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

The seals are on the prowl

#kitsap

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• video: Video of seals swimming around in the ocean with birds flying overhead

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

Ooh, are we going in the (McClaren) P1?

No, we're going in the 1L transit ecoboost

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

a lot of people now use faraday pouches

this is an unusual definition of 'a lot', isn't it?

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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:

When I tell y'all how many people work for the NYPD, and that their budget ($12B/yr) is greater than the military budget of almost every country on earth, people think I'm exaggerating.

I'm not.

So when they say that they "Don't have enough resources," to pursue all the sex crimes or thefts? They are lying.

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

But it gets dumber: Someone apparently reported my comment as, uh, self-harm???

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

I know it's my own mistake for bothering with Reddit, but BlueAnon conspiracy theorists suck

https://old.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/1rubv6a/it%5Fwas%5Fstaged%5Fand%5Fim%5Ftired%5Fof%5Fpretending%5Fit%5Fwasnt/oam4mpu/?context=9

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glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

@swelljoe in closing, I could beat Casey Muratori in a fist fight

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

I want to know if this guy was an organic chemist, which might explain his appreciation of urea.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/03/15/how-to-kick-a-professor-off-campus/

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I guess what bugs me the most is that I am not _good_ at this. I don't have any resources to analyze markets. Spreadsheets make me tired. I should not be routinely able to glance at what passes for "professional" product reviews or market analysis and be yelling at the screen "you forgot that more than one person is going to buy a computer this year!!!"

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

the reason that this makes me annoyed enough to post about is not that I have any particular animus for "tech review" people. it's just that it's a very small but egregious example of the omnipresence in our culture of "analysis" that looks at metrics but ignores systems.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

the function knows where its going to call because it knows where it isn't going to call

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

unrelatedly, as an owner of a Macintosh Computer Book (Professional) with 64GB of RAM, I am _psyched_ that Apple has implicitly made a promise that its operating system will be usable with only 8GB for at least 8 more years. this is absolutely my favorite computer that I will never ever use

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

the entire video game industry rested on the Nintendo Entertainment System for an entire decade, a computer with 2 kilobytes of RAM when price-competitive home computers had megabytes.

the macbook neo is not a good choice if you are a competitive Valorant or a Cyberpunk 2077 streamer with a million dollars of annual brand deal revenue on the line. but it is going to change what "gaming" *is* for the actual public where game studios make their money.

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

"Is the macbook neo good for Gaming" the Influencers howl, looking at multivariate equations including the price of RAM and the number of teraflops that a GPU can produce

you dolts, this machine is about to be in the hands of like ten million children. its price point means it is highly likely going to be The Computer for an entire generation. it already plays a huge catalog of casual games just fine. the demo units in the apple stores are all playing Apple Arcade titles with no difficulty.

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rysiek@mstdn.social ("Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦") wrote:

Called it:
https://archive.md/20260313093508/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-13/the-ai-washing-of-job-cuts-is-corrosive-and-confusing

> A Resume.org survey of 1,000 hiring managers found that 59% say they emphasize AI’s role in layoffs because it “is viewed more favorably by stakeholders than saying layoffs or hiring freezes are driven by financial constraints.”

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Me: God, please show me how I fit into your plan.

God: Oh I have no idea, bro. I just had AI do it all for me.

Me: You... You had AI...

God: Make the universe, yeah. The whole thing.

Me: ...

God: ...

Me: ...Well I guess that kinda explains some things.

God: Oh yeah, no, totally.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

the hackers had a Teams meeting and it got hacked

😂

Boosted by taral ("JP Sugarbroad"):
whyrlpool@slime.global wrote:

Who called it pool.ntp.org and not the neighbourhood watch?

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
Ceneca@sergal.org wrote:

Nothing to see here, just usual Swedish construction work happening here

🎞️🪡 whitewingcreations

#Sergal #Cheese #Fursuit #Furry #Furryfandom #Fursuiting #FursuitEveryday #SergalSunday

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
tarkasteve@hachyderm.io ("Steve Smith") wrote:

So I recently discovered that a shitpost I made about job titles on the company network is now evidence in a court case. This may be my finest hour.

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

I suspect I’m being blocked on writing more for my blog because I keep starting articles about things that annoy me, and they not only feel boring and depressing, they feel repetitive. I need to get back to things that *don’t* annoy me.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷"):
ludd@mastodon.gamedev.place ("luddite 🇵🇸 computer") wrote:

@fromjason yeah i saw it

the wheelers, the gnome king, the electro-shock therapy, perfect for a kids movie 🫠

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

lane assist. if you've ever had this feature on your car, you'll know it's best turned off

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
sarahtaber@mastodon.online ("Sarah Taber") wrote:

Did a quick video on how the "oh no fertilizer" headlines are clickbait.

https://youtu.be/13gQAt7OzxE

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Ayyyeee my chocolate banana bread is a hit 🎉

I'm gonna get fancy and add chocolate chips. Was thinking I can add them frozen? I wonder what that does to the texture of the bread though. I know for scones, frozen butter bits are what makes a scone the way it is.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Y'all are awesome thank you.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

As far as skill level, I think I could install / manage most things. Though, I would like to look at some "it just works options"

If you know of something that's more technical, but worth it because of the features, im down for that too

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

I'm considering buying a computer and using it has my home server. I'm tired of paying Apple to store ten thousand screenshots in iCloud.

I also want to own my music and other media files.

Basically, I want all my storage to be in my hands.

Anyone know of good open source software I can use to achieve my goal?

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
blog@shkspr.mobi ("Terence Eden’s Blog") wrote:

I don't have a community

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/03/i-dont-have-a-community/

I get confused when I hear statements on the news like "community leaders have called for calm" or "community leaders will be encouraged to host informative programs" or "assurances were provided by local community leaders" or "community leaders have launched a campaign"...

I want to ask you a simple question. Who are your community leaders?

Take a moment to think about that.

Who are my community leaders?

I don't know how I identify myself. And I'm not sure if that's a problem or not.

I don't have a religion.

I don't have a profession, as such. My career is a haphazard mish-mash of jobs. There's no chartered body which speaks on my behalf and asks me to submit to their rulings.

I am a member of a Trade Union. But they don't ask anything of me other than monthly fees. I'm free to listen to them or not.

I know a few of my neighbours. They're nice enough, but I don't share anything much with them other than a postcode. I doubt we'd band together for anything more than an ad-hoc litter pick - and that's unlikely to be organised by a "leader".

I don't follow sports, so have no answer when someone asks me who my team are. If the captain of the England squad runs a campaign about men's health then I'm unlikely to know who he is, let alone trust his advice.

I'm not a member of a political party. Even if I was, I doubt I'd follow all their edicts. I've got a local councillor and MP - I wouldn't describe their relationship to me as a leader.

What are my tribes?

Humans are a social species. I have friends - both online and meatspace. But I don't feel like I have a community.

I am a geek. Would I describe Torvalds and Doctorow as my "community leaders"? Nope!

I enjoy drinking beer and cider - I even go to festivals. I don't care what you drink, or if you don't drink. I don't care what CAMRA defines as "real" - if you enjoy it, drink it.

I love Star Wars, but who leads that community? I ignore the people who get upset that a person who doesn't look like them is now a protagonist. I didn't need to be lead to that conclusion.

I have opinions about LGBT+ rights. But I'd far rather listen to the experiences of my trans* friends than those from a self-appointed leader.

There are things I like, and people within those communities who opinions I find interesting. But I'd struggle to call them leaders.

My hobbies include not collecting stamps

Can I only define myself by the things that I'm not?

Am I missing out on some vital human experience?

I'm not naïve enough to think that I've derived my own personal philosophy - everyone is a composite product of their culture and environment.

But it troubles me. Everyone else seems to have a community, and a leader. Do I need a community? Do I need to be led?

#meta

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
pfriedma@pfedi.pfriedma.org wrote:

Weather alert notification is throwing up its hands in exasperation