Month: 21 Tammuz 5783 (July 2023)

The existence of Serious XM implies the existence of light hearted XM.

—@TheQuinbox

From Reconstructionism to ultra-Orthodoxy, Judaism is richly diverse.

Of the three largest denominations, Reform is most common in the U.S. – but nearly as many U.S. Jews do not identify with any particular branch.

Here’s what you should know, according to a Jewish studies professor:
https://theconversation.com/jewish-denominations-a-brief-guide-for-the-perplexed-207297

#Religion #Judaism #Mazeldon

—@TheConversationUS

If you have a a WordPress centric podcast, and you think it would be interesting to the Do the Woo audience, here is an opportunity for you https://dothewoo.io/bring-your-podcast-to-do-the-woo/

—@BobWP

Since I’m seeing a new wave of people saying they plan to leave Twitter, you may like my browser tool that takes the zip file of your Twitter export and returns a zip file of a web site that lets people browse and search your tweets. You can just upload the files wherever you normally host html and it’ll work just fine.

https://tinysubversions.com/twitter-archive/make-your-own/

Example archive: https://tinysubversions.com/twitter-archive/

—@darius

Our lab is free and open to everybody. We use low-tech tactile drawing tools + digital methods like graphics embossing, 3d printing, swellform & cutting machines. We’re always looking for new community members projects that need our support — and for volunteers! https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/heiskell/dimensions

—@ChanceyFleet

Offering beta versions of your software to your general users is equivalent to saying, “I mean, like, it couldn’t be worse than what we already gave you, right?” Betas should be for a selected audience who’s feedback you listen to closely and for whom you plan to respond with alacrity. You should regard quality gaps as your problem, not “Well, we never said it was perfect.” Personally, I use betas only on test devices for specific testing, never for general use.

—@bondolo

the year is 2033, there are 5,435,231 streaming services. they each have exactly one good show. it has three episodes and is critically acclaimed. it has been cancelled

—@Taweret

Controversial opinion: blogs were actually good and the shit that replaced them sucks

—@Green_Footballs

This is your regular reminder that AI deciding to wipe out humanity is some hand-wavy future bullshit and renters are being harmed by this particular use of AI RIGHT NOW.

https://www.levernews.com/artificial-intelligence-is-making-the-housing-crisis-worse/

—@evacide

“Hey dude, I dare you to try and eat that rock.”

-How potatoes were discovered, probably

—@adhdeanasl

Really enjoyed this post from Karl Groves on the concept of “normal,” and the urgent need to move beyond it in our design practices: https://karlgroves.com/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-normal-user/

#accessibility #a11y #ResponsiveDesign

—@beep

If you are an engineer and you write code that enables autoplaying, audio enabled video on a web page, I HOPE YOU ARE WOKEN UP BY CONSTRUCTION NOISE EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR FUCKING LIFE

—@yuvipanda

“Your password is not strong enough”
It’s ok, password, don’t listen to them. You’re perfect the way you are.

—@mayaisloading

I’m proud to say I’ll be presenting on accessible astronomy for Vocal Eye’s Almost Live event via Zoom on Wed. July 12, beginning at 6:45 Pacific. We’ll hear some great descriptions from JJ, some sonifications, and we’ll welcome Dr. Sherry Wells-Jensen, a flier on the Astro Access 0G flight. Register here, and a Zoom link will be sent to you on the day.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbFOkCzW38dsiD1g1SllLkQMnovQhx1acqs8MyVKwZ2OBlZg/viewform?pli=1

—@TalkDescriptionToMe

What idiot called it severe constipation rather than a massive backlog?

—@gupton68

Investment advice:

BUY STUPIDITY FUTURES!

It’s clearly a growth sector this decade.

—@cstross

who called it object oriented programming and not class struggle

—@exchgr