending cash to teenagers over the internet to buy NFTs... LISTEN I know it sounds risky... but ALL the loans can't fail!"

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Drwave ("Michael B. Johnson") wrote:

Didn't manage to see any inflatable frogs on this trip to #portland, but I did see some #PortlandFrogs going up down the street from Powells…

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Writing C++ without inheritance feels like switching from espresso shots to herbal tea.

My code's calmer, my brain's quieter, my debugger's bored. Suck on this, UML!

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

Oh Noooo! 😱​
Who wants such an app??

"PicSee is the simplest way in the world, to get all your unseen pics from your friends devices!

It's the World’s First #AI enabled Mutual Photo Sharing app.

Your friends get their photos from you only when they give you yours. Using AI facial recognition, PicSee finds unseen photos of you on friends’ devices and delivers them after a simple one-time, mutual approval."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/co-founder-of-indian-social-network-koo-releases-a-new-photo-sharing-app/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TomSullivan@mstdn.social ("Tom Sullivan") wrote:

"If armed, masked, federal agents are snatching US citizens off the street as they walk to work and throwing them in unmarked vehicles, you can only imagine what these agents must be willing to do to our immigrant neighbors" and people who dare speak out.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/14/chicago-ice-tv-producer-arrest

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cykonot@mas.to ("Cykonot") wrote:

As global warming leads more fungi to adapt to living at temperatures found in the human body, it is thought that fungal infections may become more pervasive

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11034633/

Maturing mycoviral therapeutics now will help protect us & our food systems in this changing world

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773078625000196

Ecosystemic approaches to health are critical for the prevention of future crises... By developing technologies to protect our food system, we can accelerate their development for humans

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

"American Flag With Swastika Is Found in Republican Congressman’s Office
Representative Dave Taylor of Ohio condemned the symbol as “vile” and said his office was investigating with the U.S. Capitol Police."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/swastika-flag-congressional-office.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.tk8.bsNl.940Qspe4uvuE&smid=url-share

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
b@convo.casa ("b҉") wrote:

the current crop of young GOP staffers are like 75% groyper Nazis, exhibit 1,276

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/us/swastika-flag-congressional-office.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.tk8.bsNl.940Qspe4uvuE&smid=url-share

“A photo of the flag, which was obtained and reported by Politico, shows that some of its red and white stripes had been arranged into the shape of a swastika. Politico reported that the image was taken during a virtual meeting that included one of Mr. Taylor’s staff members.”

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I've got Eve smart plugs which happen to report grid voltage they see. I've noticed this is precise enough to observe wire resistance, and see how far each plug is from the breaker box!
#homeAssistant