For anyone that wants to know how to make good rips of DVDs and Blu-Rays, for either preservation and archiving purposes or for adding to your own streaming server, NAS, or whatnot, I wrote up a handy guide on how to work with Handbrake and MakeMKV to get those rips!
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Paging the Fediverse! I've been out of work since the middle of 2024 and would like to change that 😀
I'm a software engineer of more than 25 years' experience. Most recently, I have been doing back end work using TypeScript, Ruby, and Java. I've worked at an ISP, at a national broadcaster, a high-volume web SaaS provider, and a medtech startup; I've led teams, been a tech lead, and been an at-the-coalface coder.
Do you know of somewhere that could use my experience? I'm a British citizen living in Denmark, and I'd strongly prefer not to have to move. Yet.
Can you help me get #FediHired? Boost please, etc. Thank you 😀
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@mistergibson I would, but their contact page has git merge conflicts, and their careers page URL is apparently localhost:1313/careers/ , so ... yeah, there's that.
On the one hand: gosh, they could use some help. On the other: they're not making it easy!
!! BOOST THIS PLEASE !!
opening semi-emergency commissions for minimal-color headshots like in the examples
ive been having spending problems and while i now got a job, it will not get my finances back to a safe level and i'd like to earn more on the side
you can get a headshot of you, your character (or a gift for someone else) for just 10 EUR!! (PWYW available if you feel like i deserve extra; paid via ko-fi, but if i know you i can send a tikkie instead)
i do both furries and anthros, but i will not work with mecha/heavy armor or hypercomplex designs with a lot of details
head here to order: ko-fi.com/c/a5a5665fac or DM me if you are interested
donations are also welcome if you dont feel like getting a drawing
#art#digitalArt#furryArt#furry#fursona#fanart#cat#commissions#commissionsOpen#artCommissions
PS: If you happened to like this track, I found it flows very smoothly into this other, microtonal, more energetic track also in PureData¹ youtube.com/watch?v=d4t5B6nPQG…
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¹ an earlier version of this post misidentified these two tracks as by the same artist. uh, the names are just similar. oops
72-EDO algorithmic IDM in Pure Data
72-EDO scale network (like my 53-EDO video; I'm omitting the visualization for this one). All PD with no plugins or samples.The reverb algorithm is based on ...YouTube
Not sure at what point this becomes excessive but
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Florence + The Machine - Too Much Is Never Enough
Dance Fever – the new album – out nowhttp://Florence.lnk.to/DanceFeverID Join Florence online:YouTube: https://Florence.lnk.to/YoutubeInstagram: https://Flor...YouTube
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MNT Reform Laptop - MNT Research Shop
MNT Reform is uniquely designed to be as open and transparent as possible, and to support a free and open source software stack from the ground up.shop.mntre.com
Recently Hood River’s #DoubleMountainBrewery announced its two newest releases in #beer and #cider, and I received a bottle of each: ClusterF#ck IPA, in the brewery’s From the Vault series, and Zora Hard Cider, a new addition to its seasonal ciders for 2025.
More: thebrewsite.com/received-doubl…
#CraftBeer #BeerReleases #BeerNews #CiderReleases #CiderNews
Received: Double Mountain Brewery ClusterF#ck IPA and Zora Hard Cider - The Brew Site
Recently Hood River’s Double Mountain Brewery announced its two newest releases in beer and cider, and I received a bottle of each: ClusterF#ck IPA, in the brewery’s From the Vault seri…The Brew Site
The Big Picture | Substack
The Big Picture provides a deep dive into the cultural, political, and societal issues shaping our world today, from a variety of unique perspectives. Click to read The Big Picture, a Substack publication.thinkbigpicture.substack.com
Crazy. Dictator. Shit.
#EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Trump revokes classified access for Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and others
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5337218/trump-revokes-security-clearances-biden-clinton?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-npr
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“Don’t go Nash Equilibrium on me, mofo, I have a Lobot and I know how to steal a ship”
Canada Makes Washington 11th Province
In response to multiple threats by the United States to turn Canada into the 51st state, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney surprised Canadians and Washingtonians by declaring Washington Canada’s …The Needling
Fascism defined - Tommy Douglas
"Let me remind you what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green shirt - it may even wear a dress shirt. Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege."
#fascism #USA #Canada #cdnpoli
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Dear Lazyweb,
Our beloved Ribley has suffered some major head injuries over the years, and so I'd like to replace the skull. Where can I get one?
Home Depot sells a replacement "scary skull" but that one sucks, I want the original. eBay has plenty of people parting out their skeletons, and while you can get femurs and rib cages, I haven't been able to find a head. (I believe "servo skull" is not compatible.)
The enterprise formerly known as Twitter is now understood by all to be in the service of right-wing authoritarianism in the United States and around the globe.
There is an uprising against Tesla, which is just a car company. Where is the uprising against X? How can any nonmalicious nonprofit or state or city organization continue to use it for its messaging? Or anyone else.
Rise up!
politico.eu/article/musks-x-su…
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.Eliza Gkritsi (POLITICO)
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"Dissenting crowds in deep-red #Wyoming should be a warning signal to #Republicans"
newrepublic.com/post/192980/re…
Here begins the 12th Elon Musk thread.
List of links to previous threads:
newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/11398694…
#Resist #Resistance #ElonMusk #Musk #Doge #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #USPolitics #News #USNews #US #USA #Press
Republican Representative’s Defense of Elon Musk Drowned Out by Boos
Representative Harriet Hageman sneeringly called her own constituents “obsessed’ with federal government during a town hall.The New Republic
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Starlink at the White House
Starlink, a satellite internet provider owned by SpaceX, has been installed on the White House campus, according to a Monday report from the New York Times:
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Starlink terminals, rectangular panels that receive internet signals beamed from SpaceX satellites in low-Earth orbit, can be placed on physical structures. But instead of being physically placed at the White House, the Starlink system is now said to be routed through a White House data center, with existing fiber cables, miles from the complex. White House officials said the installation was an effort to increase internet availability at the complex. They said that some areas of the property could not get cell service and that the existing Wi-Fi infrastructure was overtaxed… White House officials said that Starlink had “donated” the service and that the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
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This is a bizarre arrangement that provides no clear technical benefit, as internet speeds from Starlink’s satellites are easily outclassed by its terrestrial competitors. Jake Williams, a cybersecurity expert who spoke to the Times, said he had never heard of the government doing anything like it. “It introduces another attack point,” Williams said. “But why introduce that risk?”](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/325783 "Sub-heading and text:
Starlink at the White House
Starlink, a satellite internet provider owned by SpaceX, has been installed on the White House campus, according to a Monday report from the New York Times:
[block quote]
Starlink terminals, rectangular panels that receive internet signals beamed from SpaceX satellites in low-Earth orbit, can be placed on physical structures. But instead of being physically placed at the White House, the Starlink system is now said to be routed through a White House data center, with existing fiber cables, miles from the complex. White House officials said the installation was an effort to increase internet availability at the complex. They said that some areas of the property could not get cell service and that the existing Wi-Fi infrastructure was overtaxed… White House officials said that Starlink had “donated” the service and that the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
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This is a bizarre arrangement that provides no clear technical benefit, as internet speeds from Starlink’s satellites are easily outclassed by its terrestrial competitors. Jake Williams, a cybersecurity expert who spoke to the Times, said he had never heard of the government doing anything like it. “It introduces another attack point,” Williams said. “But why introduce that risk?”")
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Director of federal broadband program quits
The director of a massive Department of Commerce program to improve rural broadband access has quit the government over concerns that the agency would delay the initiative to lavish Starlink with federal funds. In a departure email last week, Evan Feinman, who led the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, directed his ire at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” he wrote. Feinman urged the Trump administration against changing BEAD “to benefit [satellite] technology that delivers slower speeds at higher costs to the household paying the bill.”
Lutnick recently said he would overturn BEAD guidelines prioritizing wired internet providers over satellite providers. But the change, according to Feinman, will lead to complications for multiple states on the verge of starting their BEAD-funded projects. “These more-sweeping changes will only cause delays,” he wrote. “Shovels could already be in the ground in three states, and they could be in the ground in half the country by the summer without the proposed changes to project selection.”](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/325779 "Sub-heading and text:
Director of federal broadband program quits
The director of a massive Department of Commerce program to improve rural broadband access has quit the government over concerns that the agency would delay the initiative to lavish Starlink with federal funds. In a departure email last week, Evan Feinman, who led the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, directed his ire at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” he wrote. Feinman urged the Trump administration against changing BEAD “to benefit [satellite] technology that delivers slower speeds at higher costs to the household paying the bill.”
Lutnick recently said he would overturn BEAD guidelines prioritizing wired internet providers over satellite providers. But the change, according to Feinman, will lead to complications for multiple states on the verge of starting their BEAD-funded projects. “These more-sweeping changes will only cause delays,” he wrote. “Shovels could already be in the ground in three states, and they could be in the ground in half the country by the summer without the proposed changes to project selection.”")
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It is unsurprising now that survey after survey after survey shows that public faith in democratic institutions is at a record low. Not all of the decline can be traced directly to campaign finance issues, of course, but a great deal of it can. Trump capitalized on that disaffection in his initial campaigns for office: He criticized Citizens United and suggested that his wealth would insulate him from the corrupting influence of campaign donations. “When you give, [elected officials] do whatever you want,” he claimed during one of the 2015 primary debates. He appears to have taken that reasoning to heart after Musk’s own contributions.
At the end of his dissent, Stevens also offered up a prediction of his own. “The court’s ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the nation,” he wrote. “The path it has taken to reach its outcome will, I fear, do damage to this institution.” Musk and Trump are now calling for the removal of judges who disagree with them and defying federal court orders. Rarely has a prophecy from dissenting justice been proven so obviously correct.](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/358135 "Text from article:
It is unsurprising now that survey after survey after survey shows that public faith in democratic institutions is at a record low. Not all of the decline can be traced directly to campaign finance issues, of course, but a great deal of it can. Trump capitalized on that disaffection in his initial campaigns for office: He criticized Citizens United and suggested that his wealth would insulate him from the corrupting influence of campaign donations. “When you give, [elected officials] do whatever you want,” he claimed during one of the 2015 primary debates. He appears to have taken that reasoning to heart after Musk’s own contributions.
At the end of his dissent, Stevens also offered up a prediction of his own. “The court’s ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the nation,” he wrote. “The path it has taken to reach its outcome will, I fear, do damage to this institution.” Musk and Trump are now calling for the removal of judges who disagree with them and defying federal court orders. Rarely has a prophecy from dissenting justice been proven so obviously correct.")
Judge Rips Elon Musk’s DOGE for Seizing Americans’ Personal Data
A federal judge has blocked DOGE from getting even more access to #Americans’ sensitive personal #data.
newrepublic.com/post/193084/ju…
"Judge Deborah Boardman... ruled that Elon Musk’s #DOGE has no legal right to the personal #information of American citizens held at the Dept of #Education, the Office of Personnel Management, and the #Treasury Dept...
referred to the Privacy Act of 1974"
#Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #USA #US
DOGE’s Supposed Savings Are About to Cost the US a Lot of Money
The IRS is bracing for a huge hit to its revenue thanks to Elon Musk’s cuts.
newrepublic.com/post/193093/ir…
" #DOGE directed staff cuts at the agency have sparked fears that #US tax revenue could plummet by 10%, or $500 billion...
Last year, the #IRS collected $5.1 trillion, w/ $825 billion going to the #Defense Dept. Such a massive loss would hobble #government services or increase the national deficit"
#Musk #Trump #USPol #News #USA
Taxpayer💰s: abused, as #DOGE makes the fed govt almost comically inefficient.
*IRS: WKRs spend Mondays queued up at shared computers to submit mandated “5 things I did last week” emails. Taxpayer customer service calls go unanswered
*BLM: fed surveyors -no longer permitted to buy replacement EQP -work stops as WKRs track down a mgr…
*FDA: l’ship CXL the sub to LexisNexis -insufficient parking & TP
Civil servants rotate thru panic, rage…
#Musk #Firings #Fascism #USPol
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Washington ("Hinckley") Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC, 2023.
All the pixels, none of the hard-to-get-a-ticket-for conferences, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53…
Washington Hilton, 2023
Washington, DC 28 June 2023 The Washington Hilton hotel, in the Kalorama neighborhood, opened in 1965. A classic modernist concrete slab Brutalist design, the curved facades and winged canopies evoke Eero Saarinen's airport terminals.Flickr
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This is a fairly conventional architectural composition, emphasizing the curved facade. To get a high resolution capture of the wide structure, this was made as a stitched composite of two captures with the Rodenstock 32mm/4.0 HR Digaron-W lens. The Phase One back was shifted left and right by about 12mm.
By using shift movements at a fixed perspective, the two captures can be stitched directly together into a panorama without needing to transform the frame geometry (as you would with panning).
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The result here is about 170MP in 16x9 format, which is sufficient for very large prints that retain a great deal of detail (I've printed this at 6 feet wide).
Mid-Century Modernist architecture, and Brutalism in particular, is easy to dismiss as being superficially lifeless and uninteresting, but at its best (and with the right eye) these buildings can be seen as sculptures in the landscape. I don't always appreciate them, but they're often more interesting than they first seem.
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The Washington Hilton, completed 1965, was designed by architect William Tabler. It's notable not only for its distinctive exterior, but also for the prominent events hosted there. The hotel is or has been home to the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, the National Prayer Breakfast, the Shmoocon conference, and the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, among many other things.
It has extensive back-of-house facilities and security features to accommodate high profile VIPs.
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@mhoye I wish I did. Best suggestion is to find a local shop that will tolerate you wanting to proof things and that has a a decent selection of paper stocks.
I ended up buying a giganto Canon printer, which is not for the faint of heart.
Wait, one of them had A follower... That's not normal.
Did you block that follower too ?
My phlox, my phlox, my lovely little phlox.
Check it out.
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#hardwarehacking
22 March 1902 | A Pole, Florian Anioła, was born in Żabików. A fireman.
In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1942.
No. 35364
He perished in the camp on 11 November 1942.
I've got another #WhatsThis for you.
This thing sat outside the garage. It's cast, open on the bottom, has a rectangular groove for sliding something into and three holes in the groove. It's somewhat heavy. There's also a flange at the bottom.
Obviously it has been used as anvil/cutting surface, but what is its original purpose? If it's a T-40 tractor part, I don't know where it goes on that.
#Mystery #WhatIsThis #Wotsit #Identification #WhatIsThisThing #WhatsThisThing
250 metre long protest sign against Elonusk and Tesla drawn on a Welsh beach. That's the way to do it!
#ElonMusk #tesla #telsaTakedown
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Elon Musk ‘salute’ carved into sand in world’s largest Tesla protest
Elon Musk’s notorious “salute” has been carved into sand at the world’s largest Tesla protest.A 250m-long “Don’t buy a Tesla’ message” was carved into the sa...YouTube
I hope Google is taking some images of that area for Maps today.
LOL at Musk whining about the hate against Tesla. Dude, it's not Tesla people hate. It's you. Aside from the Cybertruck, which people mostly think is just an ugly POS, I don't think that many people have anything against Tesla cars themselves. It's entirely the association with Musk. He's forever tainted the company he didn't build and the car he didn't design. Great job, dude. 🙄
That would be amazing!!
Musk says empathy is people's mistakes and then seeks empathy from people. The thing I hate is he has besmirched Nikola Tesla name.
Current status: reading the Guide for Canadians Detained Abroad 😥 just in case
travel.gc.ca/travelling/public…
The arresting authorities do not have to inform a Canadian government office that you have been detained or arrested, *unless you ask them to*.
A Guide for Canadians Detained Abroad - Travel.gc.ca
Government of Canada's official one-stop-shop for comprehensive international travel information.Travel.gc.ca
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#NEWS OF THE DAY:
#UKRAINE MAY HOLD PRESIDENTIAL# ELECTIONS: A decision regarding elections in Ukraine has already allegedly been made, and they will take place, U.S. Special Representative Steve #Witkoff said in an interview with Tucker #Carlson.
kyivindependent.com/trumps-env…
Trump's envoy Witkoff claims Ukraine will hold presidential elections
Ukraine has not held elections during Russia's full-scale war because they are prohibited under martial law, which was declared on Feb. 24, 2022.Olena Goncharova (The Kyiv Independent)
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