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2024-06-05 15:33:35

"Some commentators are snarking that #Microsoft really really wants to make 2025 the year of #Linux on the Desktop, and it's kind of hard to refute them right now."
Indeed: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html

2024-06-04 04:48:06

Are #science and technology really ending? Maybe, but I don't care, and neither should you. Seriously:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/science-usefulness-has-ended-so-what
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2024-06-03 07:32:27

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@npub1jqc…3mpt source? Thanks

2024-05-27 11:09:10

Three characteristics of your next car:
1, very likely, it will be Chinese
2, very likely, it will be your LAST car
3, and this will be GOOD, if it happens the right way:
https://open.substack.com/pub/mfioretti/p/carmakers-must-die-and-flat-cars
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2024-05-16 16:00:46

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@npub1463…00qn time to start fighting for a THREE-day workweek then

2024-04-25 10:41:01

"put the entire U.S. budget on #blockchain so that every American can look at every budget item in the entire budget anytime they want"... ..
That is, JFK jr gets #opendata 15yrs later, AND wants to do it in the most complicated, totally unneeded way.
Hilarious, really:
https://thehill.com/business/4611426-rfk-jr-im-gonna-put-the-entire-u-s-budget-on-blockchain/

2024-03-07 10:34:15

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@npub1vqm…ccpx great, both in itself, and because the more people use this trick, the more will realize how much #google keeps erasing the "old" Web:
https://stop.zona-m.net/2018/01/indeed-it-seems-that-google-is-forgetting-the-old-web/

2023-12-26 17:18:32

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wrt my previous toot:
I've been announcing, teaching and writing about how to deal with this very problem for almost ~20 years now: https://mfioretti.com/how-file-formats-can-be-used-favor-or-hamper-innovation-active-citizenship-and-really-free-markets/

2023-11-28 19:37:27

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@npub1mnp…k9zl
THANKS, and... do you mean that hashtags are case sensitive here on Mastodon? If that's the case, I confess I had completely missed it, so thanks twice!

2023-11-28 18:57:40

#Jobs #fedihired #fedihire
I am a freelance technical writer/tutor actively looking for more contract work about #ICT, #Telecom, #linux #freesoftware #Microelectronics #iot #ai #datacenter and other areas.
For more details and contact details, please visit the Tech Writer page at https:///mfioretti.com, or email mfioretti@nexaima.net
Thanks in advance for sharing this as much as you see fit

2023-10-21 03:52:42

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@npub1qw5…037m who is to blame for what, is another issue. But I'd say that smartphones greatly contribute to make /prime many kids depressed or anxious BEFORE they start to realize we've turned the planet into a dumpster etc (which we have)

2023-05-24 09:31:55

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@npub159e…exyl also, you'll also never have 100, REAL 100% certainty that this reply is from an actual human, or another bot

2023-04-30 04:39:46

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@npub1pqk…z65u which communities are you talking about? I missed these events. Thanks

2023-04-21 07:51:25

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#[0] not af at all.
The lower half is intermediate, not senior.
The senior sees him or herself out of that bottom-right panel, enjoying the fruits of the farmer's labor, comfortably sitting under a shaded porch.
Possibly yesterday, not in 5 years

2023-04-20 03:37:06

#[0]
#[1] post on content moderation is GREAT:
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/
but he did independent authors a big disservice calling #[2] "Nazi Bar" instead of "Nazi-owned residence, because:
https://mfioretti.substack.com/p/substack-notes-chris-best-and-now
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