Vincent Cloutier @vincent@librem.one

This is so ridiculously petty if true.

#elonmusk #twitter #x #twittermigration #tech #technology

a story in two parts:

it was the fuck aroundiest of times, it was the find outiest of times

Take a moment to appreciate the magic of trade. A free trade is when two parties make an exchange because they both want to, and both wind up better off. Yes, fraud, coercion, and externalities exist, but the vast majority of exchanges are unregretted and positive sum.

Introducing Valve Certified Refurbished Steam Decks! These are fully tested at Valve facilities and come with the same 1-year warranty as a new Deck. Supplies are limited and expect these to come in and out of stock as available.
Learn more here: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamdeckrefurbished

If you depend on our #relay my dear #mastoadmin folks, and have a GitHub account, chiming in on how this will impact you would be appreciated. If you’re unsure how it will impact you, I’ll sum it up: no more relay 😣 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/23989

truth

#ArtemisApp iOS TestFlight is ready for public download!
https://testflight.apple.com/join/DmJTH3he

Play Store is still pending. Will followup after.

File bugs in our issue tracker:
github.com/hariettem/Artemis/issues

Locked to artemis.camp for now until /kbin apis goes live. Lemmy support is nearly done but fixing some bugs before rolling that out.

#ios #kbin #kbinapp #threadiverse

Here is a fun animation that will help you to understand the relative rpms of the planets.

(via. https://www.tumblr.com/bandit-jay/698182172743434240/comparing-the-rotations-of-objects-in-the-solar?source=share)

ME: The Earth is 71% water
SCIENTIST: Yes. True.
ME: And practically all of that water is uncarbonated
SCIENTIST: Okay, sure. Not sure where you're going with this but
ME: So the Earth is flat
SCIENTIST...
ME: ...
SCIENTIST: Listen here you little shit

CoreWeave just took out a $2.3 billion loan, collateralized against their GPU stockpile … and will use the facility to … buy more GPUs. This is fine. 🫠 https://www.reuters.com/technology/coreweave-raises-23-billion-debt-collateralized-by-nvidia-chips-2023-08-03/

“The reason most public transportation is seen as ‘losing’ money is precisely because it charges for trips. If you don't charge fares, suddenly it can't ‘lose’ money. It just costs money, the same as the roads.”

This random comment has given me my new favourite argument for removing fares from public transit.

#Steam On Linux #Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple #macOS

-- @amd also now commands a 69% CPU marketshare among Linux gamers.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Stats-July-2023

Happy August! Here are the top 20 games of the past month, sorted by playtime. What have you been playing?

Twitter feels like Hogwarts when it was under rule by Dolores Umbridge