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@detondev@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-21 03:47:39

Learning how to psyop Third World populations with Manual of The Mercenary Soldier
archive.org/details/PaulBalorM

Your best psy-op is that which seems to demonstrate to the enemy as well as your people that the enemy has lost control of the situation. You can be pretty sure that by the | time you go in, the bad guys have had things going their way. And you’re not going to reverse that with words alone. Remember . . . you’re not going up against an open Western society or one of the West’s sloppy, half-assed Third World client states. You’re going up against rebels or a regime which is totalitarian in…
tunity to “build bridges to the people.” Unfortunately, building that bridge takes too long and it is too easily blown. Your opposition gives lip service to civic action— but he practices “grab ’em by the balls and yank. Their hearts and minds will follow.” And damned if they don’t!
Sample psy-op: Your conflicts always throw up little local despots in the countryside. They may be the rural police chief, a militia captain, guerrilla leader, even a local religious figure. They may be on either side. Or no side. What they have in com¬ mon is that they’re vicious, detested by the local people they oppress. Select one. Take him out. Visibly. Hoist his body in the village square. And, of course, broadcast the fact. Now you’re really in the hearts-and-minds business. Your best…
Not for you any cold, colorless recitation of facts. You’re not the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Marti. . . . Come on strong. Speak passionate truths! Feel free to indulge in color, symbolism, folklore, histrionics, and invective! You have to not only inform—you also must entertain. But never forget: Third worlders are realists. They have to be. They’ve been exposed to the application of raw power all their lives. They want to survive. They’ll accom¬ modate whoever is able to app…
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng
2026-03-20 11:30:20

Historic Glacial Confluence
This is the site of confluence of the former glaciers Vernagtferner and Hintereisferner, two of the most (and longest) studied glaciers in the world. It is the site (at ~2200m) where several times over the past thousand years the ice of the Vernagtferner would pile up to form a massive dam, 150-200m tall, which caused a semi-permanent ice lake to form in the Rofen/Hintereis valley above (the one visible from ~7 seconds). Many times this lake would get up to …

300 degree video panorama/pan of a high alpine landscape showing the confluence of two former glaciers, now reduced to rocky river beds cutting through canyons in a vast tree-less landscape shaped by glacial activity. Snow capped mountains in the distance. Sunny day with semi-overcast blue sky.
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2025-12-22 08:13:13

468 nets unrouted. Still have to do the FPGA flash, the power supply, bulk caps for the FPGA, and a few other odds and ends but the entire SoC subsystem is basically routed.
So at this point I can already say definitively that routing the STM32MP2 in TFBGA436 on an OSHPark 4-layer board is extremely doable as long as you aren't trying to max the IOs. Using the DDR may or may not be possible (I'm not trying here) but the internal RAM and HyperRAM are enough for a lot of applicat…

KiCAD layout render of a 4-layer board with a large FPGA at the center, a slightly smaller SoC to the east, a SFP+ in the southwest, and a bunch of floating passives not yet hooked up
@peterhoneyman@a2mi.social
2026-02-21 22:03:38

i just finished a rather dull book that santa left under the tree
i am now able to name from memory the six lake superior iron ranges
here's a harsh review from the journal of economic history

This photo shows a vintage hardcover book with its dust jacket titled "Vein of Iron" with the subtitle "The Pickands Mather Story" by Walter Havighurst. Book Details: The dust jacket features a coral/salmon pink upper portion with white lettering Below is a black and white photograph showing an industrial Great Lakes scene The photograph depicts a cargo ship (ore carrier) passing under a large industrial loading dock or bridge structure The subtitle reads "Seventy-five years of Great Lakes …
J Economic History 19:2 June 1959 p. 295 Vein of Iron: The Pickands Mather Story. By Walter Havighurst. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Pp. 224. $4.00. A study of Pickands Mather & Co., organized in Cleveland in 1883 as a partnership for the purpose of mining iron ore in the northern lake states and then transporting it to the huge furnaces in the southern lake states, seemingly should be of interest to readers of The Journal. But the company, celebrating its seve…
@tante@tldr.nettime.org
2026-03-20 12:20:06

Companies are realizing that pushing people to using "AI" is expensive (even at the subsidized pricing going on right now)
(Original title: Companies go full AI — then the bill comes due)
pivot-to-ai.com/2026/03/19/com

Companies go full AI — then the bill comes due
Around the world, the enterprise AI revolution rockets forth at full speed! Get rid of those annoying and expensive employees! Replace them with the magical truth machine! And the huge push for Cla…

@catsalad@infosec.exchange
2026-02-21 04:00:05

RE: infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115
Puppies and cats are always fun to watch

Video of four golden retriever puppies jumping up and trying to lick and play with a fluffy cat on a stone bench by a fence. Unfortunately for thr kitty, who just wants to sit on the bench, one puppy gets their tail and eventually brings them down. Face lick ensues, and the cat, who is being gentle to the little doggies despite the tail tugging, eventually breaks free to return to the stone bench. Tail swishing from the cat shows slight irritation, but the smartly position their tail away from …
@david@boles.xyz
2026-02-20 15:35:49

The Conceit of the Clock: Aristotle, Time, and the Hunger That Devours Us
Aristotle opens his investigation of time in Book IV of the Physics with a question so destabilizing it threatens to collapse the inquiry before it begins: does time even exist? His reasoning is not coy. The past has ceased to be. The future has not yet arrived. The present, the "now," is not a duration but a limit, a dimensionless boundary between what was and what will be.

The Conceit of the Clock: Aristotle, Time, and the Hunger That Devours Us | David Boles, Blogs
Aristotle opens his investigation of time in Book IV of the Physics with a question so destabilizing it threatens to collapse the inquiry before it begins: does time even exist? His reasoning is no…

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-01-21 09:03:24

There's a lot to like in this government initiative but concerning that improved heat-tightness (chiefly via insulation) doesn't get the leading emphasis it should have. Instead a lot of emphasis on solar, but the EROI of solar isn't great in the UK.
Skip past the copious puff to the bottom, notes to editors, to find a bit of detail.
Families to save in biggest home upgrade plan in British history - GOV.UK

Families to save in biggest home upgrade plan in British history
Government launches Warm Homes Plan to upgrade the nation's homes, help families cut their energy bills, and tackle fuel poverty.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-20 16:20:51

Claude's C Compiler shows AI elevates the role of human judgment and vision; it's a milestone, but closely mirrors LLVM/GCC, and hard codes things to pass tests (Chris Lattner/Modular Blog)
modular.com/blog/the-claude-c-

Modular: The Claude C Compiler: What It Reveals About the Future of Software
Compilers occupy a special place in computer science. They're a canonical course in computer science education. Building one is a rite of passage. It forces you to confront how software actually works, by examining languages, abstractions, hardware, and the boundary between human intent and machine execution.

@detondev@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-21 12:30:16

learn 👇
archive.org/details/0-kathara-

The Elohel-Elohim Leonine Anuhazi Founders of Aramatena Lyra and Sirius B created the “GWL” APIN as part of their Earth Templar Crisis Intervention Mission after the Electric Wars 5.5 Million Years Ago. The GWL runs on а 0-12 12-Code-Pulse and links Earth's Planetary Shields to their "Divine Blueprint" 0-12 Pre-matter Template at Lyra Aramalena The GWL APIN was rendered inoperable when Omicron-Drakonianis raided Earth during the 208,2168C SAC, causing Earth's Templar to run оп an unnatural D-1…
WTC/Pentagon Disaster 9-11 Infrasound Sub-Space Sonic Pulse Projection Map
A “hole was punched in the Wall in Time” by uncapping the Falcon wormhole and creating the PhiEx Wormhole Port Interface Network (PIN) Atlantean Pylon Implant Network (APIN) System. ] Linked 1943 Philadelphia Experiment to future Movie released August 13, 1984 1983 Montauk | Tried to link into 2003 for Dimensional Blend Experiment Link Made 1943 0 Zeta-controlled Phantom Earth When the Zetas uncapped the Falcon wormhole in the early 1900s and launched the 1943 Philadelphia Experimen…
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