cdamian

alper, 4 days ago to random

Next Sunday we have European Elections (#europawahl #eu2024) in Berlin and this time round I—like many around me—have no idea what to vote for.

Here’s a fast and loose treatment of a bunch of the political parties that are on the ballot here.

cstross, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to random

Business meetings exist to share information and coordinate activity: this shit enables you to be apparently present in all but actually not engaged with any. If your calendar is triple-booked then your organization is under-resourced and needs more people, not more AI. Or it's holding unnecessary meetings to make management feel better about being surrounded by minions, in which case it needs to fire the executives responsible.
https://mastodon.social/@kjhealy/112553850995965423

Kevin, 4 days ago to random

Pictured: “A Full Storrowing”

@universalhub

cstross, 8 days ago to random

WHY IS THERE NO EMOJI FOR GIBBON?

I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SIGNAL "tangerine shitgibbon" UNAMBIGUOUSLY!

SAYING "🍊💩🐒" IS OPEN TO MISINTERPRETATION!!!

(Although I'm okay with 🍊💩🐒🚔⛓️‍💥)

cdamian, 8 months ago to random

I might complain about the Netflix UI a lot, but the one from Prime Video is on an order of magnitude worse.

cdamian, 1 year ago to random

The Mandalorian season 3 isn't good, is it?
I think I had it with Star Wars.

cdamian, 1 year ago to random

#bancars or drivers

"'Have I hit anybody?': Durham police share bodycam footage capturing arrests of drunk drivers" on YouTube https://youtu.be/zDU5ps3B-O8

cdamian, 4 months ago to random

I was skeptical about the role of an AI Prompt Engineer.
But after shouting at Google Assistant for ages to make it play one of the personalised playlists on YouTube Music, I get it now.

In the end I googled for prompts and entered it manually.

cdamian, 7 months ago to random

For some stupid reason, I added elisp to my #12in23 . I wrangled my way through.

All my other languages were quite sensible.

https://exercism.org/challenges/12in23

cdamian, 1 year ago to random

Just to recap, extra points for:

• singing in mother tongue
• not dressing up in red
• starting standing up
• being from Ukraine
  #esc #eurovison

cdamian, 1 year ago to random

Croatia, I think the song was better than the show.
Maybe.
I'm still in shock.
We had to have at least one of these.
#esc #eurovison

cdamian, 1 year ago to random

UK and Germany go last.
My world view is not completely destroyed #esc #eurovison

cdamian, 1 year ago to random

Each day on average one car slams into a 7/11 storefront in the US.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/02/08/one-mans-case-reveals-cars-slam-into-storefronts-like-7-eleven-with-alarming-frequency
via @TheWarOnCars
#waroncars

cdamian, 11 months ago to random

Some good news!

DPReview.com looks forward to a new chapter with Gear Patrol: Digital Photography Review https://m.dpreview.com/site-news/8298318614/dpreview-com-looks-forward-to-a-new-chapter-with-gear-patrol
>We’re thrilled to share the news that Gear Patrol has acquired DPReview. Gear Patrol is a natural home for the next phase of DPReview’s journey, and I’m excited to see what we can accomplish together.

#dpreview

alper, 5 days ago to random

In Germany now we have climate catastrophe on the doorstep but most of the city is still subservient to far too big combustion engine cars. 🤷🏽

When will the break come and how gentle will it be?

cdamian, 10 months ago to cycling

I'm currently driving through the Pyrenees and seeing a few cycling who might be part of the Three Peaks Bike Race ultracycling event.
Some have already finished, and the remaining will have to go through 40C+ of heat.
#cycling #ultracycling

alper, 8 days ago to random

I've got more things to read than I have time so good luck with your paywalled website.

https://mas.to/@StopForTea/112522733265435992

cdamian, 4 days ago to techno

This is the CLR Podcast 377 with a set by Michael Klein. Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/chris-liebing/clr-podcast-377-i-michael-klein

#TechnoTuesday #clr #michaelklein #techno #music

cdamian, 5 days ago to random

Showing Scammers Their Own CCTV Cameras On My Computer!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RpbgLNS79l8&si=4tQ7YSbSzxIEeY4t

> In this Video I gain access to a scam call centre CCTV security cameras, and then show the scammer his live cameras on my computer. Pleasantgreen's Video: ht...

cdamian, 4 days ago to random

"To access, go to Menu, then Playlists, then New Kids on the Block."
"Who?"
"Exactly."

#AlexRider

cdamian, 8 days ago to cycling

I don't need money...

Original: https://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/257456/

#comic #poorlydrawnlines #bicycles #biketooter

cdamian, 8 days ago to Engineering

Friday Links 24-16

This week, the "City in A Bottle" JavaScript demo blew me away.

The podcasts in the leadership section are also pretty good.

https://christof.damian.net/2024/05/friday-links-24-16.html

#fridaylinks #leadership #engineering #environment

cdamian, 8 days ago to random

Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election | Donald Trump trials | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/trump-trial-hush-money-verdict

> Former president calls verdict ‘a disgrace’ after being convicted in New York on all 34 counts of falsifying business records

#theguardian #trump

cdamian, 9 days ago to random

There doesn't seem to be any movement from public services in #Catalunya to move to Mastodon.
It's really annoying.