@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-08-26 14:42:03
from my link log —
Historical notes on computer word and byte sizes.
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2023-03/2023-03-07.html
saved 2023-03-08
@fanf@mendeddrum.org2026-08-26 14:42:03
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-08-27 09:45:49
Despite the 2026 summer box office tracking to hit $4.5B, outperforming 2019 and 2023, total admissions through mid-August stand at 547.1M, below 2019's 795.9M (Bob Mondello/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5923629/movie-summer-box-office
@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com2026-08-26 15:49:08
@…
Infection risk has been trending down also in Finland since the peak in the winter of 2023-2024 where excess mortality also peaked. (Not a typo, that was *2023*).
It's still a major concern because although the risk of getting infected is now lower and more seasonal, the prognosis for Long COVID hasn't changed mu…
Infection risk has been trending down also in Finland since the peak in the winter of 2023-2024 where excess mortality also peaked. (Not a typo, that was *2023*).
It's still a major concern because although the risk of getting infected is now lower and more seasonal, the prognosis for Long COVID hasn't changed mu…
@djghettoredneck@mastodon.djghettoredneck.com2026-08-26 00:58:45
@bourgwick@heads.social2026-08-26 15:10:56
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-08-25 19:29:27
Relive Dolly Parton's iconic Cowboys' Thanksgiving halftime show performance https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/08/25/dolly-parton-dallas-cowboys-halftime-show/91460640007/
@exil_inselette@norden.social2026-06-26 06:30:10
ZwanzigFuckingDreiundzwanzig?!?!?!?!
https://innn.it/afdverbot?lid=ch5a1cz76tap&utm_kwd=260625 - SIGN - afdverbot - WINNER - FL - Batch 1
Wieso sind da erst 1,2 Mio Untersc…
@carbonwoman@norden.social2026-08-25 16:37:04
Die Temperatur des Nordatlantik ist inzwischen fast so hoch wie in 2023. Es ist wirklich beängstigend.
https://norden.social/@carbonwoman/113655977792201490
@padraig@mastodon.ie2026-06-26 11:08:35
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-06-20 08:42:32
Climate alarm!
This is NOT within normal bounds for the Netherlands: the second half of June is now forecasted to become the warmest in 126 years, beating June 2023 by a margin of over 3°C!
24-hour average of 23.4°C, in this forecast.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-08-26 18:25:48
In a 2023 interview, Trump's new FDA pick laid out a vision for 'conservative-based' science (Adam Kovac/Yahoo News)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/2023-interview-trump-fda-pick-133000541.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260826/p87#a260826p87
@bibbleco@infosec.exchange2026-07-13 14:06:28
Just did very approximate calculations; with 10g of lithium per drone*, and assuming the Russian and Ukrainian drone efforts consume 5m units a year**, that'd be ~50 tons of lithium deposited into the environment per year, mostly within, let's say, 50km of the grey zone***. It's only about $20,000 / ton****, which means $1m of metal*****.
So to answer my own silly question: no, it won't be economically viable to scalp the top few inches of topsoil and extract the lithium from it.
* Roughly right for quadcopters / small FPV; larger and longer range ones will have more, so this is a bottom bound. (OTOH longer range UAVs will tend to use ICE kerosene rather than batteries
** Changing all the time as both sides try expanding production as fast as they can manage. Ua are scaling much faster at time of writing
*** Handwaving. Contact zone's hardly moved since early 2023; OTOH Ua are pushing range limits on small battery-powered form factor, saw a 60km claim for the Logistics Lockdown operation the other day
**** There was a big spike to the $70-8000 range in 2022; median price is closer to $10k than $20k
***** (IDK the chemistry but presumably it's in an exciting range of different compounds, depending on how many bits the battery was blown into, how hot / pressured the blast wave was a few tens of mm from the boom, what other stuff was in the vicinity that the lithium would combine with, etc etc.
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-08-21 05:13:26
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-08-19 04:26:09
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ChrisHawkins
corto.alto:
🎵 Slope (6 Music Session, 15 Nov 2023)
#cortoalto
https://cortoalto.bandcamp.com/track/slope-4
https://open.spotify.com/track/7KWUeJYo8dNzqsCylvz1hL