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Your periodical reminder that all clothing is hand made by humans, usually underpaid!
Polyester doesn't breathe and sheds microplastics when manufactured, worn and washed!
Cotton farming takes immense amounts of water and pesticides!
Viscose can be made from recycled fibres & waste cellulose, but it's a fairly toxic process!
Linen is more ecological to grow but expensive!
"But what do I wear then, Sini?"
The garments you already own, until they fall apart or someone else needs them!
#Sustainability #FastFashion #WorkersRights
okay, I finally found a good use for an LLM. no, really.
https://github-roast.pages.dev/
this thing is brutal
If you're a web dev, don't do this.
There's really no reason to blocking viewing source of a page, especially if you're using JavaScript to do this, because we can just disable JavaScript and bypass this and view source, or go to View > Page Source from the browser menu.
you're not protecting anything and if you're worried about people copying it, then you probably shouldn't put it on the Internet to begin with.
reminder that the IOC used to do chromosomal testing and dropped it when they realized just how many female athletes they'd have to start excluding
the IOC sucks in tons of ways, but they care about the bottom line and they know that if they start banning female athletes based just on having a Y chromosome, the Olympics are gonna take a much bigger hit than all the casuals think
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/azeenghorayshi/testosterone-and-female-athletes
There’s no good reason to exclude female athletes based on their hormone levels, researchers argue in a controversial new paper.Azeen Ghorayshi (BuzzFeed)
Released a little Game Boy Advance rom for #gbajam https://voxel.itch.io/game-boy-advance-quokka-wokka that you can play on an emulator or real hardware. It's a simple 'single screen arcade platformer' in the vein of Bubble Bobble and Rodland. Mostly made using a raspberry pi 😊
ᴄʜᴇꜱꜱ ʜᴀꜱɴ’ᴛ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀʟᴍᴏꜱᴛ 200 ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠꜱ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀʙᴀɴᴅᴏɴᴇᴅ ɪᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴇᴅʏ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀꜱ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴀᴜɢʜᴇᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀɴᴋ.
ɪ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴ 705 ᴀᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴄʜᴇꜱꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴜɴ. ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇʏ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀᴅᴅɪɴɢ ꜱᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ ꜰᴇᴀᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ “ᴄᴀꜱᴛʟɪɴɢ” ᴀɴᴅ “ᴇɴ ᴘᴀꜱꜱᴀɴᴛ” ɪɴꜱᴛᴇᴀᴅ ᴏꜰ ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀ ꜰᴇᴇᴅʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪxɪɴɢ ɢᴀᴍᴇ-ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ʙᴜɢꜱ. ɪ’ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟɪꜱɪᴏɴ-ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ɢʟɪᴛᴄʜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʀꜱᴇʏ. ᴛʜᴇ “ᴄʟɪᴘᴘɪɴɢ-ᴛʜʀᴜ-ᴘɪᴇᴄᴇꜱ” ʙᴜɢ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀʙᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴢʏ ᴅᴇᴠꜱ ʀᴇꜰᴜꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪx ɪᴛ.
ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ꜱᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴀᴡꜰᴜʟ ʙᴇʜᴀᴠɪᴏᴜʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴏʏᴄᴏᴛᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ.
I’ve read so many privacy policies
in my life, I am now reviewing them like fine wines 
"Hmm this one has a strong GDPR aroma with just a hint of CCPA in it 😌"
"This one smells moldy, definitely had some cork issues that turned it bad overtime 😒"
"This one has a very pleasant privacy-laws-future-proofing smell and tastes like respected human rights 😍"
#Privacy #Wine #GDPR #PrivacyTasting 🍷🔒
There should be a law against this.
Your average user is going to think something is terribly wrong with their computer just because they didn't sign over their rights to Microsoft.
I'm trying to imagine how this would work with other machines.
"Let's finish setting up your bike" as soon as you try to unlock it, and the pedals freeze up every three days until you agree to Schwinn's demands.
There should be a law against not trying Linux >:(((
(no really, the EPA, FDA, AMA, and DoL should shut down Microsoft and repossess their assets, using the money and labor to maintain a standard open source operating system for personal computers. But do it for phones first)
(just slapping MS on the wrist and saying "no you can't do that particular thing" would be an improvement too)
Neither #C nor a modern #CPU give timing guarantees, so this is weird:
“Clang Vs Clang”, Daniel Bernstein (https://blog.cr.yp.to/20240803-clang.html).
On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41146860
On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/kumzku/clang_vs_clang
#Cryptography #Optimization #GCC #Clang #Compilers #UndefinedBehavior
Dahlia Lithwick writes of “years of doomerism and nihilism…foisted on the country by a determined and omnipresent sense that MAGA was not just inevitable but undefeatable (even in defeat)”
“Experts on authoritarianism have been warning for years that fostering hopelessness, powerlessness, and political depression is a deliberate tactic of most totalitarian leaders”
☝️☝️ THIS ☝️☝️
I keep saying: Despair is surrender. Cynicism is surrender. Nihilism is surrender. 🧵
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/07/harris-trump-2024-kamala-vibes-trumpism-loses.html
Why the Kamala Harris candidacy changed everything.Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
Happy 50th Birthday to CP/M!
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/02/cpm_50th_anniversary/
Eek
In 1974, Gary Kildall got the first version working and changed the world of operating systemsLiam Proven (The Register)
It's my birthday today! 🦊💙
Come celebrate with me, you can play with my balloons too! 🤗🎈
#SqueakySaturday
Dear aging US-ians.
This is stupid but 100% true. Keep this on your radar as you get older.
"Even if you do not retire at age 65, you may need to sign up for Medicare within 3 months of your 65th birthday to avoid a lifetime late enrollment penalty."
It is significant. And LIFETIME. No do-overs.
hey dont tell people "holy shit your phone is old you should get a new one, the security issues!!!!"
do you really think i am happy that my phone that ive only had for six years doesnt get security updates despite working fine?
do you think i can afford to replace it?
"well then you should get a dumb phone and use your laptop for other things"
are you fucking kidding me? really? 1) my laptop is even older, it's 17", and takes like 5 minutes to start up, im not carrying that everywhere and 2) MOST THINGS DONT HAVE FUNCTIONAL WEBSITES ANYMORE
and really, do you think i should have to afford to replace it?
there is no reason my Pixel 3, which runs apps PERFECTLY FINE, should be abandoned to the ages. it's also one of the few Pixel models that cant even be given a new OS, since no one has worked out all the model-specific issues with it.
there is no reason i shouldnt still be getting updates, and no reason i shouldnt be able to easily switch to GrapheneOS or something else.
stop calling me a bad user for being 1) poor and 2) unwilling to give in to manipulative capitalist planned obsolesence. yell at the people making these decisions. my phone is intact after six years. im proud of that and i will use this until it goes spicy pillow.
PS give us back battery replacing, SD cards, and headphone jacks
you know what else? the charging port should be an easily replaced standard module.
we dont have to go full modular phone, that hasnt worked the last few times people tried but like, things like charging port and screen should be standard, easily replaced parts by now since those are the parts that break the most
1934 world champion runner Zdenek Koubek, boxer Imane Khelif, and how far we haven’t come on gender in sports.Alex Abad-Santos (Vox)
Toilets that signal *what* the infrastructure is, rather than *who* can enter.
📍: Bruges, Belgium
Sold another ASR33 controller board, with a free answer back drum...
Imagine trying to explain to someone in 1963 when these were the best way to store 20 bytes in the ASR33, the complexity of the computers doing the 3D modelling and slicing to drive a 3D printer to make this, and the terabyte SSD in the machine that did it.
There are some garment making processes that can be automated most or all the way through, like knitwear and socks, but most will still be finished, assembled and/or packed by hand. Crochet is always human work.
Wool is pretty good to wear and when certified and from a good source, can be pretty sustainable if you wear it until it stops existing. This can take decades. Yarn can be recycled, mending is great!
There are fabric recycling initiatives, but the best option is to not buy it if you don't need it. Secondhand is more expensive than it used to be, but you can find older, better quality garments than the crap of today!