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data_from_space, 1 month ago to Life

The currency of life isn't money, it's options. A monk can choose to leave the meager life, a prisoner can't. Money also gives options, but so do contacts, skills, knowledge, ... #life #currency #philosophy #showerthoughts

data_from_space, 1 month ago to random

You can't win an argument someone who doesn't care. Wider point: Aligning values of othe people with yours is too hard. Instead, you want to be in the position of not needing them for success and they needing you instead. #ThoughOfTheDay

_xhr_, 1 month ago to linux

TIL that you can redirect clear(1)'s standard output to a file and the use cat on the file to clear the screen.

$ clear > foo
$ cat foo

#unix #bsd #linux #openbsd

EU_Commission, 1 month ago to random

Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.

We are working on a solution to ensure our continued presence on your feeds, taking full advantage of Mastodon's identity portability.

And we are even growing the team behind our Mastodon presence, increasing efforts to engage with your comments on our posts.

We are fully committed to being a real part of the conversation in the fediverse.

Interested in our next steps? Follow us as we take on this new chapter.

AkaSci, 1 month ago to random

Happy Birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope, launched OTD in 1990, with Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-31 mission.

34 years and 5 servicing missions later, Hubble is still going strong, unfolding the mysteries of the Universe from its perch 540 km above earth.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahubble/albums/72157670398668526/
https://hubblesite.org/home
1/n

CrimethInc, 1 month ago to random

Today, it has been one year since Dmitry Petrov, Cooper Andrews, and Finbar Cafferkey were killed in Ukraine.

Dmitry dedicated his life to the anarchist movement, fighting on the front lines in Russia, Belarus, Rojava, and Ukraine against a backdrop of intensifying tyranny. The story of his life offers insight into the recent history of the former Soviet Union; it also represents an inspiring example of all the things an anarchist can accomplish, even in challenging conditions.

You can read our biography of him here, along with a selection of his writing:

https://crimethinc.com/Petrov

adymitruk, 1 month ago to random

Linux desktop percentage market share over the last 15 years:

ber, 2 months ago to philosophy

Any chance anyone here knows of a solid/reputable graduate program for #philosophy that's offered completely online?

christianp, 2 months ago to random

Is this thing rotationally symmetric?
Poll in the next toot.

I have a photo looking down at it from above that I will post later.

henryseg, 2 months ago to random

Apologies in advance to the mathematicians who follow this link: https://cims.nyu.edu/~tjl8195/survey/results.html

ae, 2 months ago to random

Bloodstain lichen (Haematomma)

j_bertolotti, 2 months ago to random

#PhysicsFactlet
Common misunderstanding about #Entropy: the two configurations below have exactly the same entropy, and in both cases the entropy is zero (as you know exactly where each dot is, so there is only one possible microstate they can be in).

josephfclark, 2 months ago to random

how not have crush on every woman

oh shoot oh dang this was meant for Google!!!

but now that it’s out in the world………………………………………………………………..how not have crush on every woman?

apodoxus, 2 months ago to Climbing

When you're failing a lot and feeling hopeless, watch this.

She failed every day for six years, until she didn't.

Also note how she says that she sees climbing as learning and she loves the process. Enjoy the process and don't be attached to outcomes. Intrinsic motivation is the killer app.

https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/reel-rock-s7-e3

#climbing #psychology #mentalhealth #depression #motivation

nealcurtis, 2 months ago to random

Neoliberalism was the means by which the rich dismantled the consensus around social democracy, progressive taxation, welfare and public services in order to amass wealth and material inequality similar to the time of absolute monarchs.
Fascism is the chosen means by which they secure and preserve those gains.

KevinCarson1, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

We long ago reached the point where the social relations of production became incompatible with further development of the forces of production. It's more profitable for private equity and other vulture capital to buy up productive capacity, and asset-strip and enshittify it.

scifitvsite, 2 months ago to random

Trailer for #HouseOfTheDragon Season 2 Which Premieres June 16th
https://www.reddit.com/r/SciFiTV/comments/1bkxh4m/house_of_the_dragon_season_2_black_trailer/

Nagaram, 2 months ago to random

My fiance thinks it's bad that I think of payments in terms of hours of my life.

I make $22/hr

I paid about one hour of my life for lunch

I went drinking and spent 5 hours of my life there in food and drinks

Rent costs me 20 hours of my life

It helps keep everything in perspective personally

NickEast, 2 months ago to puns

Fun with edu-fuckin-cation! Am I doing it right? I'm looking at you linguists... 😂

@linguisticsmemes @linguistics @humour

#All #Words #Are #Wordplay #IfYouHave #Fun #WithWords
#Linguistics

ColinTheMathmo, 2 months ago to random

If you have a friend you trust, visit him often, because shrubs and tall grass grow on the road unwalked. -- Attributed to the Norse god Odin in his proverbs and councils in Håvamål

JasonStiff, 2 months ago to Montana

The duck couple visits every morning for breakfast.

#Montana #Billings #sun #sunrise #dawn #bird #birds #mallard #drake #duck #ducks #breakfast #photo #photos #photography #video

video/mp4

dalias, 2 months ago to random

Fediverse 0day (not verified but 99% sure it works):

Toot something with content ppl will support and boost in the html but something horrible in the plain text or vice versa.

This inspired by instances that put all the @'s in html so they don't get rendered right on reader's instance. 🤬

annaghughes, 2 months ago to random

My guide to signing off work emails

"Sincerely," too formal👎
"Cheers," too PNW coded👎
"Best," too cold👎

"I love you," positive, supportive, team player, heartfelt 👍👍👍

MartinEscardo, 2 months ago to random

Do old enough people here know why and how "coercion" in programming languages came to mean embedding a type into a larger type?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_conversion

In real life, coercion means something completely different.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coercion

josephfclark, 3 months ago to random

Autistic people are often skilled at recognizing when strangers they encounter are also on the spectrum, a phenomena known as “game recognize game.”