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@… I guess that @… is better placed to answer this question, but AFAICT, “Bootstrapping Computing” isn’t intended to serve as textbook, and has more of a historical perspective.

Guess what arrived in Switzerland today! This looks great, @…!
#retrocomputing #computinghistory

schöne Entdeckung heute im #bibliocon25 Panel zu FAIR data: Karin Schmidgall stellt das Datenangebot Data des Literaturarchivs Marbach vor #dla h…

Guess what arrived in Switzerland today! This looks great, @…!
#retrocomputing #computinghistory

@… @… … but flipping through it, I think it’s a very nice and concise introduction to computing, too!

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https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2025/articl…

Gömmer Winti.

Die Folien zum gestrigen Hands-on zu Podcasts in Bibliotheken (mit @… , @… , @… ,

Mitsuharu Yamamoto’s Emacs Mac port provides the ‘mac-osa-script’ function, which allows you to use JavaScript to control Mac apps using JavaScript (JXA), in addition to AppleScript.
Some years ago, I made a small package to insert links from Mac apps into Emacs, inspired by grab-mac-link, but simpler, in part due to using JXA.
Today I finally took some time to add documentation. If you use the Emacs Mac port, maybe it’s of interest.

@… Ah, thanks!
I find “Kybernetik in philosophischer Sicht” pretty good, apart from the occasional ML boilerplate, and he liberally cites both Eastern and Western references.

Mollissez pas, je compte bien faire une capture d'écran au passage du million. #DuplombDansLAile

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@… Interesting indeed! Does it mention the original publications? Specifically wondering whether Klaus‘s contribution is an excerpt from one of his books.

Mitsuharu Yamamoto’s Emacs Mac port provides the ‘mac-osa-script’ function, which allows you to use JavaScript to control Mac apps using JavaScript (JXA), in addition to AppleScript.
Some years ago, I made a small package to insert links from Mac apps into Emacs, inspired by grab-mac-link, but simpler, in part due to using JXA.
Today I finally took some time to add documentation. If you use the Emacs Mac port, maybe it’s of interest.

@… Ah, thanks!
I find “Kybernetik in philosophischer Sicht” pretty good, apart from the occasional ML boilerplate, and he liberally cites both Eastern and Western references.

dernière ligne droite.

This is worth reading (and it is short):
"For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal"
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/los-angeles-dress-rehearsal-trump/683078/

Trump’s Ominous Military Flex in Los Angeles
Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.

@… Interesting indeed! Does it mention the original publications? Specifically wondering whether Klaus‘s contribution is an excerpt from one of his books.

Rencontres du troisième type
- Pour François "This an event sociologique" Truffaut, merveilleux, enfantin terriblement français,
- Pour la musique de John Williams qui a fait du Ta ta ta ta ta le personnage central du film,
- Pour le regard et le sourire magique de Barry
- Pour the Devil's Tower,
- Pour un film qui se bonifie avec l'âge,
Faites comme Jean Renoir qui a adoré le film et l'a écrit Š François "I envy you" Truffaut, vo…

If the poors want health care they should just launch their own lines of fragrances and mobile phones.

Those of you out there facing ICE/DHS - you may want to consider temporarily disabling face recognition login on your iPhone.
Here's from Apple:
Temporarily disable Face ID
You can temporarily prevent Face ID from unlocking your iPhone.
Press and hold the side button and either volume button for 2 seconds.
After the sliders appear, press the side button to immediately lock iPhone.
iPhone locks automatically if you don’t touch the screen for…

They're not building an Alligator Alcatraz in the hot, fetid swamps of Florida.
They're building Alligator Auschwitz.

This kinda got lost in today's events:
"Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm"
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_2573f016-3596-4f32-93f7-7e99b6459675.html

Immigration agents mistakenly detain deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson, feds confirm
A deputy U.S. marshal was mistakenly detained by immigration agents inside the federal building that houses Tucson's immigration court, U.S. Marshals Service officials confirmed on Thursday.

Oh, and one can use bags of Holi powder (available via Amazon and elsewhere) to create giant rainbows on the FFOTUS parade route on the day before.

This is only a problem for Reddit as long as the spammers don’t pay. The “solution” will be a paid program for “product placement” or something, and presto, they become valued customers.
The future’s so bright, it burns my eyes.
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/26/r…

2019 gab es offenbar eine Nutzendenbefragung durch den @… , bei der eine hohe Zufriedenheit mit öffentlichen Bibliotheken herauskam ... Sonderbar ist, dass die Ergebnisse diese Umfragen extrem schwer zu finden sind. Eine kurze Erwähnung gibt es im VÖBB-Jahresbericht 2019 (

You know, there are a lot of people of Jewish religion or descent among those in LA being assaulted by DHS/ICE/LAPD.
Since, apparently, any act that is in opposition to Jews is now full, irrefutable, and instant proof of antisemitism I believe we have clear proof that FFOTUS and gang are actively and overtly antisemitic and deserving of instant deportation.

"The Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery in the Digital Age" was published around 10 years ago. Very interesting, how things have changed since then. TDM for research is still in its infancy, and reuse in the context of #ai has caused a backlash against most of the 6 principles of the Declaration. Tellingly, the Declaration is only accessible via the internet archive:

M’enfin! Non, ce n’est pas l’IA qui ment et manipule… Mais apparemment ça joue.
https://www.rts.ch/info/sciences-tech/2025/article/l-ia-devient-menteuse-les-scientifiques-s-inquietent-des-no…

So, it seems that the Israel government is so afraid of Greta Thunberg and a shipment of humanitarian aid reaching Gaza that they are jamming GPS signals in order to lead the boat into harm and destruction.
Talk about state sponsored terrorism!!!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r1dvlk

Madleen: Israel warns it will stop aid yacht reaching Gaza
Israel's defence minister says climate protester Greta Thunberg and others onboard are "Hamas propaganda spokespeople".

Wouldn't it be cool it around the USA, and around the world, at 7pm Eastern US time, on this coming June 14, that everyone everywhere does a synchronized mass Braveheart mooning of FFOTUS while wearing underwear emblazoned with "TA" on the left side and "CO" on the right?
Hey, if Improve Anywhere can organize pant-less subway events around the world, we ought to be able to do this.
Example:

As @… 's 5 principles of civilized AI have popped up again at #bibliocon25 I was wondering if they are published somewhere in a reliably quotable form?
There's a recording of the talk on Youtube (

It is a week until the grand Kim Jong Un, oops I mean FFOTUS imperial parade.
(How could I conflate Kim Jong Un's parade with the FFOTUS one? - North Korea does a much better job of putting on mass tributes.)
Anyway, I do hope that DC Metro workers and Uber/Lyft drivers take a sick day off as many of the parade goers will be anti-vaxers with active, infectious Covid or Measles.
Don't forget that on the 14th you should arrive mid-day to your local Metro stop, park in…

In #Italien gibt es nun einen fortgeschrittenen Gesetzesentwurf zu #KI. Mit Blick auf #Urheberrecht werden da zwei Dinge klargestellt:
1) Das Training von KI-Modellen (auch generativen KI-Mod…

Well, I've passed a milestone - my garden work shoes are now, I believe, more Shoe Goo than original parts.

ich fände ja eine @… Folge mit Schwerpunkt Urheberrecht/Plagiat im Kontext von KI und einem Gast mit juristischen Hintergrund schön ... das war heute teils etwas wild 🙂

I think it is time to start organizing Peoples' Courts to try FFOTUS and his maga-klan.
Right now it is sufficient to define the general shape of the courts, their jurisdiction, the outline of procedures, and to enunciate the "natural law" standards to which the accused will be measured.
I generally hate the concept of "natural law", but in this case it is apt because that's what the maga-heads seem to like (see abominations such many cases from SCOTUS…

It has been suggested that during FFOTUS dictatorial parade that on the south side of the National Mall, perhaps near the Lincoln Monument, that a number of well known rock stars (such as Taylor Swift, Beyonce, etc) put on an impromptu free show to pull the people away from watching the tanks roll by.

Ich glaube, @… würde staunen, wenn er hört, unter welchen Bedingungen man z.B. an der @… mit nennenswert großen Corpora von geschützten Werken arbeiten darf: an einem Terminal ohne Internet und ohne Möglich…

I merely remark that a form of littering - that of wrapping single sided packing tape or double sided carpet tape between lamp posts on a street (or across a street), with a small notch cut onto the edge of the tape every six feet, can be a useful non-lethal way to slow the advance of a phalanx of people of troops.
Yes, your fingerprints will stick to the tape and do anticipate being beaten and arrested.

Another useful article:
"What to know about Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to LA protests"
https://apnews.com/article/insurrection-act-trump-troops-newsom-military-national-guard-…

What to know about Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to LA protests
President Donald Trump says he’s deploying 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to respond to immigration protests, over the objections of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. It’s not the first time Trump has activated the National Guard to quell protests. In 2020, he asked governors of several states to send troops to Washington, D.C. to respond to demonstrations that arose after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officers. Here are some things to know about when and …

Die Folien zu meinem Vortrag "FAIR, really? Zur Nutzbarkeit von Kulturerbedaten" auf der #bibliocon2025 sind jetzt online: https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bib-info/f

Useful article...
"The National Guard in Los Angeles"
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-national-guard-in-los-angeles

So, it appears that FFOTUS is calling out the organized militia (the national guard) per 10 U.S. Code § 246 under the authority of 10 U.S. Code § 12406
10 U.S. Code § 12406 section 3 requires that deployment "Orders for these purposes shall be issued through the governors of the States"
As far as I know the Governor of California has not issued those orders that the law clearly states must come from him and only him.

It can be useful to remember who are these national guard troops. You may be surprised to realize that the majority of our men (and a few of our women) are already subject to Federal control by FFOTUS as commander-in-chief of the militia.
They are defined by our Federal law https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/te…

So, FFOTUS is deploying national guard, aka the "organized militia" per https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246
Q1: Which state national guard?
Q2: Does not the law require that a state governor make a formal request before the Federal deployment i…