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@kuba@toot.kuba-orlik.name
2026-05-20 17:48:06

> Documents and whatnot are all mechanisms for communicating between humans—a communication that is always lossy, because creating a shared understanding between people is, and always will be, one of the hardest things we’ll ever do. Workslop dramatically increases that lossiness, with what we mean to say drifting further and further away from us, mediated through machines that smooth out the tone and blur the intent until we are saying nothing at all.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-07-21 22:57:20

Nielsen: the World Cup final drew 38.9M viewers on Fox, and 22M on Telemundo; taken together, the US audience size rivaled that of NFL playoff games (Dan Shanoff/The Athletic)

@kurt@nelson.fun
2026-06-21 22:47:21

From the company running the bar facial scan tech in the Castro: "it’s automatically deleted after typically 21 days anyway." That wording makes me highly question their competence, is there a cron job or not?

@presseportal_pol_NDS@frawas.de
2026-06-21 08:39:17

POL-SZ: Pressemeldung der Polizeiinspektion Salzgitter/Peine/Wolfenbüttel vom 21.06.2026 für die Bereiche Salzgitter-Lebenstedt und -Thiede Salzgitter (ots) - Gefährliche Körperverletzung im Zusammenhang Public Viewing 38228 Salzgitter, Humboldtallee 50, Eissporthalle, 23:15 Uhr Im Rahmen des Public Viewing kam es zwischen zwei männlichen Besuchern aufgrund eines getragenen Fanshirts ...

@doktrock@toad.social
2026-06-13 15:04:29

History of #Minnesota: forests, fires, policy
"The Past, Present, and Future of Forest Fires" by Hayden L. Nelson
niche-canada.org/2026/06/13/th

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-06-17 04:19:33

"The Uniform Code Council requires that there be a period after each letter in U.P.C. because the letters UPC (without periods) is the trademark of the Universal* Plumbing Code." ☝️
[Nelson, Benjamin (1997): Punched Cards to Bar Codes. A 200 Year Journey with descriptions fo over 260 codes. Helmers. Page 85.]
* Uniform, not Universal. 🧐

photo of page 85 from the cited book with three trivia on the universal product code, the cited one beeing the third
photo of the cover of the cited book
@nelson@tech.lgbt
2026-05-16 15:34:36

Can't log into my Proxmox server because I need to renew my Tailscale authentication but that requires I log in via Google and Google wants me to press a button on my phone which is in another room.

@kurt@nelson.fun
2026-05-19 03:59:23

Is it part of the signage beef about OAK that none of these signs say San Francisco?

Bart platform sign that says berressa, Millbrae and a tiny SFO on top of the airplane.
@kurt@nelson.fun
2026-05-18 19:29:28

It somehow saves me $32 to BART to Richmond instead of taking the bus connector to Oakland? I could see that making sense if it was mid-line, but it's not like they are going to sell that seat from OAK to Richmond.

@kurt@nelson.fun
2026-05-19 03:59:23

Is it part of the signage beef about OAK that none of these signs say San Francisco?