Mastodawn

Giles of the Jungle 13h ago

grimmware 3d ago

@benjamingeer @mhoye the only good diff is a red diff!

mhoye 3d ago

"look the computer can generate more code faster" the world absolutely does not need or want more code, nothing needs more code for the sake of code, we need utility, functionality and empathy, an encoded understanding of the problem being solved and the humans around it. Code is the price we pay for that encoded understanding. What you've created is an entropy spigot pointed at the proxy metric graph you’re stuck using because your management doesn't understand anything.

Giles of the Jungle 14h ago

@CenturyAvocado I'm sorry to hear that, internet friend.

Giles of the Jungle 5d ago

Jan Wildeboer 😷

6d ago

A few years ago, at least twice a week someone posted the rotating, extending wooden table gif to the fediverse, because they saw it for the first time and were fascinated by it. It became a bit annoying, but it has recently disappeared from the fediverse, it seems. I kinda miss being annoyed by it. So. Here it is again :)

Originally known as a Jupe table, named after the inventor Robert Jupe, who patented it in 1835.

This is the Fletcher Capstan table: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyZYQ_rhBPs

Giles of the Jungle 5d ago

@fesshole Must have been a bloody energetic wank. Good on ya.

Giles of the Jungle 5d ago

This Is My Glasgow Jul 6

Love this new sign on the Clyde Walkway, but it definitely falls into the Keep Glasgow Weird category. It's one of a number of signs inspired by Science Fiction movies around the city's Science Centre created by A Sign of Humour.

#glasgow #keepglasgowweird #streetart #glasgowstreetart #signs #godzilla #finniestoncrane #ovohydro

Giles of the Jungle Jul 5

Alex

Jul 5

NOT A DRILL: there is a new Tim Hunkin video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqpvl-YGFD4

The Secret Life of the Home

YouTube

Giles of the Jungle Jul 4

Nick Jul 3

PC - Hi, morning! Glad you’re here! I’m going to start doing some updates now.

Me - No, I have a Zoom call.

PC - Right after I do these updates.

Me - No, it’s starting now.

PC - I think you’ll find that it isn’t.

Giles of the Jungle Jul 4

Natasha Jay Jul 3

In Basel they've changed some of the green traffic lights to women footballers for the Euros ⚽

Giles of the Jungle Jul 4

Girl on the Net Jul 3

I just spent the evening with one of my friends from teenage years. We see each other once in a blue moon, last time we hung out was about a year ago. And seeing her was so life-giving, fun and comfortable. We talked about friendship and authentic selves and remembered how much we love catching up. She is so badass and wise and together. What a day ❤️

#krita #FediArt #MastoArt

I just took a peek at the thermometer outside...
Yeah...
This is fine...

Nyan Max Jul 1

@davidrevoy I love it 😍

DEVilonger 📟🎀Jul 1

@davidrevoy CC: @ezio

Wobbe F. Koning Jul 1

@davidrevoy "The bar's on fire but my drink's still on the table" - Alice Donut

@wobbe @davidrevoy @PeterCxy

Zhenbo Li Jul 1

At least my drink is still ice-cold!

LordPhoenix Jul 1

@davidrevoy il pourrait tellement aller sur framameme ce dessin… (si la licence le permet of course)

Made my day! 😁

@davidrevoy oooooh yes 🔥🔥🔥

Oook Jul 1

@davidrevoy Viens en Andalousie, il fait bon ici.

@oook Pas la peine, je crois que l'Andalousie est venue à moi. 😆

Oook Jul 1

@davidrevoy Plus sérieusement c'est le taux d'humidité qui fait souffrir plus que la chaleur. Les gens qui vivent à Cordoue ou Seville par plus de 40 degrés tout l'été ne supportent pas les 32° de Malaga.

Une amie Saoudienne me disait à l'époque qu'elle supportait mieux Ryad à 50° que Genève à 36.

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi les sites et chaînes météo ne mentionnent jamais le taux d'humidité. Ça ne veut rien dire 28, 35 ou 40° sans cette précision.

Erik Ableson Jul 2

@oook @davidrevoy Au Canada le reportage météo est très claire avec température + humidex (température ressentie). Je ne comprends pas pourquoi ce n'est pas généralisé partout

Pierric Jul 2

@oook @davidrevoy AccuWeather indique la sensation thermique de façon assez prominente. Chez moi près de Barcelone c'est pareil: 35 c'est invivable, ma belle-famille préfère 45 chez eux dans l'intérieur catalan.

Sheri Gulam Jul 1

@davidrevoy So what's the temperature outside? If it's not even 40°C, then you should come to my place and draw this again.

@vort3 It's a humble 37°C in Montauban, France here... No I don't want to redraw it, it's already the second time. (first time was two years ago but I decided to repaint it today: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/misc__2023-06-29_This-is-not-fine_by-David-Revoy.html )

Misc - Pepper&Carrot

Official homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.

Pepper&Carrot

Sheri Gulam Jul 1

@davidrevoy The art is perfect, I was just kidding. Just wanted to let you know the temperature can be as high as 48°C during summer here in Central Asia.

@vort3

48°C oh no. Courage!

『 Frisfris 』Jul 1

@davidrevoy honestly stepping outside kinda feels like standing too close to a fire, so this is quite accurate

Tadhg Jul 1

@davidrevoy everything is fine, yeah...what heat? This is fine! Yeah.....

crazyeddie Jul 1

@davidrevoy It's actually kinda chilly here. :p

Seriously. I'm bundled up a bit and I don't do that.

I know we'll get our turn but it's kinda crazy.

Kim Possible

@davidrevoy today is my low temp for the week at a cool 88°F.

Petra van Cronenburg Jul 1

@davidrevoy I was just about to rejoice that it had cooled down to a crazy fresh 31°C on our Northern Vosges mountain at 20 h ... perfect picture for a broken climate. (In former times, this was a short August maximum at noon.)

#ClimateDiary #heatwave

Arne Babenhauserheide Jul 1

@davidrevoy I have my new "this is fine" image. Thank you!

Could you add a small overlay with a link to your site so attribution requirements can be fulfilled by just uploading the image?
(for example next to your signature)

@ArneBab Thank you! I can't automate it for the attribution built-in the picture, but the source and the attribution can be found here https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/misc__2025-07-01_This-is-fine_by-David-Revoy.html , and no problem if you can't write the license; the small overlay signature with my name is a good enough attribution in anycase.

Misc - Pepper&Carrot

Official homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.

Pepper&Carrot

Haelwenn /элвэн/

@davidrevoy @ArneBab Oh didn't notice it in the corner, which reminds me that sometimes artists put their names where a brand or short message would be, like could be on Pepper's mug.

Arne Babenhauserheide Jul 1

@davidrevoy thank you!

mohs Jul 1

@davidrevoy this is the most beautiful interpretation of a meme I saw until now. (Hopefully it takes some time until ai-crap steals it) @ArneBab

M4rt Jul 1

@davidrevoy im fricking melting!

@davidrevoy That facial expression is on point!

G'MIC 🎩🐯Jul 1

@davidrevoy Peut-être l'occasion de te réinviter en Normandie pour profiter de la fraicheur ? 😋 On y trouve du réconfort !

@gmic Ha oui !

En fait, je suis déjà super chanceux d'aller en Bretagne en fin de semaine pour quelques jours ( https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1080/signing-session-in-saint-brieuc-and-dinan ) J'ai hâte !

Signing-Session in Saint-Brieuc and Dinan

David Revoy

Elzen Jul 1

@davidrevoy (Tiens, soit dit en passant, le planétarium où je bosse passe en mode vacances scolaires à partir de la semaine prochaine, si tu pousses jusqu'à Lannion, je t'offre une séance !)

@elzen Très sympa! Mais oui, très peu certain que je m'aventure plus loin que Paimpol car je vais graviter autour de Saint-Brieuc. Je vais accrocher les vélos derrière la voiture, prendre mes aquarelles, et j'ai que lundi et mardi hors signature et festival pour faire des vacances.
Mais en tout cas, une invit' à un planétarium, c'est la grande classe, merci

David B. Himself Jul 1

@davidrevoy @gmic Première fois de ma vie que je vois quelqu'un dire "je super chanceux d'aller en Bretagne" et moi d'être d'accord.

G'MIC 🎩🐯Jul 2

@davidrevoy C'est joli la Bretagne, mais pour nous, c'est encore le Sud. Et il y fait trop chaud en ce moment ;)

Mad A. Argon

@davidrevoy but some morons would still say climate change is a myth... Last survey in Poland shows about 50% of citizens don't believe in it *sigh*

@madargon oh yes, I know that (and it's sad); my wife is Polish and we follow both France and Poland's news... Maybe it's slightly less in France, but I start to doubt about it more and more election after elections.

elly Jul 1

@davidrevoy @madargon To be fair, those surveys are mostly answered by boomers. I don't know a single person who would say that climate change is a myth (other than my, frankly stupid, mother).

That being said, I think France is still much hotter than Poland. When I lived in Strasbourg, I was afraid to leave my house during the day (one time I almost fainted when it was 38*C and I went to the store to buy more water).
Today it was 38*C in Essen, while in Poland it's apparently still somewhat manageable.

Still... sure, build more AI datacenters to produce more slop. Who cares about the environment, am I right?

Mad A. Argon

@elly @davidrevoy Last thing you mentioned constantly makes me really angry. We have problem with heating, energy demand vs sustainability and water shortages. And most people know this. But billionaires and VC parasites need their hype so much...

Linebyline Jul 3

@madargon @elly @davidrevoy It's amazing what you can accomplish when you have functionally unlimited money and no regard for human lives except your own.

Bernhard E. Reiter Jul 2

@elly interesting enough, most Scientists for Future folks I know are in the age that is associated with "Boomers" and those are the ones that try to convince more people to act against #climatechange .

So maybe that is just statistics: Because "boomers" are the largest group, they also have the largest subgroups a) denying the evidence for human made climate change and b) explaining the climate change and lobbying to act to protect climate and biological diversity. (Or you just know different people. :) )

elgregor Jul 1

@madargon @davidrevoy 50%‽ That's way more than I thought. I wonder what was the exact question that was asked?

Mad A. Argon

@elgregor @davidrevoy I don't have detailed data. I only saw post with numbers for some conspiracy views or lack of science konwledge. Disturbing thing, in most questions numbers were in 40-60% range.

Etam Jul 2

@madargon
A recent survey made by eurobarometer: https://agora.echelon.pl/objects/a8788dea-28a3-4c24-b407-45c78ddc50d4
@elgregor @davidrevoy

kravietz 🦇 (@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl)

#Eurobarometer has just published[^1] results of “European citizens’ knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology” study, with fascinating results. Polish professor Agnieszka Szuster-Cies...

elgregor Jul 2

@etam @madargon @davidrevoy Kill me plz.