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Do not forget the people, companies, and organizations that abandoned their morals during these dark years.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/838079/microsoft-diversity-and-inclusion-changes-notepad
i've been roped into writing mods for europa unversalis 5. you might remember posting a thread about this game's engine a few days ago.
this game is really easy to mod! there's an incredible jetbrains plugin that -- no joke -- is better thought out and designed than plugins for some actual programming languages i've used before. for a video game about clicking on maps.
however, i've just discovered something a bit cursed: the game wants you to save all mod files in microsoft's awful UTF-8 with BOM encoding. if you don't, the game will complain about it, but load it anyway.
i'm gonna have to BOMify all the files, because i foresee a dark future where not doing so causes a subtle bug that i spend hours debugging.
Emelia @thisismissem@activitypub.space
<p>Hi all,</p> <p>I've recently had some questions about what tool to use for note taking during taskforce meetings, personally I've been using hedgedoc from <a href="http://social.coop/" rel="nofollow ugc">social.coop</a>, but it's a private instance and you need an invited account. I've also used hackmd in the past. I've seen other taskforces use Google Docs, and I think one even used CryptPad.</p> <p>Officially the W3C way of scribing meetings is via an IRC bot: <a href="https://www.w3.org/2006/tools/wiki/WebExBestPractices#Meeting_Record_(Minutes)" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.w3.org/2006/tools/wiki/WebExBestPractices#Meeting_Record_(Minutes)</a></p>
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Do not forget the people, companies, and organizations that abandoned their morals during these dark years.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/838079/microsoft-diversity-and-inclusion-changes-notepad
CJEU has made it effectively impossible to run a user-generated platform legally
Link: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/04/eus-top-court-just-made-it-literally-impossible-to-run-a-user-generated-content-platform-legally/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46152098
おはんよ〜〜！！すがすがしいあさ！
Modernity is a conspiracy to replace 'thick' desires (community, craft, transcendence) with 'thin' desires (likes, sugar, dopamine). Revolt by doing something slow. Bake bread. Write a letter. Code a tool for just one person.
🔠 You know what would be awesome? If the Unison programming language had a little font icon.
Give this FontAwesome request a quick upvote if you agree!
https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/discussions/20969?utm_source=mastodon
さささおはさむ
Watching my personal free tv channel with 24x7 nature documentary shows.
#shrimptank #aquariumdiary #aquarium
Anthropic CEO weighs in on AI bubble talk and risk-taking among competitors https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/04/anthropic-ceo-weighs-in-on-ai-bubble-talk-and-risk-taking-among-competitors/
Anthropic CEO weighs in on AI bubble talk and risk-taking among competitors | TechCrunch
Anthropic's CEO shared his thoughts on the economics of AI and the risk-taking of competitors, saying some were "YOLO-ing" with regard to spending.
techcrunch.com · TechCrunch
Link author: 
Sarah Perez 💙@Sarahp@mastodon.social
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Today was the first time I had to deal with #workslop from a colleague. His task was to write a narrative final report for a small production grant that I received and he managed. He produced something that I'd be embarrassed to present, so I spent the past 3 hours rewriting it.
I'm reminded of what I heard 
@emilymbenderProf. Emily M. Bender(she/her) say: the only use of AI is to indicate resource constraints in your org. This person lost his father recently, so he used AI to produce the report because he was stressed.
JD....bro.......😭😭😭😭😭
(new signalgate screenshots from
https://media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/2003834916/-1/-1/1/DODIG_2026_021.PDF)
Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
Functional Quadtrees
Link: https://lbjgruppen.com/en/posts/functional-quadtree-clojure
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46147341
Plane crashed after 3D-printed part collapsed
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w932vqye0o
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46152941
전 돈벌면 Z6iii나 사고 싶긴 하네요 흑흑
きりたんキ〇キ〇金曜日
おはよ～
今日は部屋に籠もって読書
I don't know why there's a huge statue of a bear on a black marble throne on Eglinton Ave near Leslie Street, but here it is ...
#toronto #sculpture
"Mmm, yes. And you call it Big Picture Mode, despite the fact the Steam Deck screen is obviously small"
What is a package manager? Perhaps quite a few more components than you might think: https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/02/what-is-a-package-manager.html
timeline cleanser
"Not all build systems are created equal. If you're hoping to use a build system from the '90s, especially if you're hoping to overlay the limitations of 2 or more build systems (like automake+cargo) and expect to solve them simultaneously, then be mindful that your expectations are set accordingly and seek sympathy from those who have imposed the same approach on themselves."
なるほどラムダブラー
i appreciate how this is going to break in 2 years (and it already is on firefox) but it was made regardless. a unique kind of flash player :3
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んなぞめ
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