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"Ugh, we really should move off Discord. Let's try _"
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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i’m going to become a rounding consultant. i will introduce clients to the function “floor” for payments and “ceil” for invoices. my yacht will require safe harbor.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
i’m going to become a rounding consultant. i will introduce clients to the function “floor” for payments and “ceil” for invoices. my yacht will require safe harbor.
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Wikipedia will never be replaced by Encyclopedia Galactica. First, it is slightly cheaper; and second, it has the words "DON'T PANIC" inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Wikipedia will never be replaced by Encyclopedia Galactica. First, it is slightly cheaper; and second, it has the words "DON'T PANIC" inscribed in large friendly letters on its cover.
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[11 simultaneous notifications] We’re sorry. The data-harvesting software associated with some Bluetooth thing you connected that you didn’t know about because we didn’t tell you about it failed to install. Please go to our weird site.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
[11 simultaneous notifications] We’re sorry. The data-harvesting software associated with some Bluetooth thing you connected that you didn’t know about because we didn’t tell you about it failed to install. Please go to our weird site.
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if you see this it's time to start christmas shopping. i know christmas isn't for more than a month. if you wait any longer it'll be really stressful so you should start now
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
if you see this it's time to start christmas shopping. i know christmas isn't for more than a month. if you wait any longer it'll be really stressful so you should start now
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I wish car manufacturers understood that Tesla didn’t get popular because buyers were necessarily into electric cars but because they hate dealerships. It's the only company with a hassle-free buying experience and it breaks my heart that it's owned by a noxious dipshit who will never get my money.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I wish car manufacturers understood that Tesla didn’t get popular because buyers were necessarily into electric cars but because they hate dealerships. It's the only company with a hassle-free buying experience and it breaks my heart that it's owned by a noxious dipshit who will never get my money.
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Unreal Tournament can now be played IN A BROWSER
dos.zone/mp/?lobby=ut
Along with other late 90s PC FPS classics but yeah. UT99 in a browser window... just fantastic. Thanks to the r/LGR subreddit for letting me know about it!
dos.zone/mp/?lobby=ut
Along with other late 90s PC FPS classics but yeah. UT99 in a browser window... just fantastic. Thanks to the r/LGR subreddit for letting me know about it!
Multiplayer Hub | DOS.Zone
Multiplayer Portal - is a best place to play classic DOS and Windows games online with your friends. No registration needed, no advertisment, just play! Quake, Half-Life, Heroes of Might and Magic, Wo...
dos.zone
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Unreal Tournament can now be played IN A BROWSER
dos.zone/mp/?lobby=ut
Along with other late 90s PC FPS classics but yeah. UT99 in a browser window... just fantastic. Thanks to the r/LGR subreddit for letting me know about it!
dos.zone/mp/?lobby=ut
Along with other late 90s PC FPS classics but yeah. UT99 in a browser window... just fantastic. Thanks to the r/LGR subreddit for letting me know about it!
This is worth reading for anyone who doesn't do software development as a day job. It's baffling how much nuance gets lost.
Experienced software dev explains where and how AI actually helps with coding - and where it doesn't: www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/a...
Tales from the pit: AI and the software engineer
Feature: Exploring the evolving relationship between human engineers and their algorithmic assistants
www.theregister.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is worth reading for anyone who doesn't do software development as a day job. It's baffling how much nuance gets lost.
How many times do I need to say it?
AI should be treated with the same level of trust as a cheap contractor from a developing country. That is what it's designed to replace. If you wouldn't trust a complete stranger getting paid a few dollars an hour to do it, then don't trust an AI to do it.
AI should be treated with the same level of trust as a cheap contractor from a developing country. That is what it's designed to replace. If you wouldn't trust a complete stranger getting paid a few dollars an hour to do it, then don't trust an AI to do it.
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
How many times do I need to say it?
AI should be treated with the same level of trust as a cheap contractor from a developing country. That is what it's designed to replace. If you wouldn't trust a complete stranger getting paid a few dollars an hour to do it, then don't trust an AI to do it.
AI should be treated with the same level of trust as a cheap contractor from a developing country. That is what it's designed to replace. If you wouldn't trust a complete stranger getting paid a few dollars an hour to do it, then don't trust an AI to do it.
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My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My phone has full optical character recognition of 47,000 photos. I can search individual words.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
I cannot search three words in quotes.
Computers used to be powerful. That power meant something. It was power for making your life better in sovereignty to your own interests.
And now we have this.
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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now that they've stopped making pennies, americans should update our sayings:
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
now that they've stopped making pennies, americans should update our sayings:
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
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Btw, there's a perfectly Republican stance on housing that isn't both wrong and evil, which is that we need to deregulate housing to encourage construction.
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Btw, there's a perfectly Republican stance on housing that isn't both wrong and evil, which is that we need to deregulate housing to encourage construction.
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UK tribunal says reselling Microsoft licenses is A-OK
UK tribunal says reselling Microsoft licenses is A-OK
Windows giant disagrees and plans to appeal
Microsoft's attempt to claim that its software can't be resold has hit a wall at the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, which decided that Office having clipart does not mean customers can't sell their licenses on.…
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
UK tribunal says reselling Microsoft licenses is A-OK
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The three options I was surveyed on this week were:
Leave a Future
Unlearn Limits
Do Incredible
Leave a Future
Unlearn Limits
Do Incredible
These new options make "Driven to Discover" sound like the work of Shakespeare...
Ski-U-Marketing: University of MN Shells out $15M for 'Vital' New Tagline Options - Racket
Plus right-wing prayer-mongering, 4-H kids in love, and a Deftones throwback in today's Flyover news roundup.
racketmn.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The three options I was surveyed on this week were:
Leave a Future
Unlearn Limits
Do Incredible
Leave a Future
Unlearn Limits
Do Incredible
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what da heck route matching on css
github.com/w3c/csswg-draf…
github.com/w3c/csswg-draf…
[css-view-transitions-2][css-conditionals] Exposing navigation/route matching · Issue #12594 · w3c/csswg-drafts
Following from a past discussion around navigation-matching for view-transitions in #8925, there is an emerging proposal to expose "routes" (URL patterns) directly in the platform, and allow CSS to...
github.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
what da heck route matching on css
github.com/w3c/csswg-draf…
github.com/w3c/csswg-draf…
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Ooh this is fun. Trick geo databases into thinking your IP address is located anywhere - even North Korea or Antarctica. Make the analytics people at your favorite websites tear their hair out.
blog.lyc8503.net/en/post/asn-...
blog.lyc8503.net/en/post/asn-...
Running Your Own ISP at Home Part.5 - How to Get a North Korea / Antarctica VPS (New Concept: Light Up the Globe)
.admonition { margin: .75em 0; padding: .6rem; overflow: hidden; font-size: 12px; page-break-inside: avoid; border-left: .3rem solid #42b983; border-radius: .3rem; box-shadow: 0 0.1re
blog.lyc8503.net
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ooh this is fun. Trick geo databases into thinking your IP address is located anywhere - even North Korea or Antarctica. Make the analytics people at your favorite websites tear their hair out.
blog.lyc8503.net/en/post/asn-...
blog.lyc8503.net/en/post/asn-...
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Normal country eliminating .01 coin: here are the straightforward rules on rounding transactions to the nearest .05 increment
USA: Here’s a safe harbor exception that may or may not hold up, good luck idiots
USA: Here’s a safe harbor exception that may or may not hold up, good luck idiots
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Normal country eliminating .01 coin: here are the straightforward rules on rounding transactions to the nearest .05 increment
USA: Here’s a safe harbor exception that may or may not hold up, good luck idiots
USA: Here’s a safe harbor exception that may or may not hold up, good luck idiots
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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important updates from today november 11, 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
important updates from today november 11, 2025
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I bothered making a dedicated page for the editor (including asciinema demo), but meh... Overkill and README is fine (as a manual).
meanwhile, debugger projects: 🥺🥺🥺
goodnight
meanwhile, debugger projects: 🥺🥺🥺
goodnight
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I bothered making a dedicated page for the editor (including asciinema demo), but meh... Overkill and README is fine (as a manual).
meanwhile, debugger projects: 🥺🥺🥺
goodnight
meanwhile, debugger projects: 🥺🥺🥺
goodnight
I am very glad that I don't have easy access to a ceramics studio, because I know my domicile would be *chock full* of little guys like this.
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I am very glad that I don't have easy access to a ceramics studio, because I know my domicile would be *chock full* of little guys like this.
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rich bcuz this creature not only lives here but chooses to cuddle with me
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
rich bcuz this creature not only lives here but chooses to cuddle with me