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Fun fact: sharing this link on Mastodon caused my server to serve 112,772,802 bytes of data, in 430 requests, over the 60 seconds after I posted it (>7 r/s). Not because humans wanted them, but because of the LinkFetchWorker, which kicks off 1-60 seconds after Mastodon indexes a post (and possibly before it's ever seen by a human).

Every Mastodon instance fetches and stores their own local copy of my 750kb preview image.

(I was inspired by to look by @jwz's post: https://mastodon.social/@jwz/109411593248255294.)

A cuneiform keyboard, for all your modern communications.

#Language #Technology

What happens to your Mastodon account if a server closes down?

Servers can decide to close down. But all of the servers listed at JoinMastodon.org are required to give at least 3 months notice if this happens.

So the server’s members have time to transfer their accounts to other servers. The transfer process lets people keep their followers and follows.

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Absolutely fantastic command line shell/calculator for developers. https://kalk.dev by
@xoofx install instantly with "dotnet tool install --global kalk" or use homebrew on Mac. Also works on Linux. Great stuff! Essential https://kalk.dev/

i might have my criticisms of mastodon, but the founder of post is out here pretending “net worth” is a protected category to signal you can’t make fun of billionaires on his a16z-funded twitter alternative

When people travel to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small.

Few people think that they can radically change the future by doing something small in the present.

This is the only real time travel paradox.

Hah, maybe it's just the birdsite's posting is broken right now, or maybe it's that it doesn't want folks to post about Mastodon, or...? "That "Something went wrong, but don’t fret" message keeps bouncing back when I submit.AND - confirmed, I was able to make a birdsite tweet that didn't mention or link to Mastodon, confirming they are filtering. Yay Freeze Peach!

Got this book in a used bookstore and the bookmark is a IBM5081 punch card https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageComputers/comments/z5m05e/got_this_book_in_a_used_bookstore_and_the/

Drivers: “I love my car. It’s so unique and fits my personality perfectly.”

Automakers: “Let’s make tons of cash by just making the same car, but giving them different dumb names. MUAHAHA.”

Still trying to make a 3d spirograph

An international police operation dismantled the spoofing service iSpoof https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/138957/cyber-crime/police-dismantled-spoofing-service-ispoof.html

Militant decency.

#Gnu #TerryPratchett

@mcc all integers up to 2^53 can be represented, and the above is 2^53-145.

beyond 2^53, all representable integers are even.

@mcc for an IEEE double precision number: 9,007,199,254,740,847.

@accidentalciso

I learned these particular two the hard way:

- Set boundaries for work, nobody ever got to the end of their life wishing they had seen friends and loved ones less and worked more. All you do by working extra hours is setting unreasonable expectations from your managers and colleagues.

- Recognise that you are just one person. If your workload is too high, the company needs to recognise that and provide additional people. It's not on you to allow your mental and physical health to deteriorate and if your company doesn't recognise this, maybe they're not the company for you.

Besides yourself, how many people have you personally brought to the fediverse?

Good morning! A post just rolled across my fedi-timeline saying not to post about politics on Mastodon, so I'm here to remind you that:

1 "politics" refers to decision-making about how to live together in groups
2 choosing to not participate in political discussion is saying you support the status quo, and is a political stance
3 abstaining from politics because you feel safe from its impacts is a privilege and a choice to abandon your more vulnerable neighbours

What do these keys do? Right and wrong answers accepted. #retrocomputing

In a #retrocomputing mood, reading some old manuals... CTSS was the first general purpose, interactive, multiuser operating system. It ran on an IBM 7090 #mainframe (36 bit CPU, 64kw of core memory) in the early 60s. This is an example interactive session. The commands are mostly straightforward:

"listf" to list your files.

"input" to enter the text editor

"chmode" to set permission bits on your file (sounds familiar...)

etc.