lopta<p>Drawing truth tables in sidewalk chalk with my son. "That's a NOT gate, I know that from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minecraft</span></a>!". Remember, talk to your children about logic gates before someone else does.</p>
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lopta<p>🇨🇦 I need to get me a Canadian flag to wave as the opportunity presents itself. Should probably look for one that's not made in the U.S... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
Peter Gleick<p>When the GOP tariffs kick in, every retailer should post two prices on their goods, showing the price with and without the Republican/Trump tariffs.</p>
patrick m.<p>By far, the best protest sign I’ve seen from the <a href="https://famichiki.jp/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> protest —</p>
elementary<p>It’s official! elementary does not accept AI-generated code or design contributions as a matter of policy across any of our over 150 source code repositories. Our operating system is made and shared by real people</p><p><a href="https://github.com/elementary/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/elementary/.github/</span><span class="invisible">blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md</span></a></p>
lopta<p>Reading some articles while I wait for Microsoft Word to put its cursor back on the screen. It's sad how bad this software is.</p>
lopta<p>Distracted by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bicycles</span></a>.</p>
Dianora (Diane Bruce)<p>I saw this earlier but it had no alt-text. </p><p>Once again Please remember this isn't my original graphic I wish I could give credit to the original artist. I forgot to bookmark it. 😠 </p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
lopta<p>Let's see what this <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@linuxlads" class="u-url mention">@<span>linuxlads</span></a></span> podcast is all about...</p>
lopta<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@nigecube" class="u-url mention">@<span>nigecube</span></a></span> <br />Winchesters etc... <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=2BZKOzZ8BWo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=2BZKOzZ8BWo</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Jim Killock<p>Information about the UK <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> Bill coming out today:</p><p>Missing:</p><p>* Protections for encryption<br>* Explicit discussion of <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a> and the need to transition to <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <br>* Safeguards against future self inflicted cybersecurity disasters through hiding vulnerabilities leading to incidents like WannaCry</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openrightsgroup</span></a></span> will be making the case for these changes</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cyber-security-and-resilience-bill-policy-statement/cyber-security-and-resilience-bill-policy-statement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.uk/government/publications</span><span class="invisible">/cyber-security-and-resilience-bill-policy-statement/cyber-security-and-resilience-bill-policy-statement</span></a></p>
Author in Mourning<p>I haven't been able to be online much this weekend. <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Icestorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Icestorms</span></a>. Power outages. Cell service outages. Northern <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a> looks like Armageddon backwash. 90% of my entire township was in the dark this morning. Yet with temps tonight forecasted to be around 15F, guess who's here with additional linemen crews?? <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. 😶 I am grateful. And ashamed. They are better neighbors than we are, despite everything.</p>
lopta<p>Fed 25 TB of tape to the robot for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/backups" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>backups</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldBackupDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldBackupDay</span></a></p>
lee<p>This year I am struggling with what to do with students that can't do really basic programming in my intro classes. I have a few who are not retaining any info, can't remember any syntax, are not able to do week 2 or 3 levels of knowledge. In the past I usually assumed these students weren't doing any outside of class studying, but more and more I think there are some really fundamental learning disabilities exacerbated by uneven education during early years of the pandemic. I don't really feel like the office of disability resources would be that helpful here? I am talking to my colleagues and finding they are experiencing this as well. I haven't yet found much support or ideas on how to address it.</p>
John Overholt<p>I just cannot state strongly enough how profoundly this misunderstands what I want from a vacuum cleaner. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/639078/samsung-bespoke-ai-jet-ultra-vacuum-text-messages" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/639078/samsu</span><span class="invisible">ng-bespoke-ai-jet-ultra-vacuum-text-messages</span></a></p>
Jeff Atwood<p>I want my... I want my... I want my Ennn Peeeee Rrrrrrrrr <a href="https://www.npr.org/donations/support" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">npr.org/donations/support</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Gideon Hallett<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@OrangeMenace" class="u-url mention">@<span>OrangeMenace</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@RussCheshire" class="u-url mention">@<span>RussCheshire</span></a></span> The Friends are anything but a soft target; that’s one of the things that makes this so surprising.</p><p>If you want to select a bunch of people who will willingly go to prison for their beliefs, the Friends have 375 years of practice.</p><p>When the state first tried to ban them in the C.17th, they clogged up the judicial system until the state realised its folly and backed down.</p>
lopta<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@oakowl" class="u-url mention">@<span>oakowl</span></a></span> Did you write AFMT for the Atari ST?</p>
MiniMia 🏴 🇵🇸<p>Led By Donkeys doing their thing at the Reform Ltd conference ✊</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a></p>
Phil (ascentale)<p>Hello and welcome to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BikeNite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeNite</span></a> on March 28th. Thanks for joining as we chat about cycle stuff. Answer whenever at your convenience. Anyone can join, now or later. Reply to what you like, and boost for visibility.</p><p>Our introduction question with help from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@xtaran" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>xtaran</span></a></span>:</p><p>Q1. Where are you posting from today? What's something that you _don't_ do by cycle, but do by car? What would a cycle need to change that?</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BikeNiteQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeNiteQ</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a> cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bikenite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bikenite</span></a></span></p>
lopta<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BikeNite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BikeNite</span></a>?</p>
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