Tootfinder

Should have read this before. Great book so far.
"Aged six, Terry happened innocently on the sole relic of Eileen’s Catholicism – a small, cheaply produced wooden crucifix on the dressing table in his parents’ bedroom – and he gathered it up and carried it to her with the immortal line, ‘Mum! I’ve found a stick with an acrobat on it.’"
-- Rob Wilkins
Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes

LLAMP: Assessing Network Latency Tolerance of HPC Applications with Linear Programming
Siyuan Shen, Langwen Huang, Marcin Chrapek, Timo Schneider, Jai Dayal, Manisha Gajbe, Robert Wisniewski, Torsten Hoefler
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14193

LLAMP: Assessing Network Latency Tolerance of HPC Applications with Linear Programming
The shift towards high-bandwidth networks driven by AI workloads in data centers and HPC clusters has unintentionally aggravated network latency, adversely affecting the performance of communication-intensive HPC applications. As large-scale MPI applications often exhibit significant differences in their network latency tolerance, it is crucial to accurately determine the extent of network latency an application can withstand without significant performance degradation. Current approaches to as…

I guess some of the problems are in Chrome's PDF renderer. It looks better in Acrobat and Sumatra or at least the baselines are straight. Still not great, in Adobe bits of the fonts are broken like the bottoms of the bowl of e, u, and o. Sumatra looks almost OK actually, the heavier font rendering seems to help.

"Costello aggravated Judge Juan Merchan repeatedly in his testimony by making comments under his breath and continuing to speak after objections are sustained—a signal to witnesses to stop talking.
"After excusing the jury, Merchan told the witness: 'Mr. Costello, I want to discuss proper decorum in my courtroom.. if you don’t like my ruling, you don’t say ‘jeez,’ You don’t give me side eye, and you don’t roll your eyes.'"

Trump hush money trial: Prosecution rests case. Defense now gets its turn
Prosecutors have rested their hush money case against Donald Trump, turning it over to the former president’s lawyers for a chance to call witnesses. The defense has said it plans to call a campaign finance expert, a lawyer who offered to represent Cohen after the FBI raided his property in 2018 and a paralegal. Prosecutors’ latest witness was also their most important: Trump attorney-turned-adversary Michael Cohen. The defense attacked Cohen’s motives and credibility in an effort to conv…

The second part of voyages around #Szczecin: Szczecin Zdroje (= springs, as in the source of water).
We're going to find two highlights around there: Park Leśny Zdroje (= Springs Forest Park), and Puszcza Bukowa (= Beechwood), with Bukowe Zdroje (= Beech Springs) reserve. I'm going to focus on the first one today. As for Puszcza Bukowa, I'm going to say only that it's a huge forest with lots of hills, and it's kinda like going to the mountains. You can spend hours there.
As for Park Leśny Zdroje, it's got interesting landscape too. I've photographed its four most important highlights (in my opinion) for your viewing pleasure:
1. Jezioro Szmaragdowe (= Emerald Lake), named after its characteristic water color. There's a walking path across its southern and eastern shore, as well as on top of the surrounding hills. However, there's also a lot of mosquitoes there.
2. "Oko na Szczecin" (= Eye on Szczecin) overview. Unfortunately, it's been overgrown badly with surrounding shrubs. Hard not to think that "the world has moved on".
3. A #tunnel of old mine railroad. It's in a middle of a slightly overgrown path in the middle of a gully. No rails remain, though.
4. Czanowskie Wzgórze (= Chan Hill?). A nice overlook over a cliff. This one's not overgrown at all; also has no protective railings, and the ground is declining towards the cliff. Just saying, as an acrophobic person.
#hiking

Acerbic wit, @…! I love it.
How Fox "News" Mimics Russian Propaganda Tactics
https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/how…

How Fox "News" Mimics Russian Propaganda Tactics
American cable TV news is partisan. But Fox News isn't just partisan. It's propaganda. Take it from someone who has worked inside Russian media and recognizes the same strategies on Fox.

Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars: evolution of a masterpiece
I was surprised to learn that Rocket League was actually a sequel to a PS3 game by Psyonix called Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. With such a catchy title, it's hard to see why it never took off to the same extent as Rocket League did. Having said that, apparently it was downloaded on PSN over two million times, so if anything it just goes to show how I don't keep up with…

What’s up with ChatGPT’s new sexy persona?
While GPT-4o’s flirtatiousness was glossed over by a lot of male-authored articles about the release,
Parmy Olson addressed it head-on in a piece for Bloombergheadlined
Making ChatGPT ‘Sexy’ Might Not End Well for Humans.
“What are the social and psychological consequences of regularly speaking to a flirty, fun and ultimately agreeable artificial voice on your phone,
and then encountering a very different dynamic with …

Fellow Acrobat users: How do I fix my custom tools setup after the latest "update"? In particular,
- How can I get the custom toolbar to sit vertically across the top again, instead of hanging vertically?
- Can I really not get rid of the tools Adobe has chosen for me? I never use the freehand drawing tool, for example, but I can't see how to get rid of it.
Edit: Thanks to @…

Acerbic wit, @…! I love it.
How Fox "News" Mimics Russian Propaganda Tactics
https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/how…

How Fox "News" Mimics Russian Propaganda Tactics
American cable TV news is partisan. But Fox News isn't just partisan. It's propaganda. Take it from someone who has worked inside Russian media and recognizes the same strategies on Fox.