@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-01-18 06:39:44
Here’s an interesting little curio. Was hanging at a friend's place and the conversation wandered to ancient times; when she was 16, an upstate-New-York girl, she took off with a carload of friends and went to Woodstock. She pulled out an original program, dropped from a helicopter near stage-front, and her ticket, uncanceled because by the time they got there the systems had broken down.
@nohillside@smnn.ch2025-12-16 16:00:53
@jake4480@c.im2026-01-18 00:11:49
Thanks to @…, I'm now the owner of a Steam Deck! 🤯 Just loaded 100 games on it from the collection, and now the true test, as many are older indies - only a few of the ones I loaded are sure to work. 😂 But testing them all and finding out will be interesting.
#Steam
@boris@cosocial.ca2026-01-16 16:31:08
@case.bsky.social is Waiting for the Future to Load!
Which also happens to be a mini test of the @leaflet.pub thread viewer.
https://blog.bmannconsulting.com/3majxlbcqcs2z
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2025-10-18 14:42:01
from my link log —
BBC computer literacy project archive.
https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/
saved 2020-03-26 https://dotat.at/:/JA63N.html
@seemannsmission@c.im2026-01-17 16:54:07
Seid Ihr auf der boot Düsseldorf?
Wir auch!
Schaut vorbei und besucht unser Team am Stand F09 in Halle 14
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2025-11-16 19:10:58
PSA about food labeling in the US
We have a gluten detection service dog because many things that should be gluten free/say they’re gluten free are not actually gluten free.
Stuff gets contaminated when growing (e.g. next to wheat field), by shared equipment, in factories, from packaging, during transport and in-store.
Every US consumer should know:
1. The list of ingredients on food isn't exhaustive
2. Allergen labeling:
a) limited to just some allergens
b) manufacturers don't actually have to test
c) "certified" foods are tested—but not continuously
d) testing only works with enough contamination
Some certifications may require batch-testing, but usually they don't.
A "certified gluten free" product may e.g. contain oats which sometimes are contaminated with gluten—but as not every batch is tested it's impossible to know unless you test yourself (hence the service dog).
Even if the product is properly batch-tested, you might get a part of the product that has the allergen in it, whereas the tested part didn't.
Or the threshold was too low (our dog can detect gluten better than any available lab testing equipment; yes, dogs are amazing).
Food products also contain ingredients that do not have to be included on the label when they're "incidental" (included in an another ingredient) or if they're considered part of the manufacturing process but not of the final product (e.g. various coatings on factory equipment).
Don't need to list flavors or specific spices either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As for allergens, only those responsible for ~90% of food allergies* have to be specifically declared, and they're not tested for as it's simply based on the ingredients list.
Good luck if you have other allergies.
*milk, egg, egg, fish, Crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-17 01:50:55
Sources: Apple is in preliminary talks with India's CG Semi, which offers chip assembly and testing services, to assemble and package chips for the iPhone (Dia Rekhi/The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t
@emd@cosocial.ca2026-01-17 19:26:33
This book is so fun, and I’m only a little bit into it: #bookstodon
@timbray@cosocial.ca2025-11-18 05:53:34
Sitting here writing, idly watching the #Bitcoin bulls&bears dragging the price back and for across the said-to-matter $90K line. I don’t know who these people are but I’m sure there are chat-rooms where the ones who can influence the price (bulls mostly) strategize on how best to do so.
There’s a line of thought that says that the value of Btc cannot naturally be steady; too many holders…