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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Yes, AI is nice for cat videos, light coding tasks, and maybe your CV.

But if it's so great, where are all the medical and scientific advancements?!

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Oh hey, I got more #LoRa questions! We all have that one recurring headache 😅

What's your biggest LoRa pain point right now?

Replies welcome, misery loves company 👇

#MeshCore #Meshtastic

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ricci@discuss.systems ("Rob Ricci") wrote:

Error: password must have:

* Two special characters
* That have a conversation
* About something other than a man

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

New post: "The Emacs for everything obsession" https://coyotetracks.org/blog/everything-in-emacs/

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bythehandofbob@mstdn.social wrote:

Sketch of Wu Tang Clan on that super delicate rice paper (dissolves if you pause too long). Ink and brush. #Inkvember インク画（インクが）

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

What's a better metaphor for the death of neoliberalism, than a neoliberal war criminal dying on the same day that a democratic socialist is elected to our country's grandest city?

We deserve better than the old-guard democrats and their rag newspapers.

#nyc #ZohranMamdani #DickCheney #NYT

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

I'm sad Dick Cheney died

...before he got to witness a democratic socialist win the race for the second greatest city in the world 🖤

#mamdani #nyc

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veedems ("Veedems") wrote:

Let’s do this, #NYC

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

Brave of YouTube to suggest this.

#PeerTube

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Which firmware powers your LoRa devices right now? Multiple picks allowed, I know you're just that nerdy.

Got your own network running? Drop your repo if it's public!

#LoRa #MeshCore #Meshtastic

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

Turns out there's a couple of settings that bring URL presentation a little bit more in line with what I'd expect

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

I'm reminded of the time I styled a element and never used it again, as predicted

https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-07-24T08:53Z/

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Hey fellow LoRa meshers 👋

I've recently started working on a little open-source mesh project and I'm curious to hear what got you into LoRa and mesh networking in the first place?

Tell me what you’re building!

#LoRa #MeshCore #Meshtastic

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

Trying out Zen Browser and I don't immediately hate it. It has a few things I disagree with (for example, downplaying the URL actually makes a browser less usable, it's a complexity inherent to the web and obfuscating it makes people less safe) but overall seems to work nicely

https://zen-browser.app/

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

Today we note the passing of a real Dick

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

`fetch()` required `Promise`, and *that* required getting TC39 to move on something we'd first proposed in 2010, but got blank looks about. But we tried and tried again, and finally it worked. Having DOM in the wings, ready to implement what the language wouldn't (which wouldn't give us `async`/`await`), allowed us to win the day in 2012/2013.

This makes me feel some guilt about the other parts of the DOM we haven't upgraded, but seeing the impact of `fetch()` makes me want to try again.

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

Doing this sort of work well often requires being willing to see past the current yes/no, and trying to string together a set of partial wins into something better. That helps us identify what's truly must-have, and what might have to wait for compatible future additions. `async`/`await` were in that second bucket for too long, too. And `AbortController` shows that it's possible to work around logjammed SDOs, too.

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

To be very clear, this sort of thing is never a slam-dunk; if it ever looks that way, it's only in the rear-view mirror. There was a strong argument from some Node-ish corners that error-first callbacks were all you'd ever need. As they predicted (and I feared), TC39 has absolutely shit the bed on cancellation (we had to throw it overboard to get Promises to move in 2013), leaving important problems on the field. But we always had a backup: the DOM.

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

Please, Lord, let Donald Trump be next.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/04/ding-dong-the-witch-is-dead/

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

A couple of weeks ago I was asked by some junior folks why they should consider platform work – implicit in their question, the care and feeding of old, stable platforms – and this sort of impact is one if the things I cited.

We designed `fetch()` (and Promises, and the second version of `async`/`await`) as part of the Service Worker design. We couldn't block the thread, so programming it needed an upgrade, but knew it would reverberate. And it has. I'm so glad.

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

In addition to out-generaling the US Army, this guy had some good awareness of the futility of dealing with Christian apologists.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/04/a-little-wisdom-from-chief-joseph-of-the-nez-perces/

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itorres@xin.cat ("Ignacio Torres") wrote:

@vkc

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

that explains why macOS is running at a snail's pace

I'll come back after Apple has stopped using my computer

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

What Apple’s UK Strategic Market Status Designation means for Browsers and Web Apps
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/what-apples-uk-strategic-market-status-designation-means-for-browsers-and-web-apps/

TL;DR good news

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

He's not letting me move.

#CatsOfMastodon

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

It's gratifying to see the ripples of work from a decade ago continue to improve things as good-spirited folks integrate those APIs into their thinking:

https://htmx.org/essays/the-fetchening/

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

Otis has me pinned down this morning.

#CatsOfMastodon

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

MIT releases, then quietly removes, nonsense AI cybersecurity paper

The finest academic papers money can buy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShXvaJ46hI0&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251103-mit-releases-retracts-nonsense-ai-cybersecurity-paper - podcast

time: 5 min 59 sec

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/03/mit-releases-then-quietly-removes-nonsense-ai-cybersecurity-paper/ - text

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

"near the very bottom" I didn't even win the wooden spoon :(

now I'm very curious what pipped my proposal lol

https://bsky.app/profile/jakearchibald.com/post/3m4l44zoenk27

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owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:

Multiple content providers had indicated that Apple's restrictions on iOS browsers also limited web apps viability on Android:
7/9