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taral ("JP Sugarbroad") wrote:

This thread is amazing https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops/115415782377064702

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ifixcoinops@retro.social ("Dan Fixes Coin-Ops") wrote:

LB: remembered that I'm giving away advertising space for free PURELY BECAUSE THE WORST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WANT TO CHARGE LOADS OF MONEY FOR IT, please give me your 468x60 pixel non-animated banner for your hobby website or small (small!) business.

Make it colourful and cool looking like something that someone would want to click. I'm not going to put it over content or move stuff around just as someone's moving their finger to tap on something or any of that bullshit, I'm not going to TRICK people into clicking it accidentally, so if you want anyone to click on it then it has to be Actually Enticing. Put it in https://www.improbableisland.com/hobbysites.php and tell your webring.

EDIT: expand this thread for examples of good ads, cool/interesting replies and some of the most incredibly niche websites you've ever seen

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
hannah@posts.rat.pictures ("historic drystone sheep dyke") wrote:

Learning about the breed of sheep that has evolved to eat only kelp and can no longer abide the grass of its ancestors. Perhaps one day it will return to the sea as a cousin to the seal and the dolphin

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[![The sheep have evolved a somewhat different physiology from other sheep, due to their unusual diet: their digestive system has adapted to extract the sugars in seaweeds more efficiently. 22] A 2005 study at the University of Liverpool found that they have a greater susceptibility to copper toxicity, when compared with a more traditional breed such as the Cambridge. 145) This is because seaweed has a chemical which inhibits the absorption of copper, so the sheep have to absorb copper more efficiently to obtain the required amount. 122] The levels of copper found in typical sheep feed, including grass, are toxic for this breed. [31][46] Studies at the Universities of Liverpool and Minnesota suggest that they can extract four times more copper from their diet than more traditional breeds. 451[47]]6

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
chrisgeidner@journa.host ("Chris Geidner") wrote:

When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” I knew I was going to have to write about it.

Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is: https://www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bovino-is-exactly-who-eb-white-warned-of

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
heidilifeldman ("Heidi Li Feldman") wrote:

Hey #Charlotte, if you want to help businesses resist CBP and ICE, I can adapt this sign specifically for NC. Can also share informational brochure telling businesses their rights to exclude ICE from private spaces.

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

I know I’m not the best at answering emails, but I’ve been discovering lately that, without a shadow of doubt, I’m not remotely close to being the worst

(Icelandic publishing types are not great at the timely answer thing.)

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
lazerwalker@xoxo.zone ("Emilia") wrote:

PSA: despite having Epi-Pens my entire life, literally no doctor ever bothered to tell me the reason they come in 2-packs isn’t so you can keep the backup somewhere else, but because you might get in a situation where one pen doesn’t buy you enough time, and so you shouldn’t separate them.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
preya ("Moritz") wrote:

Holy Shit, #Valve did a product launch in 2025 and did not mention AI a single fucking time. So refreshing.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

Collecting bubbles right now.
* AI bubble
* Wall Street bitcoin
* Private equity bubble
* adding the Buy Now Pay Later bubble, which is ... largely untracked!!

https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/16/bnpl-is-expanding-fast-and-that-should-worry-everyone/

this feeds to my theory that the economy is screwed so we get *multiple* financial scams all at once, because it's the only way rich investors can show line going up

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
poppyhaze@girlcock.club ("Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋") wrote:

"I'm sorry."
https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
ella@eupolicy.social ("Ella Jakubowska") wrote:

RE: https://eupolicy.social/@ella/115463747493432363

Positive update on #ChatControl. The EU's member states are set to officially agree to delete forced mass scanning orders (which could undermine encryption) this week!

This puts the protection of civil liberties in a much better situation for final negotiations with the EU Parliament.

However, it doesn't mean that all the proposal's issues have been solved - we're especially worried about the threat of forcing message apps, email services and app stores to perform risky age verification.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
brettezeleliquide@h4.io wrote:

un temps pour réparer

tag : tricot restauratif, #art #repair #DIY #tech #psychology #societe #ecology

Attachments:

• gifv: reprise au crochet à remailler d'une béance dans un tricot mauve

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
bruthavoodoo@mastodon.scot ("Aron Smith") wrote:

If you missed this weekend's Geek Grotto, where I talked Valve news, Disney and gen AI, Bendis back at Marvel, a Godzilla RPG & spotlight Hammerlocke in Obscure Character Corner, the Listen On Demand is available here: https://www.mixcloud.com/bruthavoodoo/geek-grotto-episode-251

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
vnzn@mas.to ("Christian Noll") wrote:

Blocking LLM crawlers without JavaScript - (owl.is)

https://www.owl.is/blogg/blocking-crawlers-without-javascript/

#llm #web #javascript #privacy

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

it's Monday 👀

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Today, showing my daughter — who is an artist — an app I'm working on, and she's noticing this little grocery cart icon (attached).

Her: Where did you get that icon?
Me: I drew it.
Her: Not just found on the Internet?
Me: No, here's the original Inkscape SVG.
Her: What did you use as a reference?
Me: Nothing, I know how a grocery cart looks.
Her: *mind blown*

Feels nice to surprise her in a field where she considers herself proficient, and me usually admitting complete incompetence :-)

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz FINAL.DOCX") wrote:

Every time I see “Ollama” my brain substitutes “Obama,” and I start imagining an LLM that begins every response with “let me be clear”

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("DO NOT REPEAT THIS POPEHAT") wrote:

The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark

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

“They squandered their leverage, zapped their voters enthusiasm, and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. And it's just too bad that we are now stuck with these leaders we have on that side, and there's nothing that can be done about it.”

— John Stewart, #DailyShow on #Democrats

https://youtu.be/9UFZxLLchA4

Boosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
raiderrobert ("Robert Roskam") wrote:

The fables of 10x engineers never include:
- updating the docs
- pair programming
- adding meaningful test coverage
- listening to burned-out coworkers
- improving on-call runbooks

The engineers that do these do not seek glory. They plant trees they don't expect to sit under.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I've got the Glow Display (IHD/CAD) which works as an MQTT proxy for UK #SmartMeter readings. I can read them locally in #HomeAssistant. I've got near-realtime usage data from the the authoritative source that my energy provider uses for billing. Very cool!

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

I have a website again. And a blog. Because social media isn't permanent, never was, and never will be.

https://scy.name/blog/2025/11/relaunch.html

(post mentions death, Elon Musk, and US politics)

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
pixelpusher220@dmv.community ("Pusher of Pixels") wrote:

Tell me you've never watched Star Trek without telling me

#STTOS #StarTrek

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
tusk81 ("Gabe Ortíz") wrote:

“Agents twice stopped him in his pickup within about 10 minutes, he said. Both times he was still in the parking lot, he said.”

He’s a naturalized American citizen. More Kavanaugh stops in action.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/article312930478.html#storylink=cpy

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

Finally stumbled upon a working hack to prevent swiping from a list to be interpreted as swiping of the entire pager in which that list sits. Was driving me nuts for years! #Android UI framework isvery fiddly...

kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin") wrote:

First time doing choux pastry and it turned out better than expected 😁

The bottom was a little browner than it should've been, but otherwise very tasty. Gonna fill em with choco whipped cream

#baking

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
dillo@fosstodon.org ("Dillo browser") wrote:

Here is a new proposal on how to include OpenPGP signatures in HTML documents and verify them from the browser itself:

https://dillo-browser.org/rfc/006-signatures-html/

It shouldn't be too hard to implement in #Dillo and offload the verification to an external program like GnuPG.

CC @tomasino

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

Now that I've really got into bash programming and self hosting, I'm kinda tempted to do an audio blog. Could call it Chris Hear.

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

Cold winds whip and bite,
Gray skies drape the world in gloom,
Yet I step through mud.

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
Phorm@dragon.style ("Phorm The Vixdjinn") wrote:

I know a lot of folks have been going on about it, but Steam's latest hardware announcement has been utterly insane for the day and age in which we live.

Consider that they didn't hype it up with a launch event. They didn't sell a bunch of hype and buzzwords. All they did was release a ~6 minute video that effectively described the hardware and what it would provide, and had a webpage with *actual specs on it*.

They invited a bunch of tech reporters/YouTubers to their HQ, but they let them talk to *engineers*, not marketing people. The discussions focused on real capabilities of the hardware, and actual demonstrations. No vapor and promises. Not glitz and glam.

They made it clear this is all SteamOS driven, and that they have a focus of getting *existing x86 Windows software* running not only on Linux, but on ARM and in VR!!

They aren't pitching a closed ecosystem. They said, outright, "This is your hardware, you can do whatever you want with it".

THEY DIDN'T MENTION AI ONCE.

And they're _already_ making a bigger splash than any competitor ever did, even though those competitors have gobs more money they've thrown at this stuff, and tremendously more staff.

It's flabbergasting. I hope they make enough of an impact with all this that people sit up and take notice.