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Little Rip and Pseudo Rip cosmological models with coupled dark energy based on a new generalized entropy
I. Brevik, A. V. Timoshkin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05597

Little Rip and Pseudo Rip cosmological models with coupled dark energy based on a new generalized entropy
We study Little Rip (LR) and Pseudo Rip (PR) cosmological models containing two coupled fluids: dark energy and dark matter. We assume a spatially flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) universe. The interaction between the dark energy and the dark matter fluid components is described in terms of the parameters in the generalized equation of state (EoS) in presence of the bulk viscosity. We consider entropic cosmology and use a description based on a new generalized entropy function, which was p…

I miss my Tink. 💔 #RIP #DogsOfMastodon

RIP Steve Albini, one of the greatest producers to ever walk the planet. And of course his band, Shellac -- their new album 'To All Trains' comes out in 9 days, on May 17. RIP Steve.
https://shellac.bandcamp.com/album/to-all-trains

To All Trains, by Shellac
10 track album

Here's #SteveAlbini telling the story about the origins of the lyrical refrain from the Jesus Lizard song, "Mouth Breather", one of my early faves
#RIP #music

Dragon Ball: Japan manga creator Akira Toriyama dies
#dragonball #dbz #rip
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68444060

RIP Steve Albini. Back in 2020, I reviewed what I consider to be Albini’s late-period production masterpiece, Sunn O)))’s “Life Metal”: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/09/13/Sunn-O-Life-Metal

Slow Drone Soar

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02654 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csIT_…

Restricted Isometry Property of Rank-One Measurements with Random Unit-Modulus Vectors
The restricted isometry property (RIP) is essential for the linear map to guarantee the successful recovery of low-rank matrices. The existing works show that the linear map generated by the measurement matrices with independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) entries satisfies RIP with high probability. However, when dealing with non-i.i.d. measurement matrices, such as the rank-one measurements, the RIP compliance may not be guaranteed. In this paper, we show that the RIP can still be ac…

RIP Albini, who died at 61. He was an a**hole for the right reasons, after he grew up a little:
> “However you define ‘woke,’ anti-woke means being a cunt who wants to indulge bigots,” he wrote recently – but these days he also says things like: “Life is hard on everybody and there’s no excuse for making it harder. I’ve got the easiest job on earth, I’m a straight white dude, fuck me if I can’t make space for everybody else.”

Oh no, RIP Steve Albini. That's sad. Such a great producer and musician and one of the few men from that era who owned his mistakes in such a likeable way.
https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-albini-storied-producer-and-icon-of-the-rock-under…

Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61
The Shellac and Big Black frontman, who recorded classic albums by Nirvana, Pixies, PJ Harvey, and more, has died of a heart attack

RIP Akira Toriyama 😢
https://comicbook.com/anime/news/dragon-ball-creator-akira-toriyama-dead-68/

RIP Steve Albini - Kerosene von Big Black kannte ich in den 1980ern zwar, aber erst in den letzten Jahren bin ich dank des FM4-Sumpf ein bisschen mehr in sein Universum eingetaucht - und lauschte auch voll Begeisterung diesem Kraftwerk-Cover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtPFzBLDSPk

Bernard Hill, Lord of the Rings' Théoden King, Has Died
https://gizmodo.com/rip-bernard-hill-lord-of-the-rings-theoden-rohan-1851456991

Bernard Hill, Lord of the Rings' Théoden King, Has Died
The beloved British actor, also known for his appearance in Titanic, was 79.

RIP Kiste 🤎🤍♥️
#fcsp #USP

RIP Kiste 🤎🤍♥️
#fcsp #USP

Here's #SteveAlbini telling the story about the origins of the lyrical refrain from the Jesus Lizard song, "Mouth Breather", one of my early faves
#RIP #music

Biden administration announces initial focus for newly-launched Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing:
- Cap credit card late fees @ $8
- Ban "bulk billing" deals where everyone in a building is forced to buy from only one TV or internet provider
- Attack "junk" fees in many sectors (tickets, phone/internet, banking, etc)
- Lower agriculture prices by busting up monopolistic meat processing arrangements and introducing more competition
…

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Lower Costs for Americans by Fighting Corporate Rip-Offs | The White House
Launch of Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing; New Actions to Slash Credit Card Late Fees, Combat High Internet Costs, and Support Small Farmers; And New Report Showing That Administration Efforts to Eliminate Junk Fees Will Save Over $20 Billion Annually President Biden is laser focused on lowering costs for hardworking Americans by taking…

Dishwasher manufacturers are learning from the bad example of #HP by using Digital Restriction Management to rip you off with liquids, this time #dishwasher #soap.

“Set me on fire, kerosene.”
RIP Steve Albini.
https://youtu.be/ZLr5EXyoQCE?si=cXvdeLSwmOLjePRm

Wow. Legend. RIP.
https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-albini-storied-producer-and-icon-of-the-rock-underground-dies-at-61/

Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61
The Shellac and Big Black frontman, who recorded classic albums by Nirvana, Pixies, PJ Harvey, and more, has died of a heart attack

H5N1 is at a bunch of dairy farms, and there’s documented cow-human transmission. But is there very limited or nonexistent human to human transmission? How is this virus not already everywhere?
Maybe it incapacitates cats too quickly to effectively spread via them? RIP cats.
I hope the lesson the CDC learned from Covid-19 doesn’t have a lot of “people will reject our guidance and we’ll get nastygrams from the chamber of commerce so we should be reticent to wade in”

H5N1 now confirmed in 11 US farms. Cats die within 48 hours.
This is serious. To find out more in detail I urge you to check out THIS LINK. Meanwhile here is a summary: Vets are being advised to wear full PPE (personal protection) if seeing a cat with neurological symptoms, after forty cats died on a dairy farm...

The FCC warns that rural areas may lose cell service if Congress does not fill a $3B funding shortfall for US carriers to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment (Eva Dou/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/05/02…

Small carriers fight to survive amid delayed Huawei rip-and-replace funds
The Federal Communications Commission is warning that some rural areas may lose cell service altogether if Congress doesn’t provide more money to carriers that have been ordered to remove Chinese-made equipment.

RIP - #schauspieler Intendant Peter Sodann (87) ist verstorben.
https://www.ndr.de/kultur/Der-Schauspieler-Peter-Sodann-ist-tot,petersodann104.ht…

Harte Schale, weicher Kern: Schauspieler Peter Sodann ist tot
Er starb im Alter von 87 Jahren in Halle an der Saale, wie seine Familie am Sonntag mitteilte. Sein künstlerisches und politisches Wirken reichte weit über die Schauspielerei hinaus. Sodann war unbequem.

Ricky is the funniest cripple out there (besides Crip Daddy Donnie, RIP)
He makes me laugh every time.
I love this dude.
https://x.com/rickyberwick/status/1787574758193651759?s=61

Ricky Berwick (@rickyberwick) on X
GOTTA GO FAST

RIP #FrankStella https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/04/arts/frank-stella-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p00.G3q…

Frank Stella, Towering Artist and Master of Reinvention, Dies at 87
He moved American art away from Abstract Expressionism toward cool minimalism. His explorations of color and form were endlessly discussed and constantly on exhibit.

Wort des Tages: zurechtklagen https://uff.rip/@rauschen/112014821222249773

"One reason #RossAnderson was so effective in the area of #digitalrights is that he had the ability to look forward and see the next challenge while it was still forming. Even more important, he had an extraordinary ability to explain complex concepts in an understandable manner. You can che…

RIP Ross J. Anderson - net.wars
RIP Ross J. Anderson, who died on March 28, at 67 and leaves behind a smoking giant crater in the fields of security engineering and digital rights activism. For the former, he was a professor of security engineering at Cambridge University and Edinburgh University, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a recipient of the … Continue reading "RIP Ross J. Anderson"

i was tempted to watch that tv rip but the audio is super muddy on that one #monsterdon

Shocked by the death of Steve Albini, at 61. Never saw Big Black live, but Shellac was amazing, as were his productions if Nirvana, Pixies, Union Carbide Productions and others.
RIP, Steve.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/<…

https://computer.rip/2024-03-01-listening-in-on-the-neighborhood.html
This guy used the ShotSpotter map leaked to Wired and found where they were located in Albuquerque, including on street lights.

Biden administration announces initial focus for newly-launched Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing:
- Cap credit card late fees @ $8
- Ban "bulk billing" deals where everyone in a building is forced to buy from only one TV or internet provider
- Attack "junk" fees in many sectors (tickets, phone/internet, banking, etc)
- Lower agriculture prices by busting up monopolistic meat processing arrangements and introducing more competition
…

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Lower Costs for Americans by Fighting Corporate Rip-Offs | The White House
Launch of Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing; New Actions to Slash Credit Card Late Fees, Combat High Internet Costs, and Support Small Farmers; And New Report Showing That Administration Efforts to Eliminate Junk Fees Will Save Over $20 Billion Annually President Biden is laser focused on lowering costs for hardworking Americans by taking…

“Set me on fire, kerosene.”
RIP Steve Albini.
https://youtu.be/ZLr5EXyoQCE?si=cXvdeLSwmOLjePRm

#rossanderson

Wow. Legend. RIP.
https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-albini-storied-producer-and-icon-of-the-rock-underground-dies-at-61/

Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61
The Shellac and Big Black frontman, who recorded classic albums by Nirvana, Pixies, PJ Harvey, and more, has died of a heart attack

In memory of Bi Kidude
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bi-kidude-rip/
This post mixes multiple other posts I wrote between 2010 & 2013 on various sites and blogs about Bi Kidude
Sadly, she passed away on April 17th 2013.
I met Bi Kidude, The Venerable Queen of T…

Bi Kidude - in memory of the Taarab Queen - African Music Forum
I met Bi Kidude, The Venerable Queen of Taarab, in February 2011, when attending Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar. A delightful moment.

The top of the #DNS hierarchy
https://computer.rip/2024-02-11-the-top-of-the-DNS-hierarchy.html

“If you want to know who Donald Trump will fight for...look at who he is having over for dinner Sat night — tax cheats, scammers, racists, and extremists,” Biden campaign senior spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said.
“DJT will do the bidding of his billionaire buddies instead of what is best for American people. He'll take their checks and cut their taxes, and leave hard-working Americans behind, ship jobs overseas, gut Social Security & Medicare, rip away health care protections,…

Autumn 1967.
I’m 14 and spending a Saturday afternoon at the Fifth Estate office on Warren and the Lodge Freeway, turning a crank on a Gestetner, running off antiwar leaflets to pass out at high school. The MC5 is practicing next door, extremely loud.
Later, I’m invited upstairs to join a dozen or so people including John Sinclair and a few members of the band, sitting cross legged in a circle around a lit candle, passing joints.
That was the first time I got high.
…

RIP John Sinclair, dead at 82
John Sinclair, the poet and political activist who was a leader in Detroit’s counterculture scene of the 1960s and ’70s, has died. He was 82.

Did the funny custom domain thing for Bluesky
Follow me here --> https://bsky.app/profile/bitstick.rip

its over, rip yuzu

RIP #yuzu, and fuck #nintendo

RIP Steve Albini. Doing the edgelord thing before it was cool and getting out of it when it was. Some great records too.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/08/steve-albin…

Just found out the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama, has passed away. So sad. His work had such a huge impact on me as a kid. Loved Dragon Ball. RIP. #dbz #anime

Great post about root TLD #DNS servers from @… https://computer.rip/2024-02-11-th…

Restricted Isometry Property of Rank-One Measurements with Random Unit-Modulus Vectors
Wei Zhang, Zhenni Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02654 https://

Restricted Isometry Property of Rank-One Measurements with Random Unit-Modulus Vectors
The restricted isometry property (RIP) is essential for the linear map to guarantee the successful recovery of low-rank matrices. The existing works show that the linear map generated by the measurement matrices with independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) entries satisfies RIP with high probability. However, when dealing with non-i.i.d. measurement matrices, such as the rank-one measurements, the RIP compliance may not be guaranteed. In this paper, we show that the RIP can still be ac…

"Nothing in the contract requires outlets to label the articles created with these tools to let readers know how they were produced."
Google created an AI tool to rip off news outlets, and it's paying other outlets to use it
htt…

Google created an AI tool to rip off news outlets, and it's paying other outlets to use it
Google has created a new suite of AI tools—tools that have reportedly not yet been released to the public, but that are being provided to news outlets as part of the Google News Initiative . ...

Tienes que ser un tipo especial* de persona para estar en el 0.001%** de la población en riqueza, pagar un tipo efectivo inferior a la media en impuestos y que no se te caiga la cara de vergüenza.
(*) Mala, mala persona es lo que tienes que ser. https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112

Oh, damn... 😔 #RIP
Stacy Wakefield dies less than 5 months after her husband, World Series champion Tim Wakefield
https://apnews.com/article/wakefield-obitua…

Stacy Wakefield dies less than 5 months after her husband, World Series champion Tim Wakefield
Stacy Wakefield, the widow of former Boston Red Sox pitcher and two-time World Series champion Tim Wakefield, has died. Her family said in a statement released through the Red Sox that she died Wednesday at her Massachusetts home, less than five months after her husband died at the age of 57. Online records say Stacy was 53. The family mentioned a diagnosis but did not provide a cause of death. Tim’s former Red Sox teammate Curt Schilling said on a podcast both of the Wakefields had been diag…

RIP Xamarin

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02919 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Attractors in $f(Q,B)$-gravity
We investigate the asymptotic behavior of the cosmological field equations in Symmetric Teleparallel General Relativity, where a nonlinear function of the boundary term is introduced instead of the cosmological constant to describe the acceleration phase of the universe. Our analysis reveals constraints on the free parameters necessary for the existence of an attractor that accurately represents acceleration. However, we also identify asymptotic solutions depicting Big Rip and Big Crunch singul…

Sad to hear Kerbal space 2 will not get all the improvements it needs. Rip intercept games.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/take-two-reportedly-shuts-down-roll7-and-intercept-games-private-division-suffers-…

Take-Two reportedly shuts down Roll7 and Intercept Games, Private Division suffers layoffs
More details have emerged about the ongoing layoffs at Take-Two Interactive, with reports suggesting the publisher has …

No - they’re in the “trying different ways to rip you off” business.
“HP is in the rent-a-printer business now”
https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/2/24088867/hp-all-in-plan-printer-rental-instant-ink

HP is in the rent-a-printer business now
You already barely own your printer, anyway, but is renting it better?

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Rio Reiser:
🎵 Junimond
#NowPlaying #RioReiser
https://open.spotify.com/track/22CpeaLcxTA6tMe5grCUee
https://reich-ins-heim.bandcamp.com/track/10-junimond-vox-synthies-04032024-rip-rio-reiser

So, TurboTax web is $89 for 1 federal return and TurboTax PC is $50 total for up to 5 federal returns. Wow. The web version is a rip off.
Also, I am going to see if my kids can use the free US government tax filing web site.
#TurboTax #Taxes

Three years after Spotify's original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature (Chris Welch/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24080999/spotify-hifi-lossless-high-r…

Spotify HiFi is still MIA after three years, and now so is my subscription
Spotify has still failed to match Apple, Amazon, and other music services in offering lossless audio streaming. And that’s a shame considering how good it is at everything else.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08912 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_…

New perspectives on future rip scenarios with holographic dark energy
We explore the asymptotic future evolution of holographic dark energy (HDE) models, in which the density of the dark energy is a function of a cutoff scale $L$. We develop a general methodology to determine which models correspond to future big rip, little rip, and pseudo-rip (de Sitter) evolution, and we apply this methodology to a variety of well-studied HDE models. None of these HDE models display little rip evolution, and we are able to show, under very general assumptions, that HDE models …

If you leave your table unattended I’m totally going to take over…

https://www.consumerreports.org/consumerist/dealerships-rip-you-off-with-the-four-square-heres-how-to-beat-it/

Forgiving medical debt after it is sent to collections has fewer benefits – study
“If you’re intervening only after the debt has been sent to collections or after the hospital has been collecting on it for a year, there’s very little benefit,” said Kluender.
The findings are likely to disappoint legislative leaders. At least 15 states and local jurisdictions have worked with "RIP Medical Debt" to relieve debts for their constituents.
Many, such as Arizona and Con…

Black Chicago voters rip mayor on extra $70M for migrants as recall petition gathers steam (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/black-chicago-voters-rip-mayor-extra-70m-migrants-recall-petition-gathers-steam
http://www.memeorandum.com/240418/p69#a240418p69

"I don't want to be complicit in this active genocide any longer"
#RIP #AaronBushnell

Sound and Fury caught me off guard. I just wish there were more substance to it. 3.5⭐
The Autopsy of Jane Doe was fine, but didn't really do anything. Felt like a series of ideas that went nowhere. 3⭐
The Pope's Exorcist is just another Exorcist rip off - complete with spider walk! 2.5 ⭐
Apostle is essentially a remake of The Wicker Man, but it does keep your attention 3 ⭐

infrastructure mgmt methods compared as a thermostat:
- managed service: email butler to change thermostat
- SaaS product: the office thermostats are fake
- console/manual: you light the furnace yourself
- terraform/bash (the CSV/JSON of programming): ??? the robotic arm manipulator at a nuclear facility tries to set a thermostat, but it's clunky and brittle
- ansible/kubernetes: you order a medium rare thermostat. it tries to hit that temperature but might not be a good cook. you speak secret incantations.
- python/typescript/golang: you have much more precise chefs.
- literal service API thing reconciling state: you've written a thermostat (k8s lets you write your own drivers)
the terraform version of this is... one and done "infrastructure as code"
the literal reconciler thermostat thing... is that... "infrastructure as daemons"? "infrastructure as... APIs"? Infra as services?
I swear @krisnova@hachyderm.io (RIP <3) had a word for it.
#infrastructure #cloudarchitecture #krisnova
found!: "Infrastructure as Software"

RIP to John Barth, who was my favorite author when I was a kid (in a tight race with Joseph Heller). I loved “Giles Goat-Boy” and “The Sotweed Factor” — I read both multiple times in high school — and “Chimera,” which came out when I was in college. He was a really fun and inventive writer who left us a tall pile of good reading.
https://…

NPR :press: (@NPR@press.coop)
John Barth, innovative postmodernist novelist, dies at 93 John Barth, the playfully erudite author whose darkly comic and complicated novels revolved around the art of literature and launched countless debates over the art of fiction, died Tuesday. #press https://www.npr.org/2024/04/03/1242508803/john-barth-novelist-author-obituary?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=press.coop

RIP Project Titan, you were never meant to be. #Apple #cars
“Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort”

Apple to Wind Down Electric Car Effort After Decadelong Odyssey
Apple Inc. is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company.

Stimela – I hate telling a lie
https://amf.didiermary.fr/stimela-hate-telling-lie/
Stimela is a South African Afro-fusion band, founded by Ray Phiri (Raymond Chikapa Phiri) in 1982.
In 1985 Paul Simon asked Ray Phiri (RIP) and drummer Isaac Mtshali (RIP)…

Stimela - I hate telling a lie - African Music Forum
Stimela - I hate telling a lie - A South African Afro-fusion band, founded by Ray Phiri (Raymond Chikapa Phiri) in 1982.

Binnenkort 5 jaar geleden: RIP Keith Flint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZuwiGo3hS8

Tomorrow going for my first belt in an MMA classes that I have joined. Feels pretty good to do this at 42 years old. Chasing young guys around, learning a ton, but the best is the workout and sweat it brings. Yesterday got a bit beat up and it felt sooo good.
I will say this, strength and speed is way more important than belt/skills you have. A black belt that's slow has no chance against me. Same if he is small.
Now, black belt that is my size or stronger: RIP. I just get wr…

La settimana scorsa è uscito il primo EP di un nuovo progetto alt rock sperimentale guidato da Robert Pollard, al quale evidentemente non bastavano i due-tre dischi che fa uscire ogni anno con i Guided by Voices.
Niente di cui lamentarsi comunque, proprio niente.
Rip Van Winkle – The Grand Rapids EP
https://…

RIP Vernor Vinge.
The Zones of Thought novels are some of my favorite space operas, with ideas as challenging and characters as memorable as any science fiction I've read.
https://transfer-orbit.ghost.io/vernor-vinge-singularity-scie…

🪦 RIP Twitter API: A eulogy to its vast research contributions
#twitter #socialmedia

RIP Twitter API: A eulogy to its vast research contributions
Since 2006, Twitter's Application Programming Interface (API) has been a treasure trove of high-quality data for researchers studying everything from the spread of misinformation, to social psychology and emergency management. However, in the spring of 2023, Twitter (now called X) began changing $42,000/month for its Enterprise access level, an essential death knell for researcher use. Lacking sufficient funds to pay this monthly fee, academics are now scrambling to continue their research with…

RIP Richard Serra. I decided to go to law school after reading about the Tilted Arc controversy.
#ArtLaw

Tilted Arc - Wikipedia

Artifact (the app) is finally dead, rip. The news tab in the Perplexity iPhone app is actually decent.

Spent a lot of time listening to records and tapes of the Alman Brothers and Pink Floyd while sat on the floor of the recroom.
#RIP
https://press.coop/@BBCWorld/112301333124502…

I would buy more #BluRays if it wasn't such a hassle to rip them. I don't have a #BluRay player. I have enough things to plug into my TV. I do have a BluRay drive but there is a whole thing you need to do for it to work.
People who do actual

RIP Artifact…uh…again. https://mastodon.social/@verge/112202298297644695

RIP Louis Gossett Jr.
Member of Raphael Warnock's church and a supporter of his campaign for Senate.

#RIP #Nawalny
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/na…

#NoContextBrits

Via No Context Brits @NoContextBrits
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4h
RIP to one of my favourite 80s bands.

Three years after Spotify's original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature (Chris Welch/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24080999/spotify-hifi-lossless-high-r…

Spotify HiFi is still MIA after three years, and now so is my subscription
Spotify has still failed to match Apple, Amazon, and other music services in offering lossless audio streaming. And that’s a shame considering how good it is at everything else.

RIP #Schauspielerin und Produzentin Vera Tschechowa (83) verstorben
https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/vera-

Vera Tschechowa: Schauspielerin und Regissuerin im Alter von 83 Jahren gestorben
Vera Tschechowa ist nach Angaben ihrer Agentur verstorben. Die Schauspielerin wurde 83 Jahre alt.

Truth Social co-founders accuse #Trump of trying to rip them off in merger - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/truth-social-merger/

Truth Social co-founders accuse Trump of trying to rip them off in merger
The co-founders of Donald Trump's media company accused the former president of scheming to lock them out of a stake in the company potentially worth millions of dollars. Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Trump's Truth Social platform, is trying to merge with a special purpose acquisition c...

Three years after Spotify's original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature (Chris Welch/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/24080999/spotify-hifi-lossless-high-r…

Spotify HiFi is still MIA after three years, and now so is my subscription
Spotify has still failed to match Apple, Amazon, and other music services in offering lossless audio streaming. And that’s a shame considering how good it is at everything else.

#RIP Richard Lewis 😔
And thanks for all the laughs over your amazing career. Oh and for that autograph you gave me in the airport in '89.
#comedy #standup

Chacun sa route, chacun son chemin, passe le message Š ton voisin...
#90sMusic

RIP Tonton David - African Music Forum
RIP Tonton David - De son vrai nom David Grammont, l'un des premiers artistes à avoir popularisé le reggae en France dans les années 90

Black Chicago voters rip mayor on extra $70M for migrants as recall petition gathers steam (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/black-chicago-voters-rip-mayor-extra-70m-migrants-recall-petition-gathers-steam
http://www.memeorandum.com/240418/p69#a240418p69

Das Gedenken für Yemi Akinsanya auf dem Kemal Altun Platz wurde von Rassisten beschmiert. Sie schrieben "n****" auf sein Namen und malten obszöne , beleidigende Symbole auf sein Foto. Wir verurteilen diesen abscheulichen, feigen Angriff gegen unseren verstorbenen Bruder Yemi Akinsanya und zeigen allen Betroffenen unsere grenzenlose Solidarität!!

Posted by @ottensen.hamburg Altona-Ottensen 22765: Das Gedenken für Yemi Akinsanya auf dem Kemal Altun Platz wurde von Rassisten beschmiert. Sie schrieben "n****" auf sein Namen und malten obszöne , beleidigende Symbole auf sein Foto.Wir verurteilen diesen abscheulichen, feigen Angriff gegen unseren verstorbenen Bruder Yemi Akinsanya und zeigen allen Betroffenen unsere grenzenlose Solidarität!!#rassismus #gegenrechts #gegenrassismus #gedenken #grausamkeit #rip #ottensen - Pixwox
Altona-Ottensen 22765(@ottensen.hamburg) on Instagram: Das Gedenken für Yemi Akinsanya auf dem Kemal Altun Platz wurde von Rassisten beschmiert. Sie schrieben "n****" auf sein Namen und malten obszöne , beleidigende Symbole auf sein Foto.Wir verurteilen diesen abscheulichen, feigen Angriff gegen unseren verstorbenen Bruder Yemi Akinsanya und zeigen allen Betroffenen unsere grenzenlose Solidarität!!#rassismus #gegenrechts #gegenrassismus #gedenken #grausamkeit #rip #ottensen

Das Gedenken für Yemi Akinsanya auf dem Kemal Altun Platz wurde von Rassisten beschmiert. Sie schrieben "n****" auf sein Namen und malten obszöne , beleidigende Symbole auf sein Foto. Wir verurteilen diesen abscheulichen, feigen Angriff gegen unseren verstorbenen Bruder Yemi Akinsanya und zeigen allen Betroffenen unsere grenzenlose Solidarität!!

Posted by @ottensen.hamburg Altona-Ottensen 22765: Das Gedenken für Yemi Akinsanya auf dem Kemal Altun Platz wurde von Rassisten beschmiert. Sie schrieben "n****" auf sein Namen und malten obszöne , beleidigende Symbole auf sein Foto.Wir verurteilen diesen abscheulichen, feigen Angriff gegen unseren verstorbenen Bruder Yemi Akinsanya und zeigen allen Betroffenen unsere grenzenlose Solidarität!!#rassismus #gegenrechts #gegenrassismus #gedenken #grausamkeit #rip #ottensen - Pixwox
Altona-Ottensen 22765(@ottensen.hamburg) on Instagram: Das Gedenken für Yemi Akinsanya auf dem Kemal Altun Platz wurde von Rassisten beschmiert. Sie schrieben "n****" auf sein Namen und malten obszöne , beleidigende Symbole auf sein Foto.Wir verurteilen diesen abscheulichen, feigen Angriff gegen unseren verstorbenen Bruder Yemi Akinsanya und zeigen allen Betroffenen unsere grenzenlose Solidarität!!#rassismus #gegenrechts #gegenrassismus #gedenken #grausamkeit #rip #ottensen

infrastructure mgmt methods compared as a thermostat:
- managed service: email butler to change thermostat
- SaaS product: the office thermostats are fake
- console/manual: you light the furnace yourself
- terraform/bash (the CSV/JSON of programming): ??? the robotic arm manipulator at a nuclear facility tries to set a thermostat, but it's clunky and brittle
- ansible/kubernetes: you order a medium rare thermostat. it tries to hit that temperature but might not be a good cook. you speak secret incantations.
- python/typescript/golang: you have much more precise chefs.
- literal service API thing reconciling state: you've written a thermostat (k8s lets you write your own drivers)
the terraform version of this is... one and done "infrastructure as code"
the literal reconciler thermostat thing... is that... "infrastructure as daemons"? "infrastructure as... APIs"? Infra as services?
I swear @krisnova@hachyderm.io (RIP <3) had a word for it.
#infrastructure #cloudarchitecture #krisnova
found!: "Infrastructure as Software"

Binnenkort 5 jaar geleden: RIP Keith Flint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZuwiGo3hS8

Tomorrow going for my first belt in an MMA classes that I have joined. Feels pretty good to do this at 42 years old. Chasing young guys around, learning a ton, but the best is the workout and sweat it brings. Yesterday got a bit beat up and it felt sooo good.
I will say this, strength and speed is way more important than belt/skills you have. A black belt that's slow has no chance against me. Same if he is small.
Now, black belt that is my size or stronger: RIP. I just get wr…

RIP Richard Serra. I decided to go to law school after reading about the Tilted Arc controversy.
#ArtLaw

Tilted Arc - Wikipedia

Instagram updates its recommendation algorithms to promote original content, impacting aggregator accounts, and increase distribution for smaller accounts (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24144571/inst…

Instagram’s updated algorithm prioritizes original content instead of rip-offs
Instagram says its algorithm will prioritize original content and remove aggregator accounts sharing reposted content from recommendations.

i gave a dry run of my upcoming #NLUUG keynote in the security reading group yesterday
@… posted about it on the hellsite

Dug Song (@dugsong) on X
“Money for Nothing, Chips for Free”: @peterhoneyman gleefully shares details, 25 yrs later, of @CITIdotUMICH’s Schlumberger Cyberflex smart card (8-bit 3.5 Mhz microprocessor) hijinks - jackpotting machines 12 years before Barnaby Jack (RIP) 🙏🏙️ #hackerhistory

#RIP #Nawalny
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/na…

TIL the lead singer of The Dictators officiated the wedding of Mojo Nixon and his bride Adaire Newman 🤩
At "The Fun Farm Go Karts & Arcade" in San Diego. February 11, 1989 🏁
#RIP #MojoNixon

Holy shit RIP Sam Ash. After 111 years.
Tell me again how good the economy is for everyone.
#music #guitar

Instagram updates its recommendation algorithms to promote original content, impacting aggregator accounts, and increase distribution for smaller accounts (Mia Sato/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24144571/inst…

Instagram’s updated algorithm prioritizes original content instead of rip-offs
Instagram says its algorithm will prioritize original content and remove aggregator accounts sharing reposted content from recommendations.