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Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
fblive@live.freebooters.uk ("Freebooters live") wrote:

I've gone live!

Drew, Hamish, and Chris chat some nonsense

#chatting #videosgames #tech

https://live.freebooters.uk

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• gifv: Live stream preview

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

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

thanks ddg, obviously when i search for tokio i mean tokyo

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
gmc@friends.chasmcity.net wrote:

#cat #dog

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

the right to vote is the bedrock of democracy, and no other rights are safe without representation. and the protections of the Voting Rights Act were not just for citizens in ‘The South’.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/30/us/politics/voting-rights-act-black-population-congress.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.flA.6lIQ.xTLmuGKu28DW&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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

i see wakefulness levels are at "i tried to explain something simple and had to edit my post twice"

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

This is a long-standing characteristic of the field and it explains a lot of what’s been going on in tech. If you can’t even empathise with people doing the same job as you—that share your circumstances—what are the chances of you caring about the end user or the effects of your work on society?

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

The class solidarity argument has been a part of “AI” discourse in many fields for a while now. It doesn’t settle the debate but it’s a rationale many will acknowledge even if they disagree

Except in coding. Mention it to software devs and most will look at you as if you just spoke in tongues

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
JamesWidman ("James Widman") wrote:

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
DGI@graeber.social ("David Graeber Institute") wrote:

Happy Birthday to Sir David Attenborough who turns 100 years old this week.

He is someone whose words we should all stop and think about.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
jasongorman@mastodon.cloud ("Jason Gorman") wrote:

It pisses me off when even AI skeptics like Gary Marcus keep repeating the industry talking point that "AI has clear value in coding".

The best available evidence shows that the value is far from clear.

In fact, the best available evidence shows that the median outcome is net-negative.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
danluu ("Dan Luu") wrote:

I was wondering why I was seeing so many "Co-authored-by: Copilot" commits recently. It turns out VS Code added a "feature" that inserts that into your commits automatically, even if you're not using Copilot.

It looks like people complained about this, which went nowhere until this hit the front page of HN. After this was the top HN story Saturday, an MS engineer submitted a PR to switch this feature to default off an hour ago (midnight Redmond time).

What will they think of next?

Boosted by jwz:
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

@fedward biggest recession indicator: twonks waving around charts to show you've never had it so good

nobody does that when times are as good as they're making out

jwz wrote:

I'll take decimals that look octal for $177, Alex...

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!") wrote:

Judging someone on a single tool without knowing the rest is a bit hasty.

Yes, I sometimes use LLMs. But I have never taken a plane, I travel by train, I work from home, and I grow some of my own fruit and vegetables.

I am not saying I am beyond criticism. I am saying one tool does not define a person.

But everyone is free to have their own opinions. :-)

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
rebane2001@infosec.exchange ("Rebane") wrote:

i'll be giving my css clicker training talk at smashing meets next wednesday!

it's a free online event! check it out here:
https://smashingconf.com/meets-style-sheets

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
trevdev@fosstodon.org ("Trev :emacs:") wrote:

@ChrisWere there's no accounting for people's taste in movies, but there's REALLY no accounting for Drew's

Boosted by jwz:
Cdespinosa ("Chris Espinosa") wrote:

Ever wonder why Team Chad, Team AI, and Team White Supremacy seem to be all the same people?

Because they have one animating thought, a need that drives their attitude towards women, immigrants, and work.

They want slaves.

Female slaves, robot slaves, people of color slaves, all the same to them. It’s as if they’re offended by the notion that they’re not superior to somebody and have to take responsibility for their own lives.

Boosted by jwz:
ScottMGS@justme.masto.host wrote:

This set of proposals from @pluralistic is the first sweeping denazification program that seems to me to have a chance of working.

Who's got the wiki with the list of indictments for all the Trumpist collaborators?

https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/02/denazification/#no-more-mx-nice-lib

#uspol #denazification #DemocraticSpines #reform

Boosted by jwz:
aggiepm@poweredbygay.social ("Scooter 🏳️‍🌈 ⚽ 🚴‍♂️ 🐻") wrote:

Too soon?

Boosted by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
nolan@toot.cafe ("Nolan Lawson") wrote:

Just discovered this excellent resource about which CSS features work well in shadow DOM and which don't: https://shadow-dom-css.adobe.com/

Honestly this is the part I miss least about working with web components. It broke so many parts of the web platform, and plenty of new web APIs seem to be just plowing ahead and hoping "somebody will figure out this shadow DOM stuff later"

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁!"):
evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

I believe the Fediverse can connect people in meaningful ways and that so connected we can make a more just, equitable and sustainable world.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
radish@woof.tech ("Radish") wrote:

@mattsheffield

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

it is so weird sometimes being a "Car Guy" (not a guy, not actually into _cars_)

But I do love spending part of the weekend tweaking my ride and putting way more than a normal amount of care into it.

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:

People keep saying "the cruelty is the point". The cruelty is not the point. They don't give a damn one way or the other about anyone to even think about cruelty. The extraction, the hierarchy, the entrenched power is the point. The privilege is the point. The segregation is the point.

jwz wrote:

Happy time_t 1777777777 to all who celebrate.

# date +'%F %r %Z = %s'
2026-05-02 08:09:37 PM PDT = 1777777777

https://jwz.org/b/yk62

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
colinpurrington@flipping.rocks ("Colin Purrington") wrote:

In my futile quest to get more people to make mosquito traps for their yards, I made a visual. Please share with friends and sneak into any presentation you're giving even if it's completely unrelated to mosquitoes. Mosquito Dunks contain Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis ("Bti"), a bacteria that is safe for everything except mosquito larvae, work for approximately 30 days, and are available at most garden centers and hardware stores in North America. Bti-containing powders and liquids are sold worldwide under different trade names. NB: the white lid helps you see mosquito larvae (if present it's time to add another dose of Bti). #mosquitoes #mosquito #ipm

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
mjd@mathstodon.xyz ("Mark Dominus") wrote:

A COMPUTER CANNOT FIND OUT

THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FUCK AROUND

Boosted by jwz:
StefanThinks@beige.party ("S.T.E.F.A.N.") wrote:

Vending machine: Thank you for your purchase.

Dawkins: Wow, you are sentient and conscious, but only in this fleeting moment, for the next time I buy fig newtons, I will meet a new unique being!

Vending machine: Have a nice day.

Dawkins: I’ll see you in Xanadu, my sweet innocent Vendra!

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
leaverou@front-end.social ("Lea Verou, PhD") wrote:

TIL crows, starlings and similar birds only *look* black to us — they’re actually very colorful in ways human eyes are unable to perceive. 🤯

Remember that next time people can’t see your “colors”.

Some colors just require different eyes.