If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?
No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.
@molly0xfff websites maintained by experts on a topic, using space provided by their ISP or institution, without any monetization or tracking. Also, the prevalence of text, and a view that any serious website would not clutter the screen with animations and autoplay video (even though unserious ones always did).
What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?
A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.
Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.
How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?
@LovesTha@ajsadauskas@fuck_cars
Out here in rural Downtown Brooklyn we're gonna need a little extra time to get to a university, sports arena, or mall.
Or maybe Google just thinks I walk slow.
15 minutes isn't much time. I mean it probably takes a minute or two just to put on my coat and make sure I have my keys.
@dbrand666@ajsadauskas@fuck_cars Checking with google I was mentally including things that are 20m away. (actually the second primary school is 30m walk)
But I'm happy to be a bit flexible with the 15m time. The longer distances are probably where jumping on a bike makes sense.
Requirements to put in a job description to discourage or filter out autistic people:
Comfortable with ambiguity
Strong people skills
Good culture fit
Multitasking
A fast-paced dynamic environment
Bachelor's degree or better
I see these things and think you don't want my >30 years of programming and machine learning experience, or my problem-solving skills and comprehensive knowledge that had people mistaking me for one of the team's PhDs, or my solutions that have proven patent-worthy. Your loss.
@actuallyautistic@neurodivergence The degree requirement, in particular, is one I want to highlight. I was a National Merit Scholar, with a free ride to a major, respected university. But I lost my scholarship and ended up homeless for a time because of my (as yet undiagnosed) disability. By the time I got back on my feet, college was no longer an option. But guess what? I kept actively learning on my own, and even pursued my own research agenda in machine learning and NLP. So I don't have the piece of paper you want to see, but I'm a stronger candidate than a lot of folks who do have that piece of paper. You'll never know that, because your job description is implicitly ableist in excluding neurodivergent folks who were not a good fit for university -- thanks to ableism there, as well.
what the fuck do we do. theyve destroyed communication in gaza. they keep bombing. we don't even know how bad it is. if it was that bad when the world was watching. Jesus.
"My specific breast cancer is Invasive Ductal Carcinoma. I’ll need 6months of chemotherapy and subsequently, a mastectomy to remove my left breast. This fund is to support my monthly expenses such as rent, utilities, food and pet expenses while undergoing chemo & I am unable to work. "
Interesting. I would be surprised if that's enforceable. It's like you coming to my house and then claiming ownership of everything in it if I greet you at the door.
@rexum@mastodonmigration I think you misunderstood something at some point. The only people who might see ads are people who use the Threads app. There is no way for Threads to show an ad outside of Threads.
Well, looks like Reddit pulled the plug a little early. Apollo started crashing, but I just manually revoked my token and it looks like it fixes the crashing, but no more Reddit access haha. Those folks are fun to the very end! 😛
#TrumpTrial starts HERE. #Trump#legal
Please remember I don’t reply while live-posting. Plz use NFL (Not For Laffy, but no hashtag) so I can ignore those replies.
1/… Bower:
Trump enters the courtroom. Before arriving, he lingered for a moment in the doorway, talking to his lawyers, Emile Bove and Todd Blanche. He had a piece of paper in his hand, which he waved around as he spoke.
Newsmax TV host Greg Kelly just got ordered to sit down by courtroom security because the sycophant got up when Trump walked in to make sure the former president could see him in the crowd.
The obsequious TV performer waved at him and bowed his head in reverence.
She sends the FedEx, she receives the FedEx. The checks go to DC unsigned, and come back to New York signed.
Easy come, easy go.
There, I saved you from reading dozens of transcript pages.
Around Sept 2017, Manochio's point of contact changed to John McEntee (personal aide to the president). In an email he asked Rhona Graff to put him in touch with "Rebecca that works for Mr. Weisleberg [sic]," bc he "will need the bosses personal checks mailed to me."
The thread is now so long it is increasingly breaking Mastodon, so I am making a new thread, starting here.
To recap, here's the entirety of the year-one thread in the most impractical possible format: A YouTube playlist containing 246 songs and running for just over 47 hours:
What I'm listening to today: "Theme of Broadway", Einosuke Nagao (?)
"Compile" is/was a scrappy Japanese game company that accidentally hit it huge with "Puyo Puyo". For years they ran a "magazine" called "Disc Station", a monthly-published floppy full of demos and small prototype games. This song is from a PC-98 Disc Station cut: "Broadway Legend Ellena", a "PaRappa"-like very early rhythm game about the legend that a girl who wanna get a chance with her DANCE be cool.
What I'm listening to today: "Precision", Spinscott
I've heard it said that Drum & Bass, as a genre, couldn't have happened without Cubase. That's not strictly accurate, but… you get the sense of D&B/Jungle as something made "offline". A person at a computer pondering a grid.
But then this dude just loads an Amen break into an MPC 1000 and fingerdrums some jungle. Triggers each sample live by hand. It's like watching someone fly without an airplane.
Ok starting a new art thread for 2023! Here's the deal: a mostly daily thread with a different artist every day (sometimes I repeat from previous years if I feel like featuring other work/projects), primarily modern and contemporary since that's my thing. I'm even making a hashtag for it in case that makes it easier for folks to follow. Enjoy! #art#BigArtThread
Paintings by Korean American artist Cha Yuree, 2020s, whose work is often influenced by her experiences of the Asian diaspora as well as stories told by her grandmothers. #art#painting#ContemporaryArt#BigArtThread
Installations by multidisciplinary American artist Lita Albuquerque, 2000s-2020s, known for her expansive environmental and conceptual works that incorporate pigments, rocks, and light to represent links between humanity and the cosmos.
You don't need to use the official Mastodon apps, they're not the best way to use Mastodon. The official apps only arrived last year, and they were intended as "Fisher Price My First Mastodon" things with a restricted set of features.
Third party apps have been around longer than official ones, and include way more features. You can sign in with the same account on all apps.
:android: On Android try Tusky, Fedilab, Megalodon, Tooot
:apple_inc: On iPhone/iPad, try Toot!, Ice Cubes, Ivory, Mona