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@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2025-12-10 14:08:11
Content warning: Loneliness diagram

The Venn Diagram of Perceived Loneliness...
Just came across this again in my archives — it so brutally & succinctly expresses the feeling our cultures & social connections seem to have turned into... Even though we should know that it isn't like that at all, two decades of exploitative commercialized social media (not the only reason; pandemic, tech, politics being others...) have conditioned & segmented people to believe it, experience it to varying degrees, and then …

A complex Venn diagram of 8 overlapping sets (here representing interests, only labeled 1-8), with almost all individual overlaps labeled with "Others". Only the central overlap and the edge areas without overlap are labeled "Me", expressing the idea that there're no commonalities with others...
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-11 11:45:52

UK sports publisher GRV cut ~60 staff since September, reducing its workforce to 94, citing drops in Google traffic; other sports sites report similar declines (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-bas

UK-based sports publisher cuts 60 staff due to Google updates
UK-based sports website publisher GRV Media has let go of 60 staff since September as a result of falling Google referral traffic.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-12-11 01:11:47

Metropolitana 🔶
城 🔶
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️ Ilford Pan 100
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Ilford Pan 100 (FF) English Alt Text: A close-up black-and-white image of a metal ashtray. Inside, there’s a partially smoked cigarette, a dry leaf, and scattered ashes. The ashtray has a circular opening in the center and shows signs of frequent use with stains and debris. The composition evokes themes of habit, decay, and stillness, offering a quiet, contemplative moment frozen in time. 中文替代文本： 这是一张黑白特写照片，展示一个金属烟灰缸。烟灰缸内有一根抽了一半的香烟、一片干叶和散落的烟灰。中央有一个圆形开口，表面污渍斑斑，显示出频繁使用的痕迹。画面传达出习惯、衰败与静止的主题，呈现一个凝…
Ilford Pan 100 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo taken from inside a public bus. The foreground shows the back of a person’s head seated near a window, with another passenger seated further ahead. The bus seats have modern headrests and handles. Sunlight filters through the window, casting reflections of the interior and revealing an exterior view of a staircase and railing, suggesting the bus is near a pedestrian overpass or station. The mood is quiet and observational, capturing…
Ilford Pan 100 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white urban photograph featuring a large metal sculpture spelling “METRO” in capital letters. The sculpture stands in front of a modern glass building, which also displays the word “METRO” above its entrance. Two people are partially visible behind the letters—one seated, one leaning forward. Reflections of pedestrians appear on the glossy surface below. Trees and bushes add greenery to the scene. The composition blends architecture, typography…
Ilford Pan 100 (FF) English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo of a public art installation in an urban plaza. The central sculpture is a large hyperboloid structure made of metal rods, surrounded by flowing metal tubes. In the foreground stands a flame-like sculpture made of perforated metal sheets. The ground features circular patterns. Background signage in Chinese and English suggests the location is in a Chinese-speaking region. The scene merges geometry, engineering, and artistic expressi…
@idbrii@mastodon.gamedev.place
2026-01-11 18:04:31

#TIL about Benford's law where for some data sets of numbers, the first digit is usually 1 and rarely 9 (with descending probability in between). It's especially common in data sets following the power law (which is common in nature).
Seems a useful consideration when generating random numbers shown directly to players (like a multiple choice) -- even if they're unfamiliar, …

Two distribution curves with descriptions. Left: A broad probability distribution of the log of a variable, shown on a log scale. Benford's law can be seen in the larger area covered by red (first digit one) compared to blue (first digit 8) shading. Right: A narrow probability distribution of the log of a variable, shown on a log scale. Benford's law is not followed, because the narrow distribution does not meet the criteria for Benford's law.
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-08 20:30:47

Letterboxd plans to launch its Video Store film rental platform on December 10, offering curated indie titles in 23 countries, including the US, UK, and France (Todd Spangler/Variety)
variety.com/2025/digital/news/

Letterboxd Video Store Sets Launch Date With Exclusive Films
Letterboxd Video Store is launching Dec. 10 with films available to rent in 23 countries, including some exclusive indie titles.

@sean@scoat.es
2026-02-08 20:07:08

I hope everyone in #Montreal remembers this superb owl.
cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sn

Snowy owl spotted soaring by Montreal traffic camera | CBC News
Spectacular images of a snowy owl in flight have been captured by Transport Quebec's traffic camera along Montreal's Highway 40.

@jamesthebard@social.linux.pizza
2026-02-09 20:19:20

Still not feeling great, but figured today would be a great day to finally test out the entirety of the custom FF6 cart I built so long ago. Broke out the Sony PVM-2530, got everything hooked up, and now it's time to beat all of the things down.
The SNES is modded with Voultar's SNESRGB mod, and the video/audio goes out via a SCART connector into the SCART switch (`gscart`), then into the CMPTR adapter, _then_ into the Sony PVM.
I do have two SCART switches, and if you…

A poor photograph of Terra in bed after being rescued in Narshe on a Sony PVM-2530 CRT running Final Fantasy 6.
The custom shelled Super Nintendo running a custom cart of FF6 with the decensored Ted Woolsey translation in a clear acrylic shell.
The custom CMPTR adapter that allows you to hook up RGB via BNC cables to the Sony PVM-2530. Pretty happy that the CMPTR connector didn't really take off...
@laimis@mstdn.social
2025-12-08 20:18:47

A very tedious but fruitful activity for investing/trading: going back in time for a company of your choice and following stock price with replay feature in parallel with reading SEC filings and using google search tools to go back in time for the ticker and see what hits come up. 1/n

@davidbody@fosstodon.org
2026-01-09 19:18:19

It's one thing to build something like this following a tutorial. It's a whole other thing to try to understand how it works. Time to dig into some data sheets and Arduino library code.
#electronics #arduino

A Metro (Arduino) board connected by multiple colored wires to an LCD character display. The display reads "Hellorld!" Behind the circuit is an oscilloscope with a trace displaying some digital logic pulses.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-08 20:35:44

Letterboxd plans to launch its Video Store film rental platform on December 10, offering curated indie titles in 23 countries, including the US, UK, and France (Todd Spangler/Variety)
variety.com/2025/digital/news/

Letterboxd Video Store Sets Launch Date With Exclusive Films
Letterboxd Video Store is launching Dec. 10 with films available to rent in 23 countries, including some exclusive indie titles.