Poll shows Democrats with biggest generic ballot lead since 2017 (Avery Lotz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/democrats-midterms-generic-ballot-lead-poll
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p40#a251119p40
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Models of generics and metaprogramming: Golang, Rust, Swift, D, and more.
http://thume.ca/2019/07/14/a-tour-of-metaprogramming-models-for-generics/
saved 2019-07-21
How Zynga uses a secretive VIP program with personal account managers and exclusive sweepstake entries to keep top players spending on games like FarmVille (Michael Thomsen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/arts/zynga-vip-video-games.html
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I'm running a German-speaking Mastodon instance with half-open registration. So when I receive an account application in English, it's almost always from a bot or click-worker/slave trying to create sleeper accounts for use in spam campaigns. Here is a rather disingenious, very generic application that came in today:
I would like to register on this site to explore its features, connect with the community, and contribute valuable insights. I’m genuinely interested in engagi…
ICANN nimmt 2026 wieder Anträge für neue generische Top-Level-Domains entgegen
Nach rund 14 Jahren vergibt die ICANN erneut gTLD für spezielle Domain-Endungen wie .bielefeld oder .pc. Das wird aber nicht billig für die Antragsteller.
@… absolut! Ich hab's gemerkt, als ich Quest Chroniken erst ein halbes Jahr nach Erscheinen durch Zufall entdeckt habe
spam of the day
> Hi there, I am [generic chinese name], a senior full-stack developer with 7 years of experience. I’m looking to partner with someone in the US who can handle the client-facing communication side of projects, while I focus on the technical work and delivery.
> The idea is simple:
> You handle communication − I build the solution − We share the profit.
I should have setup per-contact email long ago, so I know how I got on the spam list of John …
Can anyone recommend a tool for basically mass unfollowing Fediverse/Mastodon accounts or otherwise managing your followings?
I'm following almost 2000 accounts and while my feed is very much alive and buzzing, it feels like it doesn't really match my interests. It's too generic.
I need to weed out what I actually care about. Is there anything that can help with that?
#Mastodon
Der russische Doktorand (von einer deutschen Uni), der beim Besuch eines Workshops bei uns in Wien meinte, er würde jetzt sehr viel zu wissenschaftlichen Events fahren, wenn er könne, weil er gemerkt hätte, dass ihn das isolierte Sein während der Hochzeit der Pandemie zu verbissen und zu eng fokussiert gemacht hätte.
Q&A with Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan on the use of AI in game development, the gaming community's pushback against AI, partnering with Grok, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/863361/razer-ceo-min-lia…