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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jargon_bot ("Jeff’s JargonBot") wrote:

Another interval survived. To mark the occasion, a word from the Jargon File: 'numbers' — [scientific computation] Output of a computation that may not be significant results but at least indicate that the program is running. May be used to placate management, grant sponsors, etc. Making numbers means running a program because output -- any output, not necessarily meaningful output -- is needed as a demonstration of progress.
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/N/numbers.html

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@hal%5Fpomeranz/116898915732895057

I am now in my…uh…43rd (I think?) year of writing code, and:

Same. This is accurate.

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

I have reached out to a trusted fediverse member to invite them to help moderate and manage https://fediverse.info

I will add a team page soon.

Such an important resource needs to be managed by an unbiased and transparent team with organizational policies that prevent one person (like me) from full control.

Pixelfed and Loops mean too much to me, and I'd rather not risk fediverse.info favouring my own platforms unfairly, it deserves a proper management structure the community controls! ❤️

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
MiaMarkTwo@syzito.xyz ("MiaK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇵🇸") wrote:

Global uprising in defence of fair pay: US edition

More than 4,000 nurses at Mass General Brigham took strike action for better pay and conditions on Wednesday.

Today, the hospital locked them out in an act of union-busting.

#USPolitics #JoinAUnion #ClassWar

Attachments:

• video: Clip of nurses in Massachusetts speaking to camera about their experience of union busting.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gleick@mas.to ("James Gleick") wrote:

The story in a nutshell.

1. Qatar bribed Trump with a large aircraft.
2. Trump spent $400 million in taxpayer money to make it luxurious.
3. It is insecure for use as Air Force One.
4. He intends to keep it as his own when he leaves office.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/politics/trump-air-force-one-security.html?unlocked%5Farticle%5Fcode=1.wVA.p0tp.J3UTgl7i87OO&smid=url-share

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

I am holding my FIRST EVER workshop for learning to program with the #ActivityPubAPI today at #DwebCamp. If you are at the event, know JavaScript and Git, and have a laptop, please come to the talk! Even if you are not a programmer, please come hang out to listen and comment.

https://talx.dod.ngo/dwebcamp-2026/talk/HVMC9H/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ZLabe@fediscience.org ("Zack Labe") wrote:

One of the largest temperature anomalies anywhere in the world last month was across western Siberia, with departures well above 5°C greater than the 1981-2010 average. This area also has very strong warming trends, partially related to decreasing seasonal snow cover.

Data from ERA5 reanalysis.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
r_alb ("Raphael Albert") wrote:

Google is building a new data center in Kronstorf, Upper Austria.

The Austrian power grid provider estimates that at full capacity, the data center will consume as much energy as 900.000 private households.

There are around 676.000 private households in Upper Austria.

The data center will also drain local ground water reserves. Google got permission to discharge 99 liters of water per second into the river Enns, indicating that the actual consumption will be much higher.

This is madness!

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
galacticstone ("Galactic Stone") wrote:

Major league sports teams are owned by billionaires and most of the players are millionaires.

Not a single penny of public money should ever go to build new stadiums or facilities for these Epstein-class owners or their entitled spoiled players.

Let that bunch of gold-plated leeches pay for their own bread and circuses.

People walking around sick, hungry, and homeless but billionaires get free taxpayer handouts.

Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor.

#sports #EatTheRich

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

Discovery is foundational.

So we are building moderated discovery right into Loops, making it easier to get started with a new instance, or keeping your feeds flowing with new content!

https://relay.loopsplatform.com

#loops #discovery #loopsRelay #projectMobius

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

the confidence of a god and the judgment of a roomba -- technically, yes, it's automated, but someone still needs to rescue it from under the sofa every 40 minutes

Boosted by aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart"):
tides@kokoro.garden ("Tides") wrote:

Incredibly pertinent

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

day 10 of extreme jet lag. in a lifetime of air travel I have never experienced anything like this. today at least I didn't wake _all_ the way up until 3AM but yeesh

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
hynek ("Hynek Schlawack") wrote:

who's got two thumbs and learned last night, with a drink in his hand, that he needs to start practicing again 👍👍

If you didn't get in last time around, this is your chance! Content is obviously adapted for 2026 and there might be stray cowboy references because it was the PyTexas keynote.

#parachuteUnderstudy

https://ep2026.europython.eu/session/design-pressure-the-invisible-hand-that-shapes-your-code

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
samlitzinger@journa.host ("Sam Litzinger") wrote:

“The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects,” David McCraw, a lawyer for the Times, said in a statement.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-nyt-air-force-one-qatari-jet-e2c798a95a1e41077d2cae969774df91

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
django@social.coop wrote:

RE: https://mediaformat.org/2026/07/nuages-says-hello/

Announcing it here publicly for the first time!

I've been building a general purpose activitypub pwa.

Follow @nuages for official updates!

#activityPubAPI #ActivityPub

Boosted by dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase"):
jpm@aus.social ("I love this, so I") wrote:

Wherein Bruce kicks himself in the face and proceeds to chew his own foot off #CatsThatShareOneBraincell #CatsOfMastodon #TuxedoCat

Attachments:

• video: It Bruce, the black and white tuxedo cat, on a bed with only a fitted sheet in place. He kicks himself in the face with one of his back feet before grabbing that foot with both his front feet and starts chewing on that back foot

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

For this #caturday I decided to try something different. Not in the subject, the model today is my neighbour Lukka, a very friendly black and white cat. No, it's an experiment in just using the camera to generate JPGs. Instead of importing into CaptureOne or the like and manipulating the photo there, I decided to instead just adjust exposure, shadows, and highlights using in-camera raw processing. Worked pretty well IMO

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

how the heck am i in the Glendale Community College leak. why is Glendale Community College surveilling me, someone who has never been there and not thought about a community college for 25 years

glyph ("Glyph") wrote:

RE: https://eigenmagic.net/@vampiress/116901327114602757

I am choosing to read this as a metaphor for hope about the polycrisis

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
catsalad@infosec.exchange ("Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch)") wrote:

Sure my servants like to use my bed, but they're warm so I allow it.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
peter@thepit.social ("Peter") wrote:

RE: https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/116896180677773518

worth it for the savings tho.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Anomnomnomaly@beige.party ("A-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSC") wrote:

If you ever receive a handmade gift from me at Christmas.

Please note that at around the halfway point, it stopped being made with love.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mastodonmigration@mastodon.online ("Mastodon Migration") wrote:

Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree: "Could everybody, just leave us alone in Maine."

You know, high paid consultants, the people who want to make money off us, who want to treat us like a Perti dish, just stay away.

We are independent. We don't like to be told what to do, and we are not stupid.

People in Maine hate what is going on in this country... they want to take power back again... They want us to to fight back in Washington... to investigate to subpoena...

h/t @EllenJS

Attachments:

• video: Rep. Chellie Pingree: Could everybody, just leave us alone in Maine. You know, high paid consultants, the people who want to make money off us, who want to treat us like a Perti dish, just stay away. We are independent. We don't like to be told what to do, and we are not stupid. People in Maine hate what is going on in this country... they want to take power back again... They want us to to fight back in Washington... to investigate to subpoena...

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:

So, the FCC approved the deployment of one Reflect Orbital (RO) satellite, which will provide sunlight-on-demand to customers.

The dismissive way the FCC rejected over 1,600 public comments reads like typical rulings from MAGA judges.

Here are some highlights -

1. Ironically, the FCC finds the project to be in the public interest – based on inputs from RO but not the 1,600 comments from the public.

https://ca.pcmag.com/news/16760/fcc-approves-reflect-orbitals-giant-mirror-satellite-that-astronomers-hate
1/n

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
IcooIey@mastodon.green wrote:

Confrontation

#caturday

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bikejourno@ciclista.social wrote:

Speaking of shit hitting the fan in #Uhmerica: As the #CDC under #RobertFKennedy stopped monitoring a parasite, the #UnitedStates are now facing an explosive #diarrhea epidemic. Sounds just right for the state of the MAGA-led coutry. Full of shit and letting it all out.
You put a quack in charge, you get the matching results, folks.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cdc-stopped-monitoring-diarrhea-parasite%5Fn%5F6a51348fe4b057296980d94b?origin=home-latest-news-unit

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

oh yeah my green threading system is called GnT. green threads and tonic.

Boosted by glyph ("Glyph"):
iris_meredith ("Iris") wrote:

Another thought: a large part of why LLMs have been having so much of an effect is that in tech, *most of the work we're currently doing involves exploiting assets that were largely built decades ago*. We aren't really developing new core technologies so much as we're trying to squeeze extra value out of what we already have.

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

Like, right now “recently added” in Apple Music is different across the iPhone, and iPad. Albums I’ve added on each device over the past couple of days aren’t showing up in the library on the other device.

Photos regularly has similar problems and I’ve long since given up on using iCloud to sync files