Well, the newest version of #Fedora (39) has been out for two months now, so I guess it's finally time for me to upgrade. So today is Upgrade Day, which means my main computer is mostly out of commission while the upgrade finishes.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 5 months ago
🦖 Evolution of HTTP 🦖
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Evolution_of_HTTP
HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) is the underlying protocol of the World Wide Web. Developed by Tim Berners-Lee and his team between 1989-1991, HTTP has gone through many changes that have helped maintain its simplicity while shaping its flexibility. Keep reading to learn how HTTP evolved from a protocol designed to exchange files in a semitrusted laboratory environmen…
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 5 months ago
The old twilight zone episodes were much better than this one that we're currently living in.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 5 months ago
Under-the-radar late night launch: RSS Parrot is live! It talks like Mastodon, but it doesn't walk like Mastodon. BUT! It will relay any RSS feed straight into your timeline.
Turn Mastodon into your very own feed reader. Follow anything that has an RSS feed and get a toot about new posts.
How? Mention @birb with the address you want to follow.
More details at https://rss-parrot.net. Boost for visibility :)
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 5 months ago
How difficult would it be to make a bacon and cheese omelet from only a platypus?
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 5 months ago
The Bell Riots start in 246 days and counting. https://www.bellriots.com
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 5 months ago
Many requests for blogging platforms on the Fediverse, due to the current exodus from Substack.
The two main blog types on the Fedi are WordPress and WriteFreely. Both of them can be followed from Mastodon etc.
WordPress is a well-known blogging platform which is now Fedi-compatible. More info at https://fedi.tips/wordpress-turning-your-blog-into-a-fediverse-server/
@writefreely is a Medium-style minimalist blog with emphasis on reading without distractions. More info at https://fedi.tips/writefreely-long-form-writing-platform-for-the-fediverse/
Just saw a #Tesla cyber truck in person in my church's parking lot. Haven't figured out who owns it, but the date on the temporary license plate show it was bought a few days ago.
It looks as ridiculous in person as it does in the pictures. It looks like Elon handed Æ a piece of paper and told him to draw a truck, and that was the design.
Also noticed that when I got within a few inches of it, the display lit up saying "Sentry Activated. Recording."
So, apparently it just records everyone that gets near it, just in case someone tries to steal it, I guess.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 5 months ago
1000 richest people are approched. "The end of the world is here. Time to go to your doomsday bunker", they are told. The billionaires nodded. They knew this was coming. They were prepared.
So they gathered their loved ones and locked themselves in luxury bunkers. No contact to outside world.
10 years later they emerge. The world has healed. The air is breathable, people are happy. "What was the catastrophy?" they ask the first person they meet.
She screams: "THEY GOT OUT!!!"
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 5 months ago
dont feel bad for using your local library and its services if you have a good local library system. literally use the hell out of its services if you can, it gives them justification to keep getting funding
this post is sponsored by Big Library
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 5 months ago
The trailer for Civil War. Ok yes: A24, Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Devs), Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Nick Offerman. But! A movie about a new US civil war just cuts too close to the truth for me — watching that trailer was uncomfortable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDyQxtg0V2w
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Screenshot of a post from Bluesky User Cat Vincent (@catvincent.bsky.social) shares a screenshot of his own, along with the text "Hey baby, Godwin's Second Law just dropped." Below that is the original post, by Mike Godwin (@sfmnemonic) saying: "Drawing Bayesian inferences after extensive sampling, I've determined that it's 99-percent certain that anyone who uses "woke" as pejorative will turn out to be a fuckhead. Please don't blame me for pointing this out--it's just science"
At church today, the choir sang a lovely arrangement of The First Noel to the tune of Pachelbel's Canon. It really was quite beautiful, but I can't hear Canon without thinking of Pachelbel Rant.
So, while they're singing, I'm singing along under my voice with "when I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, no woman no cry. We will still be, friends forever."
#Christmas #Caroling #Pachelbel #Canon #Beatles #LetItBe #BobMarley #VitaminC
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 6 months ago
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TOS scene. We're in the ol' transporter room with the ceiling circles and backdrop panels. Kirk is standing on the platform. He's turned towards and looking at a female officer to his left with some anxious energy it seems. She is looking straight forward, as if to purposefully not regard him. Closed caption reads, "Don't you remember?" "The science lab Christmas party. Yes, I remember."
I got a computer for my kids for Christmas. I've been setting it up for them, and they really like playing retro games. So, in addition to RetroArch and a bunch of old console games, I also installed @[email protected] with a handful of adventure games that I've loved since I was a kid (Monkey Island, King's Quest, Maniac Mansion).
I'm looking for suggestions for other ScummVM compatible games that adventurous kids might like that may be less well known.
Any point and click adventure games you played as a kid that you could recommend?
#BoostsWelcome #BoostsAppreciated #AskFedi #AskMastadon #PassItOn #RetroGaming #ScummVM #MonkeyIsland 
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 6 months ago
How does that concern you?
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 6 months ago
Here's how the "Ship of Theseus" page looked in July 2003 when it was first created! Since then, the article has been edited 1792 times. 0% of its original phrases remain.
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A Wikipedia page for Ship of Theseus is shown. The article reads "According to an ancient Greek legend, Theseus had a warship that was preserved as a historical relic by the Athenians. Some of its boards rotted and had to be replaced. After many, many years, many such replacements occurred. Eventually, none of the original boards were present. Philosophers could then debate whether it was the same ship that Theseus had used, and if not, when it had ceased to be so. A modern embellishment If Theseus paid a nontransferable fee, allowed to be used for only one ship, for the privilege of docking in a particular harbor, would he violate the non-transferability of his license if repeated replacement of boards eventually had the result described above?"
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 6 months ago
Grandma Got Run Over by A Horse With No Name
#MashupRegularSongsAndHolidaySongs #HashtagGames #AHorseWithNoName
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Twoot from the Washington Post Guild: "A letter to our dedicated readers: "On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes."
