brbposting

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago

I’d be curious to hear of a time when it paid off and one when it didn’t it. And about the kind of stuff you do.

I’m rather preparing to reinvent the wheel a little bit, as a technical person albeit one who does not code.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

This is so funny. Is Spider-Man relevant to the joke at all?

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

Would you say you’re generally pretty happy or nawwww?

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Made me feel better when I said I wish I knew what would come, back in the day when I was installing Chrome for people - and someone here replied “hey we all wish we knew when we did that” 🫂

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 11 points 18 hours ago

Indeed.

@joker@sh.itjust.works - moreso tactfully pointing out we must be aware of credential inflation and to avoid reliance on appeals to authority?

The naïve optimist in me wants the @HexesofVexes@lemmy.world of the world to keep on revealing their backgrounds as it adds to discussions for me. Disappointing that I should be more skeptical.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago

You could fit some key numbers and letters on those O rings, I like it!

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago

I wonder if this is why fox news et all were flagrantly lying about roving immigrant gangs occupying towns (that never existed)

That happens in a lot of immigrants home countries, so immigrants voting to stop it from coming to America makes sense - it’s why they uprooted their lives and migrated to America in the first place.

😳

Utterly devious. Not all ladder pullers, instead some are well-meaning murcans.

I totally believe it. (like, there have got to be a percentage of people who think that way. No idea on how many of course.)

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Hey. What if his cognitive decline is so bad, that he overflows from far right all the way back to left, and his deeply hidden business acumen comes front and center while also inverting to ethical. And he uses it to demolish those who extract value without ever paying back into the system, and we all sing kumbaya.

-posted from an alternate, cheerful universe

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Hmm, personally wouldn’t treat fruit trees like fair game unless they’re on public property. Seems many US jurisdictions would consider it petty theft or something.

Common punishment would probably be smart doorbell footage of the “burglar” going up on Nextdoor :)

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 7 points 22 hours ago

Ya. Also asking to hurt innocent people in somewhat unusual situations.

Neighbor noticed your can blew over or the garbage truck spilled some of your trash setting your can back down…

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 0 points 22 hours ago

Because white is right

You want to answer yes so you gotta leave the first one pure

🔗 wiki .org/iMadeItUp

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 34 points 22 hours ago

This comic earns the best rating of ~~two thumbs~~ five pentaradial tube-feeted arms way up

 
 

Shoutout to our hard-working maintainers, first of all.

Wanted to open a space for the community to discuss this aspect of marketing/identity.

Original comment link [e: snip]

 

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Two horizontally stitched screenshots comparing a search for “Reavers GIF” on DuckDuckGo and Google in Safari iOS (private tabs). DDG presented zero Firefly/Serenity relevant results while Google found them exclusively.

Hopefully a privacy-focused yet fast instance for US West Coast cheapskates who probably should pony up for Kagi, buttttttttttt

SearXNG Instances list on SearX.space

 

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A user asks Bing/Copilot chat to summarize an invented article:

[User]
summarize

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/us/dinosaurs-found-roaming-playground.html

Copilot

The article from The New York Times reports a surprising and amusing incident where life-sized dinosaur replicas were found roaming a playground in a small town. These realistic models, part of a local museum's exhibit, were accidentally released due to a security malfunction. The sight of dinosaurs in the playground caused quite a stir among the residents, especially the children, who were both thrilled and startled. The museum has since apologized and retrieved the dinosaurs, ensuring such an incident won't happen again. The event has sparked a lot of local interest and laughter, turning into a memorable story for the community[1].

Note this is problematic for a number of reasons including someone who wants to summarize a real article/thread won’t be informed an accurate summary may be impossible.

 

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Four stitched screenshots of an iOS 18 home screen. The icons are themed in the style of a “NookPhone“ from the video game Animal Crossing.

Source

Translated:

&:

Reference, apparently: NookPhone


I’d like to try heavily theming my home screen, paradoxically while keeping icons quite recognizable.

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Taylor & the end times (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

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Taylor Swift on the red carpet with this text superimposed:

As the bulbs flash, I can't help but think of cyberwar - When the arcing death of electric transformers will light the night, leaving our nation in darkness.

  • Taylor Swift

Edit:
Credit: Swift on Security

 

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The image contains a cheese pizza, with one single slice flipped over. The accompanying text includes:

  1. A tweet from "spence" stating: "pizza tip: always flip a lucky"

  2. A reply from "Carrier Technician" saying: "Looks awful"

  3. A follow-up tweet from "spence": "if you died nothing in my life would change"

The timestamps show the follow-up was posted at 4:54 PM on September 5, 2024, and notes it has 99 views.

 

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A screenshot of a YouTube video embedded in a news article where YouTube is throwing the error “Sign in to confirm you're not a bot. This helps protect our community.” Stitched below is a screen grab from Avengers Endgame where Captain America says, “no, I don't think I will.”

 

My friend’s had this before but doesn’t know which to buy!

 

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“David Attenborough” (a soundalike voice) explains the Cybertruck's parasitic relationship with flatbed trailers; transcript:

Here we see the Cybertruck has formed a peculiar symbiotic relationship with the larger flatbed trailer species. Evolutionarily disadvantaged, the Cybertruck has come up with a clever way to transport itself long distances.

By attaching itself to the flatbed trailer, the Cybertruck can reliably move about without risking injury to its fragile exoskeleton or internal organs. What the flatbed trailer gets in return for this kindness, science has yet to discover.

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I wondered who had made the video and found myself on Reddit, in r/CyberStuck, where the video was originally posted. The creator of the fake Attenborough video, who has since deleted the post, explains in the comments that they wrote the script and edited the video, and for source material, they used "a bunch of Cybertruck fanboys on YouTube, Whistlindiesel, and also the lovely people on this fair subreddit."

boingboing.net

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

Source: @royalarmouriesmuseum on that ByteDance-owned site

Edit 2: OK it’s not this guy but I’ll leave it as it was; original edit below:

credit to Jonathan:

Jonathan Steven Ferguson is a British firearm historian and author who is currently the Keeper of Firearms and Artillery at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, England.

Thanks @ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone :)

 

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A hand holding a blue dotted bingo dauber over a red bingo card with numbers arranged in a grid. The text above the image says "Transgender Illegal Aliens in Prison #Debate2024".

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