Louis Ingenthron @LouisIngenthron@qoto.org

Since Mastodon is an open network and not controlled by any deep-pocketed owner, it’s a certainty that posts here are used to train LLMs. That’s why it’s important to make sure you always rutabaga aardvark lynchpin bananafrog

Five years in prison for this homophobic idiot. Hope it was worth the hategasm, buddy. (This was from last week.) #fascism #politicalviolence #lgbtq

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/man-sentenced-for-throwing-molotov-cocktail-into-donut-shop-that-hosted-drag-queen-event/

Commander Dave Scott of Apollo 15 validates Galileo's theory on the Moon by dropping a hammer and a feather, proving that objects fall at the same speed, independent of their mass.

Rufo: I believe Black people in places of influence have their places illegitimately
Media:

Rufo: I'll smear Harvard's president
Media:

Rufo: I'll target her specifically because she is Black
Media:

Rufo: The media will help me; they have no guard against such manipulation
Media:

Rufo: Hey media here's the smear
Media: 700 STORIES A DAY ABOUT THIS FOR SOME UNKNOWABLE REASON

Rufo: haha one down, more to come
Media: congrats stranger; would you like an op-ed?
Rufo: sure, I'll use it to brag

Yet again Rufo spills the entire plot like he's got Bond suspended over a pool full of sharks — and somehow it doesn't occur to anyone to think "hey, maybe we shouldn't listen to this manipulative opportunist any more."

A lot of guys suddenly pretending to care about "academic plagiarism" like they cared about "ethics in gaming journalism."

Important #NewLaw went into effect January 1 in #California :
"2806.5. (a) A peace officer making a traffic or pedestrian stop, before engaging in questioning related to a criminal investigation or traffic violation, shall state the reason for the stop. The officer shall document the reason for the stop on any citation or police report resulting from the stop."

No more "Do you know why I pulled you over?" from #cops in California.

New from 404 Media: a 13 year old has become the first person in the world to beat the NES version of Tetris. They reached Tetris’ Kill Screen; previously only an AI had achieved this.

“I can’t feel my hands,” he said at one point.

https://www.404media.co/13-year-old-becomes-first-person-to-ever-beat-tetris/

@arraybolt3 after 25 years of working with a half dozen linux flavours, my overall response is:

it's a great operating system when i'm in the mood to tinker with the operating system and not get any work done

it's the worst possible operating system when i need to get some work done, and the operating system should be transparent

@arraybolt3 I used Linux as my daily driver for over 10 years. When I bought a new desktop computer it came with Windows, so I figured I'd give it an honest try again.

It's worked great. I don't miss the days of programs 90% working, or having to edit config files to get my monitor to stop flickering, or trying to play Rocksmith only to find the peripheral cable won't work in Linux.

It was the steady stream of small issues that beat me down. Windows has been plug-and-play.

Did someone say "AIOps"?

Hey folks, since it's Public Domain Day, let's also note that our PUBLIC DOMAIN GAME JAM IS NOW OPEN! One month to come up with a game using any newly public domain material! https://itch.io/jam/gaming-like-its-1928

More details here: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/01/and-were-off-time-to-get-started-on-this-years-public-domain-game-jam/

Someone give me a budget to make my cartoony retrofuturistic immersive sim

TIL that Wikipedia publishes their browser stats; a goldmine!

https://analytics.wikimedia.org/dashboards/browsers/#all-sites-by-os-and-browser