Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
Changing your Browser User-Agent shouldn't make your browsing experience faster on certain sites, yet it does, particularly with YouTube. If you're not using Chromium based browsers, YouTube will load slower on average on purpose.
YouTube artificially slows your experience if you're using browsers not based on Chromium, and is noticeable on browsers like Firefox or Floorp, but if you spoof your User-Agent to Chromium or variant of Chromium, YouTube loads faster.
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At the arrivals area of an airport. A few people are milling about in the background. Some cars are seen outside through the glass doors, ready to pick up passengers. In the foreground is a man in his 30s, holding a sign with the name of the person he's waiting for. The sign reads, "Godot"
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
![A dark-themed tweet from [@]davep.infosec.exc states: "BREAKING: Elon Musk is reportedly furious people keep calling Tesla vehicles 'swasticars.'" Below it says, "So don't do that." The hashtag #swasticars is at the bottom. A profile picture of a Yoda-like figure in a green robe is in the top left corner.](https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/proxy/media/20353/HWjwVxvbVd_8IRQide3IgQ9QlMFUCrdLwE11xzm4xd0=/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldTIuY29udGFib3N0b3JhZ2UuY29tLzYzNzFkN2QzYzcwNzQ1MWU5MTlmNmVmMDAxMWM0MGRkOmVyZXF1aWVtL2VyL3dlYnB1YmxpYy04ZTkwZjYxMS01ZThlLTRlNTAtOWZiOC0xMGUwODY3NzEwNGMud2VicA==/740 "A dark-themed tweet from [@]davep.infosec.exc states: \"BREAKING: Elon Musk is reportedly furious people keep calling Tesla vehicles 'swasticars.'\" Below it says, \"So don't do that.\" The hashtag #swasticars is at the bottom. A profile picture of a Yoda-like figure in a green robe is in the top left corner.")
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A dark-themed tweet from [@]davep.infosec.exc states: "BREAKING: Elon Musk is reportedly furious people keep calling Tesla vehicles 'swasticars.'" Below it says, "So don't do that." The hashtag #swasticars is at the bottom. A profile picture of a Yoda-like figure in a green robe is in the top left corner.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
As of January, I was effectively laid off from my loved Developer Advocate job.
If anyone needs a Swiss army knife with excellent soft skills that work well in a team. That's me.
I would prefer Softwarearchitecture and DevRel again. Everything where I get to work with people would be nice.
If anyone can point me to something or could make an introduction, I would be deeply grateful!
Location: Remote, hybrid (Würzburg and/or train reachable)
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
My classroom needs your help. Please boost if you can. As always, thank you!!
If you have any questions about my class, please do not hesitate to ask. If you don’t like Amazon, there are other ways to help listed in my profile. 💜
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/PRZBAFA50CYE?ref_=wl_share
Trump says he wants to 'clean out' Gaza and move Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt. Trump also confirmed he had instructed the military to resume shipments of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, which had been paused over concerns about civilian casualties.
So, we finally get a cease-fire, and now that Trump is back in office, he wants to start the war back up again? 
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
#linux user be like ....
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This Linux meme shows a little penguin sleeping peacefully in bed, cuddling a stack of money. The meme text reads, "How I sleep at night with all the subscriptions and licenses I don't have to pay for because I use Linux." This funny meme discusses how using open-source apps and the Linux operating system can save money by avoiding the costs associated with proprietary software licenses and monthly subscriptions.
I'm sure somebody's abuela thinks I've done something terrible and shouldn't be allowed near a tortilla, but a macaroni and cheese and pepperoni quesadilla is really good.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
3042. T. Rex Evolution
3042. T. Rex Evolution
title text: Unfortunately, body size and bite force continue to increase.
(https://xkcd.com/3042)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3042)
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Single panel comic. Chart with X axis in years from 180 million years ago to now. Y axis labeled limbs with 2 and 4 marked. On a diagonal from 150 million years ago and 4 is a dinosaur that looks a bit like a velociraptor marked "4 normal limbs". There is an arrow down to a t-rex at 65 million years ago that is marked " barely more than 2". A dotted arrow with a question mark leads to an odd looking shape with no limbs but a saurian body type lying on its stomach at now on the x-axis. Lower caption: If t-rex hadn't gone extinct (linear extrapolation)
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
Hey. You. Yes, you, reading this: I don't know if you've heard this lately, but you matter. Please keep existing. I've been struggling with my own existence, but you should be here.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
Next time you’re going to be away from the internet for an extended period of time, instead of announcing it, just post something like “Whoa, I wonder what’s in this cave!”
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
NodeBB v4.0.0 — Federate good times, come on!
Today's the day!
After nearly a full year in development, NodeBB v4.0.0 has landed, bringing federation between NodeBB instances (and a connection to the wider fediverse of social media) to forum software.
Fedi-what?
Fediverse! Here's a TechCrunch primer about it, but at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. All you need to know is that NodeBB plugs in to a wider social network so that you don't have to cultivate an audience, they're already there.
The genesis
It was back in mid-2023 when I had the initial idea of interconnecting NodeBB forums. Back then, I had far smaller ambitions... I wanted a singular NodeBB to be able to communicate with other forums running NodeBB. To do that, we'd need to build out a centralized service to act as a bridge between instances, and corresponding slim clients on individual installs to consume the relayed data. At the time, concept like decentralization were not even part of my thought process.
It was during this period when I was doing my research that I stumbled on Mastodon, and later, ActivityPub, the protocol that powers it all. Since then, it's been one wild ride getting NodeBB to speak the same language.
Funding
Soon after dipping my toes into all that Mastodon had to offer, I discovered the NLNet Foundation, and their corresponding fund — NGI Zero Core. With the promise of funding, NodeBB could fully commit to implementing the protocol in short order, instead of piece by piece over time. We sent in an application and were delighted to be approved for the August 2023 call.
Their funding was instrumental in providing the financial stability to experiment with ActivityPub and to participate in developer circles, such as the SWICG, FediForum, and much more.
The fund continues to operate, perhaps you could benefit, or donate to the cause. It has certainly made a difference to NodeBB.
Federate, or not, it's your choice
NodeBB v4 comes shipped with the capability to interact with other NodeBB forums and any other ActivityPub-speaking software, right out of the box. We opted to make this a core feature instead of a plugin, since there were many changes made to core to support even the concept of accepting content from outside itself.
To that end, any users upgrading from v3.x will automatically have federation disabled, in order to reduce surprise. Any new forums will federate automatically.
You can turn federation on and off (and adjust some other fun toggles) directly from ACP > Settings > Federation (ActivityPub).
Even after turning federation on, how you use it shapes how well connected you will be. There is no centralized authority artificially boosting your content, so the name of the game is establishing two-way follow relationships to other sites.
The ActivityPub Equalizer
We're not alone in this journey to interoperate with other decentralized services. We're not even the only forum software to attempt to do so.
- Discourse has a working plugin.
- Ghost is building out in the open.
I specifically highlight these two because they both started in the early 2010s, same as NodeBB. It's always been a bit of an informal competition between us, and we always checked in on what the others were doing (growth-wise, pricing-wise, etc.) Truth be told, I don't think the ghost team ever really noticed NodeBB, but I digress...
The funny thing about ActivityPub is that at the end of the day, the overarching goal of seamless communication breaks down any barriers between competing organizations.
NodeBB and Discourse have been vying for the exact same market share (forums, community-building, self-started or enterprise) for over 10 years, and it was only after ActivityPub came around that the dev teams even started talking to one another.
Funny how that works.
So how does it all work?
Our documentation portal has been updated with the latest information about the ActivityPub functionality in v4.
If you have any questions about how it works or how to configure some aspect of it, please don't hesitate to reach out in the corresponding v4 support thread.
If you run NodeBB, the quickest way to see this in action is to upgrade to v4, and then paste this post's URL into your search bar. It should show up automatically, and you should be able to read and reply to it, directly from your own forum. Neat!
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
@danjones000 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
This is interesting. A Harvard professor developed a very simple test to measure creativity.
The Divergent Association Task is a quick measure of verbal creativity and divergent thinking, the ability to generate diverse solutions to open-ended problems.
My results:
Your score is 82.75, higher than 76.17% of the people who have completed this task
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
TIL that a species of fruit fly has sperm cells that are about 2.3 in (5.8 cm) long, which is over 20 times their body length. For comparison, human sperm cells are about 0.002 in (0.005 cm) long, making the fruit fly sperm cells more than 1,000 times longer than those of humans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_bifurca
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1i5sk6y/til_that_a_species_of_fruit_fly_has_sperm_cells/
With only hours left in office, President Biden issued preemptive pardons for people President-elect Trump threatened to prosecute for doing their jobs, such as Dr Fauci, members of the Jan 6 committee, and witnesses to the insurrection who testified before the committee.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
Popeye, Mickey Mouse & Winnie the Pooh walk into a bar...
It’s not a joke—it’s a creative opportunity! On January 1, 2025, Popeye joined Mickey & Pooh in the public domain in the US, along with other works published in 1929 and sound recordings from 1924. Now, anyone can remix, reuse, and reimagine these works in new creations.
But, character copyright is complicated. 🔗 Learn more in the latest Empowering Libraries newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/8f9604c74fda/empowering-libraries-17004192?e=a763dc3ae2
Original illustration by Wojtek Florek.
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Black & white illustration of Popeye, Mickey Mouse & Winnie the Pooh walking into a bar. All characters are depicted as they were originally published. Original artwork by Wojtek Florek.
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
US SEC files an action against Elon Musk. https://www.sec.gov/enforcement-litigation/litigation-releases/lr-26219
Dan Jones shared 7 months ago
A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever
During his third stay in orbit, Pettit is absolutely killing it.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/a-nasa-astronaut-may-have-just-taken-the-best-photo-from-space-ever/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
