beejjorgensen

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Smartphones and computers are now exempt from Trump’s latest tariffs in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] beejjorgensen 30 points 22 hours ago

Trump blinks again.

AI slop farms are churning out fake heartwarming videos about Trump figures. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] beejjorgensen 14 points 1 day ago

Musk running illegal generators at his A1 farm... Coincidence?

Elon Musk’s xAI allegedly uses 'illegal' generators to power Colossus supercomputer facility in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] beejjorgensen 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To the rich, fines are just fees.

After ‘coding error’ triggers firings, top NIH scientists called back to work in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] beejjorgensen 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Whoever wrote that code is definitely the right team to rewrite social security.

Discord Is Changing, These Leaks Tell Us Why in c/technology@hexbear.net
[–] beejjorgensen 1 points 1 week ago

The article in question: https://archive.ph/lF6xg

Bill to end vote-by-mail slows Oregon legislative website to a crawl in c/oregon@sh.itjust.works
[–] beejjorgensen 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The website couldn't handle 9000 submissions? That's embarrassing for us Oregonians... 😊

Thunderbird plans on expanding offerings with additional services in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] beejjorgensen 6 points 1 week ago

I love TB, but I also love simplicity. I just configured mutt (which I haven't used in 20 years) and love how fast and easy it is. Of course, it took me days to get it where I needed it, but using it reminded me of how bloated these other apps can get after years of additions.

Glad to hear about the mail service.

Samsung’s latest stick vac can alert you to calls and text messages in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] beejjorgensen 2 points 1 week ago

FML. This reminds me I just got trn to built for reading Usenet. I'm reverting.

New bill proposes repealing vote-by-mail in Oregon, public invited to testify in c/oregon@sh.itjust.works
[–] beejjorgensen 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Public comment made. Thanks for the heads up.

The Making of Infocom Text Adventure Games in 1985 | BBC Archive in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] beejjorgensen 2 points 2 weeks ago

Love it. I played so many of these games in the 80s. Makes me a nostalgic for a simpler time.

California Assembly speaker and other Democratic state lawmakers ditch X, citing hate speech, disinformation in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] beejjorgensen 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are real risks with relying on a private company, owned by Elon Musk, as a channel for communications

Damn right. Time to fire up a mastodon instance.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans in c/technology@beehaw.org
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Using black magic to make a fast circular buffer. (lo.calho.st)
 

Neat article about avoiding a memcpy in a circular buffer.

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Good Retry, Bad Retry: An Incident Story (medium.com)
 

I've never run a big system like this, but like the lead character in the story, I always figured exponential backoff would be enough. Turns out there's more.

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Sega Jet Rocket: The trailblazing '70s arcade game with no computer or screen (newatlas.com)
 

This is a pretty cool analog arcade game. I never saw one when I was a kid... I'd have been hooked.

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How does a car cigarette lighter work? (www.lumafield.com)
 

This is an ad for something CT-scan-related, but it contains a good breakdown of how an old car cigarette lighter works. And it has a couple interactive CT Scan explorers past the video.

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Vintage Infocom collection on eBay (www.ebay.com)
 

Can be yours for a mere $155,000. (No, I'm not the seller, but I'm curious who is!)

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GPT adventure game generator (github.com)
 

This coder rigged up GPT to create IF games.

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Decoding C Compilation Process: From Source Code to Binary (hackthedeveloper.com)
 

Have you ever wondered what happens behind the scenes when you write a C program? How does your code transform from lines of text into a fully functional binary executable? If you’ve been curious about the intricacies of the C program compilation process, you’ve come to the right place.

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