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Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46264491
Bondi Beach mass shooting
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-14/bondi-mass-shooting-/106141652
Q: How much do you need to spend on mattresses for it to get mentioned in a DOJ press release about your $11 million crypto theft?
A: $638,000, which I did not realize was a plausible mattress budget
@molly0xfffMolly White “how are you sleeping after committing this awful crime?” “Oh pretty well actually!”
Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the shooters, was shot twice by the second gunman who was positioned on a nearby bridge. https://thenightly.com.au/australia/nsw/bondi-hero-who-disarmed-gunman-identified-as-local-father-ahmed-alahmed-suffered-two-gunshots-c-21002247
@w7voaSteve Herman 
@SrRochardBunsonSir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson
The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a 43 year old dad-of-two who owns a fruit shop in Sutherland, did not have any experience with guns but was simply walking past when he decided to step in.
落選は妥当に感じるけれど、なおのこと、一連の騒ぎはなんだったんだ、とか思う。
静岡・伊東市長選、田久保氏の落選確実 元市議の杉本氏と元市長の小野氏が激しく競り合う - 産経ニュース https://www.sankei.com/article/20251214-6QUTABN4ARIALPC5DWJVMRA6AI/
monomorphization is all fun and games until one function generates 234,836 lines of LLVM IR
It's wet, windy and unseasonably warm. Dark, dreich and depressing.
Scenes from better winter days on Ilkley Moor.
Q: How much do you need to spend on mattresses for it to get mentioned in a DOJ press release about your $11 million crypto theft?
A: $638,000, which I did not realize was a plausible mattress budget
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 
shared the below article:
Evan Prodromou @evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org
The schedule for the Social Web Developer Room at FOSDEM 2026 is starting to be populated as the speakers confirm their availability. We had a tonne of great submissions for this year's track, and even with double the time from last year, we still had to leave some great talks on the cutting room floor. But we still managed to fit in 24 great talks, large and small. We're going to see some additional events happening as FOSDEM 2026 gets nearer. Watch the #SOCIALWEBFOSDEM hashtag for more news […]
Read more →Who is going to the #fosdem from the Seattle area?
A reminder to anyone looking for Christmas presents, the hashtags to browse are #FediGiftShop and #ArtForSale
These are used by indie artists on the Fediverse, you might find some unique gifts that cannot be bought in any shop.
(And if you're an artist, you might want to use these tags for any sales posts!)
Okay so when you decide it's time to have a good sulk. How many consecutive years is it appropriate to spend in this activity
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🔗 “I just got back to Berlin tonight after being at Green IO, (…) I figure it’s worth sharing a few takeaways” — Chris Adams https://rtl.chrisadams.me.uk/2025/12/takeaways-trends-and-notes-from-green-io-paris-2025/
Takeaways, trends and notes from Green IO Paris 2025 - Reads, Takes and Links
I just got back to Berlin tonight after being at Green IO, a conference in Paris in its third year, that is dedicated to the fields of digital sustainability and Green IT. Before I forget, I figure it’s worth sharing a few takeaways from sifting through about a bajillion pics of slides, and all notes […]
rtl.chrisadams.me.uk · Reads, Takes and Links
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Who is going to the #fosdem from the Seattle area?
Joey and Sheena every morning #cats #catsofMastodon #silentSunday
The next total solar eclipses. Time to book your tickets!
What have either of these people done that would warrant attention? They are not experts in anything. They don't know anything in particular, have no particular skills, have not accomplished anything of particular note. They're just young women willing to say what old rich white men want to hear.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/post/3m7xiqecucs2a
"Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves,
And ye that on the sands with printless foot
Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him
When he comes back;"
- #ShakespeareSunday, Tempest
The sunset is picking out detail in the flanks of the mountain and its cap of cloud. Tufts of withering grass scattered across the black dunes are made golden by the low light.
Kambhorn (522m/1712ft) at Stokksnes, #Iceland.
#SilentSunday #StillerSonntag #Iceland2025 #LandscapePhotography #Photography
#Python folks, let's say I want to configure a CI build (perhaps a Github action) that uses the *MINIMUM* version of Python and dependencies specified in a pyproject.toml file for the test. I.E. to ensure that features not present in those versions aren't used in new code added to a library.
Is there already an easy way to do this?
The Typeframe PX-88 Portable Computing System
Link: https://www.typeframe.net/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46265015
I've just seen an absolutely disgusting article. I said "seen", not "read", because I'm blind and I could not read it.
for your reference, here's the first beautiful sentence of this article:
"ffGE ARrj XRejm XAj bZgui cB R EXZgl, Rmi mjji jrjg-DmygjREDmI XgRDmDmI iRXR XZ DlkgZrj."
I don't know the technology behind this BS, but screen readers see it as scrambled text, kind of encrypted or something like this. I guess it's some font juggling (ChatGPT supposed it's gliph scrambling, where random Unicode values are mapped to random letters — I'll trust her in this because I really don't care about the tech behind it), but if you have a tiny little grain of empathy, never ever ever do this, for goodness sake.
https://tilschuenemann.de/projects/sacrificing-accessibility-for-not-getting-web-scraped
#Accessibility #Blindness #Empathy #BadPractices #Web #Text
Tiny Mastodon Tip About Globalisation 🌍 
On Mastodon, there isn't an algorithm to restrict your reach to your own country or region when you post.
Additionally, many people post in English, even when it's not their native language.
If you post a comment or question
that is related to a specific region of the world, please specify which one, and don't assume people worldwide will know this acronym or reference.
You will have a better chance to
get the answers you seek, and more boosts from people living in different regions of the world.
Also consider adding a hashtag relevant to the country or region you are posting about.
Keep in mind the Fediverse is global! 🌏🌍🌎✨
@schwaJonathan Wight I have a few friends that did the move to Germany, Netherlands and Portugal. Do let me know if you ever wanna have a chat.
Which one did it better?
Jackson Pollock | Nature
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hey whatever happened to the rust foundation paying for a mediator? are they still around? do I send an e-mail somewhere?
“Rural America knows the truth long before the rest of the country feels it. Nothing collapses all at once. It just stops working in small places first while everyone else calls it local hardship. That’s why wood banks—like a food bank but for fuel—are important. They’re the clearest sign that basic systems in this country have already failed.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/204051/firewood-banks-heating-bill-winter
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in #Somali neighbourhoods of #Minneapolis amid #Trump crackdown
“Armed #ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant & demanded papers.
Federal agents also entered East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN.
They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers.
Everyone present was a US citizen.”
Putting the 4-9 Bengals "in the hunt" is hilarious
What have either of these people done that would warrant attention? They are not experts in anything. They don't know anything in particular, have no particular skills, have not accomplished anything of particular note. They're just young women willing to say what old rich white men want to hear.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/post/3m7xiqecucs2a
Developing a food-safe finish for my wooden spoons
Link: https://alinpanaitiu.com/blog/developing-hardwax-oil/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46224303
I dunno, it seemed like a good idea at the time 🫨
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I pulled all my e-books off Kindle yesterday because of this. It effectively ends my writing career because, despite everyone complaining that Amazon is evil... nobody buys books from the many other stores my books are available on.
I am sad. I am angry. I am *exhausted*.
I am ONE indie author. I am nobody. My protest is utterly meaningless in the face of this ever-expanding AI takeover. Unless all indies do this, and all tradpub authors pressure their publishers to fight Amazon, my pulling my books is not going to do a damned thing to make Amazon stop doing this. All it will do is end whatever tiny little chance I might still have had at having a real writing career.
But I am so sick of AI being shoved into every aspect of my life and not even having the right to opt out of it. This is the ONLY protest I CAN make. So that's what I'm doing. And at least I know they won't be able to use my books this way.
#books #bookstodon #reading #readingCommunity #AmReading #amazon
This is a striking statement from somebody in his position. We all know it’s true; the news here is that this person in this context is willing to say it so bluntly.
https://mastodon.social/@eunews/115718839488535199
The cool thing about cats is you don't have to get them a Christmas present, because empty boxes, balls of crinkly paper, shiny bows, and unattended plates of food are the greatest gifts of all. Oh and let's not forget the full tree filled with sparkly toys, you clearly put up for their enrichment.
Wait...did cats invent Christmas?
posted about my Apple ID woes, please share widely?
Happy #QuantumDay to all who celebrate!
Max Planck presented work on blackbody radiation to the German Physical Society #OTD in 1900.
His novel “quantum hypothesis” suggested that matter should be treated as it it emits and absorbs light with frequency f only in discrete chunks of energy E=hf.
Image: AIP
The real disgrace in UK's welfare bill is that so much of it is spent on people in work. We are subsidising jobs that do not pay enough to live on. If we genuinely made sure work paid a decent living, then we would not have such a high bill.
@anon_opin@mastodon.social we should just tax billionaires
The real disgrace in UK's welfare bill is that so much of it is spent on people in work. We are subsidising jobs that do not pay enough to live on. If we genuinely made sure work paid a decent living, then we would not have such a high bill.
Our cat, Kadi, enjoying the noon day sun.
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