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#cycling loop done! I never rode my #MTB up this particular forest road to the #mountain and maybe I now know why: Some part of it is really steep - or I'm just unfit. But woah did I drive on my person…

On this day ( #OTD ) 21 years ago U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented a model vial of anthrax to the United Nations Security Council accusing Iraq of a chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program. This was later found out to be a

Iraq and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia

Data modeling is hard!
The first photo, uploaded to #WikimediaCommons, is of a painting depicting a Philippines Historical Committee marker (shown in the second photo) that commemorates a public square that is named after a doctor.
The doctor, the plaza, and the marker all have #Wikidata

I learned you can use the `break` inside a `loop` to return a value. It feels strange coming to #Rust from #csharp. I would have expected to use the `return` keyword, but I guess it makes sense.
By the way, I'm taking the

bis ende mai ist es noch ein wenig hin, aber als #savethedate hier schonmal ein bisschen #konzert-werbung für musikinteressierte in #münster und umzu. 🎶🗓️🎶

The full schedule for #DesignDay2024 is now available: https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/events/attend-17th-annual-design-day?

Attend the 17th annual Design Day
Save the date to join us virtually or in person at the 17th annual Design Day on Thursday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET.

Talking about banks, let me tell you a short story of my interactions with Idea Bank (PL), which — as far as I can see — went bankrupt already (yay).
A long time ago, I moved my account to this bank, because it had a good offer for microcompanies. Later on, I moved somewhere else, for reasons I don't remember, but I didn't regret it. I've kept the old account for a while but then decided to close it as a "cleanup". So I went to the branch, and with the help of the consultant (or however these people are called there), filed a termination. So far, so good.
Before the obligatory notice period, I got mail that they are changing the terms and the accounts will no longer be free. They also made it very clear that since they're dealing with a company, consumer rights don't apply, I can't terminate immediate because of terms changing, and of course the new (paid) terms start applying faster than the usual notice period. I thought: good, that I filed my termination earlier.
A few days past the notice period, I decided to check that everything went fine. So I'm trying to sign in… and my account is still open! I call the damned helpline, and what do I learn? That my termination has been rejected because "they don't have my "signature specimen card".
Let me make this clear: I went to the branch in person, the consultant supposedly confirmed everything's fine, but it turned out it weren't, and they even didn't bother informing it about the rejection.
So back to the branch, fill the "signature specimen card", update the ID card while at it, another termination, and a complaint about the prior service while at it. Do I have to point out how awful it is that in order to make them stop processing my personal data, I have to actually provide more personal data (new ID)?
Finally, they closed the account, sent a reply via postal mail, and didn't charge anything for the time the new regulations applied. At least that.
I would wholeheartedly advise against that #bank, only that it seems that it's already gone.

It’s rare you get a chance to ask a Minister of a government a question (even indirectly through a radio show).
I'm happy I got that chance last Thursday. You can listen below. (Start from 2:36 if you'd like to skip some).
The BC Minister of Post-Secondary says a lot of platitudes and half-truths about increases in ‘operating grants’ and capital funding. Fact is: School is more expensive than ever and institutions and students are struggling.

JWST PRIMER: A new multi-field determination of the evolving galaxy UV luminosity function at redshifts $\mathbf{z \simeq 9-15}$
C. T. Donnan, R. J. McLure, J. S. Dunlop, D. J. McLeod, D. Magee, K. Z. Arellano-C\'ordova, L. Barrufet, R. Begley, R. A. A. Bowler, A. C. Carnall, F. Cullen, R. S. Ellis, A. Fontana, G. D. Illingworth, N. A. Grogin, M. L. Hamadouche, A. M. Koekemoer, Feng-Yuan Liu, C. Mason, P. Santini, T. M. Stanton
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03171 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.03171
arXiv:2403.03171v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We present a new determination of the evolving galaxy UV luminosity function (LF) over the redshift range $8.5<15.5$ using a combination of several major Cycle-1 JWST imaging programmes - PRIMER, JADES and NGDEEP. This multi-field approach yields a total of $\simeq370$ sq. arcmin of JWST/NIRCam imaging, reaching (5-$\sigma$) depths of $\simeq30$ AB mag in the deepest regions. We select a sample of 2548 galaxies with a significant probability of lying at high redshift ($p(z>8.5)>0.05$) to undertake a statistical calculation of the evolving UV LF. Our new measurements span $\simeq4$ magnitudes in UV luminosity at $z=9-12.5$, placing new constraints on both the shape and evolution of the LF at early times. We fit our observational data-points with a double-power law (DPL) function and explore the evolution of the DPL parameters. Our UV LF measurements yield a new estimate of the early evolution of cosmic star-formation rate density ($\rho_{\rm{SFR}}$) which confirms the gradual, log-linear decline deduced from early JWST studies, at least out to $z \simeq 12$. Finally we show that the observed early evolution of the galaxy UV LF (and $\rho_{\rm{SFR}}$) can be reproduced in a ${\rm \Lambda}$CDM Universe, with no change in dust properties or star-formation efficiency required out to $z \simeq 12$. Instead, we show that a progressive trend towards younger stellar population ages can reproduce the observations, and we show that the typical ages required at $z \simeq$ 8, 9, 10, and 11 all converge on a time $\simeq 380-330$ Myr after the Big Bang, indicative of a rapid emergence of early galaxies at $z \simeq 12 - 13$. This is consistent with the first indications of a steeper drop-off in the galaxy population we find beyond $z \simeq 13$, possibly reflecting the rapid evolution of the halo mass function at earlier times.

I'm a big fan of The Three-Body Problem novels and look forward to the NetFlix series. When I read the books, I really enjoyed a great sci-fi story from a Chinese perspective. Liu Cixin was able to make the story accessible and amazing to this lonely American.
However, I never heard anything about the drama around Lin Qi and his murder. This is a roller coaster of a story!
#ThreeBodyProblem @LiuCixin
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/china/billionaire-three-body-problem-netflix-intl-hnk/index.html

So #Bluesky is looking for a new board member to replace Jack Dorsey who initiated the project, got it funded, then gradually got less interested and now dropped out without much explanation.
I'm afraid that is not a ringing endorsement of the project.

#cycling loop done! I never rode my #MTB up this particular forest road to the #mountain and maybe I now know why: Some part of it is really steep - or I'm just unfit. But woah did I drive on my person…

I'm failing trying mitxela's trick of wrapping a wire around an ironbit for SMD soldering, any one got any ideas? This is a traditional 25W Antex iron it's wrapped on, but it's not getting hot enough on the wire, it boils off flux, melts low-melting point paste but doesn't do anything to existing components:
#electronics

Ist hier jemand Kund:in bei #Nazis bei

🏒 #Hockey #NHL #StanleyCup :NHL: :StanleyCup: @… @…

#usgs clarifies #earthquake in #NorthernNewJersey
M 4.8 - 7 km N of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
2024-04-05 14:23:20 (UTC)
40.683°N 74.753°W
4.7 km depth
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ma74/executive

#SciFi #TTRPG One-Shot Jam over on Itch: https://itch.io/jam/sci-fi-one-shot-jam-2024. Post a one-s…

Oh come on Zuckerberg, all those billions and you can't even keep your servers up?
Look at this, I'm not even a millionaire let alone a multi multi multi multi multi billionaire but my Mastodon instance is pottering along quite happily!
#MetaDown #FacebookDown

#VSCode is subtly broken in annoying ways on the #Wayland session of my #NixOS machine and I'm on the lookout for a replacement editor that at least supports LSP so I can continue doing

I do have trouble with modern language, so many things have changed. For example, when I was a young man, a "minor number release N" meant "no breaking changes for minor-versions less than N" (I'm looking at you #PHP! Oh, yes, #Java and #Ruby too, though I'm sure you're nothing special among your peers)

[Basta] - #Bilal, tasé et tué par balle : comment une expulsion locative a viré au drame.
Des loyers impayés, une expulsion demandée par huissier et Š l’issue de l’intervention des policiers, un homme mort, simultanément tasé et tué par balle. Que s’est-il passé chez Bilal M. en 2021 ?

Bilal, tasé et tué par balle : comment une expulsion locative a viré au drame
Des loyers impayés, une expulsion demandée par huissier et à l'issue de l'intervention des policiers, un homme mort, simultanément tasé et tué par balle. Que s'est-il passé chez Bilal M. en 2021 ? Enquête sur une violence policière létale.

NL Central Farm System Report
#MLB #FantasyBaseball #PitcherList

🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Avicii:
🎵 Feeling Good
#Avicii
https://open.spotify.com/track/7rc6L3UtM0uvwfpsl07GBL
https://mayday806.bandcamp.com/track/may-day-ft-avicii-good-feeling

"Kwarteng leaves our politics poorer than when he found it. Metaphorically, yes – but more importantly, literally" I'm not generally a great fan of Marina Hyde's rather heavy handed wit, but here she lands a few solid blows.
Listen up! It’s Liz Truss and the PopCons, the Tory tribute act sounding a death knell for irony | Marina Hyde | The Guardian

Does anyone use the "g" letter combination keyboard shortcuts? I'm wondering where its origin are from. Also made a quick comparison table of them for Pinafore, Mastodon, X and Elk (Phanpy doesn't support them).
#KeyboardShortcuts #WebApps

Who here is playing this new game, Gray Zone Warfare?
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this game and what you like and don't like.
I've always wanted to give Escape From Tarkov a try, but everyone says it's a pretty complex game. Most people are saying this is very similar, but more for the casual player and a lot easier to learn.
Sound off in the comments below with your thoughts as I'm debating if I want to give it a try or not.

Just a quick 38 hour youtube video.
How The Beverly Hillbillies Changed TV #tvreview

Ich möchte wieder mehr #reiten/mit #Pferde|n zu tun haben! 🐴 🐎
Kennst du in oder um #Hannover Ställe mit Leihpferden, die nicht komplett "FN-regiert", sondern liberaler sind, ggf. sogar "modern&qu…

I'm gonna say it.
My laptop lasts longer on Plasma Wayland than on X11.
No, I haven't measured it. It just does.
#linux #plasma #plasma6

I’m embarrassed to say I did something very similar with my wonderful friend @…. He offered to pay for me to come see him when he was visiting Seattle.
My shame made me turn him down. I’m so sorry, Monte. 😢

Ayer fuimos a ver «Civil War» al cine. Antes de verla no sabía bien de que se trataba y después de verla tampoco. Hartos disparos y muertes con una historia que no lleva a ninguna parte.
Demasiada película para tan poca historia.
Lo mšs rescatable es que visualmente estš muy bien hecha para iMax.
2½★ en #Letterboxd

#Verpasstodon
Metas Bildgenerator kann keine weiße Frau neben einem asiatischen Mann
Asiatische Paare oder ein weißer, alter Mann mit asiatischer junger Frau: Das sind mehr als Stereotype-Ergebnisse von Metas AI Imagen.

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio2's #DanceSoundsOfThe90sWithVernonKay
Ultra Naté:
🎵 Found A Cure
#UltraNaté
https://open.spotify.com/track/2xOEA4k55Ufim83GiU5rmn
https://goldenhousebootleg.bandcamp.com/track/found-a-cure-lorenzo-righini-libellula-vocal

Brains have the alpha waves, computers have their clocks... and radio telescopes have hydrogen masers (essentially, radio-wavelength lasers) to keep both accurate timing and frequency, which are essential for radio inteferometers such as ALMA to work.
This masers live at 5000 m high at the Chajnator plateau, so the work itself is challenging!

ALMA Gets a New Heartbeat | ALMA
A 'heart transplant' has just been conducted at 5.000 meters above sea level in the Chajnantor Plateau: the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has successfully installed a new hydrogen maser, which has been operational since January 2024. Funded by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), an ALMA partner on behalf of North America, this upgrade...

Now a plug for the most cleverly named class at YDS Summer Study 2024: "The Joy of Text," a course taught by Julie Faith Parker '02 S.T.M. on reading the Bible with a liberating lens.
Summer Study runs June 3-7, online, open to all.
https://summerstudy.yale.edu/…

“Even a potato in a dark cellar has a certain low cunning about him which serves him in excellent stead. He knows perfectly well what he wants and how to get it."
Just read Samuel Butler's 'Book of the Machines', from 1872 (!). Brilliant. And funny!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_among_the_Machines

MouseMix095 (April 2024)
After a few years of silence, here is a new MouseMix. One hour of ccmusic in a mix. Playlist and licenses under
https://www.clongclongmoo.org/2024/04/05/mousemix095-april-2024/

anybody work in #instagram 's trust and safety department?
got a local LGBT organization I'm helping out with IT stuff that keeps getting flagged and taken down.
(I'm not a facebook user)
#cybersecurity

A few metrics...
Second snowiest March in ten years: 53 cm. #Brundage has a bonus weekend later this month. (Cumulative #snow, 623 cm. The summit elevation is 2,330 m, and the average #snow fo…

TIL
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasistas

The new Pathfinder 2nd Edition character sheet progresses. Added the *Skill Actions* section and started in on the initial attacks section. I'm not 100% sold on that particular layout, but I'm gonna step away from it for a bit and see if I can come up with something better. However, I like the information density so far. #Pathfinder2E

🔊 Auf #radioeins läuft...
Róisín Murphy:
🎵 CooCool (Radio Edit)
#NowPlaying #RóisínMurphy
https://open.spotify.com/track/6HbcOQqcWsuJklM3T13uW7
https://roisinmurphy.bandcamp.com/album/coocool

Just visiting a #linedance competition today in #badtoelz. I'm not participating actively! But it was fun watching, especially when a loved one also participates. I'm now out for #cycling and…

Tell me I'm Wrong: LinkedIn feels like walking into a Car Dealership where three Sales Associates are hovering not-staring at you from their desks, one is immediately greeting you at the door, and there’s a feeling like you’ve already paid for something before even uttering a word?
#Linkedin #Yuk

I'm a big fan of The Three-Body Problem novels and look forward to the NetFlix series. When I read the books, I really enjoyed a great sci-fi story from a Chinese perspective. Liu Cixin was able to make the story accessible and amazing to this lonely American.
However, I never heard anything about the drama around Lin Qi and his murder. This is a roller coaster of a story!
#ThreeBodyProblem @LiuCixin
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/china/billionaire-three-body-problem-netflix-intl-hnk/index.html

So #Bluesky is looking for a new board member to replace Jack Dorsey who initiated the project, got it funded, then gradually got less interested and now dropped out without much explanation.
I'm afraid that is not a ringing endorsement of the project.

Oh come on Zuckerberg, all those billions and you can't even keep your servers up?
Look at this, I'm not even a millionaire let alone a multi multi multi multi multi billionaire but my Mastodon instance is pottering along quite happily!
#MetaDown #FacebookDown

I do have trouble with modern language, so many things have changed. For example, when I was a young man, a "minor number release N" meant "no breaking changes for minor-versions less than N" (I'm looking at you #PHP! Oh, yes, #Java and #Ruby too, though I'm sure you're nothing special among your peers)

🔊 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Le Tigre:
🎵 Mediocrity Rules
#LeTigre
https://open.spotify.com/track/0csJWFMsiGNN1gFEGQQvlm
https://yvanfiend.bandcamp.com/track/mediocrity-rules-le-tigre

[Le Monde] - #Métros parisiens : la fréquence s’est dégradée depuis 2019 sur la plupart des lignes.
La #RATP a redressé la barre sur les fréquences des métros par rapport Š la fin de l’année 2022, mais peine Š atteindre les objectifs fixés par la région.

Métros parisiens : la fréquence s’est dégradée depuis 2019 sur la plupart des lignes
La RATP a redressé la barre sur les fréquences des métros par rapport à la fin de l’année 2022, mais peine à atteindre les objectifs fixés par la région.

#RustLang is the perfect language for the "move fast, break things" era. No, I'm not implying it encourages you to break stuff. All I'm saying is that all these modern languages are specifically designed for that mindset. They optimize for corporate greed — nicely dressed as "valuing developer's time".
Developers aren't supposed to slow down and think things over. They should finish feature after feature, project after project, profit after profit. When things break, that's bad for profit. However, putting an effort to prevent things from breaking is not cost-effective.
People love to point out memory safety problems with C. However, there are two other important problems affecting C libraries — ABI and API stability. An uncontrolled ABI breakage means that existing programs suddenly breaks. An uncontrolled API breakage means that programs don't build anymore. Combine both and you're in a tight fit.
There are reasonably good solutions to both these problems. However, they require conscious effort, they require thinking — and that is costly. There are also cheap workarounds. If you link libraries statically, you don't need to worry about their ABI changes. If you vendor dependencies, you don't even need to worry about API changes. That's much cheaper for the company — though in reality, it just moves the burden down the line, to distribution developers and users, who end up fighting old, broken or even vulnerable vendored dependencies.
The problem with Rust and #Cargo is that it embraces these hacks into glorified 20M executables. Everything is linked statically, everything is vendored. You can move fast without actually breaking things — at least for the significant majority of users. To the minority, you always have the usual excuse — "we're sorry, we're just volunteers, we can't spend more energy on this, and you should get newer hardware anyway". Not that doing things better wouldn't benefit all users.
#Gentoo

“Even a potato in a dark cellar has a certain low cunning about him which serves him in excellent stead. He knows perfectly well what he wants and how to get it."
Just read Samuel Butler's 'Book of the Machines', from 1872 (!). Brilliant. And funny!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_among_the_Machines

Oh #instagram... I'm just soooo happy that I do not have Instagram reach or growth as a success metric.
My posts were down ranked as they were subject to violating community guidelines - but after reviewing, it seems that they don't (oh wow, really).
Or maybe someone reported them as a reaction to my political posts 🤔. Could be as well.

I think I probably flip my keyboard over and shake it out about once per day. At least a few times a week. I'm a horrible snacker. If I'm working from home, and I'm awake, I'm snacking and probably sitting at my keyboard.

It appears the people who feel it is their duty to protect genocidal regimes are working hard these days to silence and persecute anyone who calls them out. Especially if those people are minorities themselves. Beware friends.
#IsraelGaza #IsraelGenocide

I think I probably flip my keyboard over and shake it out about once per day. At least a few times a week. I'm a horrible snacker. If I'm working from home, and I'm awake, I'm snacking and probably sitting at my keyboard.