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• Post #2748152

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/116578994872479296 Utah seems intent in demonstrating to the nation how a loud, irratable minority can set policy for a reasonable majority.

• Post #2748151

  Perhaps the easiest vinyl order in the past few years: Genesis Owusu's REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fM1HjpvxQ0 #music #vinyl

• Post #2748150

  #QOTD: "The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple." - Grady Booch

• Post #2748149

  #QOTD: "The price of light is less than the cost of darkness." - Arthur Nielsen

• Post #2748148

  #QOTD: "Time moves in one direction, memory in another." - William Gibson

• Post #2748147

  #QOTD: "The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless." - Alan Watts

• Post #2748146

  The #ai subsidies are coming to an end. This is going to get ugly, especially for those companies that flipped tables to build these dependencies into their critical workflows https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/s/VjAcekALgn

• Post #2748145

  #QOTD: "The first step in any project is to grossly underestimate its complexity and difficulty." - Nicoll Hunt

• Post #2748144

  Today's spin: Haute and Freddy's debut, Big Disgrace. Theatrical and danceable - a bit of Lady Gaga, a bit of Chappell Roan. I like it quite a bit #music #vinyl

• Post #2748143

  Had some time to waste tonight, so I dropped into my local big box to wander the toy aisle. A 7" action figure costs $20-$40 dollars now? Really? Good grief.

• Post #2748141

  #QOTD: "Software development is a game of insight, and insight comes to the prepared, rested, relaxed mind." - Kent Back

• Post #2748139

  RE: https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/116614357369124575 Not #Minnesota. 💪 https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5821265/minnesota-ban-prediction-markets

• Post #2548052

  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116536126118363111 This is some wild stuff; while other smart devices fall prey to being hacked either due to incompetence or negligence, these Yarbo robotic lawn mowers and snow blowers would appear to be state-sponsored surveillance Trojan horses. #apis

• Post #2548051

  #QOTD: "What we really need to study is how the world gets put back together. I'm not talking about the election of new officials or the release of new technologies, but rather the everyday work of maintenance, caretaking, and repair." - Shannon Mattern

• Post #2548050

  #QOTD: "There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Post #2548049

  Happy Mother's Day, from Mr. T https://youtu.be/dePVWHAT2Go?si=nN-uhpKweDq8MfCJ

• Post #2548048

  #QOTD: "It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to." - W.C. Fields

• Post #2548046

  Seen recently on an AGI forum: "How is it that anything is possible but nothing is changing?!" My dude, you're *so* close. #ai

• Post #2548045

  #QOTD: "There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise." - Gore Vidal

• Post #2548044

  The thing about reading a lousy technical book is that it further discourages me from ever writing a technical reference. So, in that sense, this waste of 250 pages has got at least that going for it.

• Post #2548042

  #QOTD: "You can tell a lot about someone with what they do with their pain - do they transform it or do they transmit it?" - Richard Rohr

• Post #2548041

  Vibe coders in 2030 (First seen on the better offline subreddit.) #ai

• Post #2548040

  Only 3% of users on social media post toxic content. But surveyed users guess that number is 43%, due to algorithmic influence. https://thenoisyroom.com/ #socialMedia

• Post #2548038

  #QOTD: "It's not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas." - Edwin Land

• Post #1611425

  I don't care what your intentions are. If your manifesto includes the phrase "hereditary elites" unironically, you've lost the plot. Freedom through subjugation, and tolerance for others only if it is the right "others" is some real dystopian, 1984 crap. How many of your own farts do you have to sniff before this kind of doublespeak starts making sense?

• Post #1611424

  #QOTD: "It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago." - Roger von Oech

• Post #1611423

  Starting the week off with Frances the Mute, by Mars Volta. #music #vinyl

• Post #1611422

  The 90s JVC tape players had a faux rubber, grippy surface. Over time, that plastic got icky-sticky. When people tried to clean that surface, like with alcohol, it took the finish right off, along with any labeling. So I've been adding it back - white out lettering, sharpened with sharpie, and sealed with clear nail polish. There are many cassette players (still), and this is mine. Now to fix the scratchy volume pot. #music #physicalmedia

• Post #1611421

  AAAAWWWWWWHHHHHHHOOOOOOO! (But, seriously, why are we starting games at 9:30pm on a weekday? Sheesh.) #timberwolves #minnesota 🏀

• Post #1611420

  #QOTD: "If you care about productivity, you care about internal code quality. If you want to go faster tomorrow, you care about the quality of the code you wrote today." - GeePaw Hill