dr. Sybren @sybren@mastodon.social

Good article on why NFT / cryptoart is an ecological nightmare:

https://everestpipkin.medium.com/but-the-environmental-issues-with-cryptoart-1128ef72e6a3

Damn this is bad. About why there are absurdly more men than women in tech.

I hope we can together influence people to stop thinking about tech as a male thing. More diversity, in gender and other aspects, is a good thing for all of us.
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RT @Infosec_Taylor
I'll tell you why:

Age 8: Computer camp. Instructor told my mom not to bring me back. He said I would distract the boys.

Age 12: Computer aided drafting class. My partner w…
https://twitter.com/Infosec_Taylor/status/1366886068532875265

😭
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RT @NOS
Jeroen van Merwijk, groot tekstschrijver, Utrechter in hart en nieren overleden https://nos.nl/l/2371044
https://twitter.com/NOS/status/1367051974206763012

This is gorgeous work!
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RT @NekroXIII
I want to do some posts this month with artists that inspire me and that I admire. #VisibleWomen
I start with the great @ForestBeings
☺️❤️
https://twitter.com/NekroXIII/status/1366364553660030977

This looks like a brilliant feature! #Python pattern matching.
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RT @gvanrossum
3.10a6 is out! With Pattern Matching. https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-committers@python.org/message/VGZDQ5TFMSWEQZS6HNDLDJQ7GAASGUUB/
On April 5 we'll have alpha 7, then on May 3rd beta 1.
https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/1366874988104409088

New release of BeatStripper fixes a bug and adds experimental Linux support. Download v4.0 from https://stuvel.eu/software/beatstripper/

BeatStripper takes your #BeatSaber party mode scores, and strips away all scores except the highest score of each player. It can also add your Solo scores!

Open your most recent file, instantly! #Blender now has an option `--open-last`, which does just that. Add it to your shortcuts or type it by hand, it's there when you need it.

`blender --open-last`

https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/2.93/More_Features

#b3d #devfund

@Gina I'm sure it has a nice home now ;-)

@8it8yte I'd think so, not sure though.

Very Akita-ish.

#b3d #blender
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RT @FinEskimo
Redrift #ilikeshinythings #b3d #eevee
https://twitter.com/FinEskimo/status/1166384476307566594

Later Was Alles Beter, damn wat is @PannekoekPeter weer goed.

https://www.npostart.nl/peter-pannekoek/27-04-2020/BV_101398847

@TheRealPomax @ibannieto Are there any open alternatives?

@pbx with a "ü" in my last name, you can imagine how often I've triggered such errors.

@pbx Hah! Maybe combine that with a "Converting your code from MS-DOS to Windows 3.11" talk :P

Much this. It's a lot harder to recognise a deep fake when you want to believe it's the truth.
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RT @RachelTobac
Also important to mention that just because you feel you can personally tell the difference between synthetic & authentic media, it doesn’t mean we’re good to go. It matters what the general public believes. Altered media has real world safety, political etc impact for everyone.
https://twitter.com/RachelTobac/status/1365417988812251136

@TheRealPomax @ibannieto
I don't think so, I've never used it for that. That's what I have my Yubikey for.

@Armageddon Oh I dropped Python 2 support a while ago. Couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Still, apparently plenty of people are using the older packages.

It is scary to see how many people/systems are still using #Python 2.x (the blue line in this graph). For context: it went end-of-life over a year ago.

This graph shows daily download stats of my Python RSA package. It shows 770k downloads for Python 3, and 250k are still for Python 2.