szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

That's a nice OS you've got running on Someone Else's Computer.

A shame if something happened to it.

Have you thought about backing up your data?

To Someone Else's slightly different Computer.

You want dark mode? That's an extra £1/month.

Oh, you've violated one of our policies. Sorry. No computing for you.

I asked ChatGPT about primes ending in 2 to make it prove a point and it proved the point far better than I could have hoped for.

Please do not be a fool who trusts ChatGPT with anything outside your field of expertise, and even then double or triple check what it tells you if you must use it.

"Even outside the cities, light pollution affects at least half the country's land mass, meaning rural areas are brighter, too. The issue is bigger than our relationship to nature. Research shows that small amounts of artificial light can harm our ecosystem and, possibly, our health.

"But it's not too late to change it. A small but growing number of Minnesotans are revving up efforts to protect the night sky's purity."

https://www.startribune.com/minnesotas-large-dark-sky-areas-are-unique-how-can-we-preserve-them/600284898/

#LightPollution #DarkSkies #Minnesota

Don't blame me, I didn't write it.

hello pasta my old friend
i've come to boil you again

"Why are people saying the modern Web is cluttered and unuseable? It's really not that bad..."

*disables adblocker*

"oh."

Economics: Humans only value things monetarily.
Sociology: Uh, I don't ...
Economics: Humans are always rational and value is calculated by a complex inner calculus.
Sociology: Uh, Psy, can you help?
Psychology: That's not how humans ...
Economics: ALSO MY SYSTEM WILL GROW EXPONENTIALLY FOREVER!!
Physics: *drops teacup*

I think one of the biggest pieces people miss when thinking about threat modeling is believing that it will be static. For certain people in vulnerable situations, your threat model can go from uneventful to extreme threat very easily.

Think, children. As a person who grew up with abuse, I really wish I had tools like E2EE apps or some sort of secure communication with a trusted adult.

@revk @neil

Just in case you'd not see the thread on twitter...

https://twitter.com/MartinSLewis/status/1673736123699412993?t=C88QE847iFP_z__O39-4PQ&s=19

When you listen to The Verge's podcast and they're legitimately saying Mastodon is a "no girls allowed" club? And we don't want Facebook here because Instagram will bring women here?!

What the fuck is wrong with these American tech pundits? Mastodon is the gayest, transest, most feminine social network I've ever seen. There are so many more outspoken, smart, odd, and downright weird women here than I've ever seen on any other social network. It's fucking great.

Fixing the line of code: 10 seconds.

Knowing which line of code to fix: A decade of experience.

Realising that's not the right line to fix: 4 hours.

Knowing which line of code to actually fix: 4 more hours.

Fixing the actual line which needed fixing: 10 seconds.

Where does your character's knowledge end?

#WritingTips #AmWriting #writing #authodons

This is wrong.
On so many levels.

Istotnym prawem alchemii jest zasada równej wymiany. Kiedy biorę z szafy świeżego T-shirta, szafa w zamian bierze kota.

#kot

@futurebird

If I were to upoload my mind, it would be immediately taken down by hundreds of DMCA violation notices.

In 100,000 years an alien ship enters our solar system. The earth has no remarkable intelligent life, but it's a beautiful biodiverse planet recovering from some bad extinctions. The aliens don't notice the traces left by humanity right away, this is just a survey trip and not much monumental remains.

But, they do pick up a signal, coming not from Earth, but from Mars. "How strange?" they think. Mars is obviously the inferior planet for life. Earth is incredible. But they go to investigate. 1/