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Steven Rosenberg boosted

Thomas :netbsd: :freebsd:

@tfb@mastodon.bsd.cafe 18 hr. ago

@greylinux There's a very comprehensive list here https://www.netbsd.org/community/

In particular, the unitedbsd forum has quite good stuff in it

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semimarcy

@semimarcy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hr. ago

Hey, lets not feed real art into AI, I actually will challange you here, learn Blender, and create something like this yourself.

wohali

@wohali@timeloop.cafe 2 min. ago

@Canageek That has been said about Picasso, that he "would sign a very good forgery," but I can't find any citations to confirm that it's anything more than an urban legend.

Canageek

@Canageek@wandering.shop 40 sec. ago

@wohali As I recall, this was basically his wife findoming him, so he would sign blank canvases which were then given to other artists who could imitate his style

But I can't remember which artist. I heard this story about, someone who is alive in the 20th century

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LabSpokane

@LabSpokane@mas.to 5 hr. ago

Is this an inconvenient moment to point out Microsoft has shed almost 36% of its workforce in two years?

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:

@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net 1 min. ago

@moz Oh, that's VERY intentional. I can't work in a crammed space like that.

It's not about fitting as much in there as possible. It's about fitting what I have in there _in a way that lets me use it_, preferably leaving some room for growth _without_ tripping into "I can't work here" space again.

AI6YR Ben

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org 1 min. ago

San Francisco Chronicle: California’s first big storm of season is about to land. Here are latest forecast updates

https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather-forecast/article/live-storm-rain-snow-22527659.php?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6af6a0616e5c8a0001418997&utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3988&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

#CAwx #rain

Client Challenge

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D.

@amydiehl@mstdn.social 2 hr. ago

The term 'honey trap' suggests that a woman is a seductress and a man has no control over himself. It is scapegoating: Powerful men keep their reputation for rationality while some snake of a woman takes the blame for their lapses of judgment.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91640992/can-we-please-stop-calling-it-a-honey-trap

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Dan Ports

@dan@discuss.systems 34 min. ago

@ai6yr @grammargirl 1986? that's the same year @irene was born! and she regularly walks multiple cats on a leash... coincidence? I THINK NOT.

a lynx point cat and a tuxedo cat wearing harnesses and leashes, checking out a catmint bush

AI6YR Ben boosted

David Sacerdote

@dsacer@fediscience.org 4 min. ago

@ai6yr having worked on systems like this, it can be remarkably difficult to understand their state. They've typically got many thousands of person-years put into their creation and understanding the full stack is not possible within a single human lifetime.

You depend on abstraction layers, alerting systems, and runbooks, and when those fail, it can be really thorny to fix things. Especially once many of the people who created the system have left and you've lost a lot of the institutional memory of how it was built.

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Adrianna Tan

@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io 42 min. ago

I was very excited to see what an English Salsa was. Turns out it’s Worcestershire sauce

#Food

A photo of Worcestershire sauce in a Mexican grocery store. It says Salsa Inglesa

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Mignon Fogarty

@grammargirl@zirk.us 4 hr. ago

“It’s like herding cats” feels like it should be ancient, but lexicographer Jeremy Butterfield says the OED’s first record of it is from 1986. It’s a US coinage, and it caught on fast because it’s so useful.

Jeremy’s new book is “The Metaphor Zoo.”

WATCH: https://youtu.be/DkjTvNZlzLg
READ: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/transcripts/grammar-girl/1237/
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229

The Forgotten 1920s Animal Idioms (Snake’s Toenails, Alligator’s Adenoids & More)

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Quick and Dirty Tips

Why English loves animals, from the bee’s knees to herding cats, with Jeremy Butterfield - Quick and Dirty Tips

[Computer-generated transcript] Mignon Fogarty: Grammar Girl here. I’m Mignon Fogarty, and today I am here with Jeremy Butterfield, the former editor in chief at Collins Dictionaries, editor of the 2015 edition of “Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage,” and author of the new book, “The Metaphor Zoo.” Jeremy, welcome to the Grammar Girl podcast. Jeremy

Techmeme

@Techmeme@techhub.social 2 min. ago

Nscale's updated IPO prospectus shows Q3 revenue up 1,344% YoY to $307.5M, up from $140.6M in Q2; net loss widened to $1.69B, up from $1.02B in Q2 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/12/nscale-updates-ipo-prospectus-that-shows-widening-loss.html
http://www.techmeme.com/261113/p2#a261113p2

Techmeme

Nscale's updated IPO prospectus shows Q3 revenue up 1,344% YoY to $307.5M, up from $140.6M in Q2; net loss widened to $1.69B, up from $1.02B in Q2

By Jordan Novet / CNBC. View the full context on Techmeme.

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cafuego 🔭🤦🏼‍♂️

@cafuego@misanthrope.social 20 min. ago

I suppose that I can mention this now, given the main author has posted about it publicly.

This book will be released in May 2027 and features nearly a hundred of my photos 😊

https://www.amazon.com.au/Welcome-Sky-Country-introduction-Australian/dp/1761501097/

#astrophotography #space #australia #indigenous #astronomy

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A book cover with indigenous australian art of a starry sky and a crescent moon over the silhouettes of trees.

The title is WELCOME TO SKY COUNTRY and the authors are Duane Hamacher and Marcia Langton with Trevor Leaman.

Below the title, it says 'An introduction to Australian Indigenous astronomy'. — A book cover with indigenous australian art of a starry sky and a crescent moon over the silhouettes of trees. The title is WELCOME TO SKY COUNTRY and the authors are Duane Hamacher and Marcia Langton with Trevor Leaman. Below the title, it says 'An introduction to Australian Indigenous astronomy'.

The back cover.

Welcome to Sky Country offers a glimpse of what
generations of First Peoples have experienced
by studying the night sky.

Over thousands of years, the First Peoples have passed
down stories of Sky Country, connecting us to deep
time and ancient skies. To understand Sky Country is
to understand the concept of 'as above, so below',
where the sky acts like a mirror that reflects conditions
of the land and waters. The Sun, Moon and stars serve
as a map of Country, showing us routes to travel.
They work as a clock and a calendar, telling us how to
mark time and when the seasons will change. They are
a source of inspiration and guidance for storytelling,
music, art and dance.

Exploring everything from twinkling stars and comets,
to planets and phases of the Moon, and featuring stunning artworks and photos, Sky Country comes alive on the pages of this book. There is also a travel section where you can discover destinations with clear views of the stars, museums and galleries, sites of significance and more.

ISBN 978-1761501098

The background is a photo of the Magellanic Clouds over a desert nightscape. — The back cover. Welcome to Sky Country offers a glimpse of what generations of First Peoples have experienced by studying the night sky. Over thousands of years, the First Peoples have passed down stories of Sky Country, connecting us to deep time and ancient skies. To understand Sky Country is to understand the concept of 'as above, so below', where the sky acts like a mirror that reflects conditions of the land and waters. The Sun, Moon and stars serve as a map of Country, showing us routes to travel. They work as a clock and a calendar, telling us how to mark time and when the seasons will change. They are a source of inspiration and guidance for storytelling, music, art and dance. Exploring everything from twinkling stars and comets, to planets and phases of the Moon, and featuring stunning artworks and photos, Sky Country comes alive on the pages of this book. There is also a travel section where you can discover destinations with clear views of the stars, museums and galleries, sites of significance and more. ISBN 978-1761501098 The background is a photo of the Magellanic Clouds over a desert nightscape.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Welcome-Sky-Country-introduction-Australian/dp/1761501097/

Canageek

@Canageek@wandering.shop 5 min. ago

This is going to drive me nuts, I remember hearing a story about a famous painter where the works from the end of his life are not considered particularly valuable because they were being forged while he was still alive, with his wife's assistance in getting his signature on blank canvases. So even in authentic signature, doesn't mean it's an authentic painting by that artist.

I thought it was Picasso, but I'm finding no reference when I read about him. Anyone know what painter it is?

wohali

@wohali@timeloop.cafe 2 min. ago

@Canageek That has been said about Picasso, that he "would sign a very good forgery," but I can't find any citations to confirm that it's anything more than an urban legend.

Deborah Pickett

@futzle@old.mermaid.town 5 min. ago

I put it to Matthew Duncan that Australians are, in fact, Germans.

Gus

@projectgus@aus.social 3 min. ago

@futzle New rule: Balcony solar for Fediverse posters only, power limits to be set by @xssfox on a case by case basis.

Dave Winer on Mastodon

@davew@mastodon.social 15 hr. ago

@phoutz -- wordpress! that's one i had not heard in this context. i think wordpress with a few little tweaks could be the path of markdown files on to the web.

Phil

@phoutz@mastodon.online 3 min. ago

@davew

That part is beyond my pay grade. Ulysses does the conversion from markdown to whatever it is that Wordpress consumes. But it would be wonderful to write directly in markdown on the blog - particularly for adding links.