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@ChinafakeWiki@mastodon.social
2024-11-28 10:44:09

turn of the century chinafakes are something else

A chinafake toy gun that resembles Harry Potter on a broomstick with an owl. One of his hands is pointing at something, and is very large and made out of translucent green plastic with an LED inside. The whole thing is very off-looking, has a weird paint job, and Harry's face is that of an eldritch horror. The whole toy is covered in minor damage from wear (scratches, paint worn down, etc) and small amounts of grime and dirt here and there, presumably from storage.
A slightly more zoomed-out image of the same toy.
The other side of the toy, which is identical albeit mirrored. It has speaker holes and a model number of "NO.918-20" molded into it.
A close up of the initial side of the toy, but focused more on the lower half and battery compartment this time.
@@Gigi@kolektiva.social
2025-01-15 06:20:40

Related:
I wish I could remember one of the terms for a white guy they hire in Asia (it actually happens enough to merit a term) to pretend to be the boss just because he looks the part.
I'm going to have to look one up so I can throw it out there every time someone uses the term "diversity hire".

@mszll@datasci.social
2024-11-15 21:42:56

Is "decentralizedwashing" a term yet? See recent #bluesky discussions like: social.wildeboer.net/@jwildebo

Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)
IMHO: #BlueSky isn't decentralised or federated. The outage on 2024-11-14 is obvious proof. It may *look* decentralised and they definitely love to outsource traffic/storage costs by claiming that running your own PDS (Personal Data Server) is somehow something federated, but that's all smoke and mirrors. You have to go deep on [1] to find "networking through Relays instead of server-to-server" as their current implementation choice. THEY run the relays. No one else. [1] https://bsky.social/ab…

@KraftTea@mastodon.social
2024-12-18 05:43:50

Russians charge in without a lot of support from tanks, APVs, and artillery...
get torn to pieces.
(good.)

@glauber@writing.exchange
2024-11-07 03:52:15

"My own hope and belief about what would transpire last night was sadly and profoundly wrong—like many, I have the emotional and intellectual flaw, if that’s what it is, of assuming that people are wiser and more decent than they actually turn out to be. I feel chastened—distraught—about my apparently naive view of human nature."
George Conway
America Did This to Itself

America Did This to Itself
And now we all must suffer through it.

@loleg@fosstodon.org
2024-11-08 12:50:35

An in-depth review of the AsciiDoc workshop with #SimplexaCode at #CHopen #WorkshopTage 🔖 with lots of links on the design of impactful software documentation

A skyscraper of the Hochschule Luzern with partially blue and cloudy sky in the background, and train tracks underneath. It is labelled Purpose (sky), Cloud (clouds), Code (top floors), Documentation (ground floors), Infrastructure (train tracks)

102 #documentation
Notes from a CH Open workshop with SimplexaCode on the art and science of technical writing.

@luana@wetdry.world
2024-12-10 18:34:07

Space train!!

@KraftTea@mastodon.social
2024-12-17 21:37:27

After discussing the possibility for several months, European nations are finally forming a unified barrier of insurance checks and enforcement around areas where Russia's shadow fleet operate... a very important development, as it either will deprive them from the ability to keep evading sanctions, or significantly increase the costs and risks of doing so.
Big ramifications. This could have a major impact on Russia's recent long term oil delivery deal with India, i.e.

Twelve European countries to jointly counter Russia's shadow fleet exporting oil
Twelve European countries have agreed to jointly counter the shadow fleet used by Russia to export oil, bypassing the G7-imposed price cap. Ships will now be checked for valid insurance documents.

@KraftTea@mastodon.social
2024-12-17 23:40:23

Drawing attention to this thread of comments of mine from a few days ago, as it goes deeper into apparent efforts from European nations to Trump-proof Ukraine, which is actually VERY important for European security.
It's nice seeing news articles pointing out Ukrainian funding & Russian appeasement isn't something Trump gets to dictate, but rather, a situation where Europe is trying to diplomatically push back against Trump to defend their legitimate security interests.

Mark Kraft (@KraftTea@mastodon.social)
@notsoloud@expressional.social @anderspuck@krigskunst.social I tend to view the actions of both Biden and NATO over the past several months as ones that were designed to, for lack of a better term, make Ukraine more Trump-proof. Much of it at this point was simply funding and loans, but never underestimate the power of both, when it comes to industrializing the fight against Russia. Even relatively innocuous things, like factories for creating small, powerful, toy-like engines, take on new leve…