Ever wonder why the "vi" editor uses H, J, K, and L keys for cursor navigation, and why Unix shells traditionally use "~" as an alias for the home directory?
The ADM-3A terminal was a very popular and inexpensive Unix terminal in the 1970s. Notice where the arrow keys are, and where the "~" key is? It influenced a lot!
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just started my tuesday livestream at joystick.tv/u/toplesstopics ! gonna work on editing those "topless equality karaoke videos" for patreon donors!
Or for Patreon donors, you can participate in the #stream room on our discord server which you can join at toplesstopics.org/chat !
Mastodon character limit is such a weird concept and useless and pointless I can't believe is still there. People who want to say more than a paragraph need to split it into "threads"...insane!
Look:
How the fuck you get to read and interact with a post divided into tens of comments.....
This is silly as fuck people.
If you have no character limit, guess what, you can still make short posts. But not vice-versa.
It is beyond me why this is still a thing in 2025. Artificial limitations.
Man I LOVE Friendica! A proper way to make posts and interact with people. And yet not many are aware of Friendica and how awesome it is.
@Meredith Whittaker you should either move to a Mastodon instance without character limitation or try Friendca. You can even use our node social.trom.tf - and that's for anyone else who is bothered by this artificial limitation of Mastodon.
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Bah! Humbug! If someone wants to prattle on ad nauseam, may I introduce them to a "blog."
Keep short form short and sweet. 
Meanwhile in Ireland, a cultural Basic Income (focussed on artists) has moved from pilot to sustained policy, with the confirmation of an ongoing programme of awarding 2,000 artists €18k per annum.
Interestingly the cost of the programme was less than the benefits to the Irish economy, and the artists in receipt of funds were able to switch earnings from non-art activities to work related to their art practice.
A more general lesson here for UBI?
#UBI #workers
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Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent
Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026.Harrison Jacobs (ARTnews.com)
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It's still going to be implementation specific rather than anything standard, isn't it
RE: dragonscave.space/@talon/11529…Can I quote myself? How's this work?
Quotes made it over here now. Neat I guess.
Now that I've got my replacement laptop set up and data transferred I'm back to streaming on Joystick
There are people who hate art precisely because its value isn’t tied to utility or productivity.
We call them Philistines.
Philistines only crave comfort—technology, convenience, consumption. The idea that art might make you a better person offends them. Even worse if the art doesn’t flatter them.
What defines a Philistine is their demand that art serve an immediate function. If it doesn’t, they dismiss it as worthless.
@Crissy There’s a book that goes into this in far more detail called Revolt of the Masses by José Ortega y Gasset, written just before the Spanish Civil War. He called Philistines by another name: mass-men.
The idea behind this book is that mass-men and authoritarianism go hand-in-hand. And I would agree. Elon Musk, for example, is the consummate mass-man. He has no appreciation for aesthetics beyond utility, spectacle, or status.
This, by the way, is why the Cybertruck is so awful.
thanks for sharing about the book & concept of mass men.
What's wonderful (and antithesis to the Cybertruck's shock value and hideous looks) is the Porsche 911, which balances performance with aesthetic coherence developed over decades of refinement!
My takeaway from learning about this is genuine excellence, thoughtful design, and authentic human connection is possible when we are being respectful and kind to all.
Which also raisesCritical Questions for #FediCollective and #PeerTube co-op like
1. How do we build businesses that serve mass markets without adopting mass man values?
2. Can technology be designed to elevate rather than reduce human experience?
3. What's the entrepreneur's responsibility to resist the race to the bottom in taste and standards?
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The situation in North Gaza is beyond catastrophic.
Entire neighborhoods are being wiped off the map — home by home, street by street.
People have no electricity, no clean water, no food.
Displaced families are sleeping on rubble. Children cry from hunger. Disease is spreading.
There are no hospitals left. No aid. No safe zones.
#GazaIsBleeding
#NorthGaza
#LetGazaLive
#CeasefireNOW
#EndTheSiege
#GazansUnderAttack
#GazaGenocide
#StandWithPalestine
#SaveGaza
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What’s happening in North Gaza is not just a humanitarian crisis.
It’s a stain on the conscience of humanity.
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Hello Fediverse I want to make a short announcement about the social.trom.tf Friendica instance run by my friend @tio
Currently that instance is going through a big server migration process and it will take a couple of hours for it to get finished. So if you mention or send anyone messages during this time it might not reach them.
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Let's see if releasing this on labor day weekend was a good idea...
Desiccant dehumidifiers are fascinating... but not for everyone
A whole new meaning to "spin dry"Connextras experiment: https://youtu.be/0xLzDF7PZW8Original video: https://youtu.be/j_QfX0SYCE8Other stuff:Technology Connec...YouTube
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Jeff Atwood (@codinghorror@infosec.exchange)
Look, EU, it is difficult to take you seriously when you forced all this cookie notification bullshit on us.Infosec Exchange
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Genuine question:
If I hosted my own private analytics tracker (something like Matomo (née Piwik), e.g.) just so I could have funny numbers to look at because I like to look at numbers but do nothing meaningful with them, would that require a cookie banner?
I'd pondered about just having a static notice in the footer of my site that just says "This site uses some functional cookies and one (1) tracking cookie for a self-hosted analytics dashboard because I like to look at Numbers™."
Eurostar security is great, the pulled my bag aside and opened it. - “What’s in this toiletry bag?”
- “My toiletries”
Agent then found my Lovense plugs. Spent a good amount of time trying to put them back into their drawstring bag while I stared at them impatiently. 😼
Then they got to my Densha de Go Shinkansen controller, looked lost for a bit, then waved me though. 😸
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No Rush'ing to judgement.
I think the real Nazis don't like being associated with strong, independent women LOL
UBI is unconditional and universal. We can build support for it by removing work requirements from any existing program and/or making any existing program universal and paired with higher taxes on those with higher incomes. When it comes to amount, I'd like to see any unconditional universal amount. #UBI
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Interesting point. 😃
However I do think attacking dead people won’t solve any problems associated with the other 2 mentioned.
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Nips Don’t Lie: The Hypocrisy Behind Censoring Women's Breasts
How nipples expose everyday hypocrisies around our understanding of women’s bodies and why it's important to rethink their place in culture.Rohina Katoch Sehra (HuffPost UK)
It appears I neglected to announce the existence of last week’s episode of Reverse Trivia.
Here it is for your viewing pleasure. But beware, at least one of us sings!
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From waggle to warlock. ■ Reverse Trivia 3x03
Words, water, and a vicious insult to Lancashire.The Technical Difficulties are:🟥 TOM SCOTT: http://tomscott.com - https://instagram.com/tomscottgo🟨 GARY B...YouTube
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