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A mesmerizing timelapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the SDO spacecraft over the course of a month.

Credit: NASA/SDO

#sun #nasa #space #astronomy

OH: a computer cannot wear thigh-high socks, therefore a computer must never be allowed to program a computer

oklch is the color space you should be using in 2025, here's a great color picker & converter for it (since dev tools are lagging behind): https://oklch.com

Vaginal dilation therapy is the name given to a treatment for many vaginal and pelvic floor conditions. It involves inserting a medical device called a dilator into the vagina. There's two main benefits that vaginal dilation can achieve: to stretch the tissue of the vagina, and/or to train the pelvic floor muscles to relax.

A typical vagina and pelvic floor is already very stretchy - big enough for a baby's head to come out of it. But sometimes there's a medical to stretch or retrain.

Since we're launching our stretch goal for our fundraising campaign, we'd like to mark the occasion by talking about something stretchy: vaginal dilation therapy. This common treatment is surrounded in myths, misconceptions and stigma. Let's bust it today. https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

Jeopardy finally got around to sending the photos from the weird modelling shoot they had us all do, including this one

A thing I've been thinking about a lot is how, whether, technology like computers and computer screens could be made "locally", i.e., within a limited area and without access to global trade in parts and minerals, even if you have to make drastic trade-offs to get there

https://www.theverge.com/news/631357/elecom-power-bank-battery-sodium-ion

Forgot to post these games I found in IKEA the other day.

The extractive tech playbook:

1. Target an industry where people create actual value
2. Build an app that makes transactions marginally easier
3. Burn billions in capital to subsidize artificially cheap services & kill the competition
4. Bleed everyone dry

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-great-tech-heist-how-disruption-became-a-euphemism-for-theft/

I'm reading a 1987 Japanese magazine named Hacker and it's adorable. Besides talking about all kinds of bootlegs and erogames, it's got how-to instructions for how to defeat copy protection on PC-88 games. Like, here's how you format a disk and then run this BASIC code to copy the WIZARDRY game disk.

It's on the archive. There's some nudity in it, so beware:

https://archive.org/details/Hacker-No-7-March-4-1987/

oh you want MIDI guitar do you? I'LL GIVE YOU MIDI GUITAR!!!

man goes to windows error logs. says he can't delete file. lacks permission. life seems harsh and cruel.

windows says, "treatment is simple. windows administrator account is in town tonight. go and ask him to delete the file."

man bursts into tears. says "but doctor... i am the administrator"

Bless you, MapQuest.

https://gulfof.mapquest.com/