shawnhooper

davidbisset, 12 hours ago to random

RIP to a real #oldschool web tech.

"#ICQ will stop working
from June 26".

https://icq.com/desktop/en

I think this it for ICQ. I used to remember my ICQ by heart.

nixCraft, 3 days ago to random

Now, everyone is so furious about OpenAI stealing a beloved celebrity's voice. But what about the many artists, writers/authors, and creators whose copyrighted works OpenAI stole to create works resembling and replacing those people's products? Not famous enough to generate the same outrage, right? At least now, everyone knows how bad Sam Altman is. He thinks he is above the law. I'm glad someone is standing up to this bully and I hope something good come out of it.

atoponce, 3 days ago to random

iTerm2 now has ChatGPT integration.

https://iterm2.com/downloads/stable/iTerm2-3_5_0.changelog

davidbisset, 3 days ago to wordpress

"Why we're lucky #WordPress is here" via @davew

http://scripting.com/2024/03/21/125505.html

"WordPress is, among other things, a perfect time capsule of open technologies from the early days of innovation on the web."

AbandonedAmerica, 8 days ago to random

The remains of a gorgeous abandoned theater that was hidden for years above the roof of a grocery store built into the lower level

See the rest: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/girard-theatre

shawnhooper, 8 days ago to random

Every time I'm forced to use Chrome, I find it so so slow compared to Firefox.

#browserthoughts

verge, 8 days ago to random

OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-chatgpt-api-access-advertising

paul, 12 days ago to random

This can’t be legal.

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404mediaco, 12 days ago to random

Scoop: Solar storm is causing farmers' tractor GPS systems to go haywire. Many have shut down planting altogether during a critical period. A Deere dealer said accuracy is "extremely compromised"

https://www.404media.co/solar-storm-knocks-out-tractor-gps-systems-during-peak-planting-season/

asmallteapot, 12 days ago to random

“In the months following return-to-office mandates, an increased number of senior employees departed Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX, often to work for competitors.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/12/rto-microsoft-apple-spacex/

ncdominie, 14 days ago to random

xkcd 2347: cathedral edition.

Richard_Littler, 14 days ago to bluesky

Jack Dorsey is furious that #Bluesky has attracted "very very common" people. He also doesn't like the idea of moderation tools facilitating the banning of racists.

All these tech billionaires are like a version of the movie Big, in which a pre-adolescent boy wakes up in the body of an aging Howard Hughes. Or Colonel Kurtz. Or a sardine.
#JackDorsey

jef, 14 days ago to random

Panorama from the Jungfraujoch webcam

andyfragen, 14 days ago to wordpress

Rollback Auto-Updates for #WordPress has just been committed. https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/58128

This completes the last piece for ensuring that plugin updates will not result in a WSOD on your site.

OndrejMirtes, 16 days ago to random

Starting on Monday PHPStan Pro will offer a wizard 🧙 for transforming @​phpstan-ignore-(next-)line into new identifier-specific @​phpstan-ignore for your whole codebase.

This does not swallow future errors you might not even know about.

What other wizards would you like to see?

NunavutBirder, 19 days ago to random

May 5th is #RedDressDay, a day to drive home awareness and action on the ongoing tragedy of #MMIWG2S. If you are unfamiliar with this read the AFN and the Inuit National Action Plans for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2 Spirit.

https://afn.ca/rights-justice/murdered-missing-indigenous-women-girls/

https://pauktuutit.ca/mmiwg-inuit-action-plan/

glyph, 21 days ago to random

Yesterday my kid was explaining how to do something on their iPad, and they told me "first you have to go into the debugger", which really threw me for a loop. After asking a few questions about it, it became clear that the "debugger" was the multitasking view. When I asked why they were calling it the "debugger", they said "because that's where you go if an app has a bug, you throw it off the screen to get the bugs out". Apparently "debugger" was a word of their own invention, in this context

vasta, 21 days ago to random

Working in an organization that has adopted Teams as its primary communication tool (though our department still uses Slack), this piece on “Why does Teams make us feel so disconnected?” by Martha Edwards is remarkably astute: https://www.marthaedwards.ca/why-ms-teams-is-not-a-good-alternative-to-slack/

molly0xfff, 24 days ago to web

If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?

No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.

roygreenhilt, 23 days ago to random

Happy birthday BASIC!

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/

Gordarnit, 23 days ago to random

I just signed this petition urging Parliament to investigate Loblaw Co for pandemic profiteering and greedflation. https://chng.it/Bj9tp4zN8d You can also vote with your feet by shopping elsewhere in the month of May.

Aaron, 24 days ago to accessibility

Microsoft’s #Accessibility Fundamentals learning path is now free for everyone

https://blogs.microsoft.com/accessibility/accessibility-training-at-microsoft/

w7voa, 25 days ago to random

The FCC announces it has fined wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent and failing to protect that information against unauthorized disclosure. Sprint and T-Mobile – which have merged since the investigation began – face fines of $12+ million and $91 million, respectively. AT&T being fined $57+ million and Verizon told to pay nearly $47 million.

AnnaAnthro, 25 days ago to Canada

Growing interpreter injuries forces House of Commons to adjust audio set-ups - #canada #Ottawa #linguistics

https://globalnews.ca/news/10457864/interpreters-house-of-commons-injuries-microphones/

arunshah240, 25 days ago to random

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins Mastodon’s new U.S. non-profit’s board

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/twitter-co-founder-biz-stone-joins-mastodons-new-u-s-non-profits-board/