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I'm sorry, if you think code review is a formality and not a place for thoughtful conversation about solving problems, then you're part of the problem.
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Senior isn't the end of the road. GitHub's (and Boulder's) Joel Hawksley is breaking down what "staff" actually means and whether it's the right move for your career. Time to level up? 🚀
Welcome back to RMR, Joel!
Today Young Grasshopper Learned that plants can grow without soil. We discussed hydroponics & aeroponics, The Great Oxidation Event, chloroplasts, ATP, mitochondria, transpiration, seeds transport by consumption, and chillies.
We ground chillies, performed solvent extraction with hot ethanol, and centrifugally separated capsaicin. This was compared with California Reaper hot sauce and won.
We also learned of chemical contamination and the importance of washing hands *before* using the toilet.
@vik " learned of chemical contamination and the importance of washing hands *before* using the toilet."
I hope the learning was from instruction, rather than experiential!
The two party system of predators
Ukraine thinks Russia is planning to draft an additional 300,000 troops for its war effort after Russian parliamentary elections in mid-September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/24/world/politics/putin-draft-300000-troops-zelenskyy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
Ebola en RDC: la Croix-Rouge s'inquiète d'une multiplication des attaques contre ses volontaires - RFI
Nearly 3M Teslas recalled in China over hidden door handles
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g6ggdg030o
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49415187
#HackerNews #Tesla #Recall #China #DoorHandles #CarSafety #News
So uhm has anyone here ever moved abroad by themselves? And by any chance to a much smaller town?
I feel like I'm about to commit social su*cide 🥲 #moveabroad
@Gina i think u’ll be fine :). just try to occupy urself and stay safe. might be interesting to explore the city and see whats there!
im very curious why u’re moving to spain (if ur fine explaining, no problem if not)
for me, i was thinking to move to a place with a lower cost of living once i achieve F.I.R.E. and spain was on that list. dunno where i would end up tho tbh. achieving F.I.R.E. seems so far away
This is a group who dismisses the ISO - another campus Marxist group - as "middle-class". Despite the fact that when they say;
"Workers and young people must draw fundamental political lessons from the failure of this perspective."
... they're specifically appealing to students who are *not* workers. Which class are they again?
If anyone can think of a better example of 'the narcissism of small differences', I'd love to hear it.
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Similarly - following the line of their UK parent group - SEG try to spin the Greens as being pro-war. Yes, the Greens. A party for whom non-violence is one of their 4 core values;
https://www.greens.org.nz/charter
The claim that;
"The party backed the US-NATO war against Ukraine"
https://community.scoop.co.nz/2026/03/new-zealand-government-backs-criminal-war-against-iran/
This sentence is, in itself, a pretty impressive example of Naomi Klein's Mirror World. But here are some examples of what they actually said;
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@Crissy it's going well, thank you for asking! I've seen a couple of great concerts, seen some friends, and been just bonding a lot with my newish 3yo kitty. 🐱🐾 And writing some software.
@jamesmarshall thx for sharing, that sounds like a joyful summer 😊
[…] Behind AI is an enormous, deliberately hidden web of human labor. Data workers are paid as little as $2 an hour to render data legible to machines—recruited, often, from places where the poor economic conditions made such wage appealing.
Israel is not a military match for Turkey, but it will not tolerate its interests in Syria and has sent a message by fire to define the limits of the Turkish presence and its role in Syria.
We must change our way of thinking and prepare for a long-term conflict with Turkey," - i24.
Έχουν καταλάβει οι ηλίθιοι της κυβέρνησης σε πόσο επικίνδυνα μονοπάτια έχουν μπλέξει την χώρα;
> "Turkey instead of Iran, the new strategic threat to Israel, and we [Israelis] must wake up.
Erdogan operates in the Iranian way, investing in hostility towards Israel to boost his popularity.
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Trump brings war to our cities, according to the Bush plan from 20 years ago.
Who is "integrity Technologies" to get a 55 Billion dollar contract?
This is a pass through for numerous frauds with no transparency, and what will it do for you?
Integrity Technologies Corp., Grand Forks, North Dakota, is being awarded a $55,000,000,000 multiple award firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Worldwide Expeditionary multiple award contract territorial integrity of the U.S. contract.
ON August 13, military contracts worth more than US$55 Billion were issued to insure the "Territorial Integrity of the United States"
$55 Billion directly from the military will be used by ICE for arrests and detention.
This is an escalation of the #Trump abuses described here -
https://detention-pipeline.transparencycascade.org/entry/wexmac-titus-military-procurement-bypass/
The mechanism is a type of contract that intentionally reduces transparency and competition, called #WEXMAC The clearest description is the one linked above.
One-Third of Web Pages are Now Written With AI, Says Pew Research https://slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/0359209/one-third-of-web-pages-are-now-written-with-ai-says-pew-research?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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«Dans son programme, son obsession sera d'augmenter "la rémunération nette des travailleurs" par une baisse des prélèvements sociaux sur les salaires, a-t-il dit sur TF1.»
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I'm imagining a shady dairy with a bunch of goats in ill-fitting cow costumes.
@mattblaze "I have nipples, Greg, could you milk me?"
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