@njamster@mastodon.gamedev.place2026-01-06 17:32:05
One of my New Year's resolution is about watching (and reviewing) a bit more movies this year. So I thought I might as well share (some of) those reviews here:
https://letterboxd.com/njamster/film/late-shift-2025/
This (fictional) film follows the protagonist throu…
@jtk@infosec.exchange2026-03-06 18:49:37
Bar plots like these may raise more questions than answers.
Without any y-axis label what are we to make of this? We don't really have a sense of scale.
Are two months on the x-axis long enough to show correlation or just coincidence?
They show graphs only for select neighbor countries all with a spike on or around around 3/1. What about non-neighbor countries? Could this have been a global phenomenon?
Don't want to pick on the source (in the image alt text)…
@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza2026-02-05 18:30:20
Yay, got nerd sniped with another math problem. I made it a smidge more difficult than it should've been, but I'm happy that I got the correct answer eventually.
The problem: Given `1 / tan(x) = tan(1 / x)`, solve for `x`.
#math #nerdsnipe
@cheryanne@aus.social2026-02-05 18:08:47
Car Trip Trivia
A trivia contest for the ages – former radio host Stephen Creagh fires off 20 Questions and Answers with an Aussie twist...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/car-trip-trivia/
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-01-25 14:30:07
Just got these messages from @seengoals@mastodon.social, one of the members of Gaza Verified, basically accusing me of running a fundraiser for Gaza and keeping the proceeds (I have no fundraiser on any fundraising site anywhere) and extorting me to share his fundraiser or he’ll apparently go public with it.
So here’s what’s going to happening instead: Nabil has been removed Gaza Verified (
@gwire@mastodon.social2026-02-04 08:57:37
There's a Mail piece with a headline that seems like people are angry at the development work on Jony Ive's home, as though he's about to drop a giant translucent Bondi Blue structure in the neighbourhood.
But the quotes are like:
> 'Initially people were worried because it is a big project and they thought it was bound to disrupt the community but they have been perfect.'
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-22 19:31:00
Google launches free SAT practice exams in the Gemini app, providing students with performance analysis and detailed explanations for incorrect answers (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/google-now-offers-free-sat-pr…
@izzychambers@vivaldi.net2025-12-30 15:48:37
@… But even with those techniques, I'm sure that for most authors, Dragon isn't the answer. For example, having recently read Pynchon's Shadow Ticket, I can't imagine writing that using Dragon.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-28 15:45:52
CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil interviewed his own mother during Tuesday's broadcast regarding the cognitive benefits of grandparenting (Martin Holmes/Yahoo Entertainment)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/cbs-evening-new…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2026-02-15 14:15:31
Die Deutsche #Umwelthilfe unterstützt den Vorschlag von Bayerns Wirtschaftsminister Hubert #Aiwanger für eine Sonderausschreibung von 5000 Megawatt #Windenergie, um bereits genehmigte Projekte …
