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'An old photo of a very large BBS' posted in 2022, and a writeup about it. #BBS
'An old photo of a very large BBS' posted in 2022, and a writeup about it. #BBS
The inner working of parquette/arrow data in R: #rstats
Large-scale sporting events cause unexpected air pollution, study shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/01/large-scale-sporting-events-cause-unexpected-air-pollution-study-shows
"“Well, Parts of Linguistics Is Open…”: Insights into Linguists’ Diverse Understandings of Open Science"
https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.7974
"[…] The study aims to gain insights into th[e] misalignment by exploring linguists’ understanding of what constitutes [
An analysis of 1.6M Polymarket accounts since November 2022: 0.1% of users take 67% of profits, with the highest-frequency traders seeing the most success (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/poly
"Sing along if you've ever worked on a building site or actually just worked a day in your life."
The Mary Wallopers, "Building Up and Tearing England Down" (2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXHyLMWDFoY
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Add richer tooltips to ggiraph with kableExtra and friends: #dataviz
Blake could barely make a living illustrating other people’s work, and it left no time for his own art.
He yearned for a different technique that could achieve the same result in less time and with less toil.
No such technique existed.
So he invented it.
Rather than cut the shapes onto the plates with his sharp steel burin, he painted directly onto the copper with a quill or brush dipped in acid-resistant varnish, then bathed the plates in acid, which stripped a layer …
from my link log —
Covid-19 will never become endemic.
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/01/15/why-covid-19-will-never-become-endemic/164216520013155
saved 2022-01-16
Several years ago, a street medic described a system like this and wanted to know if it could be built.
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/08/the-tak-ecosystem-military-coordination-goes-open-source/
Back then there was just no way to make it happen. Hardware was too expensive. We couldn't really ever get it cheap enough, per medic, to deploy. Best I could put together was a bunch of burner phones.
But now it's starting to really make sense. LoRa is cheap, and possibly cheaper in bulk. And it wouldn't be necessary to build everything since ATAK-CIV exists and has several open source implementations. It can even tie in to drones (which are illegal to bring to protests in at least a few states).
This has a lot of potential applications for street medic coordination, protest marshal coordination, and for airsoft teams...
Raiders sign fifth-round pick CB Hezekiah Masses https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-sign-fifth-round-pick-hezekiah-masses-cornerback-california-golden-bears-football-2026-draft
'Fair Share' outpaces other revenues
The Fair Share surtax is a 4% tax on annual income above $1 million in Massachusetts,
which was approved by voters in 2022
The funds are dedicated to public education and transportation.
As of 2026, it has generated over $2.3 billion for these purposes.
The new forecast from the Executive Office of Administration and Finance anticipates that the Commonwealth will collect a total of $44.9 billion in revenue this year,…
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Titans select Carnell Tate, WR from Ohio State, with No. 4 pick in 2026 NFL Draft https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7212087/2026/04/23/carnell-tate-ohio-state-titans-nfl-draft-pick-4-2026/