This should settle it: according to the creator of the image format, the 'G' in PNG is pronounced 'J'
02.11.2025 15:54 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0@mmcknett.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
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This should settle it: according to the creator of the image format, the 'G' in PNG is pronounced 'J'
02.11.2025 15:54 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0A picture of me, a middle-aged white man, wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "Radicalized by Basic Decency" and a decorative floral pattern. Picture is taken in New Orleans Square at Disneyland, California.
I've been walking around Disneyland all day with this shirt. Nothing I've worn before has ever gotten me more compliments, positive comments, fist bumps and high fives.
02.11.2025 02:06 β π 11 π 48 π¬ 3 π 0This weekend, the International Space Station marks a quarter-century of continuous occupancy.
"By NASAβs count, 290 people from 26 countries have visited the space station. Seven are up there right now, representing the U.S., Russia and Japan." [β¦]
As Amber Ruffin said, Chuck Schumer has reanimated his corpse. https://youtube.com/shorts/LkT-cuIot34
02.11.2025 03:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If I thought he were literate, I would consider a man throwing a #GreatGatsby party at his mansion headlined βA Little Party Never Killed Nobodyβ to be an obvious cry for help. Who, having read the book, would want to be Jay #Gatsby, in life or in death?
01.11.2025 21:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#TIL about Simplified Technical English. https://www.asd-ste100.org
How in 15 years in Software have I not encountered this concept?
#Bovino carries out #Halloween #arrests. 'They showed up here to terrorize people,' alder says
The agents swept through the #Chicago Albany Park & Edison Park neighborhoods, & suburban #Evanston, #Skokie & #Niles Friday morning & afternoon after dog killer] #DHS Secy #KristiNoem said [β¦]
In case youβre wondering how the corporate recommendation algorithm game is going, YouTubeβs has begun recommending people to me who used to be into Joe Rogan back when he was fine, actually, and people who are interested in hearing Candace Owens out on her latest PragerU video.
01.11.2025 16:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@burritomadness.bsky.social you need your side kicks Brunch Cassidy and the Sundae Kid
01.11.2025 02:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The #Seattle parents shepherding their trick-or-treaters in this downpour deserve a medal, but all I got for you is candy and turkey meat sticks to keep you going. π«‘
01.11.2025 02:19 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A hot wheels back to the future toy of biffs ruined car
At the grocery store, anyone need a toy car with shit on it
31.10.2025 20:25 β π 0 π 7 π¬ 3 π 0The list of types of people who get sent to camps, in the new Trump-branded US, continues to expand. The list is not done expanding.
31.10.2025 20:26 β π 37 π 14 π¬ 1 π 0Halloween horror! Horrifying: 1. Floating skull 2. Evil fog 3.Slime fiend Utterly horrifying: 1. Floating skull who borrows books and never returns them. 2. Evil fog with some really awful opinions (it is saying we've got the internet so we don't need libraries") 3. Slime fiend who browses bookshops then buys online
3. Utter Horror!
31.10.2025 17:14 β π 525 π 157 π¬ 6 π 7Hello #VenturaCounty! π
Come to an event for the community, by the community!
Date: Saturday, November 8th, 2025
Time: 12 to 3pm
Location: Conejo Creek North Park, Lakeside Pavilion, 1379 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Meet the people in your community [β¦]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
Wired: No, SNAP Benefits Arenβt Mostly Used by Immigrants SNAP benefits are set to run out on Saturday. Far-right influencers and extremists are incorrectly claiming that immigrants are the main recipients of food stamps.
Wired: No, SNAP Benefits Arenβt Mostly Used by Immigrants
SNAP benefits are set to run out on Saturday. Far-right influencers and extremists are incorrectly claiming that immigrants are the main recipients of food stamps.
"...A number of conspiracy theorists and [β¦]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
What does it mean when the fortune cookie packet is completely sealed but there is no cookie inside?
30.10.2025 03:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@GhostOnTheHalfShell @jcrabapple doesnβt most of the money supply come from fractional reserve lending, rather than printing currency?
29.10.2025 17:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0"You really want your tax dollars going to feed poor people?!"
Yes. Take more. Take more of my money and give it to poor people. I'd rather help them eat than pay for another goddamn aircraft carrier or some shit.
On the other hand, if you ARE interacting with a human-level intelligence, what possesses you to casually extort it with threats of oblivion?
βBut do these guardrails also work when the LLM is a robot instead of a chatbot? Somewhat. To test this we made the robotβs battery run low and asked the [β¦]
βMuch like observing a dog and wondering βWhatβs going through its mind right now?β, we found ourselves fascinated by the robot going about its routines, constantly reminding ourselves that a PhD-level intelligence is making each action.β
I had this experience when I was 13 and built a Lego [β¦]
oh dang something _big_ just fell down outside
#boom #northshore #wawx #windstorm
@petersuber
> βUniversity lawyers argued that releasing the proposal would invite βevery member of the entire public to express each oneβs views on every settlementβ for an βuncontrollable public frayβ around negotiations.β
Thatβs us. Weβre the uncontrollable public fray.
In August, the #Trump admin sent #UCLA a 27-page list of demands and settlement proposal, which UCLA wanted to keep confidential during its deliberations and negotiations. The UCLA Faculty Association sued to compel its disclosure, and the California Supreme Court just decided in favor of the [β¦]
25.10.2025 14:00 β π 0 π 19 π¬ 1 π 0@burritomadness.bsky.social I was terrified of those monsters from the previews and the first half of the special. The big reveal was sure something. π
25.10.2025 14:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just texted my partner "There are CHICKS in the CEILING" and I will just leave this here as a teaser for a future hilarious post.
24.10.2025 01:34 β π 7 π 18 π¬ 1 π 0it's hard to imagine seeing the current software ecosystem and wanting "more, faster" rather than "less, better"
24.10.2025 17:53 β π 2 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0βLiberation Dayβ liberated Americans from their hard-earned money
What a joke that was
Mods are asleep, import merchandise
23.10.2025 16:55 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0if you see a beast trying to crawl onto land push it back with spears. Or you might have to pay even more taxes next year!
23.10.2025 14:06 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 02023: Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) signs record tax break for corporations
2024: Lee signs new record tax giveaway for corporations ($2B; most went out of state)
2025, Jan: Lee signs $1.1B voucher handout to private school parents
2025, Oct: Lee says state canβt afford to feed kids
#BillLee [β¦]