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benfrog

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Full stack PHP developer, nerd, news junkie, guy at the concert in khakis.

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ramsey, to random
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Folks are really defensive about how much they hate XML.

benfrog,
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@ramsey
Too much was built around really elaborate, error-prone XML (Magento is the first example that pops into my head).

design_law, to random
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D526,660 - issued in 2006 for a design for an "icon for a job submission software application for a document-jobs system user interface."

benfrog,
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@design_law Man, that icon is Google-level bad.

universalhub, to Massachusetts
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Insurance company doesn't want people thinking it runs party buses, so it sues transportation company with a similar name
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/insurance-company-doesnt-want-people-thinking-it

benfrog,
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@universalhub
This is far from design law, but CC @design_law because it's great.

taylorlorenz, to random
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San Franciscans Are Having Sex in Robotaxis https://sfstandard.com/2023/08/11/san-francisco-robotaxi-cruise-debauchery/

benfrog,
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@taylorlorenz
Coincidence? 🤔
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-66478070

ernie, to random
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When someone pulls out a giant oversized check, you know they mean serious business

benfrog,
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@ernie
After all, these are the only kinds of checks people use now.

stux, to random
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I wish aliens would come and confiscate all our nukes

Also leave a safeguard that beams up people to Luna who try to create new ones

Oh and while they're here don't forget to take Earth's dictators!

Thank youu 👽

benfrog,
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@stux That's honestly about as realistic as people's "plans" to take us all to Mars to solve us making Earth unlivable.

stux, to random
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Family Guy really doesn't now what is :bloblaugh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfSvV-vmea4

benfrog,
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@stux They need to go buy something at a store and ask who owns the place. 😉

jeffjarvis, to random
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Well, well, well, even the WSJ says so. Thanks, Joe.

benfrog,
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@jeffjarvis Only CEO's said recession.

jeffjarvis, to random
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This -- @davekarpf's wonderful examination of Wired's Long Boom predictions -- is why I mock the job title "futurist "

https://open.substack.com/pub/davekarpf/p/the-curse-of-the-long-boom?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

benfrog,
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@jeffjarvis @davekarpf The one thing about Wired in the 90's is that it was effing beautiful.

gbhnews, to news
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We're only 275 followers from 10,000 :D If you want to get in while we're still in four-figure territory, now's your chance! 😁

Thank you for being here.

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benfrog,
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@gbhnews Tote bags. You need to start handing out tote bags.

jeffjarvis, to random
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Leave it to Musk to turn something sweet, charming, and likeable with tangible value into something foreboding, unlikeable, meaningless, and valueless. #X

benfrog,
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@jeffjarvis I'm not really certain how quickly centralized social media would have died without him, that's the irony.

w7voa, to ai
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After a reporter jokingly asks tech executives whether they were real or , President Biden enters the room and quips: “I’m the AI.”

benfrog,
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@w7voa Why does anyone think he's not sharp?

stux, to Pixelfed
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Yay, also #Pixelfed sticker has been added to my mac :pixelfed: :apple_inc:

benfrog,
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@dansup @stux Stickers do some good--I finally looked at the GitHub (embarrassed that I didn't sooner). It's PHP in Laravel! Maybe I can actually work on a PR or two now that I'm between projects...

design_law, to legal
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Question for everyone out there who is interested in the law:

What types of content makes a social-media platform useful or valuable for you?

What types of law-related content would you like to see more of in the fedi?

benfrog,
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@design_law As a not-lawyer with an interest, the design patent cases you post are really interesting. I also really value quick access to SCOTUS cases (that seems obvious) and lawyers pointing out other federal/state/local cases that have far-reaching impacts. I can't spot most of those.

stux, to random
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We are at a birthday party!

Happy !

cat looking into the camera
Small cat big yawn

benfrog,
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@stux That last pose is an excited cat partying. 😂

design_law, to random
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Oceanus v. Blue Water - New complaint alleges trade dress infringement and counterfeiting in connection with lobster snares:

https://www.scribd.com/document/658833524/Oceanus-v-Blue-Water-Complaint-Green-Lobster-Snares

benfrog,
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@design_law You certainly get extra New England points for this one.

ernie, to random
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Great research from the Video Game History Foundation. This stuff’s going to disappear if we’re not careful: https://gamehistory.org/87percent/

benfrog,
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@ernie I don't really game, but I own 4 vintage consoles and a ton of games. I just love keeping them and seeing them work.

ernie, to random
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Yo Ernie

benfrog,
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@ernie P.S. Do you accept guest posts discussing, like, quasi weed?

stux, to fediverse
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Hmm.. I don't know what wrong 😩

Yesterday I've updated our instance just by editing the Docker file but now it returns "Server error" and that's it..

Can't find any errors in any of the logs, super frustrating

Anyone ideas?

benfrog,
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@stux Docker is a house of cards, and by default most instances log to stdout if you haven't modified that setting. The conflict is likely between a dockerfile (remember they are all put together) and your Docker Compose file (remember that literally each dockerfile is loaded into your dockercompose file in the "context" section).

w7voa, to random
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today "walked away from decades of precedent" says President Biden. "I strongly, strongly disagree with the court's decision" on .

benfrog,
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@w7voa Followed by that remarkable Q/A: "Is this a rogue court?" "It's not a normal court."

lowqualityfacts, to random
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Genius.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

benfrog,
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@lowqualityfacts I'm trying to put together a "stoned and high" joke here, but it's a little early in the day.

w7voa, to random
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, used to sweeten Diet Coke, some Snapple drinks and Mars' Extra chewing gum, to be designated as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by the WHO cancer research division. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/whos-cancer-research-agency-say-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-sources-2023-06-29/

benfrog,
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@w7voa Just as they did with saccharine, only to essentially change their minds around 20 years later.

stux, to random
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So weird. I just had a payment request for 220 euro from Amazon on my bank account :amaze:

I've never ever orderd something from Amazon nor do I use their extreme expensive digital services 🤔

It feels a bit sketchy so time to make some checks I guess

benfrog,
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@stux This is why I love my tiny, employee-owned bank in the town where I went to college a long time ago. I still get phone calls from them when they don't recognize a charge!

benfrog,
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@losttourist @stux It is, and honestly there aren't many left here either. "College towns" (with alumni that keep accounts) keep them going, and other unique situations.

stux, to random
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Here have a potato

benfrog,
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@stux I just heard Prigozhin starts out with that. Then he hands out hot dogs, once you're really high up in the ranks.

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