u.s. independence day
I'm also celebrating by *not* blowing up a piece of it, and by trying to find out how to best help the Navajo Nation, whose people are among the group of U.S. citizens hardest hit and most devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
news, pol, covid-19 face masks
NBC News, the Today Show: "New Research Identifies Which Masks Are Most Effective Against Coronavirus": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kpoz2-vsj4 (2:59)
New research shows SUCK IT UP AND WEAR YOUR DAMN MASK!
modern web rant
Yes, I just experienced a completely blank page while my browser was:
> Waiting for cloud.typography.com...
to time out.
And of course, once it did finally time out, the excuse of a page instantly appeared as a misaligned, completely unreadable mess overlaid on other misaligned & completely unreadable messes.
modern web rant
Hey, fancy Web CMS creators!
Did you know that you can ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE your shortest, smallest, & simplest pages take OVER 180 SECONDS to load?
All you have to do is rely on 3rd-party cloud services to REINVENT EVERYTHING under the mistaken belief that they have better than 2-nines uptime or that they will outlive your CMS & won't sunset tomorrow!
IT'S THAT EASY TO SCREW EVERYONE TODAY!
(This message brought to you by the foundation to yeet techbros.)
So far, this is the longest video I've found spending the most time showing off GEOS 2.x for the Apple II-series computers.
"A GEOS for Apple II bemutatása": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McB7NF6UC94 (11:42)
oh no! "Do not use popcorn button.": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTjRpmZm9ms (1:15)
"What’s The Deal With Snap Packages?": https://hackaday.com/2020/06/24/whats-the-deal-with-snap-packages/
Ubuntu's new package manager seems like a nice potential with insurmountable design flaws.
OMG this art. It's layers. of paper. flail
https://steampunktendencies.com/artist-patrick-cabral-layers-incised-paper-with-decorative-motifs-to-create-dazzling-sculptural-portraits-of-wildlife/
#Art #PaperCrafting
don't you just love it when your favorite app stops being developed because of the goog™ https://web.archive.org/web/20200307171651/https://tinytask.net/
@monorail I think we found new evidence that reinforces that conclusion recently, like in the last year or two, but I also remember that it's just the latest bit of data we've found since the first time anyone said it could've been a space rock.
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