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I will not indoctrinate my children into the correct pronunciation of "gif." I will let them decide for themselves.

I will, however, impart the fact that Steve Wilhite, the creator of the Graphics Interchange Format, stated in 2013 that the correct pronunciation is “JIF” — not “GIF.”

#gif #Computers #Technology #Internet #Debate #Parenting

To those pointing out the hard G in some words beginning with G, a friend reminded me of an old adage:

"giant gerbil geologist with huge mortgage in Georgia discovers gerrothorax under Geoffrey's genital region"

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Today's haul from the terrace, for the pooja room. The sheer range of colors here is breathtaking!

they should put more ambient light sensors on phones so that it doesn't just dim my screen because my shadow goes over the camera a bit

Okay so. I’m doing that thing where I’m suddenly thinking bigger. We’ll keep focusing on the supercool mastodon #music show, but how about this concept.

Has anyone addressed the overall concept of #musiclicensing on #mastodon + the #fediverse? I mean OVERALL universal music licensing. What’s powering TikTok? How come they get to have all the music licensing fun?

I know no one “owns” masto, but who *oooowns* mastodon? Boost a Berklee Music Deans Lister digging into licensing in their direction.

Just now realizing that all of plaintiff's counsel in Silverman v. OpenAI, Inc. have @mofo.com email addresses

#Neurobiology of Long Covid .People with #LongCovid exhibit patterns of changes in the brain that are different from fully recovered #COVID19 patients . gray matter alterations in both patients with LC & those unimpaired #postCOVID19 infection with widespread microstructural alterations in patients with LC , but also in those unimpaired after having contracted #COVID19.

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The Qatari deal involves one hundred children, mothers and elderly people. 70 have already been agreed upon, Hamas claims that it cannot find the rest of them, hence within two days we are at the limit.

The heads of the CIA and the Mossad together with senior Qatari and Egyptian officials are talking now about a completely new deal: elderly men above 70 and men between 18-70 that Hamas considers as “soldiers or reservists” for which it will ask a much higher price.
#AureFreePress

Sisyphus is the ideal himbo. No thoughts just big rock

Do y’all make appointments at 7am now, to avoid being in dentist/doctor/etc rooms after a series of other people in a covid surge? Me too! It’s a great idea, right up until you actually have an appointment a 7am!

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