After Vernor’s breathing machine stopped working, a Lincare representative promised his mother a company respiratory therapist would stay in contact “until we get him a new machine.”
When an at-risk sleep apnea patient needed his breathing machine replaced, Lincare, a $2.4 billion behemoth with a decadeslong history of regulatory and legal problems, acted slowly. The result was disastrous.
US state medium Voice of America has been transmitting radio news internationally since 1942, but Trump thinks they are “corrupt” and “illegal” and pulls the plug, sending 1300 employees on administrative leave.
83 years of US history gone overnight… because Trump felt like it.
Now Putin can finally get the international airwaves to himself and his propaganda news network RT.
its ironic as I can remember the sheer amount of effort the Soviets put in to trying to jam this a few decades ago - on top of their noisy "woodpecker" over the horizon radar system that polluted large swathes of HF (shortwave), and Soviet propaganda stations every few kHz (now replaced by the Chinese, some religious broadcasters, and interestingly Romania still has an international shortwave presence, despite the cost of doing so)
VOA was a huge source of pride back at the end of theCold War. The fact that all this just went down over a weekend with no warning it’s just more evidence that Trump is Putin’s puppet.
exactly. It's impossible not to see the hand of #Putin behind this when you know how influencial #VOA and Radio Free Europe were in the #coldwar era, and continued to play a role in Eastern Europe as Putin sought to revive the #USSR/the Russian empire/both.
Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Samsung 2TB Portable SSD, on sale for 52% off. Do you know how many digital copies of Shrek 2 you can store on this bad boy? That is not a rhetorical question. Please tell me. I need to know. amazon.com/dp/B0874XWW23/ref=c…
I found someone on Reddit who claims Shrek 2 can fit in a 55.7 MB mp4 file. So if we say 2TB is 2000000 MB, then you should be able to fit 35906 copies of Shrek 2 on that bad boy. I don't know if it will have audio though.
We've gotta pull out our handy pocket calculator and do some math. 52% off 2TB is 2*(1-0.52)=0.96 TB, or 960 GB. (FWIW it's better to get your harddrives fresh, before you have to take off percentages!)
Now that we've got that out of the way we can make the actual calculation for the number of copies, but immediately get into trouble since storing the same file over and over again will trigger logical deduplication either at the HD level or at the filesystem level, or possibly both.
Assuming spherical cows in a vacuum, the ideal setup for this particular experiment is a filesystem consisting of a single fixed-size data segment (the length of one copy of shrek 2) and a metadata segment holding the number of copies of the data segment the filesystem contains. Assuming a generous 10GB for shrek 2 this leaves 960-10=950 GB for storing the number of copies. The largest number we can write with that number of bits is 7.6*1013-1. Mastodon will not let me write that out.
I payed less than 25€ for a 18TB portable SSD I can use directly on my Phone (USB C to USB C cable) and it's A LOT smaller, the Samsung HW would take too much space in my backpack. How many digital copies of Shrek you can store on it depends on the quality of the copies. If it's a really poor quality i guess you'll be able to store like 15 or 16 of them.
Macron says Russia’s permission not needed to deploy troops in Ukraine - theguardian.com/world/2025/mar… "French president says France, UK and others could each deploy ‘a few thousand troops’ to key locations to show Ukraine ‘long-term support’" damn right
they could even deploy troops to russia. By breaking international rules, laws and contracts, russia put itself on the plate. Every country in the world is free to invade Russia to help Ukraine.
Only 26% of adults 65+ are up to date on all recommended #vaccines. A geriatrics professor discusses how personalized vaccine guides and educational sessions were able to empower older adults to take control of their health. theconversation.com/simple-str… #VaccinesWork
Someone reminded me today 9 years ago I submitted my first post on Mastodon—using curl on the command line, since there was no interface at the time. That's how the journey began! 9 years is a long time to be doing something. Those early years are still fresh in my mind though.
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The search filters on Mastodon are pretty neat. Found the first post on Mastodon, or a "toot", as they were called back then.
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/1
#mastodon #fediverse #search #MastodonSearch #FirstToot #FirstPost
Not meant as an insult, only a sarcastic joke. I always get in trouble with my sense of humor. But, didn't Bill Gates start in his garage? You should become an Olygarch, you would be one of the good ones.
@Blanco I see, I appreciate the sentiment, but I think there may be confusion about the word. Oligarch means someone who rules; I have no intention of ever getting involved in politics.
@fixatedpersonsunit I think this happened in your mind. Mastodon never teamed up or made any deals with Meta. I am, however, in favour of adversarial interoperability which is one of the foundational principles of the fediverse.
Yes, there is confusion in the word. I think of it as someone who has so much money that they can rule. Someone always rules, it might as well be someone good.
@dimpase Yeah, it's actually exactly the same now as it was then, the API never had to change! You need to get an API key and POST to /api/v1/statuses with the right params. There's documentation.
@dimpase I do it (with curl and from Java) to provide the public service that I used to on Twitter, in the before times! Thank you for keeping an open simple interface for posting.
Greetings! Thank you for creating and releasing Mastodon for everyone to build communities, make connections, and support a decentralized Internet. I’m really curious about the long-term vision for Mastodon. As the network grows, what are some of the things the development team is most excited about building or improving, while still staying true to the principles of decentralization and user control?
you are the opposite of an oligarch. Don't let the haters occupy your thought space. Thank you for adding Threads @Blanco If you don't want Threads it is quite simple. Create or join a server that does not federate with Threads.
I see you're getting a lot of hate in the replies here for various reasons. But i just wanted to say: I'm glad you made mastodon and help start this fedi revolution
I was just thinking about how long I’ve been creating webpages (although I wasn’t good at all in the beginning). Suffice to say, it’s been a long time. I still remember the early days myself. A long time ago; but also seems like yesterday.
I have a dumb question or I may be bit data nerd, I will check Admin Docs.
How can I monitor how many new users joining in particular mastodon servers? I don’t own a server as of now. But I am thinking of hosting one. Can I export such data to my dashboard like Grafana for the servers I own and don’t own through any open API?
For 4 months now (since November 2024), I have been using, Windows. 🤯 Fedora v41 was released in October 2024, and normally, Ultramarine Linux (UM, for short) is quick to release their spin of Fedora.
I like UM because I don't have to configure anything. Usually, I have the time to do so, but around the holidays and other things that kept coming up, I just didn't want to do it. I also had plans to convert some family members to Linux too, so the idea of configuring a bunch of computers, independent of their own, just didn't appeal to me.
But Ultramarine Linux would never end up releasing v41. Turns out, the development took on too much too soon, and the development likely burned out. An unfortunate common theme for many user-friendly Linux distros.
They'll argue there is an "upgrade path", but there is no official release, and they'll try to argue that not having an image you can freshly install, still counts as a release (no, it does not). I kept waiting because I and others kept being told, "soon". Well, "soon" turned out to be, never, and I wish the
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For 4 months now (since November 2024), I have been using, Windows. 🤯 Fedora v41 was released in October 2024, and normally, Ultramarine Linux (UM, for short) is quick to release their spin of Fedora.
I like UM because I don't have to configure anything. Usually, I have the time to do so, but around the holidays and other things that kept coming up, I just didn't want to do it. I also had plans to convert some family members to Linux too, so the idea of configuring a bunch of computers, independent of their own, just didn't appeal to me.
But Ultramarine Linux would never end up releasing v41. Turns out, the development took on too much too soon, and the development likely burned out. An unfortunate common theme for many user-friendly Linux distros.
They'll argue there is an "upgrade path", but there is no official release, and they'll try to argue that not having an image you can freshly install, still counts as a release (no, it does not). I kept waiting because I and others kept being told, "soon". Well, "soon" turned out to be, never, and I wish they had just been honest about that.
Meanwhile, Fedora v42 is soon to be a beta. We're less than a month away from April, and if you've taken a look at the development build, it's running stable (at least for me). But the problem about Fedora is, like Debian, you need to build it up. I can do that, but I'd rather just install something with an "out of box" experience for the other 12 computers. Mostly, because with those other people, they were expecting a Windows-like experience, which is what Ultramarine Linux offered.
And that is where I am today. Not knowing of a use-friendly distro, for everyone else. I know to avoid, DEB base system. If that statement confuses or upsets you, stop using a DEB base system. Trust me, I didn't notice how much DEB sucks as a desktop, until I stop using it as a desktop. I don't expect you to see that difference either until you stop using DEB as a desktop.
I feel defeated, because ultimately, I think Windows is going to win this. And right now, I am angry at the Linux ecosystem. Every time, there is finally a Linux distro that knows what they're doing, they seem to geek out, and drop the ball.
1) Fairly current 2) Stable 3) Must include 1 and 2. 4) Must work with older hardware. 5) Must work with new-ish hardware. 6) Must include non-free drivers 7) Must include non-free firmware 8) Must include non-free media codecs. 9) Fairly solid road map for the future 10) Point and click updates (similar to Microsoft Update) 11) KDE (helps with point and click, configuration) 12) Double-click installs (rpm packages, for example) 13) Graphical interface for Flatpak 14) Not immutable.
The more social cred and eyes I can get fundraising the better! I know there's so so much going on right now, but this is not dependent on it causing a pang of stress & guilt. I'm doing it either way, I just want hella teammates and to be witnessed (ok, and money 😂)
“ #Trump admin has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling” apnews.com/article/trump-venez…
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members.
“Oopsie…Too late,” Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, a Trump ally who agreed to house about 300 migrants for a year at a cost of $6 million in his country’s prisons, wrote on the social media site X above an article about Boasberg’s ruling. That post was recirculated by White House communications director Steven Cheung."
Current measurements are not as handy as voltage measurements. You typically need to either measure the voltage across something and do some math or break the circuit so a known resistor in your in…
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Spotted this peregrine falcon in the fields north-west of Heidelberg during today’s 51km ride. It was beside a bike path eating lunch & actually seemingly fairly happy to let people stop & watch – I got within a couple of metres 🤷♂️🙂
Was still there an hour later as I was heading home – must’ve been quite some size of prey 🦅
What's the craziest thing you've learned this week? Mine was learning that some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate by injecting a potent venom that paralyzes the female temporarily.
Now I'm imagining what the human population would look like if there was a non-zero chance your partner would eat you after sex.
Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-lined octopuses avoid this fate with help from one of nature’s most potent venoms
Democrats train fire on #Musk as unelected billionaire dips in popularity - theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m… "Leaders on left bet on Musk’s bravado to pull party out of political weeds as CEO eyes social security and health cuts" well, at least that's something...
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🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥 Chapter terbaru dari Shinobi Undercover (Chapter 36) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉 📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya. ✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya! 👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/419443 ⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya! #EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #SchoolLife #Shounen
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Lovely Sunday.. this triptych of images is what I've been up too... some work on a scrappy Dahon Expresso project I picked up, some tinkering adding a neo6 gps to the #xiao #meshtastic setup interspersed with reading this fun book. #electronics #bookstodon #biketooter
A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution) - balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-… "As scholars of constitutional law, administrative law, and antidiscrimination law who teach at #Columbia, we feel compelled to point out some of the most glaring legal problems" great stuff
I love ALL my friends, not just the straight ones. There's a very lovely, very old, gay couple in Palm Springs who are always welcoming and so adorable! Conveniently, a lot of my doctors are in the Greater Palm Springs area, so I get to visit a lot.
Did the guttering just now in the rain, which turned out to be somewhat helpful - could easily check the fall was right as I was installing. Who needs a level anyway 🤪 #diy
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •It is despicable, I agree.
However... airwaves. Yeah. OK Boomer (Putin).
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in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Stephen Elliott~Buckley
in reply to Randahl Fink • • •Transmitting news? Sure, and American propaganda, for decades.
No one's pretending voa was an objective or impartial news source, right?
I'm surprised #BigHandd didn't just feed truth social content and dudebro podcasts into the network.
#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #elbowsup
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