Mastodawn

Fedi friends who are into decentralized protocols or have any software experience implementing them -- can you help out a student working with @andresmh 's research team at Princeton University? We are looking for people to interview for a thesis project ...

If you have experience studying or implementing protocols—especially on the technical/software side—we’d love to get your insights!
- Format: ~60 min Zoom interview
- Compensation: $30 Amazon gift card :credit_card:
- Requirement: Must be 18+

If you're interested, sign up here: https://forms.gle/7qwP2sTpG7mk4pH48

Sign up to participate in a study about protocols from Princeton University

About this form: ~2 minutes to complete. We will use the responses to identify participants for an interview study About us: We are a group of Princeton University researchers in the Computer Science department. More details will be in the consent form you will be asked to sign before the interview. Details about the interview study: Up to 60 minutes. Via Zoom. Compensation: $30 Amazon gift card. You will listen to a presentation and be asked for your opinions on a protocol. If you have questions or concerns about this study, please contact Julia Ying at [email protected].

Google Docs

Jason Li 15h ago

Jonathan Kamens 86 47 16h ago

#TheOnion going hard at #SamAltman.
It's hard to pick, but I think this is my favorite line:
"Why did you decide to devote your life to AI?
I just saw so much suffering in the world that needed to be automated."
#OpenAI #funny #humor
https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-sam-altman/

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Sam Altman

While leading OpenAI, Sam Altman has weathered leaked internal memos, an attempt to oust him as CEO, and widespread skepticism about artificial intelligence’s role in society. The Onion sat down with the entrepreneur to hear his vision for the technology’s future. The Onion: Good morning, Sam. How are you doing today?Altman: Certainly! Here are some […]

The Onion

Jason Li 22h ago

mhoye 1d ago

Two games, both called "Piece by Piece", were coincidentally released within a few days of each other by their developers.

They got in touch with each other, and now both games are available together as a Steam Bundle, because reasonable people can find mutually respectful, no-drama ways to solve problems.

https://www.polygon.com/steam-games-piece-by-piece-bundle/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/68985/Piece_by_Piece_Double/

Two Steam games release with the same name and avoid disaster by 'acting like human beings'

Piece by Piece is the name of two separate game launched on Steam last week. Their developers came together to uplift each other's game.

Polygon.com

Jason Li 22h ago

Nathalie Lawhead (alienmelon)1d ago

this is amazing 😆🫣👻💀
Add random jumpscares to sites you're trying to avoid
https://tabboo.xyz/
"You're stuck in an addictive, endless loop, loading the same sites over and over again. Install the extension and let aversive conditioning do the rest."

TabBoo

Add a random jumpscare to sites you're trying to avoid

Jason Li 1d ago

Julia Racsko 2d ago

Talk from @tarakiyee on Why Has Hardware Infrastructure Diverged From Open Software? at @FOSSBackstage #fossbackstage #fossback26

Jason Li 6d ago

Adrianna Tan 6d ago

My visa to green card journey: 7.5 years

Most people like me come to the United States on H-1Bs. Those cost 100K now (borne by employer).

I am Singaporean so I always had an alternative (H-1B1). Those are shorter, non-immigrant intent, but much easier to obtain (I don’t know of any qualified Singaporean who has ever been rejected.. other than some Singaporeans born in China who are subject to more scrutiny)

It was not easy to get new jobs on any visa between 2018 and 2024, and it’s even harder now.

In 2024, I switched to an O-1 visa (person of extraordinary ability), and in 2025 I had two green cards approved (EB-1A and EB-2 NIW). I applied for my own EB-1A, that’s the only employment green card you can ‘self-petition’ without an employer.

We arrived in Aug / Sept 2018, and received our physical green cards in March 2026.

Based on friends and family’s experience, I knew in 2018 that I was working with a 10 year timeline to get it done, ideally.

It required that I keep jobs for long enough (being laid off means you have to leave within 60 days, or file for a new visa within that time); have excellent immigration counsel (I always retained my own, separate from any employer-provided attorney, as I wanted someone who had my best interests).

It was 7 years of paperwork, flights back ‘home’, doing everything right, and finally having enough money and executive function to sort it all out.

#Immigration

Jason Li 6d ago

wakest ⁂6d ago

Wow we got @phanpy, @loops and @peertube on the front page of @TechCrunch today thanks to @altstore!

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse

Jason Li 6d ago

VEXED (commissions OPEN)Mar 12

Trees 🌲

https://itch.io/s/119322/chroma-noir-bundle

👆Made using my Chroma Noir game assets!👆

#pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev #indiedev

Jason Li 6d ago

Ben Werdmuller 6d ago

A WordPress instance that's entirely hosted in your browser opens up interesting possibilities for self-hosted personal apps. #Technology https://werd.io/your-browser-becomes-your-wordpress/