@crell@phpc.social2026-02-10 21:01:27
So, um, it looks to me like Dev Containers (https://containers.dev/) are, like, Lando and DDev, but more standard? Am I following that right?
Because I've already got a fairly well tuned straight Docker Compose setup for my dev that seems fine...? Why would I want this?
Or its alternative:
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-08 18:05:32
"what motivates Trump, Bouie said — in addition to ego and raw self-interest — is obviously racism. After all racism is an “ideology that papers over feelings of inadequacy.”"
Trump 'the laughingstock' of polite society: NYT editorial - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-2675108653/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-08 21:30:39
How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, with authors failing to disclose AI use and using pen names more, bogging down the publishing ecosystem (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/busin…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-02-09 09:30:38
How AI is impacting the romance novel industry, with authors failing to disclose AI use and using pen names more, bogging down the publishing ecosystem (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/busines
@servelan@newsie.social2026-03-07 16:44:10
"Leaders at the Social Security Administration are reportedly instructing agency employees to provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement with information about in-person beneficiary appointments."
Trump admin spooking people out of filing for Social Security: report - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-social-security-2675272166/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-03 16:48:04
More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic liver disease are on a waitlist for a liver transplant,
-- but there are not enough donated organs for all of those patients.
Additionally, many people with liver failure aren’t eligible for a transplant if they are not healthy enough to tolerate the surgery.
To help those patients, MIT engineers have developed ⭐️ “mini livers” that could be injected into the body and take over the functions of the failing liver.
In a n…
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe2026-03-01 17:02:19
＂… something with FreeBSD in September 2012 … probably toying with 9.0 on a PowerPC iMac with failing graphics hardware. Not because I was a glutton for punishment (like, the horror of a command-line loader, and the certainty that hardware was failing) – because there was nothing good to be done with the Mac, and I was curious about non-Apple alternatives to Microsoft Windows. …＂
Source: <
@smurthys@hachyderm.io2026-04-08 16:03:19
#CNN: "Frequent flyers say these 25 travel essentials under $25 actually make a difference"
Lemme guess. Greyhound (bus) tickets? 😏
#flying #alternatives #sarcasm #travel
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-02-27 14:41:17
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-26 18:13:23
MAGA evangelicals’ 'religious freedom' claims are falling apart - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/marcotte-alex-pretti/