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Today’s must-read:
H/t: @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2026/11/09/brunch-is-canceled-forever/
I love WaterwayMap, and ever since it came out I’ve wished trees had a QA tool of their own.
Lately I’ve had fun putting one together to check tree data in OpenStreetMap. I made it for myself, but someone else might find it useful, so... here’s DendrOSM 🌳
https://ivanbranco.github.io/tree-osm-qa/
It highlights trees with possible tagging issues and draws them from trunk circumference and crown diameter. 10 European countries so far, ping me if you’d like another one added.
Not only did the fediverse help me accept myself, and come out as gay, but you all helped me become a better person and I strive to continue on this path!
I know I made some mistakes I regret, but I love this community and what we're building together.
That lost 13 year old boy who secretly listened to "Spread your wings" by Queen on his RCA Lyra MP3 player finally did ❤️
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@dansup ❤️
ChaCha AVX-512 Optimization For Linux 7.5 Yields Up To 99% Improvement On AMD Zen 5
The Linux kernel's ChaCha symmetric stream cipher code has long had an AVX-512 optimized code path but it was catering to the early generations of Intel CPUs with AVX-512 (Skylake) that suffered from down-clocking under use. But now slated for arrival with Linux 7.5 is tuning the code to perform better on today's AVX-512 Intel and AMD processors that don't suffer from this limitation. In…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ChaCha-AVX-512-Linux-7.5
Pastel morning today.
@troublewithwords Shshhh.... quiet. These people are trying to sleep.
The CJEU just ruled that all discrimination against trans folk, including the lack of legal gender recognition on the basis of lived gender and any surgical, medical, or psychiatric requirements for such, is illegal. The ruling is quite aggressive:
Pastel morning today.
i wanna be stabbed and drained out of my blood
Kettle broke, so I make tea in the microwave now. Find I actually prefer it. Downside is I can never invite anyone round to my place now.
@fesshole the water is likely more aerated than if boiled in a kettle. No idea what that does that all the chemistry.
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True Carneyism has never been tried. When Canadian PM Carney traveled to Davos to declare a "rupture" in the old order (admitting this old order was never great to begin with) he told us that there was no going back from Trumpism. The only way out of Trumpism was *through*:
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/11/09/brunch-is-canceled-forever/#woke-3-is-gonna-be-wild
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Every liberal anywhere in the world, who still thinks that in two short years we just can go back to business as usual, should read this, and then re-read it. They are somewhat like people in Eastern Europe who still yearn for the old communist days. Or the Brexit people who yearned for the halcyon days of Rule Brittania.
For better or worse, those days are gone and clinging to it, will only make things worse.
@evan Pretty rarely, but sometimes I kind of do it without thinking about it. Like I'll post what I think is an obvious joke, someone will take it seriously, and the temptation to double down is always there.
Lots of orbstack/DDEV recommendations, so that’s what I’m trying now :-)
@yatil yes, can recommend it as well.
@davidgerard Firefox? They've evidently spent a ton of cash on their new adverts
@speculationfictive they never lied they were anti-AI tho
I hated going to school, would often skip classes and convince my friends to just hang out.
I was also struggling with my sexuality and always felt the need to impress my friends doing stupid things, so I ended up in a career I hated dreaming of being able to write code as a job one day while I swept floors.
And now, I'm living my dream! Never give up, you can do anything you desire if you really believe in yourself.
Not only did the fediverse help me accept myself, and come out as gay, but you all helped me become a better person and I strive to continue on this path!
I know I made some mistakes I regret, but I love this community and what we're building together.
That lost 13 year old boy who secretly listened to "Spread your wings" by Queen on his RCA Lyra MP3 player finally did ❤️
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Bookwyrm ! Funkwhale !
Anthropic continues to multiply deals for multiple GW of fossil-powered data-centers.
They might be leading carbon emissions per token with all of these gas deals.
"The frontier AI lab bought commitments for 1.7 gigawatts of heavy-duty generators for $3.4bn in late September from OnePWR Solutions. The transaction is the largest known single purchase of power-generation equipment by an AI lab.”
Good reminder that not all tokens have the same climate impact.
https://www.ft.com/content/41bf5c6a-9735-4f1a-a8e3-2bcccad58ba0
@aral happy birthday
@anghamrlkhalil @aral bon anni, aral. :)
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