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How often do you cuddle with your cat?
#CatsOfMastodon
Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
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Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
Every specification document, as we commonly know them at least, still contain ambiguity gaps that need to be crossed. It doesn't matter whether you're manufacturing a bridge, a kitchen appliance, or a program.
And check out the date on that comic! 2016!
https://haskellforall.com/2026/03/a-sufficiently-detailed-spec-is-code
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$ echo $PS1
\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]$(__git_ps1)\n$
$ echo $PS2
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Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI over AI training https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/encyclopedia-britannica-sues-openai-over-ai-training-2026-03-16/
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Thank you Open Rights Group (
@openrightsgroup) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories 
@keepandroidopen #KeepAndroidOpen
images of Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea, founded in 1395
#architecture #design #spiritual #spirituality #buddha #buddhist #buddhism #artist #artists #artwork #yoga #meditation #history #nature #arthistory #travel #travels #traveling #traveler #travelers #korea #southkorea
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Remove superfluous SCSS imports file (#38261)
Prefer `to_json` over JSON.generate when simple strings in stub request (#38258)
Handle `Reject` of a `FeatureRequest` (#38256)
Rename deprecated ffmpeg `vsync` arg to `fps_mode` (#38198)
Fix vertically written textareas (#38205)
Add missing require rails helper to recent moved files (#38254)
Only persist a collection item's approval URI once it is verified (#38255)
Convert mix of `JSON.parse` and `JSON.load_file` (#38242)
Update chewy to version 8.0.1 (#37983)
Update pg to v8.20.0 (#38076)
Improve accessibility of sign-up progress indicator (#38252)
Handle `Accept` of a `FeatureRequest` (#38251)
Revamp heading levels in settings & admin pages (#38230)
Update model-concern-related spec locations for consistency (#38200)
New Crowdin Translations (automated) (#38247)
Update rollup-plugin-gzip to v4.2.0 (#38209)
Update jsdom to v29 (#38210)
Update devise to v5.0.3 (#38245)
Rescue `JSON::ParserError` where already converted (#38244)
what are some good EU-based SMTP relay providers (I guess kids these days call them transactional email services)?
don't need fancy features (campaigns, blah). Definitely not Mailjet.
scaleway looks tempting for no flat fee, just pricing per 1k emails, with really cheap prices compared to everybody else. Is their shared IP pool decent, reputation-wise?
I also saw Lettermint, who seem cool โฆ
Can't believe how quickly telephone numbers went from something I dislike managing, to something I dread dealing with, to something I hate for merely existing.
For anyone following along my adventures with #BSSG, I have switched the markdown parser from the default (commonmark) to pandoc, because it turns out that commonmark cannot handle markdown tables.
twice this week, I saw long-ago blocked phone numbers leave messages on my iPad which dutifully transcribed in notifications. One of them was serious, involving family I am estranged from, the other was just annoying.
Of all the "you had ONE JOB" things Apple could improve, it'd be this.
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If St Patrick sees his shadow today, it's 6 more weeks of snakes ๐
A heavier version of the proton, has been discovered by a team at the nuclear research laboratory CERN
It was found using the newly upgraded Large Hadron Collider (LHC) as part of its latest โbeautyโ experiment, known as LHCb.
Scientists spotted the particle amid a spray of debris created by colliding particles at the facility near Geneva, Switzerland.
The particle has been called
Xi-cc-plus,
(written as ฮccโบ),
and is four times as heavy as a normal proton.
Its extra mass comes from the fact that it is made from heavier building blocks, known as quarks.
A regular proton contains two "up" quarks and one "down".
However, the Xi-cc-plus proton contains two โcharmโ quarks instead of the lighter "up" quarks.
Because of this, it has been dubbed a โdoubly charmed baryonโ.
(A baryon is a subatomic particle, including protons and neutrons, that is made of three quarks.)
Scientists were able to deduce its existence when they spotted three lighter particles created as by-products when the Xi-cc-plus proton decayed.
It is the first new particle detected by the upgraded LHC, whose first iteration astonished the scientific world with the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012.
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this Slay the Spire 2 deck was insane!
Hell Raiser + Strikes + remove all Defend = auto win ๐
I'll be attending this Philly Mastodon Migration Party a week from Wednesday to represent Jawns.club and invite people to join our server (among other options). There will be several activities to help people socialize while learning the basics of the fediverse.
This post may only reach people already on fedi, but if you have friends who are not here yet, this could be a fun way to get them on board, so please spread the word.
If you thought the code writing speed was your problem; you have bigger problems
Link: https://andrewmurphy.io/blog/if-you-thought-the-speed-of-writing-code-was-your-problem-you-have-bigger-problems
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47415919
Ah, Debian. Add a disk and you yet again renumber your network interfaces. #sysadmin 
In einem Forum das #Fediverse erwรคhnt. Ein Kommentar: โDas ist nur fรผr Nerds ohne Sinn fรผr UI nutzbarโ.
Als entsprechender Nerd kann ich da wohl nicht weiter argumentieren.
I am unreasonably proud of this little guy
This is how my cat, Molly, sleeps in the sun
During winter, she barely goes out, as she's deeply unimpressed with the cold
But the moment it gets a little bit warm - like it did in London today - she's out, lying on her back in the mud, getting the sun on her belly
1/3
She caught me taking pictures of her...
Ja "new wave" ist heut des Wort
Fรผr nix besseres mehr zu tun
Als den Dingen nachzurennen
Die schon gestern war'n verloren
Wirst seh'n
if you hate AI-generated Contentโข and love intentional art direction and handwritten stories, then Encourage Me because this is a lot of work
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Corrie sez my desk lamp is too bright
Some regrettable personal news:
As of ~45 mins ago I am no longer employed. I'm still trying to find my bearings, but would be gateful for whatever leads y'all have.
(I will say more in a bit, once I actually have the time to spare)
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Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill
Link: https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocTypeID=HB&DocNum=5511
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416131
Show HN: Antfly: Distributed, Multimodal Search and Memory and Graphs in Go
Link: https://github.com/antflydb/antfly
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414291
Efficient sparse computations using linear algebra aware compilers (2025)
Link: https://www.osti.gov/biblio/3013883
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47358958
Das #CERN macht gerade Werbung fรผr seine kostenlosen Fortbildungsprogramme, explizit fรผr Lehrkrรคfte:
https://teacher-programmes.web.cern.ch/german-teacher-programme
Die nรคchsten Programme sind vom 31.5. โ 5.6. und im Herbst von 11.10. โ 16.10.
Ich war bislang zweimal dort (letztes Mal mit einem befreundeten Mathe- und GRW-Lehrer) und kann es nur empfehlen! Falls jemand von euch also noch keine Ferienplรคne hat: Wieso nicht mal Genf? :)
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name a musical album you listen to, more or less, once every day. Strict ruleset. You REALLY listen to it every day, unless life intervenes, as it is wont to do
Das #CERN macht gerade Werbung fรผr seine kostenlosen Fortbildungsprogramme, explizit fรผr Lehrkrรคfte:
https://teacher-programmes.web.cern.ch/german-teacher-programme
Die nรคchsten Programme sind vom 31.5. โ 5.6. und im Herbst von 11.10. โ 16.10.
Ich war bislang zweimal dort (letztes Mal mit einem befreundeten Mathe- und GRW-Lehrer) und kann es nur empfehlen! Falls jemand von euch also noch keine Ferienplรคne hat: Wieso nicht mal Genf? :)
I was at the post office and needed stamps so I used a kiosk and it was the most miserable 50-step process that could have been one screen and a payment tap. Then I realized any old friends at USDS or 18F who could immediately fix this for millions were probably gone from those roles. #sigh
Transport is not an problem for the normal observer. We all transport it today. And anyone can build molten-salt or breeder reactors, for when that is needed.
Claude Code's /loop is such a godsend. I can set it to check the status of CI, or let me know when a deploy has finished, and run a series of commands while I get up to check the mail, grab coffee, warm up lunch, and I don't have to babysit a build anymore.
`/loop {time} {prompt}` is the syntax.
`/loop 2m let me know when the latest deploy has finished and let's run these two management commands...` has saved me a ton of time today.
if you hate AI-generated Contentโข and love intentional art direction and handwritten stories, then Encourage Me because this is a lot of work
RE: https://sonomu.club/@jine/116245735363368057
I would go to this if I was in Italy!
Old people in Singapore are up to criminal activities
Corrie sez my desk lamp is too bright
my research for the gemini biopic is going well
jnkrtech
Wouter Tebbens โ
Cat ๐๐ฅ (D.Burch) 
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Andreas Freise
๐/ukyo_rst 
Samuel Brinkmann
Glyph
