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

I just an hour ago watched a video about why the East and West Roman Empires never got back together after 394 (that is, until the West fell entirely and the East sort of swooped in and briefly reclaimed Italy and the Adriatic in the equivalent of a fire sale)

RE: https://www.threads.com/@kassikayy/post/DZBuGfdFDKy

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

Muting this thread because the discussion has taken a life of its own and doesn't require my involvement.

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

(Also here on Threads if you want all the effectiveness of blocking but not letting the asshole know they have no further access to you or your audience, "Restrict" is pretty great - it puts them in a box where they yell all they want but neither you or anyone else can see it)

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

Some of all y'all really need to give in to the pleasure of blocking jackasses here the moment you see them, you're wasting too much time with assholes who get off on enraging other people

(I mean, if yelling at people who post egregious shit for "engagement" is your kink, then fine, sure, you do you, but if you actually find it spiking your blood pressure and crushing your mental health, a quick block and you will literally never have to think about them ever again. Try it! It's great!)

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

Fun times https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2026-06-01-stor-skjalfti-i-hengli-476879

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

RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/116674283040110293

Paraphrasing again:

We’re in a power struggle between those using “AI” to centralise and consolidate their hold over the economy, education, media, and politics and are willing to sacrifice much of the environment and society to that end (i.e. "rule the ashes") and those who think that would be bad

Standing in the middle and going “actually, I think we could find productive uses for LLMs” is not a winning move and it won't protect you from the winning side of the power struggle.

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

This poor man wants you to think of him as a hero of anti-wokism, rather than just another dull misogynist and islamophobe. Just forget him.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/01/lets-all-forget-that-gad-saad-exists/

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trifectatech@fosstodon.org ("Trifecta Tech Foundation") wrote:

We are proud to announce the first release of our latest data compression project, Zstandard in Rust! Read why we did this, the current state of the project, and where we're hoping to take it: https://trifectatech.org/blog/announcing-zstandard-in-rust/

Zstandard is a modern successor to zlib, providing better compression faster.

Thanks to Chainguard, Astral / @charliermarsh, @nlnet, and @sovtechfund.

@folkertdev

#rustlang #opensource

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
geekysteven@beige.party wrote:

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garyj_co ("Gary") wrote:

@atpfm on the slim off chance you haven’t seen this already.

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andrewnez ("Andrew Nesbitt") wrote:

The Infosec Phrasebook

https://nesbitt.io/2026/06/01/the-infosec-phrasebook.html

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alex@alexwlchan.net wrote:

Rendering a chat thread in CSS and JavaScript: https://alexwlchan.net/2026/css-chat/

I want to add text conversation to my scrapbook of social media, so I needed to render text bubbles in a web browser. It was tricky but I got it working. Modern web tech is amazing!

💬 💬 💬

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pekkavaa@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Pekka Väänänen") wrote:

A new article on my website about a small thing that has bothered me for a long time:

Should you normalize RGB values by 255 or 256?
https://30fps.net/pages/255-vs-256-division/

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
ruari@velocipederider.com ("Velocipede Rider") wrote:

Does anyone ever use the generic currency symbol ¤?

It's intended to be used followed by a value that is currency, with context hopefully explaining which currency. It is perhaps most useful for currencies that have no dedicated character.

In Norway most people use [value]kr (kr = KRoner or crowns). You also see [value]NOK (NOrwegian Kroner).

I prefer ¤ because it is shorter, simpler and if it is ambigious I add 🇳🇴 on the end, e.g ¤100🇳🇴 (this is the same number of characters as 100NOK anyway.)

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
frontenddogma@mas.to ("Frontend Dogma") wrote:

AI Job Grief: The Unnamed Psychological Crisis Hitting Tech Workers, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://jackmaguire.org/blog/ai-job-grief/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#ai #career

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

The Minnesota state elections will be predictably boring. Sorry. It's just the way this state is.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/06/01/its-going-to-be-a-boring-election-season-in-minnesota/

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

This country is so obsessed with feeling in control over who gets to live in dignity.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Controversial, but perhaps we should improve software somewhat?

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

and I have to emphasize: I’m not blaming the jqwik maintainer for this, they’re doing the best they can to oppose this crap and getting raided fucking sucks every time

I’m pointing this out as something to examine and learn from, because it’s possible to defuse a raid if you know what you’re seeing

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

watching the worst AI bros who all sound like polite nazis run a victory lap cause jqwik slightly softened its anti-LLM message from “delete all jqwik code” to “just fuck off” is a really good reminder to never do anything nice for these fucking assholes

you do not in fact have to take advice from guys who only know about you because they’re doing raids for hacker news or one of the chans (same difference) whose every word is dripping in contempt

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
brouhaha ("🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑") wrote:

Does anyone have a copy of:

AMD Am29040 Microprocessor User's Manual
1994
Order #18458

I need the full user manual, which is hundreds of pages. I already have the datasheet, which is 31 pages and is readily found online.

Thanks!

#AMD #Am29K #Am29000 #Am29040

Boosted by neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik"):
helenchong@social.lol ("Helen Chong :prami_pride:") wrote:

🏳️‍🌈 It is Pride Month in my time zone now. Happy Pride Month!

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("The Luddites were right"):
stefanhoeltgen ("µP") wrote:

Preparations for a forthcoming "Tape Book", edited by @toroe and me just started with an interview with Prof. Dr. Horst Völz about the history and technology of magnetic tape technology.

The publication of the "Tape Book" is planned for 2027. It will consist of two 60 min compact cassettes filled with 8 audio/software tracks about the tape as a cultural artifact, computer mass storage and medium of music and art.

Stay tuned!

#RetroComputing #Atari8bit #Cassette #tape

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darylsun@social.lol ("Daryl Sun") wrote:

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month!

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swizzlevixen@social.lol ("Mark Boszko") wrote:

Happy Pride

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macmanx@social.lol ("James Huff :prami_pride:") wrote:

Happy #Pride, y’all!

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maique@social.lol ("maique :prami_pride:") wrote:

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month

#stickerSpotter #stickerArt #streetArt #pride
☁️ https://maique.eu/posts/2026-06-01-happy-pride-month

db@social.lol ("David Bushell 🪿") wrote:

Thanks Apple, any chance we can sync today too?

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

Happy Pride Month! :prami_pride:

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iris_meredith ("Iris") wrote:

This week's article: I've had some thoughts about competence, how it works and why it's best understood as a value-system threat:

https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/attack-on-competence