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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets)

@cursed.monster

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Computer necromancer/vivisectionist, spoiler of grain, electromagnetic wave wrangler. Has strong opinions, weakly held. Pronouns (he/him) in bio, always antifascist.

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · Jul 26

Radio stuff is regarded as wizardry, and sometimes it still feels like that (especially when you get into at atmospheric effects), but it’s rewarding to learn about electromagnetic waves and how they interact with the world around us, plus you can call Elon a poser when he talks about Maxwell’s Laws

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 36m

Different scale, obviously, but there are things that can model this

Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 37m

I’m here primarily to ruin things, so I have to note that this is actually a significant consideration in some wireless sensor networks in environments where radio/light isn’t usable

Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 42m

Gotta be honest, seems like a great opportunity for Effin Birds

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lena @lenazun.bsky.social · 1h

The Verge is right, this one is a banger shop.eff.org/products/let...

'Let's Sue the Government' T-Shirt

When privacy is at stake, we don’t stay quiet.EFF has filed suit against OPM and DOGE over unauthorized access to millions of government employees’ personal records. Wear this ringer tee to signal: ou...

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The C Programming Language @c-official.bsky.social · 52m

In many ways, C is a quirky, Earthbound-inspired RPG

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Playoffs Eschewer @scratchbomb.bsky.social · 1h

this poor old woman was beveled to death😔

K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 1h

This is the aesthetic of the future

Kyle wolf
@CRXSSF4DE
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someone on the Motorola forums was having the same problem with the camera I've been having, but I just have to share the image they posted to demonstrate the issue.
it's the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life dude

The photo is of an elderly woman in gray clothes that has been so bizarrely processed that it looks both totally over and desaturated

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 50m

I will see myself out

Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 50m

I have to assume it is something that might make people… IL at ease?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2h

absolutely dying while reading the discussion about how she doesn't understand Hamlet

no one corrected her? she didn't have anyone to say that's not what happens to ophelia???????

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

And we've already seen the transformative impacts of eliminating the fare when we won and implemented a historic fare free bus pilot on one line in each borough.

Ridership went up. Assaults on operators went down. And people saved money.

A Year Without Fares: Lessons From New York’s Free Bus Pilot

Albany must embrace transformational change to bring NYC transit back on track and be ready for the challenges of tomorrow.

www.thenation.com

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

You’re reading quite a lot of things into what I’m saying that I’m not saying at all, but feel free to continue your rehearsed speech about how an economic crash is going to benefit you, I’m going to stop paying attention because I’ve heard this one before

Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

s/Medicare/Medicaid/g, but whatevs

Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

So a) I’m not sure what the “ssi” one is supposed to prove, b) the one about Medicare is not in favor of kicking people off Medicare, c) growing chickens in close proximity to lots of houses is a fantastic way to sicken and kill dozens of people, and d) this is extremely weird behavior

Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

Like… I can think of a few objects I could see being a dick about, but, like… I still don’t think I’d invent a new form of racism about printers

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

Seems like what should be the default position, tbh

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 4h

This is not only amazingly racist but deeply anti-Christian. Fuck this shit.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 9h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 4h

a fortunate quirk is that doing food and medical support for impoverished children, foreign and domestic, *also* is about the biggest bang it is possible to get for our buck.

so you can analyze aid on a moral basis or a realpolitik basis and you get the same answer: we should do it

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 4h

Here's the thing. I am a lucky person and pay a fair bit in taxes. I can think of no better use for my tax dollars than feeding children, because I think all people are equally deserving of basic humanity.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

Better yet, brand it, less removable that way

Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

It’s a corollary to my synthesis of these theories, “Everyone Is Axe Cop Now”

Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

Then you better hope every company that provides services upon which you rely also doesn’t!

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

Have they checked the bathrooms at Mar-A-Lago

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

We had one of these in my old elementary school! It was, in fact, incredibly cool. First time I’d seen The Princess Bride, too.

Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 4h

I have another video today! It's about old-school video projectors and how amazing they were.

Seriously, not only is it almost unbelievable that this even works, but it's doing full HD video with incredibly good image quality. It's also a royal PITA.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8u...

Video projectors used to be ridiculously cool

YouTube video by Technology Connections

www.youtube.com

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 6h

I say this with love, some of you are going to lose your life savings to a man who says you have parking tickets that can only be paid in Target gift cards

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6h

👀👀👀👀

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Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets) @cursed.monster · 3h

You say that, but

a cave with bones and skulls in it

Alt: A bunny, frolicking its way out of a cave whose entrance is strewn with human bones

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