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Gov. Jared Polis’ 2025-26 state budget proposal would also privatize a state worker’s compensation insurer in order to generate $500 million over the next 5 years

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I foresee low productivity but huge job satisfaction with this ⌨️ + 🖱️ set ...


loops.video is now sending the much anticipated welcome emails.

We're here 🚀

in reply to Daniel Supernault

I'm on the testflight (username WTL) - added an avatar, uploaded a short video, and the only option to share it is to delete it?

friendica - Link to source

We are already there, but the "liberals" don't want to see them, because they are not coming for them yet.

First they came for OWS, I didn't care because I wasn't OWS
Them they came for BLM, I didn't care because I wasn't BLM
Then they came for anti genocide protesters, I didn't care because ....


We're late across the pond...
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All these recent "articles" and toots about #Python becoming the most #popular programming language on #Github are driving me nuts. And I say that as a long-time Python user and fan of the #language.

Even if you could define what exactly "#popularity" is in relation to some Github #statistics, it is #meaningless and pointless.

You know what matters in a #programming language?

Does it enable you to #solve the #problems that need solving?

Does it have tooling that meets your needs?

1/x

in reply to C.

Does the #ecosystem around the language have support for the problem domains you need to work in?

Is knowledge of the language and its ecosystem and #tools widespread enough to provide community #support etc?

Does it let you use your time efficiently? Does its design help prevent common pitfalls that would otherwise waste developer time chasing stupid bugs?

Does it support your environment(s)?

It absolutely does not matter how "popular" it is. Journos, please stop writing this dreck.

2/2

in reply to C.

It's true than #python seem to suffer from a popularity contest. I use only solid librairies and well maintained, to avoid pitfalls of "popular" librairies made/maintained by 1 people who want to brag that he know how to code.


I'm curious: what do you use to consume #RSS feeds?

So far I used an android app (first Read You, nowadays Feeder; both on f-droid.org) but at this point I'm suscribed to many feeds and syncing take them more time than I'd like, so I thought I'd go and #selfhost something, then syncing would be somewhat faster. However, I've been unable to find a nice combination of client and server. Keen to know from you!
Boosts are welcome :boost_ok:





Since I am in the park, I decided to flip off the moon, less to flip off the moon and more to give people in the park a fun story, like "Welp, saw some guy flipping off the moon."
in reply to Grimm

"Look at me, I am an ancient stupid rock that reflects sunlight." Oo, fancy, I am pretty old and am white as hell too, you don't see people writing mopey songs and making gods out of me, do you?
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My keyboard prediction algorithm is trying to make me sext


Geïnteresseerd in wat er nodig is om wetenschap, technologie en innovatie te laten bijdragen aan maatschappelijke opgaven, zodanig dat de verschillende stemmen in de samenleving worden gehoord?

Kom 14 november naar het Rathenau Symposium ‘Stemmen in de samenleving over wetenschap, technologie en innovatie’.

Luister naar deskundigen op het gebied van digitalisering in het onderwijs, de verduurzaming van de basisindustrie en planetaire gezondheid & voedsel.

Meer info: rathenau.nl/nl/agenda/rathenau…



Good evening Squirrel Fans.

I often mention wandering around in L-Space, I feel that I should underline the fact that I stick to the following rules closely when I do so!

“The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no later than the last date shown; and 3) Do not interfere with the nature of causality.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

Where ever you are in your day I hope you’re enjoying it! 😊🫶🐿️🖖

@weirdfolks
#WeirdFolks #SquirrelsOfMastodon #TheMammutMoves

Todays diary entry is here: beige.party/@Tim_McTuffty/1134…

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BREAKING: The death toll from Israeli strikes on villages in northeast Lebanon climbs to 45, local authorities say. apnews.com/article/israel-pale…


#ThankGNU! to Adarsh Melethil, David Bruce, Deborah Jackson, James Wilson, Mikael Taipale, Peter Sluka, and Valerio Poggi for helping the FSF continue its goal of educating the public about #freesoftware See a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness: u.fsf.org/3vy


In which I lose my temper at the relentless onslaught of LLMM (Large Language Mobile Marketing), and explain why it is increasingly making me sad: tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20…
in reply to Tim Bray

I'm with you that it'd be wonderful if there were more actually new things with the new hardware. At best there's stuff like the thermal IR sensor on the fanciest Pixels or foldables, but those aren't game changers.

That said, on-device ML stuff that processes your data locally is getting better and more powerful, which is enabling a bunch of new functionality (translation, live captioning, image content analysis for search). I'm hoping the end game is largely offline, device-local ML.

in reply to Tim Bray

My new phone (arriving soon) is smaller than my old phone. I am very happy and excited about this. Both phones have a very long battery life and can be dropped into and onto almost anything and survive. My main issue is the lack of continued software support. (Hence the new phone.)
I would probably be happy keeping my new phone for a very long time, if the software stayed up to date. #AI and #LLMs played no role in the decision, because indeed, no relevant innovation has happend.
#AI #LLMs


"[...] we constantly give Israel’s version of events primacy despite the IDF’s well-documented track record of lying."

#BBC #Bias #Israel #Hasbara

#FreePalestine

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