@keithjgrant@front-end.socialWhen we saw the eclipse in 2017, we swore we‘d travel to catch the next one. Maine sounds like a fun place to visit!
However, the timing of things turned this into a big travel year for other reasons and we just couldn’t cram in one more trip. Really bummed I’m going to miss it. The next one in North America is decades away. Catch this one if at all possible!
@newsie@darktundra.xyzPokémon Go Players Invent Fake Beaches on Real Maps to Catch Rare Wigletts https://www.404media.co/pokemon-go-players-invent-fake-beaches-on-real-maps-to-catch-rare-wigletts/
@degrowthuk@mstdn.socialSome hard facts for the eco-techno-optimists from the always well researched Low Tech magazine.
"Unfortunately, the planned switch to low-carbon energy sources and the electrification of heating and transport technologies will not decrease our dependency on the steel industry – on the contrary."
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@sean@scoat.esJust saw a guy with a t-shirt that said “UNIX 1970”. Tried to catch his attention to say “Epoch shirt man!” but he left before I could make a pun fool of myself.
@gwaldby@mastodon.socialFollow Trump's 'Catch And Kill' election interference scheme with this visual guide
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/22/catch-and-kill-visual-guide-to-trumps-election-interference-scheme/
@UP8@mastodon.social🥸 US cyber investors pledge spyware is off limits — with a catch
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/22/us-cyber-investors-pledge-spyware-is-off-limits-with-a-catch/
@seav@en.osm.town
@zachleat@zachleat.com@… @… ah dang—good catch, I changed my approach right before posting and forgot to remove that piece—deploying a fix now!
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzTyron Smith's new contract poses catch-22 for Cowboys' fans https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/tyron_smiths_new_contract_poses_catch_22_for_cowboys_fans/s1_17313_40153786
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialEx-American Media CEO David Pecker was the first witness at Trump's hush money trial, as prosecutors outline National Enquirer's role in "catch and kill" scheme (Sean Piccoli/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/04/trump-hush-money-trial-1235891402…
@gwaldby@mastodon.socialFollow Trump's 'Catch And Kill' election interference scheme with this visual guide
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/22/catch-and-kill-visual-guide-to-trumps-election-interference-scheme/
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems"""
The case of One Laptop per Child shows us why it is dangerous to ignore the origins of charisma: one risks being perpetually entranced by the newest charismatic technology. This is not to say that cultural change with a technology-centric project is impossible. Still, even more realistic reforms grounded in the realities of their intended beneficiaries sometimes have difficulty gaining broad popular support outside the school unless they add a charismatic gloss of rapid, revolutionary change.
This charismatic pressure can put even open-eyed reformers in a catch-22. They must promise dramatic results to gain the social and financial support for reforms, and then they must either admit to not achieving their goals or pretend that they did achieve them. Either way, funders will declare that the project is finished and withdraw financial support, and then researchers and other observers will begin to note the discrepancies between reformers’ promises and their own observations. Thus, projects that rely on charismatic technologies are often short lived; their resources are cut off before charisma recedes into the background and before the technology becomes part of everyday classroom experience. This catch-22 has dogged efforts for educational reform, development, and cultural change — especially those funded through grants or other short-term funding — for well over a century. As the technology community moves on to the next charismatic device without learning from its failures, this will continue to hamper the possibility of real, if incremental, change.
[…] After all, charisma is ultimately a conservative social force. Even when charismatic technologies promise to quickly and painlessly transform our lives for the better, they appeal precisely because they echo existing stereotypes, confirm the value of existing power relations, and reinforce existing ideologies. Meanwhile, they may divert attention and resources from more complicated, expensive, or politically charged reforms that do not promise a quick fix and are thus less charismatic.
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(Morgan G. Ames, The Charisma Machine)
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump VP hopeful Kristi Noem is very proud of that time she murdered her dog
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/26/2237432/-Trump-VP-hopeful-Kristi-Noem-is-very-proud-of-that-time-she-murdered-he…
@benb@osintua.euOil Refineries in Russia 'Catch Fire' En Masse: Who Might Be Behind It?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/18/oil-refineries-in.html
@jensilber@mastodon.socialSometimes when my dog gets close to a squirrel* but doesn't catch it**, she acts like an animal in an Aesop's fable. "Oh, was there a squirrel there? I wasn't chasing a squirrel. I didn't even notice it was there."
** Every so often she does manage to get frighteningly close to a squirrel.
** She never has and never will catch a squirrel.
#mastodogs
@ThatHoarder@mastodon.onlineNone of this is a moral failing on your part. None of this makes you a bad person. It just makes you a person with a lot of laundry to catch up on. https://www.overcomecompulsivehoarding.co.uk/podcast-ep-137-ho…
@ianbicking@hachyderm.ioOne option is to externalize these choices from the image generator. You can imagine adding a "race bit" to the input that says "if you have a character make it race X" and then roll some race dice on input. This is what it feels like Google has done.
Another option is to give the choice to a better equipped AI. Dall-E does this by having GPT rewrite prompts. This still isn't good at distribution, but can use the LLM's superior knowledge to catch things like…
@NFL@darktundra.xyzDefending-champion Dalvin Cook, 13 other NFL stars participating in 'The Catch' competition on Saturday https://www.nfl.com/news/defending-champion-dalvin-cook-13-other-nfl-stars-participating-in-the-c…
@jpanzer@mastodon.socialThis is a very cool hack. I mean, yeah, it’s an obvious idea, the hard part is making it commercially viable and demonstrating success that’ll attract capital investment. https://newatlas.com/environment/wings-cargo-ship-efficiency/
@bunnyhero@mstdn.cai might just watch the tubi version and deal with the ads, since i’ve seen this before and can skip ahead post-ad-break to catch up. otoh it’s been a while so i don’t remember much. hmm 🤔 #monsterdon
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizzaFinally got the new monitor in for the microscope/computer. The Dell P2422H will get the job done, matches the resolution of the scope in resolution and aspect ratio, and will probably not catch on fire. Also notice the lack of a Dell logo on the exterior... #computer #workbench
@jamie@boothcomputing.socialBriefly afraid I was going to fall down a cliff when Catch-22 failed me. #Wordle
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@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCan Jalen Tolbert catch the third-year receiver lightning in 2024? https://insidethestar.com/can-jalen-tolbert-catch-the-third-year-receiver-lightning-in-2024/
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialCatch 22 ist, wenn du Vögel am Balkon fütterst und deshalb einen Katzenvertreiber aufgestellt hast, jetzt aber eine Maus dort rumläuft und du die Katze dahaben willst, damit sie endlich die Maus fängt.
@rossng@indieweb.socialAre you writing the software for a railway's delay compensation system? You should probably catch this condition before sending an email that says 'request granted, refunding you €0'!
@jensilber@mastodon.socialSometimes when my dog gets close to a squirrel* but doesn't catch it**, she acts like an animal in an Aesop's fable. "Oh, was there a squirrel there? I wasn't chasing a squirrel. I didn't even notice it was there."
** Every so often she does manage to get frighteningly close to a squirrel.
** She never has and never will catch a squirrel.
#mastodogs
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDocuments: Adobe offers its photographer and artist network $120 for videos of people engaged in everyday actions, or ~$2.62 to ~$7.25 per minute, to train AI (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@kontrafiktion@hachyderm.io"Coding is one of the things AI does best. Often AI can write higher quality code than humans"
Really?
"Higher quality code": Which metric is used here?
https://hbr.org/2024/04/why-engineers-should-study-philosophy
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itWow! So, um, what's the catch? https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/mayor-harrell-proposes-housing-density-in-every-seattle-neighborhood/
edit: nevermind, spelled out here:
@Jyoti@mas.toI'm gonna keep posting this as it keeps annoying bootlickers.
#ACAB #FuckThePolice
@gevoel@mastodon.greenIk heb er maat drie van gelezen. Plus Catch 22 zelf natuurlijk. https://spore.social/@leapingwoman/112095040753574406
@ralen@social.linux.pizzahalt and catch fire is a pretty interesting series about how not to develop projects
its first season tells the story of three people making a portable ibmpc clone in 1980ths. theyve made it despite the human factor but... you will see how the human factor played its role anyway
if youre interested in technics history and human psychology, i can recommend
#series
@leodurruti@puntarella.partyAphrodite's Child – Don't Try to Catch a River
[from «End of the World», 1968]
#FediRadio
@cdarwin@c.imBiden crossed a new threshold this last week, notching his 175th confirmed judge and eclipsing former President Barack Obama’s numbers under his first term.
It reflects Democrats’ focus on refilling the federal judicial ranks, but they’re scrambling to catch the record set by former President Donald Trump.
And election years only get harder.
Typically reliable judicial votes like Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) will be unwilling to make any risky move…
@dcm@social.sunet.se@…, my favourite Mastodon web client, released a great new beta function: the catch-up window.
You can choose the time window you want to catch up on, and you get a nicely organised list of posts that you can browse by author, by whether it's an original, a boost, a reply, and order by date, replies, boosts, etc. All done with a very pleasant and intuitive …
@davidshq@hachyderm.iogood article, especially like the warnings towards the conclusion of the article on #LLM in production: https://arstechnica.com/information-te…
@jpanzer@mastodon.socialThis is a very cool hack. I mean, yeah, it’s an obvious idea, the hard part is making it commercially viable and demonstrating success that’ll attract capital investment. https://newatlas.com/environment/wings-cargo-ship-efficiency/
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCan Jalen Tolbert catch the third-year receiver lightning in 2024? https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/can_jalen_tolbert_catch_the_third_year_receiver_lightning_in_2024/s1_17100_40006758
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ieIf you’re new to Bluesky, here’s a quick guide to help catch you up.
One post is called a Scorb. It is customary to end each day by posting how many scorbles you managed that day. Sometimes with an appropriate emoji.
Your followers are “Your Cloud”. If you are asking them for money you are “making it rain.”
Your timeline is your Skyline. Standout Scorbs are “High-Rise”.
Enjoy yourselves and may all your Scorbs be High-Rise.
@j12t@social.coopThis is actually pretty funny in a catch-22 type of way ... If you put the link relation type http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page into a web browser, the site redirects you to https ... and then the page tells you that the identifier starts with http not https.
It has to be http becaus…
@kennysmith@mstdn.socialThere are supposedly eight authors attached to this piece of drivel. You figure at least two or three peer reviewers didn’t catch this or any of the four “editors-in-chief” (three supposedly affiliated with the University of Washington and one at Washington University School of Medicine) let this nonsense slide.
The entire model is due a reckoning.
From: @…
@DodoTheDev@front-end.socialI got my haircut today. Probably the first time I had it done in 2 years. I went from very long (air going past my eyes) to much shorter.
Every time I catch a reflection of myself it surprises me and for a split second, I wonder "who the hell is that!?"
@jamie@boothcomputing.socialBriefly afraid I was going to fall down a cliff when Catch-22 failed me. #Wordle
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@Kencf618033@disabled.social#LifeHack
Let your cats catch mice.
@kontrafiktion@hachyderm.io"Coding is one of the things AI does best. Often AI can write higher quality code than humans"
Really?
"Higher quality code": Which metric is used here?
https://hbr.org/2024/04/why-engineers-should-study-philosophy
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: OpenAI is developing two types of agent software: one to automate tasks by effectively taking over a user's device, and the other for web-based tasks (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/op
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmazon's Prime Video basic ad tier, which began on Jan. 29 in the US as a downgrade to subscribers, quietly cut Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos sound support (John Archer/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/20
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys draft a wide receiver with the 216th pick https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-draft-a-wide-receiver-with-the-216th-pick/
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ieI actually like the vibe in Bluesky, but remain solid that it will go the way of the other venture backed social sites.
As I have said before, we may bounce around all the pins we like, but the tray at the bottom that waits to catch us is Mastodon.
@NFL@darktundra.xyzNew 49ers QB 'Passtronaut' Joshua Dobbs returns to Cleveland to take in solar eclipse https://www.nfl.com/news/new-49ers-qb-passtronaut-joshua-dobbs-returns-to-cleveland-to-take-in-solar-eclipse
@Kencf618033@disabled.socialAlways good to get a hug from an old friend, and to catch up with an acquaintance who has been out of town for a while too!
#Neurolux
@ralen@social.linux.pizzathe third season of halt and catch fire is so borring, nothing happens, and if happens, it happens between episodes. would recommend stopping after the second one.
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ieI actually like the vibe in Bluesky, but remain solid that it will go the way of the other venture backed social sites.
As I have said before, we may bounce around all the pins we like, but the tray at the bottom that waits to catch us is Mastodon.
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzFormer GM explains linking Giants' Saquon Barkley to Cowboys https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/former_gm_explains_linking_giants_saquon_barkley_to_cowboys/s1_13132_39993426
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzCowboys Confirm Jimmie Johnson’s Comments on Jerry Jones — With a Catch https://heavy.com/sports/dallas-cowboys/jimmy-johnson-jerry-jones/
@NFL@darktundra.xyzWhen is Super Bowl 2024 halftime show? Date, time, TV channel, live stream, more as Usher set to perform
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/when-is
@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange
