all of the software sucks, but i have a solution! we’ll write even more software! get more people involved, make it the Ideal Career, then we can write AL̵L̴ O̵F TH̨E ̧C̀ODE̷S. mountains of shitty garbage that kind-of does the thing. software will still suck, but T͜HE̕N oh then we can write compilers that let us run the old shitty code inside of our mountain of new shitty code. now all of the code is in a giant pile and we’re using it to control space ships that definitely never crash. the more code the better! we can represent NaN easily in undefined systems! developers aren’t particularly bright, so the language is simple and easy for them to understand. we know this, that’s why it was made this way. the͡ moun͢tain ͠m̵us͜t ͠nȩver̢ ̴wa̡ve̴r̵. the more code the better. so instead of writing the code manually we c̴ómpilę t͞or̸t̕u͜red so̷u͜ls ͏i͞n͞to͝ ͟nice ͢b̀l̷oxe̡ls ̸of͠ ̸t̶an̡g͜l̀ed ͞n̢eu͏ra̡l͠ ̕ne̢t͏w͟orkś.̸ w̨e d͠on’t́ know how i̵t ̷w͟ork̡s, ̴but ̷t̴he model̢ ̶is̛ 5̛0GiB ́s̶o ͟i͞t s͞e͘rve͟s ̴tḩe̛ purpośe. WE̕ M͠US̴T B͢U̢ILD ͝T͞HE MO͝UN̶T̨A̵IN.
@prologic@twtxt.net Very nice! Like a castle moat. :-)
Plastics Lobbyists Make Up Biggest Group at Vital UN Treaty Talks
Record numbers of plastic industry lobbyists are attending global talks that are the last chance to hammer out a treaty to cut plastic pollution around the world. From a report: The key issue at the conference will be whether caps on global plastic production will be included in the final UN treaty. Lobbyists and leading national producers are … ⌘ Read more
Australia To Ban Under-16s From Social Media After Passing Landmark Law
Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media after its senate approved what will become a world-first law. From a report: Children will be blocked from using platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook, a move the Australian government argue is necessary to protect their mental health and wellbeing.
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This resort, Angsana Lang Co has a big huge canal that goes right around the resort!
@bender@twtxt.net Yeah I think whilst fixing mentions a bit I broke the display here 😢 I’ll fix when I get back home 👌
@bender@twtxt.net Yeah it’s pretty nice actually! 👌 The service is immaculate 🙌
Far away from pollution
Unfortunately, though the sea is full of rubbish 😢
Trying one last thing before going Berserk on that MF …
Tearing down my web server and starting all over … that’s just way too many 502s it’s been throwing in the last couple of days.
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Thanks! 🙏
@linux_gizmos@feeds.twtxt.net This looks really cool! 👌
@prologic@twtxt.net right, I don’t follow him. But I don’t follow a bunch of other people, and it’s the first time this happens.
One day soon I will delete my LinkedIn account.
@bender@twtxt.net thankfully, I believe it’s just a display issue as I think it looks correct in your feed. You don’t follow the original poster, right?
I think as far as text files go, it’s pretty cool 👌
I don’t know about you guys, but what’s wrong with vCal and iCal? I mean, you do know you can buy paper calendars, right? 🤭
hmm i think i would want something that has support for repeating events. otherwise it looks neat.
LinkedIn Posts Are Now Mostly AI-Written, Study Shows
More than half of longer English posts on LinkedIn are likely generated by AI, according to research from AI detection firm Originality AI. The company analyzed nearly 9,000 public posts over 100 words published between 2018 and 2024, finding AI usage surged 189% after ChatGPT’s launch in early 2023, Wired reported Wednesday.
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Something broke here, @prologic@twtxt.net. I will remind you when you return. :-) Ignore for now!
Pocket 4 with 8.8″ High-Refresh LTPS Screen, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, and 45Wh Battery
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I had to go to the office today and both train rides worked out just fine. Surprising!
@prologic@twtxt.net Cool! Enjoy your vacation!
@movq@www.uninformativ.de I’ll ask them when I see somebody around next time. :-)
@prologic@twtxt.net very nice! Far away from pollution, enjoy that pure air!
@prologic@twtxt.net hello! ☺️
@prologic@twtxt.net the French style city nearby. The Buddha temples in the mountains nearby. Boat excursions.
Da Nang is one of the cleanest, safest cities in Vietnam, meander!
“A minimalist social network powered by plain text files” - my talk about #twtxt from #Piksel24 Festival is now on YouTube and slides can be found at http://darch.dk/twtxtalk-piksel
Here you go @bender@twtxt.net 😅
@doesnm@doesnm.p.psf.lt it is but not everything should be treated as optional for a good experience
Lol, metadata extension should be optional for backward-compability
@aelaraji@aelaraji.com Thanks!
And look the wife and I got a welxome message on our bed 🤣
This is where we’re staying 👌
Safe travels @prologic@twtxt.net have fun!
@bender@twtxt.net What’s a must see?
@prologic@twtxt.net Da Nang is beautiful!
@prologic@twtxt.net I sent you a message:
Wife has only one piece of advice: careful with what you eat, and drink, as everything has the potential to make you sick. 😅
@prologic@twtxt.net I envy you already! 🙈
@prologic@twtxt.net I cannot… believe… It took me a “Single Search Query” to get HOOKED!! 🤩 Bonus: tried it from terminal too and it works just 👌
Not much to see in an airport in Taiwan I’m afraid @bender@twtxt.net 🤣 And we had a very tight connecting flight!
@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net oh now this is going to be a very interesting article…
@aelaraji@aelaraji.com I think I’ve come across this search engine in the past, but haven’t actively used it yet for anything.
@bender@twtxt.net Oh I forgot about that 🤣 Umm were staying in De Nang for 10 nights
@bender@twtxt.net Such bullshit🤣
Behold … “Marginalia” ! My new favorite search engine!! And I have @mattof to thank for this find. Here’s their Blog post about it since I don’t think I could do a better job describing what it is. but, tl;dr: it’s a #smallweb focused search engine.