Tootfinder

Fröhlichen May the 4th Tag, und um ordentlich zu feiern, möchte ich euch dieses Video ans Herz legen, und generell alle Videos dieses Autoren, die immer so angenehm und ruhig erzählt sind und einen schönen Einblick in viele Aspekte der Filmkunst geben.
https://youtu.be/JkuS-JkHd8s

Population Synthesis Study on the Binary Origin of Type Ibn Supernovae
Takatoshi Ko, Tomoya Kinugawa, Daichi Tsuna, Ryosuke Hirai, Yuki Takei
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00931

Population Synthesis Study on the Binary Origin of Type Ibn Supernovae
Type Ibn supernovae (SNe) are a class of SN explosions whose progenitors are surrounded by dense helium-rich circumstellar matter (CSM). Some models have been proposed for how to form the dense CSM, with promising scenarios involving either binaries with a low-mass ($\lesssim 3~M_\odot$) helium (He) star, or mergers following common envelope phases between a He star and a compact object. Using rapid binary population synthesis calculations, we estimate the event rate of these channels and compa…

Omfg, as much as I have mixed feelings about setting up ecommerce stores of any kind, Freewebstore is another level of nightmare.
Simulated chatbot "conversations" that make onboarding / offboarding annoyingly lengthy. GIVE ME OLD-FASHIONED FORMS GOD DAMMIT.
UX that treats me like a toddler while trying way too hard to upgrade me to a paid plan.
Oh, and of course. AI. AI this, AI that 😓 😡
Never, never, never again.

The logic of hyperlinking in the era of social media:
- sure, you can link outside of our platform, but we'll proxy your link through our shortener so that you aren't exactly sure where you're going,
- everybody is confused where the hell they are going (and browsers amplify that nonsense by making address bars even dumber, showing barely anything except the top-level domain)
- oh, feeling too confused? Gotcha, we'll serve you additional screen showing "you're leaving our site, this is the exact link, are you sure?" so that you never run of mundane things to click at.
Reinventing the wheel for the millionth time, hell yeah.
(I have the same concern about those transition screens on Mastodon, but there's at least a tiny bit of logic behind that, especially with multiple different servers involved and stuff)