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@alejandrobdn@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-25 15:12:23

He creates a 3D-printed Lamborghini in his garden for just $20,000 and turns down a substantial offer: "it's the best feeling in the world" italpassion.fr/en/lamborghini/<…

He creates a 3D-printed Lamborghini in his garden for just $20,000 and turns down a substantial offer: "it's the best feeling in the world" - ItalPassion
Owning a Lamborghini is an unattainable fantasy for most enthusiasts. And yet, in a Colorado backyard, one man proved

@kctipton@mas.to
2025-12-24 03:02:10

Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a screed of an essay
apnews.com/article/oklahoma-bi

The University of Oklahoma fires instructor who gave failing grade to Bible-based gender essay
The University of Oklahoma has fired an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination. The complaint from 20-year-old junior Samantha Fulnecky was over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and called promoting a belief in multiple genders “demonic.” The university said Monday that its investigation found that the graduate teaching assistant had been arbitrary in giving Fulnecky zero points on the assignment. The attorney for instructor Mel…

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2025-11-23 18:38:14

The problem with Las Vegas is that visitors are now treated like marks rather than guests.
The $50 gotcha charge at Paris Las Vegas for unplugging a cord in the room to charge a laptop is a perfect example:
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“$50 Charge Because I Unplugged A Cord”: Paris Las Vegas Hotel’s Tiny Print Fee Sums Up Why Visitors Are Fleeing The City
A reader shares that the were billed "$50 to charge a laptop" at Paris Las Vegas, and they thought this was "an even more outrageous fee" than $26 for a bottle of water at Aria. Las Vegas executives can't seem to figure out why tourist visits are declining in the city.

@ronaldsnijder@mastodon.social
2025-12-25 14:17:55

#MastoArt
Cool Christmas present
Artist: Adriano WU

Artist: Adriano WU Name: Spectators Series Mateiral: Fine Art prints of oil on canvas Year: 2023 This artwork series features six squatting figures, each with different expressions - watching drama without involvement. It reflects modern society's blurred line between watching and being watched. In a digital age, people often observe others' lives with curiosity, rarely expressing their own feelings. Everyone is both a viewer and a subject, caught in a cycle of attention and exposure. This…
Print of a painted portrait of a man whose face consists of sockets and plugs, some of which are charging USB cables
@bourgwick@heads.social
2025-12-26 05:03:48

so what you're telling me is that a member of hawkwind beat the dead to the pyramids by 9 months? and the deadheadiest member of #hawkwind, too, by a few accounts. have to squint, but here's nik turner flying an ice cream kid shirt in '76.

Nik Turner in Ice Cream Kid shirt with saxophone
@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-24 18:56:14

The city’s chief, Brian O’Hara, confirmed the man had died following the incident, describing him as a white male and a resident of Minnesota.
The man was also a “lawful gun owner” with a permit to carry the weapon, O’Hara said, adding that the victim’s name was known to police but would yet be released.
ICE shooting latest: ‘American citizen’ shot and killed by federal agents in another Minneapolis shooting | The Independent
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-11-25 06:20:51

PG-rated movies dominate the US Box Office, driven by films like A Minecraft Movie; an NRG study finds kids want a social experience with friends and family (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/business/media/wicked-

Hollywood Is Reeling—and PG Movies Have Never Been So Popular
The PG rating has become the king of the box office. The entertainment business now relies on kids dragging their parents to theaters.

@tiotasram@kolektiva.social
2025-11-26 13:36:33

Writing unit tests for my random number generation library continues to be difficult. My tests are failing because the bias in the distribution exceeds my expectations, but I'm wondering whether I should just repeat the test more times and permit it to exceed expectations some of the time (as long as it does it symmetrically/rarely/etc. My gut tells me that second-order expectations aren't any better than first-order expectations, but another part of me disagrees.
Thinking more as I write this (writing is thinking): second-order tests can at least give me better info to work with towards fixing things I think! So maybe I'll invest in them.
#coding

@pre@boing.world
2025-11-22 10:39:50
Content warning: bitcoin conference report

Despite much opinion to the contrary, the government money we use is crappy.
I'm at bitfest in Manchester to find out if Bitcoin could be a better money.
It could hardly be worse.
The mood is still good, people are joking about recent devaluation rather than crying. Those who aren't all in are trying to buy more at the discount.
After an introduction by Mad Bitcoins, Joe Bryan explains the problem with government money.
He imagines an island on which two types of money are tried, with a dividing wall between them.
When economic problems hit, government can just print more money on the fiat side. Everyone now using money which is worth less. Distorting prices, inflating asset prices, making the rich (who hold assets) richer and the poor (who have to pay inflated prices) poorer. Driving wealth inequality.
On the hard money side, government must tax properly. Take in more from the rich rather than inflating to take it from the poor. Reducing wealth inequality.
On the government money side, the wealthy monitize houses, stocks, resources. Saving in money is impossible, its inflated away. So they save in assets and hording resources. Capital is misallocated. The youth can't afford houses. Poverty traps are caused. The only way out is printing more for benefits. Making it all worse. More economic crises, more printing. More government debt.
Eventually, the wall is broken. Government money people can save in the hard money instead. It reduces the value of government money further. More printing. More inflation.
Eventually, war. Funded by printed money.
The dollar is the best of a bad bunch all other government money is falling in value even faster.
I wonder, is bitcoin really this better money though? It's limited, hard, and can't be printed without energy investment.
I'm still unsure that fixing money fixes the world.
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Note: "crypto" is mostly more like government money than bitcoin. It can be printed indefinitely by it's makers, does not cost it's makers to print. Crypto is usually just a scam people to get more bitcoin. Bitcoin is not crypto.
#bitfest #bitcoin

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-01-25 16:49:04

Two women with white shirts promote EYES: Encouraging Young Scientists and Engineers
einhorn.cornell.edu/opportunit

Two women with white blouse and brown hair flank a posted that says EYES with the Y being an upside down flask: Encouraging Young Engineer and Scientists, Mentor in Elementary schools with a photo of somebody touching some red stuff on a table captioned STRAWBERRY DNA. The woman on the left is asian and has light grey sweatpants and the woman on the right has her hair in a white scrunchie and wears blue jeans.