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Tutanota wrote:
"Software with 0 haters"
What's your pick?
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redsad@ohai.social ("captain acab :antifa:") wrote:
evergreen holiday meme
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jalefkowit@vmst.io ("Jason Lefkowitz FINAL (2).DOCX") wrote:
The logical endpoint of self-driving cars is you getting into your car to go to Burger King, and the car refusing to take you there because its manufacturer has an exclusivity agreement with McDonald’s
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fesshole ("Fesshole 🧻") wrote:
Emo lad I dated cancelled date saying his bat died. He was ultra goth so sounded plausible. On next meet said sorry about the dead bat & he said "no I meant my battery "
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evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:
Can you sing your national anthem from memory?
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tarheel@mstdn.io ("John Lusk") wrote:
In aggregate, we have the memory of a goldfish. Once around the bowl.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and the focus of a dog (SQUIRREL!)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
FBI Deputy Director basically says “pay me enough and I’ll say anything”… and on FoxNews, of all places
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fabio@manganiello.eu ("Fabio Manganiello") wrote:
Linus Tech Tips: There was a recent thing from a major tech company where developers were asked to say how many lines of code they wrote, and if it wasn’t enough, they were terminated. And there was someone here who was extremely upset about that approach to measuring productivity because it means nothing.
Linus Torvalds: Oh yeah, no, you shouldn’t even be upset at that point. That’s just incompetence. Anybody who thinks that’s a valid metric is too stupid to work at a tech company.
LTT: You do know who you just said that about, right?
Linus Torvalds: No.
LTT: Oh. Uh… he was a prominent figure in the improved efficiency of the U.S. Government recently.
Linus Torvalds: Oh, apparently I was spot-on.
Mastodon FeedChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:
New #Freebooters is live at https://freebooters.uk. Recorded today.
Mastodon FeedChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:
Latest Freebooters podcast: Getting busy with bash, FOSS sound formats, and why YouTube has outgrown us
https://freebooters.uk/media/20251206-getting-busy-with-bash.mp3
Chris shares the bash projects he's been working on, we talk about MP3 vs other FOSS audio formats, and we talk about why YouTube isn't the best place for smaller creators any more....
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Today in History: The Rolling Stones play Altamont Speedway near San Francisco, 1969
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: First sound recording made by Thomas Edison, 1877
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Today in History: 12/06 Founding of Quito in Ecuador
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Independence Day in Finland
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: London becomes the world's first city with motorised cabs, 1897
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: St. Nicholas' Day
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krypt3ia@infosec.exchange ("Krypt3ia") wrote:
RE: https://mstdn.social/@pravda/115672555377228652
Fuck
Mastodon Feeddb@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:
Advent of Code day 6 status: done ★★
https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-12-06T11:23Z/— there's got to be a better way but I'm taking the win and enjoying my Saturday 😏
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RuthMalan ("Ruth — of systems & em dashes") wrote:
‘An Airplane has been defined as a collection of parts having an inherent tendency to fall to earth, and requiring constant effort and supervision to stave off that outcome. The System called "airplane" may have been designed to fly, but the parts don't share that tendency. In fact, they share the opposite tendency. And the System will fly—if at all—only as a System.’
— John Gall, The Systems Bible
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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:
AI screws us again: memory shortages, Crucial shutting down
Micron makes ‘difficult decision’ to take the dumptrucks full of money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWNSPL6BRuY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251104-ai-screws-us-again-memory-shortages-crucial-to-shut-down - podcasttime: 6 min 09 sec
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/ - text
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
First raven photo of the winter. Ravens here in Iceland tend to migrate to urban areas for the winter season, after nesting in the countryside over the summer, so you tend to see more of them in winter #raven #bird #iceland
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
Birds. The photos are a little bit clumsy this week but one of my neighbours is doing a solid job of feeding the redpolls (the small birds) and redwings (the slightly larger ones) #birds #bird #iceland
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Today is a defining moment for our country. We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.” Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota.
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
AFAICT this means that smaller European publishers who want to sell to the US need to print in the US, with the inevitable hassle of either managing US inventory or Print-On-Demand variability and quality
Mastodon Feedbaldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:
Shipping books from Iceland to the US is still problematic even though books are supposedly exempt. I heard about packages frequently getting returned by US customs for spurious reasons, seemingly arbitrary fines on both sender and receiver, and a delay of up to 45 working days even if all goes well
That few if any Icelandic bookstores ship to the US these days is entirely unsurprising.
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RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:
Anti-ICE poster spotted in Portland, Oregon
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CosmickTrigger@social.edist.ro ("Daughter of Discord") wrote:
Mr Rogers was a republican.
He was a white christian cis het man.He prayed and read the Bible every day.
He created a children's TV show with taxpayer money in which he promoted his "christian views" to a secular audience through secular media.
He studied other religions and other cultures to improve on his reach and connection. He never preached or quoted scripture--yet, we all got the message he intended for us.
He appealed to President Nixon and Congress to continue to fund the creation of PBS with a persuasive speech that is one of the most studied for public speaking and PR. A gentle but powerful speaker.
While white people were pouring concrete into public pools rather than share with black neighrbors, Fred Rogers broadcast himself sharing a quiet conversation in a pool with African-American music and co-worker, Francios Clemmons. The softest act of defiance against White Supremacy.
He was the most demanded speaker on college campuses--he did not have to con his way onto campus to speak and nazis and counter-protesters did not follow his appearances---You know, despite the fact that he was a white christian man promoting christian values to the general public.
Every generation since the 1968 has been positively impacted by Mr Rogers.
Even children in the past 20 years are benefiting from his legacy at PBS --his methods and messages are STILL used in children's programming around the world.
No one had to mandate mourning his death because we all actually felt a genuine loss when he passed away. Even grown adults, who had not watched his show for 10 years by the time he passed, felt a piece of genuine goodness leave the planet.
We did not have to be Christian with Mr Rogers for him to do so much for us.
He never asked us to be Christian with him.
He only asked us to be his neighbor.
So...
If you find that the general public is rejecting your brand of Christianity, it might because you are a horrible fucking person with a 2000 yr old book of shitty excuses that no one is buying into.
It might be because you are a filthy grifter looking to capitalize off end-times hysteria and seniors with end-of-life anxieties.
It might be cause you are a disgusting bigot trying to reap superiority while evading moral accountability.
It probably has nothing to do at all with you actually "being a christian".
Cause we all fucking loved Mr Rogers.
-- Patchie Dee
