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anildash, 1 day ago to random

Just trying to imagine if people a few hundred years ago had been here to witness, in the span of a few weeks, an eclipse, an earthquake, a supernova as bright as the North Star, and an unexpected appearance of the northern lights.

design_law, 2 days ago to random

D703,829 - issued in 2014 for a design for an "inflatable workshop." #DesignPatents

wcbdata, 2 days ago to random

@AbandonedAmerica - Dude, your piece about Gary, Indiana on Atlas Obscura is phenomenal. Growing up outside Chicago, Gary was just a syncopated song and a smell when the wind came in hard from the east. I loved learning more about its history and decline.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-america-gary-indiana

andrew, 3 days ago to random

Legal News for Weds 5/8 - SCOTUS Looks at Wetlands and Clean Water Act, Failed House Veto Override, TikTok Legal Battle, Archegos Trial Start, Trump Document Trial Delayed https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/legal-news-for-weds-58-scotus-looks?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

ZekuZelalem, 5 days ago to random

Utterly ridiculous from the Pulitzer Prize committee today.

This Pulitzer citation supposedly honoring 🇵🇸 journos doesn't actually do so.

"Journalists & media workers covering the war in Gaza" includes everyone, Palestinian or otherwise.

The citation fails to mention the nationality of the journalists who "died" (euphemism which downplays the worst recorded journo slaughter), or the identity of their killers, the Israeli army.

Please compare with the 2022 citation for 🇺🇦 journalists.

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Special Citations and Awards Journalists and Media Workers Covering the War in Gaza In recent years the Pulitzer Board has issued citations honoring journalists covering wars in Ukraine and Afghanistan. This year, the Board recognizes the courageous work of journalists and media workers covering the war in Gaza. Under horrific conditions, an extraordinary number of journalists have died in the effort to tell the stories of Palestinians and others in Gaza. This war has also claimed the lives of poets and writers among the casualties. As the Pulitzer Prizes honor categories of journalism, arts, and letters, we mark the loss of invaluable records of the human experience.

Quinnypig, 6 days ago to random

Dropbox just emailed me about their breach, but they told the SEC about it six days ago.

I don’t ever want to hear them say anything about “customers come first.”

wcbdata, 6 days ago to random

Found my ideal job:

reederm, 8 days ago to ai

Psychology news robots distributing from dozens of sources: https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
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Does HIPAA Even Exist for Large Corporations?

I don't care if anyone knows I just got a COVID vaccine. Most people
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unencrypted Internet to my email address.

The form included such fields as:
-- My Full Name
-- DATE OF BIRTH!
-- My Full Home Address
-- Medication Administered
-- Date and Time of Appointment
-- Name of Pharmacist I saw
-- Name of Doctor at CVS overseeing it all
-- Name and Address of my Primary Care Doctor

Also:
-- All the answers to my screening questionnaire! including my yes/no
answers to multiple medical conditions such as heart problems,
immunocompromise, seizures & other brain problems, and pregnancy.

So many things wrong here. This is almost enough information for
identity theft (lacking only SSN). It gives away LOTS of my medical
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design_law, 8 days ago to random

Whew, it's been a week! What are we watching, reading, or listening to for fun (or distraction) this weekend?

wcbdata, 11 days ago to random

Maryland has become the 3rd state to legally require the government to provide new luggage to foster children when they enter the system or move to a new foster home.

Foster children almost always stuff the entirety of their worldly possessions into trash bags for such moves, an act and an image that imprints on them and us a sense that the world considers them a waste, trash. This law mandates a simple step to help preserve their human dignity.

Gift link:
https://wapo.st/4aWTnqm

docpop, 11 days ago to random

Back at my favorite office (the patio at Haus), working on a new video series that I can’t wait to tell y’all about.

PieterPeach, 14 days ago to llm

Amazingly constructive and positive answer by Phi 3 Mini 4K instruct #LLM running locally on an iPhone 14 (using Private LLM) when asked “What happened to Avicii”

“While we respectfully acknowledge the impact of an artist's work, focusing more on their contributions rather than their untimely demise helps honor their memory positively.”

wcbdata, 14 days ago to random

Went to the first ever #RepairCafe here in my town just to check it out and meet some of the folks running it (tbh, I'd only heard of its existence yesterday).

Not 10 minutes later, I was accidentally volunteered to help fix small appliances! I managed to help out with one of several broken humidifiers (bad bearings on an easily-replaced motor), but had no tools to do much else. I'll be at the next one, this time legit: with meters, soldering supplies, and maybe some parts!

wcbdata, 14 days ago to random

Anyone know if there's a hashtag for the Montreal Clown Festival this weekend?

DrALJONES, 15 days ago to random

Report

Emory University faculty members stand between student protesters & police.

The protesting students linked arms around a flagpole on campus as police prepared to move in on Friday night.

The day before, 30 people were arrested, including university professor Noelle McAfee, chair of the Emory Philosophy Department.

6.35 GMT Apr 27 AJ updates

#StudentProtests ..

eclectech, 15 days ago to animation

IT'S FRIDAY! YAAAAAAAAY!

My forty-seven funky friends & I hope your weekend is as fabulous, fantastic & full of fun as is feasible.

#FridaySparklyDancers #sillyScribbles #animation

Hand drawn animation loop. There are 47 simple figures each doing their own dance move. They stand on clouds against an orange sky. The new dancer for this week is centre stage on the larger front cloud. A rainbow appears and disappears perpetually behind them. They have 4 dancers to their left, and 5 to their right. Two distant clouds contain the other 37 dancers.

kristinHenry, 17 days ago (edited 17 days ago) to random

Hey vis.social!

Starting tomorrow, April 25th, @darth_mall will be helping out our moderation team as Admin.

I go in for surgery tomorrow, and expect to be in the hospital recovering for an additional 3-5 days.

If all goes as expected, I will be fully recovered in a month. But I'll be back online before then. :)

Editing to add: yep, it's Cancer. But hopefully, this surgery will take care of it.

#visSocialTips

mediaarchaeologylab, 17 days ago to random

the new stickers are now officially available at the lab including this super limited white-on-clear one

slashdot, 19 days ago to random

California Is Grappling With a Growing Problem: Too Much Solar https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/24/04/22/2313206/california-is-grappling-with-a-growing-problem-too-much-solar?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

bleeptrack, 22 days ago to random

If life gives you lemon colored electric cars from the 90s, give them new juice 🧃

📹▶️ https://youtu.be/divOHGn2AhI

#cars #electriccar #solarpunk

atomicpoet, 24 days ago to random

A 286 was much more powerful than a Commodore 64. Back in the 80s, why did you prefer a C64 for gaming?

It’s true, the typical DOS PC had a more powerful CPU and more storage than a C64. However, when it came to gaming, DOS PCs had a terrible flaw: graphics and sound.

The bulk of people running a DOS PC only had CGA graphics, which was only capable of displaying four colours at a time. That four colour palette didn’t show much in terms of detail.

Some lucky few had EGA graphics, which was capable of showing 16 colours at once – the same number of colours as a C64. However, even with this, the C64 proved superior simply because it had the better colour palette. EGA was harsh to look at; the C64 was much easier on the eyes.

And of course, there’s the matter of sound. The C64 had the famous SID chip which is still used today for chiptunes. It simply sounds fantastic – perhaps the best 8-bit machine for sound synthesis. The average DOS PC, on the other hand, didn’t even have a sound card. All we got was the occasional beep and boop. I’m not exaggerating when I say that even an Atari 2600 sounded better.

Still, it wasn’t entirely terrible for DOS. More storage meant better adventure gaming. And the raw CPU power often resulted in smoother wireframe and polygon rendering. However, at the time, most people played Sprite-based games – and the C64 simply did that better.