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jef, 1 day ago to random

Do not buy Google's Pixel Charging Stand. It costs $79, it's heavy and awkwardly shaped, but most importantly it's unreliable. Half the time you'll come back to an uncharged phone because the stand decided to nope out. Wireless charging is standardized, any phone and charger that conforms to the Qi standard will interoperate and these days they all conform. Google can't lock you in! Buy a standard lay-flat charger, just pick one that looks nice. It'll work every time and cost you around $15.

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jef, 2 days ago to random

@rollovereasy Good morning!

mwichary, 2 days ago to random

Has anyone written about how textual generative AI feels strangely close to toxic masculinity in some respects? The absolute confidence in everything stated, the lack of understanding of the consequences of getting that confidence wrong for important questions, the semi-gaslighty feeling when it “corrects” itself when you call it out on something. It so often feels like talking to someone one would despise and avoid in “real life.” I’m curious if anyone did some writing on this.

jef, 3 days ago to random

Oakland installed these Big Green Slow symbols on 8th St. They are better than the old symbols:

• Most people have no idea what the old symbols mean. Bike lane, bike boulevard, sharrow? They look too similar.
• It's not bike specific. It applies to every mode - bikes, cars, scooters, unicycles, etc.
• It establishes green as the Slow Street "brand", which I hope will be used on other signs and barriers.
  It's still just paint but it's better than the old paint. Other cities should pick it up.

jef, 3 days ago to random

This is fine.

mattblaze, 4 days ago to random

I spent about an hour an a half the other day on Roosevelt Island, shooting Big Allis. Mostly trying out different vantage points and then shooting different versions as the light changed.

While I was there, a guy went by on a bike, did a double take, and stopped dead in his tracks. He wanted to ask me about my tripod head (an Arca-Swiss "Cube"). We talked for a while about tripod preferences, which is much more interesting than camera preferences.

jwz, 4 days ago to random

Is there any recourse -- besides bolt cutters -- to these scooter companies coming by in their truck and locking their commercial product to every slot in every bike rack so that nobody with a bike can use the rack at all?

Is there anyone at the city who will do something about these assholes?

jef, 4 days ago to random

The defense rests.

jef, 5 days ago to random

OpenAI: At long last, we have created an AI voice that sounds like Scarlett Johansson, as described in her classic legal demand letter "Don't Create An AI Voice That Sounds Like Me Or I'll Sue"

jef, 7 days ago to random

jef, 7 days ago to random

Wow that will pay for a lot of hitmen https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/investing/boeing-shareholders-vote-to-approve-usd33-million-ceo-pay-package/index.html

jef, 9 days ago to random

@rollovereasy Getting ready to Bike To Wherever with Berkeley's Best Biketooterati.

jef, 9 days ago to random

banana / bananus

jef, 9 days ago to random

Scientific reconstructions of what Neanderthals might have looked like

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SteveBellovin, 11 days ago to random

There was a slogan when I was at AT&T of "Our Common Bond", but I didn't know they meant bail bonds…
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112441115030608987

jef, 11 days ago to random

I have come here to chew bubblegum and build affordable housing, and I'm all out of bubblegum.

jef, 11 days ago to random

PAY ME https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/florence-pays-you-to-cycle-rather-than-drive-12516

jef, 11 days ago to random

YES THIS ALWAYS THIS THIS THIS https://xkcd.com/2932/

chema, 12 days ago to fediverse

If you're looking to host your very own single-user/a-few-users #fediverse instance, you cannot go wrong with #snac. It is simple to install on Ubuntu and works very well with some really solid clients. It is also written in C, so it is fast, with few dependencies. Great work @grunfink, you've got a new monthly supporter on Ko-fi!

#snac2 #ActivityPub

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