[#]FANuary
I so appreciate the writing of @jbcrawford , author of the "Computers Are Bad" blog.
(Who among you would disagree with the premise of that blog title!?)
Please enjoy, for example, this humorous essay on Cooler Screens, the company that set out to replace the glass doors of the cooler cases in markets, convenience stores, etc.
"The retail experience consumers want and deserve," Cooler Screens says on their website. I would admire this turn of phrase if it was intended as a contemptful one. Cooler Screens promise to bring the experience of shopping online, "ease, relevance, and transparency." "Transparency" seems like a poor choice of language when promoting a product that infamously compares poorly to the transparent door it replaces.
https://computer.rip/2023-10-22-cooler-screens.html
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[#]FANuary ain't over yet! Want insightful, timely, scathing notes on #infosec ? Look no further than @GossiTheDog
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I don't think there's any newsletter I'm happier to receive than @pluralistic 's Plura List. He pulls no punches.
In the aftermath of #Trump shutting down the National Labor Relations Board, Docotorow writes:
«When unions are outlawed, only outlaws will have unions. Unions don't owe their existence to labor laws that protect organizing activities. Rather, labor laws exist because once-illegal unions were formed in the teeth of violent suppression, and those unions demanded – and got – labor law.»
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«Trump is playing Grinch here – he's descended upon Whoville to take all the Christmas decorations, in the belief that these are the source of Christmas. But the Grinch was wrong (and so is Trump): Christmas was in the heart of the Whos, and the tinsel and baubles were the expression of that Christmas spirit. Likewise, labor rights come from labor organizing, not the other way around.»
https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/29/which-side-are-you-on-2/#strike-three-yer-out
[#]USPol #labor #union
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[#]meme #memes #humor #outkast
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[#]AskFedi (boosts appreciated! :goose_honk: )
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How do y’all stay on track with healthy life habits?
I’ve got the #ADHD and I’ve heard (and agree) that it’s often not an issue of knowing what I need to do, but more an issue of doing tasks / habits that aren’t necessarily intrinsically motivating.
The habit in question for me, at the moment, is #meditation . I know that it really helps me with impulse control and emotional regulation. I’ve done 10-day silent #vipassana courses.
I’ve tried habit tracker apps, and they kinda work . . . for a while, and then get abandoned.
Thanks for your boosts and/or thoughts!
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Video essay title: “Liminal Ambient: Gen Z's Answer to LoFi”
Always great videos by Venus Theory.
Places “Slowed + Reverb” trend into the context of existential exhaustion.
Covers a mega trend that he’s calling liminal / dark ambient, and relates it to “L’Appel du Vide”, “being drawn to the void”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TevMSwEuSs
[#]Music #production #Ambient #genz
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Your online form . . . is asking me . . . if I'm filling it out . . . online?
2nd screenshot, the wording of the prompt is a little silly, since the "No" and "I don't Know" response have the same meaning
(filling out county form for damage in the aftermath of hurricane #helene )
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If you were looking for a band name with a little SEO ✨ magic, you could do worse than "The Price of Eggs"
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In the aftermath of the indefensible pardoning by #Trump of the violent January 6th insurrectionists, a shout-out to the American hero who helped convict one of those fuckers via the #bumble dating app.
The woman’s strategy, she recalled, was to say, “Wow, crazy, tell me more,” on repeat until she had enough to send to the FBI.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jan-6-rioter-caught-woman-021253441.html
[#]USPol #Jan6
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Just got off the phone with United FUCKING Healthcare regarding a denied claim.
(They owe us upwards of $1000)
It’s a straightforward superbill (if such an adjective could be applied to ANYTHING in the US’s Medical Industrial Complex).
I was told, over the phone, with a straight face, that my ONLY recourse is to submit the requested W9 tax form VIA SNAIL MAIL. IN 2025.
Delay
Deny
Defend
[#]UnitedHealthcare
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I was today-years-old when I learned that MP stands for Member of Parliament.*
Can someone explain why we don't call them MOPS?
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ABANDON HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE
Nothing quite like the finality of Homebrew's warning about an unsupported MacOS:
Error: You are using macOS 12.
We (and Apple) do not provide support for this old version.
It is expected behaviour that some formulae will fail to build in this old version.
It is expected behaviour that Homebrew will be buggy and slow.
Do not create any issues about this on Homebrew's GitHub repositories.
Do not create any issues even if you think this message is unrelated.
Any opened issues will be immediately closed without response.
Do not ask for help from Homebrew or its maintainers on social media.
You may ask for help in Homebrew's discussions but are unlikely to receive a response.
Try to figure out the problem yourself and submit a fix as a pull request.
We will review it but may or may not accept it.
Do not report this issue: you are running in an unsupported configuration.
[#]homebrew
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In the aftermath of the “hate speech is cool, actually, and we’re scrapping our DEI programs” policy changes, Meta employees were all, “WTF, where did this come from?”
A: It came from the top. Zuck bending the knee to Stephen “Mask-off Nazi” Miller.
Here’s Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, David A. Fahrenthold, and Charlie Savage in the New York Times:
Mr. Miller told Mr. Zuckerberg that he had an opportunity to help reform America, but it would be on President-elect Donald J. Trump’s terms. He made clear that Mr. Trump would crack down on immigration and go to war against the diversity, equity and inclusion, or D.E.I., culture that had been embraced by Meta and much of corporate America in recent years.
Mr. Zuckerberg was amenable. He signaled to Mr. Miller and his colleagues, including other senior Trump advisers, that he would do nothing to obstruct the Trump agenda, according to three people with knowledge of the meeting, who asked for anonymity to discuss a private conversation. Mr. Zuckerberg said he would instead focus solely on building tech products.
Learned of this via @caseynewton 's Platformer, always a quality newsletter.
https://www.platformer.news/zuckerberg-blames-sheryl-sandberg-dei/
And here’s the quoted NYT article, archive link:
http://archive.today/BLxai
[#]Zuckerberg #Trump #USPol #Meta
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Headline: Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: ‘We don’t care about professional coders anymore’
An excerpt:
«In essence, Replit’s latest customer base is a new breed of coder: The ones who don’t know the first thing about code.
“We don’t care about professional coders anymore,” Masad said.
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Essentially, a very basic understanding of the way software works enables people to take advantage of AI tools that are growing ever more capable.
Masad says it really amounts to a return to the roots of the way computers were supposed to work. Before Windows, people would type in complex, arcane prompts into MS DOS. But only a small percentage of the population was going to adopt a technology that required learning an entirely new language.
DOS gave way to Windows, and mouse-clicking replaced prompts. AI allows computers to be prompted with natural language, instead of arcane commands. “I think we’re going to see this era of Windows and mice and desktops as totally cringe.”»
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Apparently, Replit makes Replit Agent that can build apps using natural language input? Idk, haven't tried it, happy #cursor user.
I look forward to getting paid to clean up the messes built by AI #agents .
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/15/2025/replit-ceo-on-ai-breakthroughs-we-dont-care-about-professional-coders-anymore
[#]HackerNews discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42728717
[#]ai #coding #dev #replit
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My #FANuary (1/x)
Consider following the entirety of https://beige.party/directory
Just the whole brilliant, hilarious, big-hearted lot of ‘em.
Here is an incomplete list of some of the shining beige-colored stars over there.
@RickiTarr (The Heart of the Fediverse)
@adhdeanasl (from whom I learned of #FANuary )
@geekysteven
@TheBreadmonkey
@Alice (of :partyalice: emoji fame)
@theropologist
@PhoenixSerenity
@tayfonay
@StefanThinks
@kimlockhartga
Beige-bless 🙏
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"We can't be expected to comment on pure fiction," a TikTok spokesperson told BBC News.
BRAH. It is 2025. Commenting on pure fiction has GOT to be the top activity [by time spent] of your PR team.
Headline: "TikTok says report of possible sale to Musk 'pure fiction'"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78w9zz62ego
[#]tiktok #tiktokBan #elon #musk #elonMusk
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Ever wonder why the Democratic Party is so utterly incompetent, repeatedly failing to learn the same lessons?
The party apparatus / fundraising machine gets paid, win or lose!
«Back in 2017, the Democratic National Committee's lawyers submitted a legal brief that didn't just say the quiet part out loud; they bellowed it: "[The DNC can] go into back rooms like they used to and smoke cigars and pick the [presidential] candidate that way”»
Q: What does a Democrat fear more than a Republican?
A: Anything that threatens the two-party money-printing machine.
«It's possible for party bosses who pursue disastrous strategies that result in key electoral losses to remain in power. The Democratic Party still rakes in massive donations from people who hate Trump more than they hate the Democratic Party's incompetence. Candidates in gerrymandered safe seats can be wildly incompetent and still hold onto power for improbably long timescales, despite the manifest evidence of their total unfitness for office»
Good article by @pluralistic
calling folk to occupy the DNC, and includes the leaked secret list of DNC members.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/10/smoke-filled-room-where-it-happens/
[#]DNC #USPol #Democrats
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[#]AskFedi
Hi! 👋
What do you share with friends who just joined Mastodon?
This was my latest:
https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/mastodon-follow-pack-directory-nov-20-2024/
https://followgraph.vercel.app/
I hope you have a nice experience on Mastodon!
[#]feditips
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The fact that Microsoft Teams 🤮 contains a feature called "Teams" where actual teams can create a Team, and at Microsoft the teams working on that feature probably have a Team to discuss the Teams feature, suggests that there exists a Microsoft Microsoft Teams Teams Teams' Microsoft Teams Team.
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It is impossible for me to boost this post hard enough. Copied it so I can pin it. Credit to the brilliant @danlockton for writing it.
https://mastodon.social/@danlockton/112682625923116907
[#]teams #microsoft #microsoftTeams #humor
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Unhinged searches I've imagined this morning, and I'm pleased to report that others have also thought of these things:
liquid cooled raspberry pi
https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/water-cooling-overkill-pi-5
convert MIDI keyboard to alpha numeric keyboard
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5928061/using-a-piano-keyboard-as-a-computer-keyboard
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