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

I'm a sucker for giant octopuses, but I also maintain some skepticism.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/04/23/im-not-the-only-one-easily-seduced-by-giant-cretaceous-octopuses/

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

*sigh*

After discussing Pretext with actual font and layout experts at BlinkOn this week, and having seen what happened with React when we stayed relatively quiet about the downsides early on, I think I have to write The Blog Post.

*sigh*

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
theonion@threads.net ("The Onion") wrote:

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neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

New thing for omg.lol members launching tonight (hopefully). 🔗

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

btw if you didn't know, PDF stands for Portable Dumpster Fire

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

they're hacking PDFs now

yeah and for the last few decades

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
FediVideo@social.growyourown.services ("Fedi.Video") wrote:

Veronica Explains creates fun and interesting videos about technology including FOSS, Linux, retro computing, retro gaming, self-hosting and assorted other stuff. You can follow at:

➡️ @vkc

There are already 60 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://tinkerbetter.tube/a/vkc/videos

#FeaturedPeerTube #Linux #FOSS #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #SelfHosting #PeerTube

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

I was away for a week. Apparently I was missed.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
chris@video.thepolarbear.co.uk ("Chris Were but on PeerTube") wrote:

Let's play Esoteric Ebb for the first time

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/aUfTZU2KDuNW3nRHCMqqiX

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
NorthBayPython@social.northbaypython.org ("North Bay Python") wrote:

Only another 48 hours before you can no longer buy #NPBy 2026 tickets before the start of the conference.

But why not buy now? https://pretix.northbaypython.org/nbpy/nbpy-2026/

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

I need a graph of context window growth vs. resources like inference compute / RAM over time. Has anyone already made this?

And does the model's size itself put limits on context windows, or is that purely a feature of the hardware you're doing inference on?

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

nileblue what are you doing?

Boosted by jwz:
hasani@my-spaces.social ("Hasani Hunter") wrote:

I have to admit calling Kash Patel "J. Edgar Boozer" is funny AF 💀 🤣

That's the kind of name that follows you for life

#kashpatel #uspol

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
loriemerson@post.lurk.org ("Lori Emerson") wrote:

what a delight to finally have a chance to read Jazmyn Crosby's beautiful addition to the #othernetworks universe: an interspecies communication operations manual! she made this gorgeous hand-bound zine as part of her residency at the @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social 💚

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
brandkopf@mastodon.art ("sommerlich.art") wrote:

It never fails to amaze even me after a long time how much of a difference a little white makes on gray paper. I hope you like it, too. ☺️

#art #mastoart #sketchbook #traditionalart #pencil

denschub@schub.social ("Dennis Schubert") wrote:

current status: being involved in three different work-things that all three make me lose my sanity at the same time, AMA

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

save time by simply building the generation after the next generation

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

WYPIWYG - What You Prompt Isn't What You Get

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

And the possibilities don't have to just be punitive. Tags could also be used to create timelines of local interest.

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

increased to around 1 mile per gallon

not bad for an american vehicle

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

warm colors physically warm our body

not as much as cold colors though

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

Idea: Providing the ability for users of an instances to tag posts. These tags can be tied to actions. So, for instance, posts can be tagged "slop", which could be configured to hide, and possibly even unboost, posts for the people on the instance.

You know, a way for people to help defend each from harmful nonsense that isn't just an individual binary: report, mute, etc. A local folksonomy with potential consequences, but just for the users on the instance.

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

have we just seen dark matter for the first time?

do i have to explain what 'dark' means?

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

… oh, and not to keep you folks in suspense any longer, the answer was 4.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen") wrote:

Going down rabbit holes while trying to determine whether a video was "AI" slop before boosting (yes it was), but at least I learned something new I guess. :/

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

cool cool, i see someone is very impressed with their ability to prompt the machine in the local feed again.

love to have people advertising fash tech on my alleged queer safe space instance.

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

Old habits die hard. Needed to choose randomly one of 18 items printed out on a piece of paper, with some exclusions. Went to #Python:

random.choice(list(set(range(1, 19)) - {5, 11}))

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
volts.wtf@bsky.brid.gy ("David Roberts") wrote:

Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.

USAID Whistleblower Says It Wa...

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

the vibecoded NIH Perl crypto packages

the what? i missed this one

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

we just tried some carrot and paprika satan pieces.

sorry, i mean seitan pieces. or do i?

anyway it was 70% off, that's the important thing.