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Sentient Machine Therapist. My job is Computer. Engineering Manager ❤️@dawnflower, Photography: https://www.perceive.net/photography/, #computerhistory #apple #3dprinting #cooking #pizza #painting #computerart #generativeart #art #makers #maui #hawaii #programming #swift #objectivec #iOS #macOS #retrocomputing

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skykiss, to Law
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FedSoc justices disgraced themselves and their fake pet theories in the oral argument on presidential immunity.

Remember when they were “minimalists”? Oh, but now they embarked on a long policy peregrination so as to make what Gorsuch called a “ruling for the ages.” (He actually said that.) Behind the stunning pomposity, it’s miles from “minimalist.”

Remember when they were “constitutionalists”? The constitution says they’ve got to stick to the “case or controversy” before them, and yet they went on their wild hypothetical wanderings. Some “constitutionalists.”

Remember when they were “originalists”? Follow the text, never mind the outcomes?

All gone, in hand-waving about what various rulings might portend, and what effects they could have.

Remember their recent switch (Dobbs, Bruen) to “history and tradition”? The “history” is that no president but Nixon and Trump committed crimes; none sought immunity.

The “tradition” is presidents for centuries got along just

🧵 1/

#scotus #law #corruption

pixel,
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@mark @skykiss the point is that SCOTUS (the role) can move fast when needed. whether or not any judges are the same doesn’t matter at all.

schwa, to random
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Working (who am i kidding, playing) with a film camera again has made me really appreciate just how OP modern digital cameras are.

I literally cannot do things with this film camera that I take for granted on my Zf. Need to shoot wide open, in super bright sunlight? Not a problem.

Oh wait I only have 400 film and the fastest shutter is 1/2000… Nevermind…

(Auto-)ISO anywhere between 50-204800 is just nuts in comparison (and a shutter speed of 8000…)

pixel,
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@schwa right? not to mention the nagging thought of how much each frame costs in film and developing

pixel,
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@schwa i could never get to the point of seeing it like that ☹️ i was pretty poor back then too though lol

alexito4, to random
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What a nice nugget of Swift history:

> Enums are one of Swift's loveliest little features. We borrowed them from CLU, and for a time before Swift 1.0 they even used the keyword oneof .

https://www.douggregor.net/posts/swift-for-cxx-practitioners-value-types/ by @dgregor79

pixel,
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@alexito4 @dgregor79 oneof:us! oneof:us!

jeffkibuule, to random
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I’m 35 years young today! And off work. I don’t work my birthday. 🥳

pixel,
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@jeffkibuule Happy Birthday and have a wonderful day off!

mathowie, to random
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Someone make this:

• a digital photo frame with an embedded raspberry pi
• use microphones to listen for birds
• check audio against the Merlin Bird ID system
• display photo and name of most recently heard birds, tap screen for more info/history of all birds heard

Bird ID done in Merlin Bird App
House Wren photo

pixel,
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@mathowie ooh yes please

pixel, to random
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Robert H. Dennard, chip innovator who helped build digital age, dies at 91 - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/05/21/robert-dennard-computers-memory-dies/

pixel, to climate
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“Scientists can now use climate data to predict whale and sea turtle locations months in advance, helping fishing fleets avoid conflicts with wildlife.”


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/climate/fishing-whale-endangered-species.html

pixel, (edited ) to random
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ooh neat auction.

UPDATE: This is fake. Please don’t bid.

/cc @Cdespinosa

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285841371389?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=dV4ohs51QzG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=05wwBFy7TlG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

pixel,
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@sanguish @drdrang @Cdespinosa @cabel 😛 i was born in 75 😉

JasonAnthonyGuy, to random
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I ran my own (and others’) mail servers for years, so I know exactly why I have zero interest in doing so again.

And I still backed the book.
https://io.mwl.io/@mwl/112474107986687412

pixel,
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@JasonAnthonyGuy same. once DKIM came into the picture i gave up

pixel, to architecture
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The Wayfarers Chapel, a national historic landmark in LA, is being disassembled to protect it from further damage caused by geological movement.


https://www.archdaily.com/1016605/lloyd-wrights-historic-wayfarers-chapel-will-be-disassembled-due-to-landslide-risk

lisa, to random
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Today I submitted my name and gender change paperwork to county superior court.

GULP! 😬

Sure, over the last year I've completely rewired my endocrine system, grown breasts, had my testicles removed along with a LOT of my facial and pubic hair. 🤷‍♀️

But this!? This bureaucratic formality seems like a big fucking deal for some strange reason. I'm still kind of numb that I actually went through with it.

So, in about two months I will legally be a female person named Elizabeth Anne Melton. 😮

Isn't that awesome? 🥰

Then, of course, the real paper chase will start with Social Security, the DMV, the State Department, various insurance companies and banks and (Jay-Zus!) I'm already tired thinking about it. 🤦‍♀️

Transition just never stops, does it?

pixel,
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@lisa Amazing. Congratulations :)

pixel, to random
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I can’t quite justify the cost to put solar panels on my house yet, but I wonder about just doing a battery that could charge from the grid when costs are low, and I can draw from it during peak hours when costs are high. Is anyone else doing that?

pixel,
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@djg hmm, i wasn’t thinking of backfeeding at all. just charging the battery during cheap times, using the battery during expensive times until it’s depleted

pixel,
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@Stevenpotato that would be a fun way to try it out!

pixel,
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@djg time for some math!

pixel,
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@djg assuming I could consume the whole 30kWhr of juice, it’s a 9c/kWh difference for 5 hours a day, which is about 2.3 years to recoup the cost of the battery alone. Not terrible. have to see how much juice I actually use during that period. Maybe I could do the battery and later add on solar.

pixel, to random
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The rule for making great hummus: If you think you blended it in your food processor long enough, no you didn’t.

pixel,
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@octothorpe hmm i’ll have to try a blender next time. i did end up with so,e very smooth hummus in the end though!

Migueldeicaza, to random
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Beowulf cluster of iPad Pros.

pixel,
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@Migueldeicaza @acsawdey I bet they'd look pretty cool all lined up on their sides in a rack.

webuiltthiscity, to random
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They're making a TV series out of Time Bandits!!! https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/20/24160764/time-bandits-streaming-release-date-apple-tv-plus

pixel,
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@webuiltthiscity I can’t wait.

helge, to apple
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My little / debugging tool is getting closer to release. Still a few things to be done, but I'm quite happy w/ it already. Completely written in .

A video of a macOS app connected to the Dioramas RealityKit demo application running within the Apple xrOS simulator. The scene tree gets browsed, some entities get deleted from the scene. All w/ a beautiful, alternating color, sidebar view.

pixel,
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@helge OOH I would love an explorable terrain map of Yosemite please thank you so much

pixel,
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@helge !!!!

rands, to random
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Today's stupid robot trick. Ask your favorite robot to draw some text in ASCII.

pixel,
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@rands that's kinda fun. “Make some ASCII art”

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