So I'm watching a letsplay of Car Dealer Simulator, which seems to be set in America, sometime in the late-2000s to today, and you have a computer in it you can use to sell cars online.
But look at the computer. That is a Sharp X68000! WHY ARE YOU BROWSING CARSALES.EGG WITH AN X68000, A JAPAN-ONLY 1980S COMPUTER?
This is a friendly reminder that if you live in the United States or for some reason have to visit, you should turn OFF face ID and/or biometrics on your phone.
They ARE searching phones for any and all dissent against the fascist regime.
They CAN make you open if it your phone is just locked with face ID or fingerprint.
If it's locked with a password you at least have a chance to say nothing but LAWYER.
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#Fascist #UnitedStates #CBP #ICE #Immigration #lawyer #security
Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone
The laws surrounding 5th Amendment protections and biometric passwords are still undecided, so just turn it off.Kyle Barr (Gizmodo)
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2. Erase phone and set it up either without a cloud account or using a dummy "clean" cloud account. Only install the default apps, no social media apps, minimal (family, emergency) contacts, etc.
3. Present "clean" phone at border if requested. Nothing to see here.
4. Once past the border gestapo erase phone and restore it from your real cloud account backup from step 1.
5. Enjoy your stay in Trumplandia and try not to get run down by a Cybertruck.
Today I went for a hike at Klelund, Jutland.
This 1648 hectare plantation is owned by Sofie Kirk Kristiansen (daughter of the LEGO family) and made freely accessible to the public. The area is a reserve for red dear, roe dear and wild boar, and the wolves have settled here too.
This is also the location where a British Royal Airforce bomber was shot down by a nazi fighter plane on February 26, 1944, killing four Canadian and three British crew members (picture 4).
Allies then. Allies now. ♥️
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Brings this to mind:
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600-some takes to get it, IIRC (EDIT: only 100+, see replies), and totally worth it.
Honda The Cog HD
"Cog" is a British television and cinema advertisement launched by Honda in 2003 to promote the seventh-generation Accord line of cars. It follows a chain of...YouTube
Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday, doctors say
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5337421/pope-francis-health-latest-hospital?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into World News @world-news-npr
I honestly don't care if this is fake or not, it's a breath of clean fresh air to see nerds just being goofily nerdy instead of trying on the finbro hustle or the AGI apocalypse serious face
Next I have to machine an insert that the probe tips screw onto, pretty well centered, and then I mount all this in the steel body, center it perfectly, and use that alignment to bore the hole for the shank.
In case it wasn't clear, the US is not a safe country to travel to anymore
Of course they'll make exceptions for oligarchs
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More and more people trying to visit the United States end up behind bars | DW News
A number of countries have updated their travel advice to the United States in the wake of a crackdown on immigration by the Trump administration. Travelers ...YouTube
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"They're advising people to make sure their social media pages are FREE of criticism of the US administration"
I am not making this up..
My team at Internet Archive has 3 open roles: a senior product manager (we build web and digital preservation services for mission-aligned memory and cultural heritage institutions), a senior AI engineer (exploring how we might use AI/ML to better surface human-authored content to humans), and a (non-senior) backend software engineer.
If you want to help keep this ember glowing and growing, and are up for some unique challenges, please apply!
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Tried some of this fancy new "colour film" from Kodak, not sure there's any future in it, but it's a neat trick. They call this one Gold ;)
#BelieveInFilm #KodakGold200 #hasselblad500CM #DogsoOfMastodon
Card Radios Remembered
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Card Radios Remembered
We know how [Techmoan] feels. In the 1980s we had a bewildering array of oddball gadgets and exciting new tech. But as kids we didn’t have money to buy a lot of what we saw. But he had a £5 n…Hackaday
Hope he gets better soon, he's still recovering from a long flu.
The 150mm Van De Graaff kit is designed for kids (or adults) to learn about "static" electricity by actually building a working device. A small High voltage generator that will achieve 30,000 to 40,000 volts of "static" electric... Read More - extkits.co.uk/van-de-graaff-vd…
#kits #makers #stem #science
High voltage Van De Graaff generator -150mm
A small High voltage Van De Graaff generator with a stainless steel dome that will achieve 30,000 to 40,000 volts of "static" electricity.Extreme Kits
Don’t wait out four hard years:
speak truth to power
The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by
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Don’t wait out four hard years: speak truth to power
The importance of diversity in science is an unshakeable reality that the scientific community must stand by.Caplan, Arthur
Y'all, you are CRUSHING IT! HUGE energy today, and we're already 40% to our US goal for the March 29 #teslatakedown GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION! Reminder—you can use this map to see where there are locations that still need a host to step up! (This map updates 2x daily) www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Tesla Takedown Global Day of A...
Tesla Takedown Global Day of Action - Google My Maps
This map shows Tesla's US showrooms. A blue raccoon means a protest is already planned at that location. A gray trash can is a location that still needs a host. Data is updated twice daily.Google My Maps
…“I don’t know when it was signed, because I didn’t sign it,” Trump said as he was leaving the WH his golf club in NJ. “Other people handled it. But #MarcoRubio’s done a great job. And he wanted them out, & *we* go along with that.“
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #immigration #DueProcess
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Voice of America turmoil through the eyes of veteran VOA journalist Steve Herman
Voice of America (VOA), the U.S. government-funded international broadcaster, is facing an unprecedented crisis.Episode 276 of "E&P Reports" - A Vodcast series hosted by Mike Blinder (Editor and Publisher)
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I am always on here during my rotten remote job taking donation calls. It has gotten more interesting/tragic lately.
Got a call for #FreeSpeech tv from an elderly woman who recalled to me being a child in #Hungary huddling around the radio with her family listening to #VoiceofAmerica broadcasts so low they could hardly hear it. This was crucial as if their neighbors heard them they could be turned in and disappeared just for wanting to hear the truth. #trump is a #fascist #dictator
During the Cold War and beyond VOA was considered a beacon of truth and democracy. It is breaking my heart to see what is happening to it.
Rodney Brooks on the problem(s) with humanoid robots. So yeah sure Tesla is going to solve this, in a year? OR then deliver robots that you need to stay very well clear of when they are walking around…
You look at this Boston Dynamics video differently after reading the quote.
While impressive, Atlas is still essentially bruteforcing bipedal walking.
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Walk, Run, Crawl, RL Fun | Boston Dynamics | Atlas
In this video, Atlas is demonstrating policies developed using reinforcement learning with references from human motion capture and animation. This work was ...YouTube
Simply searching ”dynamic bipedal walking” turns up a load of research articles and people have been at it for decades, so it is rather interesting that none of the most advanced bipedal robots actually use it!
Participated in a science fair thing with a friend in 1998. My dad knew a robotics researcher in Otaniemi that showed us a program for 2D-modelling of self-balancing walking robots and talked about the challenges in replicating human walking. 27 years ago! researchgate.net/figure/nverte…
The parents of an unvaccinated 6-year-old girl who just died from measles in Texas say they have no regrets for refusing to vaccinate their child. “The measles are good for the body... She’s better off where she is now.” texastribune.org/2025/03/20/te… via @texastribune.org
Texas measles victim’s parents stand by decision to not vaccinate
The measles vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective against the disease, which is highly contagious and can be life threatening.Terri Langford (The Texas Tribune)
The main result of AI is higher electricity prices.
The Story of Fascism: Rick Steves’ Documentary Helps Us Learn from the Painful Lessons of the 20th Century
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The Story of Fascism: Rick Steves' Documentary Helps Us Learn from the Painful Lessons of the 20th Century
Europe, reminding us of how charismatic figures like Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler came to power by promising to create a better future for their frustrated, economically depressed countries--a future that recaptured the glory of some mythologize…OC (Openculture.com)
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Turkiye
HB 1208—introduced by state Democrats and widely supported by Colorado’s most powerful lobbying groups and politicians—would have slashed wages for some of the lowest paid workers in the state. Thanks to the overwhelming opposition of workers and labor organizations, the bill has now been severely amended. In a massive win for workers, the wage cut was scrapped. 💪🏼
#usa #us #colorado #psl #partyforsocialismandliberation #labor #workers #wages
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"Why the hell our democrats..."
Unless you're a rich capitalist, they aren't yours. The Democrats belong to and have always belonged to the capitalist ruling class.
This week's comic: Zero dimensional chess
#cartoon #comic #uspol #media #journalism #authoritarianism #democracy
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Here Comes The Judge - Pigmeat Markham (1968)
"Here Comes The Judge" - Pigmeat Markham (1968) Acknowledged as the first 'rap' song.That's what Wikipedia writes about it: "James Brown is credited for inve...YouTube
Turkey’s protests over Istanbul mayor grow into ‘fight about democracy’
Anger over detention of Ekrem Imamoğlu becomes a touchstone for opposing President Recep Tayyip ErdoğanRuth Michaelson (The Guardian)
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@inthehands I'm just saying that, so far as I know from two people connected to Venezuela, you'll do yourself damage with the Venezuelan diaspora if you treat the Venezuelan government as credible. As well as with the whole spectrum, left to right, who see it as an authoritarian, corrupt government.
I don't see the upside of treating Cabello's statement as a slam dunk that pwns Trump. And lots of downside.
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Reuters accidentally made a perfect keyboard for bug triage. Hey @emma!
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Sanders, AOC Draw Biggest Crowd of Their Careers at Rally to Fight 'Oligarchy' in Denver
34,000 people attended the rally in Denver’s Civic Center Park
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Sanders, AOC Draw Biggest Crowd of Their Careers at Rally to Fight 'Oligarchy' in Denver
"The American people will not allow Trump to move us into oligarchy and authoritarianism. We will fight back. We will win," said Sanders.eloise-goldsmith (Common Dreams)
It's America, ANGH.
GOP darling Ramasmarmy was right when he noted that Americans are all fat and lazy couch potatoes, like the orange filth.
Yet another #recall
“Nearly 30,000 pounds of ready-to-eat beef sticks were recalled on Thursday after consumers complained that they had found metal fragments in them, food safety and company officials said.”
🎁 nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/chom…
Chomps Recalls Beef and Turkey Sticks Over ‘Pieces of Metal’ Complaints
The snack sticks included in the recall were packaged at a single facility in Idaho from Jan. 16 through Jan. 23, the company said.Aimee Ortiz (The New York Times)
Some FosseryWeb updates:
- card images got border to separate them visually from page background
- card images are added back on Games page
- username generator, password generator, and CSS code minifier are now listed on a separate Utilities page
Also worth looking to the beta branch 😉
fosseryweb.codeberg.page/@beta…
Btw, when optimizing the newly added images, I just realized how convenient is using Switcheroo. It can change file format, image size and quality at once. Previously I used Curtail, but if the image size was too big, I had to resize it separately, otherwise the compression was pointless. Switcheroo is op lol
#Website #WebDev #WebDevelopment #FOSS #OpenSource #FosseryTech #FosseryWeb
FosseryWeb
Fossery Tech's website with random stuff. It's purely FOSS of course, no proprietary blobs. Just regular HTML, CSS, JavaScript.fosseryweb.codeberg.page
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THE SHARP X68000 USES 5.25" FLOPPY DISKS
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I was in charge of changing the ink ribbons in half a dozen dot matrix and line printers located around the building for various purposes.
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