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Having #ADHD and reading ancient UI code is like going on an solo archeological dig. The code is right there, but I don’t yet understand why they exist. The structures and abstractions aren’t clear and often incomplete. There are patches and hacks here and there. I have to take notes and make […]

We now have enough Starlink reentries to use the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis estimator to determine the median Starlink operational lifetime: 5.3 years. This mixes together V1 and V2M Starlinks.

I read someone describing the difference between the tech in sci-fi and the magic in Fantasy in this way: Tech doesn’t care what you think; but magic does. This description has really stuck with me. What makes tech products truly shine is when it *appears to care about what the user thinks* […]

FFFFUUUUUU Source: hxxps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enfmi8VUo_8 News story: https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/ntsb-investigating-close-call-between-southwest-airlines-plane-business-jet-at-midway-airport/3683048/ #aviation #nearMiss

#GoodNews https://mstdn.social/@sglerman95814/114067812158498434

Hahaha good https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/114067950808224795

[uspol, funny sticker] Hahaha Source: hxxps://www.threads.net/@tonguy5/post/C__shr0ud50 #bumperSticker #memes

First of all, fuck this shit. Second, RIP the US tech industry. https://mstdn.social/@_L1vY_/114066253339114581

lol nice try #swasticars https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/114065965728857140

Via Klasfeld: News: Judge Ali granted a motion to enforce his TRO compelling the #Trump admin to unfreeze foreign assistance spending. The govt must pay all invoices and letters of credit drawdown requests by 11:59 pm tomorrow (Weds) and provide any directives related to compliance with his […]

The richest human in the world is withholding treatment from starving children—which he didn’t even have to pay for. https://www.threads.net/@newrepublic/post/DGgN_VHo4qP

If the Democrats make a deal with the Republicans that's as weak as Josh Marshall is suggesting it will be, I will vote for any Democratic challengers who run against the people who claim to represent me now in Congress. Call your senators and House rep. Now […]

New #Tesla Model Y updates are slated to start delivery in March. You can easily spot these new units because they will have an always-on light bar across the front, just like the Cybertruck. At night, you can spot them by the red light bar across the back […] [Original post on sfba.social]

Residents of northwestern #Sunnyvale #SFBA can now book shared rides around town FOR FREE thanks to Peery Park Rides. Passengers and picked up and dropped off by professional drivers at “virtual bus stops” at street corners and popular destinations, including VTA train stations. Accessible […]

[elon, tesla, swasticar] Hhhehehe #tesla #Swasticar https://lemmy.world/post/26015225?

lol https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/114062470263857628

[uspol] Some #goodNews! #governmentOfShit https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/judges-block-doge-access-to-personal-data-in-loss-for-trump-administration/

Hahaha https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/114060537536131694

I’ve been seeing an increase in “mutual aid spam” from troet dot cafe: A brand new account with zero followers, following several dozen accounts, then sending them (sometimes mentions-only) messages asking for donations for some personal need (e.g. paying off medical bills, family is in Gaza […]

Conversation I actually had: “Not all Private Equity is bad. Tons of healthy and sustainable businesses are backed by PE. Dell, for example…” I simply have no response to offer here. This person obviously has a different value system and definition of “sustainability” than I do.

RIP https://journa.host/@w7voa/114059696763183909

On the one hand, the #cars market is definitely softening as prices start coming back down to earth. On the other hand, it turns out that Doug DeMuro took investment from a #PrivateEquity firm in return for folding his YouTube channel and Cars and Bids into a single business—and that means […]

“These are not minor issues, or normal political squabbling. These are things that, if they happen or they’re not stopped, will absolutely bring about the downfall of American democracy as we’ve always known it. People need to wake up to the fact that the fate of the country is literally at […]

Elon has Canadian citizenship? https://mastodon.social/@jockr/114054387375733796

[US pol, Canada] It is really quite disorienting to be simultaneously writing a nice, polite letter in response to a Canadian government consultation about satellite licensing, while watching the US turn off any possibility of any government agency ever responding to nice, polite letters ever […]

Pretty good reporting on the incident in Idaho where a woman was assaulted and detained by private security at a town hall. https://cdapress.com/news/2025/feb/23/update-on-town-hall-chaos-woman-who-was-dragged-out-speaks-police-chief-condemns-security-name-of-security-firm-confirmed/

Embarrassing that Germany is now better at defeating Nazis than America is. We used to own them on that.

A Dutch proverb says: “Trust arrives on foot, but leaves on horseback.” It will take decades, if ever, to restore trust in the US after what Trump has destroyed in one short month. Nations will think twice before trusting the US with anything of structural value, even if we begin repair today.

I just did my civic duty and voted in the German federal #elections . The whole process - including waiting in line - took about 2 minutes. The horror stories from the USA that people in some voting districts have to wait in line for many hours only make sense if you accept that the goal is […]

#NoSafetySmokingFirst https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/114055479760979771

It is very hard to accept, but it is no longer safe to move EU governments & societies to US clouds. Not only is it dangerous to do so, it is also likely flat out illegal in the near feature. We're trading convenience for utter dependence on a mad king. It should stop […]

Institute for the Study of War has a Ukraine fact sheet. It probably will surprise people who -- as they should, morally and strategically -- believe the brave Ukrainian people deserve full US and EU support against Russia's vicious dictator […]

#GoodNews https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114054365489054339

#InternetOfShit Seriously folks, do not connect appliances to the Internet. https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/114051219878103950

Heh heh heh, great article. https://flipboard.com/@gizmodo/tech-fknh6odjz/-/a-OSiCotaIRGqGq2avbUleeQ%3Aa%3A1876139665-%2F0