The Ubuntourist @ubuntourist@qoto.org

"Everywhere It's Christmas"
by The Beatles
(from the album "Hot as a Sun")

https://youtu.be/30RLvKW6AH8

#Beatles #Christmas #Xmas

Musk is running a second poll asking when the journalists should be unbanned, because the first poll ended with "Unban them now" as the winner. "Unban them now" was leading again in the second poll, according to the article above.

Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter. Journalists migrate to #Mastodon and elsewhere.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-starts-banning-critical-journalists-from-twitter

The afore-mentioned claim:
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1589414958508691456

But guess where you can find it again? 😉
@elonjet

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/14/twitter-suspends-elonjet-account-that-tracks-elon-musks-private-jet-.html

"Imagine, if you will, a future in which ultra high net-worth clients meet legless avatars of private bankers from private jets; where retail customers get to queue in cyber space to speak to a low-poly adviser about their mortgage difficulties; in which job interviews look like something out of The Lawnmower Man."

-Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

Into the bankingverse with Nvidia

https://www.ft.com/content/d40a0676-89c7-48d4-832c-b68c52ed68c1#

Installed a 7200 RPM 3.5" SATA in my fanless desktop for off-machine backups of v.st and I had forgotten how loud spinning rust is compared to SSD. Luckily hdparm -Y turns it off when not in use.

Electromagnetic Field is a non-profit camping festival for those with an inquisitive mind or an interest in making things: hackers, artists, geeks, crafters, scientists, and engineers.
https://www.emfcamp.org/

Follow @emf to stay up-to-date.
#camping #hackers

enabling elastic search in mastodon caused a bit of a CPU spike

VIDEO: Roger Waters - Comfortably Numb 2022
https://youtu.be/9JLN581QWxc
Posted: Nov 18, 2022
#progrock #TheWall

Looking for like-minded souls in the #mastodon #fediverse? Check out:
* https://fedi.directory/
* https://fediverse.info/explore/people
* https://communitywiki.org/trunk

Mike Pence is an example of toxic Christianity. We should have freedom of religion, yes, but we must also ensure freedom *from* religion. Your religious freedoms don’t give you the right to deny freedoms or civic participation to others. Period.

🎉 #Mastodon 4.0 is out now! This server software update includes a ton of improvements, like following hashtags, translating posts, editing, an improved filtering system, customizable user roles for administration, but also some important security fixes.

Check out the full changelog:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.0

NPR: From science fiction to reality, 'no kill' meat may be coming soon https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/14/1136186819/cultivated-cultured-meat-heathy-climate-change
#meat #cultivatedmeat #foodscience #labgrown

Redditor discovers legendary 1956 computer in grandparents’ basement.
The 1956 LGP-30 computer, subject of hacker lore, is one of only 45 made in Europe.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/redditor-discovers-legendary-1956-computer-in-grandparents-basement/

Now open for business Because Science / Circuit Breaker Labs in Adams Morgan
https://becausesciencedc.com/
#DC #Washington #WashingtonDC #AdMo #AdamsMorgan #science

https://youtu.be/FKuy3LZfdF0