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krusynth, to random
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Working on a new t-shirt design. What do y'all think?

purp,
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@krusynth @Viss "Artiffecal" might be fun, but might be too far from "Artificial" to keep that eerie similarity.

mekkaokereke, to random
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There should be a word for the very specific type of shame that happens when a person that knows what's up (👍🏿), hopes to be nominated alongside highly talented but underrepresented people that they admire, only to be horrified and ashamed as they themselves are nominated, while the underrepresented people that they look up to, are not.🙂🙃

Adele -> Beyonce.

Ryan Gosling -> Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie.

Happens a lot. 🤷🏿‍♂️

purp,
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@mekkaokereke Thanks for framing this in a way that makes it easier to see that you shouldn't be optimizing for a single metric to judge success in DEI efforts.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are three essential elements to reaching equality, and while they're interrelated they're still fundamentally distinct from each other. Doing well in one or two isn't enough.

xgranade, to random
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It kind of sucks that "adult toy" is a euphemism for "sex toy." Like sure, those are all well and good, but what about poseable figures that break if you look at them the wrong way, or gunpla, or ESP32-C6 dev boards, or completely impractical computers that beg to be called cyberdecks, or 3D printers, or infrared cameras, or overly fancy drones, or record players and vinyl albums, or anything that still has a floppy drive in 2024?

purp,
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@xgranade ... and power tools. Best toys for adults ever.

Oh, and mig welders. And plasma torches. And ...

Viss, to random
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if im reading this correctly, the entire internet is now on that little platform at the end of the first portal game, where glados decides shes done with you and slowly lowers you into an incinerator.

except the incenerator is a gaggle of llms that will get trained.

purp,
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@Viss I think you’re not far wrong. I feel like there’s going to be interesting reboot the 1970s internet away from the LLMs … and I’m here for it.

sarahtaber, to random
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Because everyone's been so good this week-

For every donation to this link, I'll post one (1) fact about farm labor. Pitchforks not included 🤷🏻‍♀️

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon

purp,
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@sarahtaber love that you do these ... and thanks for the card! You did Missouri last time, how about Texas this time?

joy, to random
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Dang, HashiCorp to IBM

https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/ibm-nears-deal-for-cloud-software-provider-cf146448

purp,
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@joy https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ibm-nearing-buyout-deal-hashicorp-wsj-reports-2024-04-23/ for a free read

foone, to random
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I ran into a bug in a program but logging is off. I'll just enable logging and run it again, surely I'll quickly run into the same bug again, it'll definitely reoccur!

Behold, a fool.

purp,
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@foone or maybe my fave, things that don’t break when debugging is enabled?

tomcoates, to random
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Quick question: how do you guys actually feel about Meta making Threads Fediverse compatible?

purp,
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@kellan @tomcoates that was exactly the reset I did when coming here. It's made a lot of difference.

purp, (edited ) to random
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Spending some time rewatching the masterpiece from @monteiro that is Fuck You, Pay Me.

If you have clients and have not seen this, you need to take the ~40 minutes AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

Note: There is swearing. There are references to pregnancy tests and condoms. They're entertaining and not uncomfortable for me, but ymmv.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U

purp,
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@monteiro thank you so much for this talk. I wish I'd had it 30 years ago, when I was busy failing a business for exactly these reasons.

bitprophet, to random
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Somebody should release a wrapper around 's op CLI tool, which adds new features but is also only available if you live in the US Midwest. One Password Extended, or ope.

purp,
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@RangerRick @bitprophet ope! Sorry ...

simonwistow, to random
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drunk history darmok and jalad at tanagra https://botsin.space/@RikerGoogling/112379491313051006

purp,
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@simonwistow @RikerGoogling +"feature length film" please

Viss, to sandiego
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whoa.
is going OFF right now.
anyone else in north county hearing this?

purp,
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@Viss @joy sounds right. Sometimes they’ll post an exercise schedule. Eglin did for major exercises — like “we’re closing the highway for an amphib assault” kinds of stuff — but didn’t list the “We’re taking some birds out for practice” level.

purp, (edited )
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@Viss @joy wow, yeah. Poor choices there. That statement reads like someone had an Oh Shit moment and was told to stiffarm any complaints. 🤦🏻‍♂️

purp, to random
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Having the modern “car trouble” this morning: electric car needs a full reboot that takes ten minutes when I’m pinched for time.

kellan, to random
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Working from Austin today after trouble catching a flight post eclipse. Need noise cancelling headphones to block out the grackles.

purp,
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@kellan i’m not sure noise canceling technology has advanced quite that far.

norootcause, to random
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Reading this @nat newsletter, and it reminded me that one of the things that bummed me out the most when I was at Netflix was when they introduced levels: https://www.simplermachines.com/bookmarked-links/?ref=simpler-machines-newsletter

purp,
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@norootcause @gdinwiddie @nat "When I stopped trying to be someone and started trying to do something, it was amazing." —my mom

purp, to random
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🌲Frequently the right answer. 🏝️
https://discuss.systems/@palvaro/110397596080981033

purp, to random
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Hey, @palvaro ... you're Masto-famous!
https://mstdn.io/@paperswelove/112303492824314122

purp, to random
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The future is still plural. ❤️

purp, to random
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TFW when you find that two people you admire admire each other. ❤️
https://wandering.shop/@charliejane/112374766313373868

ian, to random
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The "AT Protocol" is the way to talk to modems right? Like "ATDT6661239999"?

purp,
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@ian @developit +++ATH0

major, to random
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I got a little too close to make a friend.

image/jpeg

purp,
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@major are you sure that wasn't a mating display? Maybe you made a friend a bit more than you thought.

dan, to random
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Now the proud owner of my very own zero-volume non-orientable surface!

purp,
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@dan @jonathankoren he's such an amazing person. Met him once utterly randomly as he's a friend of a friend ... just as I was reading The Cuckoo's Egg. It was surreal.

purp, to random
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It’s good to have diverse interests.

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