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computersandblues, (edited ) to random
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i'm really excited to show https://compost.party to the world! it's a web server running on an old, broken phone, getting energy from the sun using one of those portable solar chargers that you may also have lying around.

it's a real oddity and a real beauty

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@computersandblues
I wonder if that could be used as outdoor webcam website.
@etchedpixels

jwz, to random
@jwz@mastodon.social avatar

More Teeth Means More Human.

Tooth regeneration drug starts human trials:

The trial [...] will treat 30 males aged 30-64 who are missing at least one molar. The intravenous treatment will be tested for its efficacy on human dentition, after it...
https://jwz.org/b/ykUY

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@jwz Can we grow teeth in other places too? Asking for a friend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata

alper, to random
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Next Sunday we have European Elections ( ) 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.

cdamian, (edited )
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@alper
For me it's still the best option according to Wahl-o-mat, Volt being second.
But I'm voting in Spain and am undecided.

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@alper
Here the options are between nationalists, independistas, populists, extreme right, extreme left, alliances that have everything and nothing, ...
Not easy!

Kevin, to random
@Kevin@doyle.boston avatar

Pictured: “A Full Storrowing”

@universalhub

cdamian,
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@Kevin @universalhub 11foot8+8 bridge vibes http://11foot8.com/

cstross, (edited ) to random
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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

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@cstross I am fine with this, if we reach a point where only AIs are going to meetings.

SheDrivesMobility, to random German
@SheDrivesMobility@norden.social avatar

Habt ihr eine Idee, über welchen Shop ich meine Shirts verkaufen könnte?
Wichtig ist maximal mögliche fair und öko Bewertung, sowohl vom Shop als auch von den Shirts.

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar
alper, to random
@alper@rls.social avatar

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,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@alper they will just switch to big combustion engine boats 🙂

cstross, to random
@cstross@wandering.shop avatar

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,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@cstross
I think you can add custom emojis to Mastodon instances.
(I never tried)

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

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

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@alper "thanks for giving me some time back" 🙂

joelepstein, to random
@joelepstein@urbanists.social avatar

Street Wars: Have E-Bikes Made New York City a ‘Nightmare’? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/nyregion/street-wars-e-bikes.html?smid=nytcore-android-share the real problem is cars

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@joelepstein
I was in New York two weeks ago.
Things I noticed: too many, too noisy, too dirty cars and trucks
Things I didn't notice: annoying cyclists

The nice thing is that the speed of the cars is pretty low, which makes them less dangerous. Drivers were also pretty good at giving way to pedestrians.
@Pkbwood

goatsarah, to random

Just saw this via the London Reconnections blog and, oh my god, I think you could not do a worse job of redesigning the tube map if you tried.

“Paint all the lines the same colour. Send a train into London centre from Zone 6. Which identically coloured line does it emerge from on the other side? Fuck knows. Good luck!”

I mean, look at Oxford Circus? Which are the through lines? No? Me neither.

And this is promoted as “accessible”. God help us all.

esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/…

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@goatsarah there are some nice ideas, like the thickness of the lines (not that I noticed), and different stations and connections.
Losing the proper colours is obviously not going to work for anyone.
Who cares if something is overground or underground anyway?

timbray, to random
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There was a time when this (observed at a large concert hall) made perfect sense.

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@timbray
It still makes sense.
Only now you have to bring your own telephone to be "successful" on the toilet.

sixtus, to random German
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Wieviele unterschiedliche Umfragen zum gleichen Thema mit allesamt ähnlichen Ergebnissen (hier: "Bild") wird es wohl noch brauchen, bis Merz und Linnemann von ihrem peinlich-trumpesquen "die Wahl war manipuliert!!1!" runterkommen?
https://interactive-web.la.spring-media.de/poll.html?id=8d94dc7b-0bea-9ef9-9875-4a68e6387767

cdamian,
@cdamian@rls.social avatar

@sixtus
Bis das Ergebnis anders ausfällt, bzw die andere Seite manipuliert.

cstross, to random
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Not enough people realize that the "Turing Test" as originally presented was "can a gay English man in 1945 tell the difference between a chatbot and a femme-coded woman" over a teletype connection.

(Turing was very gay and had a sex-segregated education and then work life: he basically didn't know women and his alienation is palpable. But today's techbros don't have any such excuse, and the emphasis on femme-coded AI is ... telling.)
https://mastodon.xyz/@pmorinerie/112506480363973206

cdamian, (edited )
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@Npars01
If I remember correctly, psychopaths are usually male.

The film Ex Machina has a nice female psychopath bot.
@cstross

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