Tootfinder

Opt-in global Mastodon full text search. Join the index!

No exact results. Similar results found.
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social
2025-10-31 00:51:13

Finally got some emulator stuff up and running on my (now-sidelined) #PinePhone running #PostmarketOS. Not that bad, just followed the wiki to install #RetroArch some cores, grabbed some ROMs online, and connected a Bluetooth controller following another wiki page. Definitely needed to pay close attention to RetroArch config settings and I still haven't figured out how to get overlays working. The Bluetooth connection was a bit spotty at first but after pairing and a restart it reconnected automatically with no command line stuff needed which was great.
Sadly, it seems like the phone isn't really powerful enough to run even GB ROMs smoothly, so it may not serve as a good gaming platform for the kids unless I can figure out settings tweaks that will get it working better.

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2025-08-30 22:16:54
Content warning:

Have a joyful #DayOfDionysos here at Erotic Mythology! 🍇
"Dionysos mingles in the wine new powers,
Sending high adventure to the thoughts of men."
Bacchylides, fragment "For Alexander son of Amyntas", from a 1st century papyrus
🏛 Roman bronze figure of Dionysos, dated 1st century CE, now in private collection
@…

This bronze sculpture is an exquisitely detailed representation of the god Dionysos, whose cult was one of the most popular in ancient times. Here, the god is nude, with a mantle that gently lies on his right leg. He is holding a bunch of grapes with his left hand, and a rhyton (drinking horn) with the right. The god is youthful and joyfully gazes forwards, with a crown of ivy leaves set upon his long flowing hair. These features clearly resemble those of the life-size Roman marble sculpture o…
@hynek@mastodon.social
2025-09-30 06:59:05

Long but very good:
"An essay on wank"
It names and identifies one of my least favorite genre of posts – finally I have a proper term for it!
I'm sure I've been guilty of it too in the past, so it's useful for self-regulation, too.
deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_

An essay on wank | deadSimpleTech
This captures well the uncomfortable, slightly disorienting feeling that wank creates when you're subjected to it, wherein you're expected to speak about and think about the statement as though it says what it facially does, but also not push too hard or at all, because challenging the factuality or other face-value elements of the statement is a personal attack on the person saying it and their identity. I'm sure we've all been in such situations, unfortunately, and we can all point to lots of…

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2025-10-31 20:30:04

#ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

teaboot 4d ago | just had a physical exam today and | haven’t done the little knee hammer reflex test since | was like four years old so | was just like “yeah it’ll just make me flinch or whatever nbd” but when the doctor actually DID it my whole ass leg fucking launched into the air like | was David fucking Beckham. She didn’t even give me a second to recover either, | was gripping onto the exam table for dear life like “oh my god I’m so sorry” and WHAM she nails…
@hikingdude@mastodon.social
2025-09-30 18:30:41

Good evening folks! these are the last two #photos from our hike in the #schwarzwald (seen on my blog).
I saw that little stream next to our route and stepped down there to take some photos. The strong highlights in the back made it very hard to take the photos that I had intended. I guess …

A serene landscape featuring a river flowing gently through moss-covered rocks and surrounded by lush green trees. The image showcases the beauty of nature, with the black foreground and background setting a peaceful and calming atmosphere.
A serene landscape featuring a stream winding through moss-covered rocks. The water flows gently, creating a soothing sound that complements the peaceful atmosphere. The rocks are adorned with various shades of green moss, adding a touch of vibrancy to the scene. The surrounding area is lush with plant life, enhancing the natural beauty of the setting. This picturesque outdoor scene captures the essence of a tranquil watercourse in a pristine natural environment, perfect for relaxation and cont…
@arXiv_quantph_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-09-30 12:59:51

The Quantum Decoding Problem : Tight Achievability Bounds and Application to Regev's Reduction
Agathe Blanvillain, Andr\'e Chailloux, Jean-Pierre Tillich
arxiv.org/abs/2509.24796

The Quantum Decoding Problem : Tight Achievability Bounds and Application to Regev's Reduction
We consider the quantum decoding problem. It consists in recovering a codeword given a superposition of noisy versions of this codeword. By measuring the superposition, we get back to the classical decoding problem. It appears for the first time in Chen, Liu and Zhandry's work showing a quantum advantage for the Short Integer Solution (SIS) problem for the $l_\infty$ norm. In a recent paper, Chailloux and Tillich proved that when we have a noise following a Bernoulli distribution, the quantum d…

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2025-10-30 09:33:13

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-AmIndian: 19 October - 26 October networks.h-net.org/group/annou

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-AmIndian: 19 October - 26 October | H-Net
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 19 October to 26 October. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the network editors for H-Announce. See the H-Net job guide web site at https://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide@mail.h-net.org or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 AM and 5 PM US Eastern time.

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2025-09-29 14:08:08

An approximate history of my amateur phone photography:
1. Really poor photos. Unsavory interest in (low resolution) panoramas.
2. Photos get a little better. Sometimes they're HDRs (I suspect the camera app was set to "auto").
3. A new phone. Higher resolution and a gyroscope.
4. Switching to LineageOS, and therefore to #OpenCamera. HDR enabled unconditionally.
5. HDR does not always come great (compared to the stock Motorola app that doesn't work anymore). I enable saving component photos, so I could try getting a better quality combination using the PC. I never manage that.
6. I start experimenting with exposure correction (combined with HDR). Sometimes I do multiple photos with different "Eves" to choose the best one.
7. A new phone. Finally, given even the gyroscope was failing already.
8. I learn that Pixels have "HDR " that gets activated when you do standard mode photos. For a while I do both standard and HDR photos; also I compare the middle component image with the standard mode image. [opencamera.sourceforge.io/help]
9. Before I reach any final conclusions, I read "What is HDR, anyway?" I disable HDR entirely, instead I save standard mode (i.e. HDR ) raw images (which presumably aren't affected by HDR ) [lux.camera/what-is-hdr/]. Not that I ever managed to get anything good out of raws.
10. I discover that I can switch the lens. Today I've made my first photos, switching lens to get optical zoom 💪.

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2025-08-30 16:26:49

SO GOOD. Refer to this video every time the incompetent, useless WNBA refs miss another flagrant call or the execs get their feelings hurt.
Justice. The #WNBA is officially on report.
▶️ How the WNBA Lost Control of Sophie Cunningham — FOR GOOD

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2025-10-30 05:17:08

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Adjunct: 19 October - 26 October networks.h-net.org/group/annou

H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Adjunct: 19 October - 26 October | H-Net
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 19 October to 26 October. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the network editors for H-Announce. See the H-Net job guide web site at https://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide@mail.h-net.org or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 AM and 5 PM US Eastern time.