@somu01 yeah, there's quite a lot of ... details to figure out. Don't be shy to ask if there are specific things you can't work out on your own.

@mattblaze But Matt, those two resistors would bankrupt so many companies, the US would go into a great recession!

Our mini field of dreams.
My husband didn't grow up in a family that got their hands dirty.
Unless it was counting their money.
So when I moved in and reclaimed some of this property to grow flowers and food without an expert to guide me he was fascinated.
His parents had a skilled gardener who kept the landscaping. He wasn't really seen but did amazing things like intertwined apple trees on the fences and ever blooming displays.
Every year I plant corn from seed and place the planter where he can see it through the windows.
Corn is his favorite crop.
I think he literally loves to watch it grow.
He tells me that we harvested thirty one ears last year. We might surpass our record if all goes well.
Simple pleasures.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/threads-tests-a-meta-ai-integration-that-works-similarly-to-grok/

Pure YUCK!

Canvas-ing the Web - Eric Meyer:
https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2026/04/27/canvas-ing-the-web/

@404mediaco I dispute the assertion that "Jeff Bezos learns being good at YouTube is not so easy."

I read the story. While it's amusing (thank you for that), there is zero indication within its four walls that Jeff Bezos has directed anyone to do anything differently with respect to WaPo's Youtube output.

The opposite appears to be true given Bezos' staff continues to post the same poorly conceived and badly produced "content."

the rise of fascism and patriarchy can rightly be understood as men literally threatened by not being able to economically control women

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/13/women-home-buyers-men-dating

@vince_propane It’s about what you’d expect for a car of its age, mileage, and location. I don’t have any sort of extra rust treatment applied.

A large network of prominent regional newspapers has posted thousands of low-quality articles promoting gambling and prediction markets — and is pretending it's journalism. https://popular.info/p/pulitzer-winning-newsrooms-are-quietly

The World’s Most Beautiful Countries in 2026, Ranked
https://www.mentalfloss.com/geography/wanderlust/most-beautiful-countries-2026-ranked?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All Mental Floss Stories @all-mental-floss-stories-mental_floss

An important aspect of computing networking is indicating whom we're talking to. Who should pay attention to the messages, & where the messages should be forwarded.

The trick is in assigning unique names to everyone! Typically achieved using *some* sort of authority.

For USB this authority is your "host" computer! For the internet there's a whole lot more delegation centering on IANA.

Though we can use other strategies!

1/2!

My entire platform for president is to make it a felony to put a USB-C connector on a device that can only charge from a USB-A power supply.

UAE denies a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office that he secretly visited the the Emirates during the war against Iran, calling it “entirely unfounded.” https://www.mofa.gov.ae/en/MediaHub/News/2026/5/13/uae-isreal

Ok.

I need good things.

Please, reply with good stuff.

I am really struggling and need silly, delightful, joyful things to concentrate on.

I was worried when I couldn’t get through on the phone with both my parents. But it turns out they were doing weightlifting together at the local gym

My mum is very motivated by ‘I need to be strong, there’s still so much food in the world I haven’t eaten yet’

@scientific_american "641 unknown objects"?

Must be the aliens then i guess....

@cstross @gatesvp the UK did not have to wrestle with climate change. I wonder how many cities the US will have lost in two generations, New Orleans is beyond salvage, and without FEMA or a working gouvernement, Florida won’t last that long. New York can barely fix a tunnel.

Branimir Lambov from IBM on Cassandra - Phil Eaton @ The Consensus:
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/04/26/branimir-lambov-from-ibm-on-cassandra.html