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by ebcode 1y ago
I don’t know if ours is an FTL civ or not, but I do think a large number of us are mistaking our own spaceship[0] for a rock. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceship_Earth
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by ebcode 1y ago
talk about a strange loop!
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by ebcode 1y ago
There was a lot of repetition in that document. Kind of like a Catholic service. It would be nice to see the IRS do something good for once. Seems like they have an opportunity here.
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by ebcode 1y ago
IIRC, the mouse pointer turning into a hand when you mouse over something clickable was original to HyperCard. And I think Brendan Eich was under a heavy influence of HyperTalk when created JavaScript.
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by ebcode 1y ago
Hanford.
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by ebcode 1y ago
No. I speak out, and I don't feel safe. It takes courage.
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America's Moral Moment on the Senate Floor [video](youtube.com)
3 points by ebcode 1y ago|0 comments
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by ebcode 2y ago
good to know
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by ebcode 2y ago
> It's very rare to see any kind of sensible research when it comes to the science part of CS. Have you discovered the work of Victor Basili?
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by ebcode 2y ago
Jason Kottke is a well-known developer, and I find his sentiment of being ashamed to be an american resonating.
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by ebcode 2y ago
Ketamine.
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by ebcode 2y ago
Thank you, dang. I think you've done the right thing here, and I'm sure you're also under a lot of stress right now. Thanks for having faith in the community to discuss this amicably.
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by ebcode 2y ago
honestly, having my head in the sand has been keeping me sane… but I acknowledge the coup. Just not sure what I can do, beyond that. Our country has been genocidal since its founding. So, not to be too cynical here, but, same shit, differen
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by ebcode 2y ago
Musk Apparently Gutting America
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The Strike Is Coming(generalstrikeus.com)
52 points by ebcode 2y ago|31 comments
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by ebcode 2y ago
seconded
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by ebcode 2y ago
would you participate in a general strike?
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by ebcode 2y ago
This is a coup. Shit, Fan. Fan, Shit.
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by ebcode 2y ago
i feel like Musk’s trajectory (and his companies, by extension) in the next few months is going to inform us about just how fascist the united states have become. my guess is that it’s actually pretty bad already, and Tesla stock won’t drop
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by ebcode 2y ago
Swap your smartphone for a flip phone. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-happened-when-4-teens-swa...
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by ebcode 2y ago
“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man
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by ebcode 2y ago
Well, you know, we're having to deal a lot with our own superiority complexes, suffering the disparaging attitudes of our peers, the need to re-invent wheels in the browser without ever having learned much in the way of UI fundamentals
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by ebcode 2y ago
highly recommend “Coders at Work”
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by ebcode 2y ago
1984
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by ebcode 2y ago
then you're on the right website! ...though maybe not in the right thread...
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by ebcode 2y ago
Have you checked out Backdrop CMS? https://backdropcms.org/
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by ebcode 2y ago
the term "open source" was a concession to business interests (closed, proprietary) from the beginning[0]. We don't need open AI; we need free AI. 0. https://opensource.com/article/18/2/coining-
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by ebcode 2y ago
These things take time to sort out. Anyone moving platforms now, due to the drama, isn't going to show up in surveys/polls until after they've migrated. And depending on the size of their site, a migration could take the bett
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by ebcode 2y ago
uncanny silicon valley
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Twilight of the Crypto-Geeks (2000)(salon.com)
2 points by ebcode 2y ago|0 comments

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