George Mari @GeorgeMari@qoto.org

Later this week #GitHub introduces a way to limit how many pull requests users without write access can have open at one time... As a way to combat heaps of low-quality PRs.

I'll start out trying with this set to 2 for #curl.

In the get people Fedi-hired category, my university department has an opening for a senior (research-side) sysadmin where you'll get to do fun things in a dynamic group that's doing stuff at the crossover of chemistry, robotics, and computing. It's sadly not open to remote people, so Toronto only. And you'll be my indirect colleague (not in my group but working closely with us).

https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Research-Computing-Support-Specialist-ON/603316117/

(boosts welcome)

The ingredients for flash flooding will be coming together on the Gulf Coast between Texas and Alabama this week. We explain what is known right now, and what we're watching: https://open.substack.com/pub/theeyewall/p/setting-up-a-southern-soaker-this?r=5w82qw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

@BenjaminHCCarr Blistering Barnacles! A trade disruption I hadn't considered. The original article is fascinating, and based on experience.
https://thedeepdraft.com/2026/06/08/the-barnacle-problem-waiting-behind-hormuz/
@dantheclamman

#barnacles #SeaLife #StraitOfHormuz #shipping #IranWar

This is a RCA SelectaVision CED video disc player.

It’s selling for $15 at a thrift store—so I must buy it.

Why my excitement? Because this absolute unit plays the ill-fated CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) format.

In terms of tech, CED is mind-boggling: it’s a vinyl record for video.

Inside that slot goes a massive plastic caddy containing a 12-inch vinyl disc. When you push the caddy in and pull it out, the bare disc is left inside the machine. Unlike LaserDisc (which used lasers to read data optically), CED was an analog, mechanical system. It used a diamond stylus riding in microscopic grooves, akin to a standard phonograph record.

The story behind this machine is one of the greatest, most tragic in AV history—and directly led to the decline of RCA.

It took RCA 17 years to design CED. By 1981, they spent $200M—thats $732.7M after inflation—on R&D of this product.

Maybe it would have been a success if CED released in 1964, when they first started work on it. But by the time it came to market, it was competing against VHS, BetaMax, and LaserDisc.

And while CEDs were cheaper to manufacture in 1981 compared to all the other home video formats, it was the most prone to failure. While it looked better than VHS under ideal situations, the reality was usually less than ideal. Just a little bit of dust caused the video to skip, loop, or violently glitch.

The death knell for CED was the drastic fall in price of Beta and VHS. Their superior quality, combined with the ability to record, proved devastating for RCA.

All CED players were pulled from the market by 1984, three years after their introduction. RCA would soon no longer be a major tech company. This SelectaVision is a remnant of that history.

Less than an hour from now, 0000 GMT, our radio show debuts on shortwave (as well as airing on ~70 AM/FM stations this weekend). Tune in to the Radio Free America transmission via WRMI to hear 'America@250: Due Diligence' on 9395 kHz to North America & 5050 kHz to Caribbean, Central/South America.

Damn, I signed up for a PeerTube server a while back and I don't remember which one. My ADHD ass couldn't handle the two day waiting period to get approved so by the time I got the email my mind was already somewhere else and I didn't save the info anywhere.

Anyway, if I wanted to join a PeerTube community so I could post video essays which should I go to?

Airlines are outsourcing empathy to AI and one passenger just saw behind the curtain 😂 oops 😅 this is the customer support from hell 😈 via https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0JpguCUhF9Z3SYJfyThfreg3aQFzLouLHqi5oPuggoRabW4uKFrcYBat7LvxFHngcl&id=100077434363121&mibextid=wwXIfr

#jobgesucht

Gibt es in der #IT in #Dresden Jobs für einen alternden Diplom-Informatiker mit fast zwei Jahrzehnten Berufserfahrung?

Ich bin vor allem im Backend-Bereich erfahren, fachlich war ich in der freien Wirtschaft vor allem bei Banken und Versicherungen unterwegs, habe aber einen Hintergrund im Scientific Computing.

Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch, Java, Python, (Object-)Pascal, COBOL, Fortran, SQL, C.

Was mir wichtig wäre: Nach Corona endlich wieder mal aus dem Home-Office zu kommen und mit freundlichen und wertschätzenden Kollegen zusammen zu arbeiten.

Gerne retröt.

New post: BYD Did What Tesla Never Would. Just Not For The Reasons You’d Hope https://www.transportevolved.com/2026/06/04/byd-did-what-tesla-never-would-just-not-for-the-reasons-youd-hope/

The amount of propaganda bots trying to sign up lately is bonkers. The fediverse feels like it’s becoming a battleground for information warfare. Be safe out there

Do you know a young person?

Ask them what famous people they've heard of from before 1950 and let me know.

For example: Einstein? Marie Curie? Cleopatra? Donatello? da Vinci? Isaac Newton? Queen Victoria? Elizabeth I? Henry VIII? William Tell? Robin Hood?

Ask them, and let me know ...

(PS: Boosts would be welcome to get this outside my bubble ... TIA)

Second in my series of tutorials on how to use #Mastodon is now up. I go over the home feed, how to fill it up with interesting things using the trending feed and hashtags, and how to declutter it with lists. Let me know if you learn something you weren't aware of from this video 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkg9j1lmy3k

The #Fediverse/#OpenWeb keeps growing, so how far can a post go now? Let's try it out!

If you see it please share and/or like! I'll post stats.

#Mastodon #Sharkey #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #SocialMedia

@fediverse@piefed.social @fediverse@lemmy.ml

Hey folks 👋, I'm available to hire for contracts!

🕓 I'm based in UK, but available to work remote in EU, UK, and US timezones.

✅ I am a software team leader, with over 24 years of professional experience having used Java, PHP, Rust, C, JS/TS, and more, working with both on-premises systems and cloud such as AWS.

🧑‍💼 I have worked in numerous industries, including avionics, finance and insurance, education, e-commerce, and government.

Message me, see how I can help your team succeed 💬 #FediHire

Turns out the loud minority isn't the country. Most solar projects break ground without anyone raising a sign.

Full story electrek.co/us-solar-opposition-study-umass-amherst/

Here's your regular reminder to always check where you're downloading things from. #KeePassXC 's website is https://keepassxc.org.

Do not blindly trust search results or AI answers at the top!

https://blog.eclecticiq.com/seo-poisoning-campaign-leverages-gemini-and-claude-code-impersonation-to-deliver-infostealer

I’m officially #LookingForWork! Happiest collaborating on creative code 😄

Either as a front-end #Webdev, where after 20 years I know how to do wild things with css and js. I’m also good at app logic, but loooove making stuff move and sing.

I’m hoping I can find work in #GameDev, programming or design/scripting. I wrote most of the code for Spellcorked in #Playdate Season One, have deep #Lua experience, and am studying #UnrealEngine.

Portfolio is at http://splendorr.com

#fedihired