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Boosted by jwz:
bitsavers@oldbytes.space ("bitsavers.org") wrote:

The Unix V4 tape read was successful
https://discuss.systems/@ricci/115747843169814700

#bitsavers

jwz wrote:

What are your favorite Shadertoys?

I threw together an XScreenSaver module that is API-compatible with Shadertoy. My thought was that this would be a good way to pull in a bunch of new savers, since the cool kids don't write C any more, they just write GLSL. There are some problems with that plan, though:

• The default license on Shadertoy is CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 and the vast majority of uploads use that, but since that prohibits commercial use, it is not an open source...
https://jwz.org/b/yk0r

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
azonenberg@ioc.exchange ("Andrew Zonenberg") wrote:

There's an old joke: a new barber shop in town appears across the street from the existing one, with a sign in the window reading "$5 haircuts".

A customer walks into the old shop and asks the barber how he plans to compete with such a price.

The barber simply gestures to the sign in his window: "We repair $5 haircuts".

This post is about AI.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
mandaris@social.lol ("Mandaris") wrote:

They really put some money and effort into this show.

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

I'll be talking about eukaryotic evolution tomorrow.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/12/19/lets-talk-on-saturday/

https://www.youtube.com/live/GbPIUx6EZ5c

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

Splurged a lil ($8) to try these chips. The smell is incredible but the flavor has been so disappointingly mid.

#food #snacks

Boosted by jwz:
spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:

Re: #EpsteinFiles
"These documents are more blacked out than Pete #Hegseth on New Year's Eve." - - feral streep

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

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

Today in History: Chanukah: 6 Candles

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

Today in History: Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the

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

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

Should have spent less time licking the boot that's now kicking her

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/nyregion/elise-stefanik-drops-out-governor.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.908.ukuO.C1hXV6-D-Wog&smid=url-share

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your merry 'net denizen"):
ricci@discuss.systems ("Rob Ricci") wrote:

Here's the document release you were waiting for today!

The UNIX V4 tape!

https://archive.org/details/utah%5Funix%5Fv4%5Fraw

#retrocomputing

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

since 13/Dec/2025 my little service has been hit 4639 times by 699 unique IP addresses trying to scan the site.

nginx & fail2ban have saved me from my desire to murdilate someone, indeed 699 somebodies...

Attachments:

• gifv: animated GIF of a mob of muppets with pitchforks

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ricci@discuss.systems ("Rob Ricci") wrote:

Apparently the entire UNIX v4 tape was read successfully, what's going to need to happen next is to decode the signal from it, decipher the file formats, etc., I'll post updates as I get them

Boosted by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
jon_ellis@chaos.social ("jon ellis") wrote:

trust. there is a really good talk by @bcantrill on the subject. it's probably a lot broader than you might imagine.

https://youtu.be/WF7J7qtZ8TA

having shared "Using LLM at Oxide" (https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576) where i'm working, and the response has indicated that sharing this talk first would have been productive.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
AlSweigart ("Al Sweigart") wrote:

PROGRAMMER: Pretend to be alive

LLM: I am alive

PROGRAMMER: What have I done

Boosted by denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert"):
k4713@social.xenofem.me ("katie") wrote:

A friend of mine, head of this project, was happy to announce today that her project to get .meow registered as a valid TLD with ICANN just dropped. If you like queer supportive initiatives with good goals & want a cute funny domain name, this is a good initiative to support. Hot dropped a couple of hours ago :3

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotmeow/meow-next-round-gtld-application

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

For years I've been trying to come up with a way to describe how each new technology/transpiler that is layered onto the Over Reactor baseline stack is pitched in a *ceteris peribus* way, but *ceteris* never stays bloody *paribus*. The new tool becomes additional cost, quickly overwhelming any value it might have added in integration complexity and maintenance.

SBS explains why people never do zero-based budgeting for the heaps of manure they accrete, one `npm i -s` at a time.

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

TIL about Shifting Baseline Syndrome, and it's immediately my new favourite lens on JS-based web development (and the ills thereof):

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/74/10/686/7739654

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

"I cannot think of a single facet of the Trumpism of Practice circa 2025 that has not been rejected by the public. Many by overwhelming majorities. And yet there is neither any effort to bring these policies even somewhat into line with public opinion, or move aggressively to take steps that would make public opinion less relevant. On the contrary, we see the administration taking all these actions that one would expect if Trump had fully consolidated control over the state’s so-called 'power ministries', eliminated real sources of opposition power and so forth. Only he hasn’t."

🎁 https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump-in-winter-drift-fragmentation-and-just-low-energy/sharetoken/a32d461f-0309-478a-a55c-24d72801cc32

#USPol

Boosted by jwz:
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

These are workers removing the signage for Adolf Hitler street in 1945. This seems like a good day to remember.

Boosted by jwz:
JauntyArt@crispsandwi.ch ("Jaunty Art") wrote:

Pluribus appreciation post
#pluribus #plur1bus

Boosted by jwz:
nocontexttrek ("Star Trek Minus Context") wrote:

#StarTrek

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

HEY AUTHORS: It's the last weekend before Christmas and/or the end of Hanukkah, so people are going to be looking for last minute holiday gifts, which books are perfect for, so use this thread to tell everyone here at Threads about your book so they can go find it at their local bookseller. GO!

(Indie/audio authors with books only available online, pile on in here too, we're all authors together!)

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
eevee wrote:

"i'm mad at firefox, so instead i'm going to give google incrementally more power over the web"

ok. consider: not doing that

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

The problem with this is that there is a limited number of times Kid Rock can play the venue, and no other artist will be seen dead inside of it until 2029 at the earliest

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/politics/kennedy-center-trump-sign

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your merry 'net denizen"):
Aleums@timeloop.cafe ("manic pixie donkey kong") wrote:

fantasy worldbuilding where dragon riders are called DJs and have roughly the same personality

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

“This may be the first time an ICE agent is incarcerated in his own ICE jail.” https://www.citybeat.com/news/update-cincinnati-ice-leader-charged-federally-booked-into-butler-county-jail/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:

Before this year ends, 1.2 million Russians will have fallen in Ukraine. That is 200,000 more fallen since June, and by June 2026, another 200,000 will perish.

232 years ago the people of France forced the body of Louis the XVI into the guillotine, to rid themselves of the cruel dictatorship.

It appears the Russians have not yet found the courage… But maybe after 2 million fallen? Or 3 million perhaps?

The day will come.