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We need to change useless information like absolute dates and times in file systems to relative times like “file was created closer to the invention of Pumpkin Spice Latte than to today”

An Overview of Absolute Value Equations: From Theory to Solution Methods and Challenges
Milan Hlad\'ik, Hossein Moosaei, Fakhrodin Hashemi, Saeed Ketabchi, Panos M. Pardalos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06319

An Overview of Absolute Value Equations: From Theory to Solution Methods and Challenges
This paper provides a thorough exploration of the absolute value equations $Ax-|x|=b$, a seemingly straightforward concept that has gained heightened attention in recent years. It is an NP-hard and nondifferentiable problem and equivalent with the standard linear complementarity problem. Offering a comprehensive review of existing literature, the study delves into theorems concerning the existence and nonexistence of solutions to the absolute value equations, along with numerical meth…

'Absolute mess': Conservative's ballot petition full of fake addresses and forged names - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/arizona-libertarian/

'Absolute mess': Conservative's ballot petition full of fake addresses and forged names
Libertarian candidate Michelle Martin could face a big problem with her attempt to qualify for Arizona's First Congressional District race: a ballot petition appears to be loaded with invalid signatures, ABC15's Garrett Archer reported Monday."This absolute mess of a candidate nomination petition is...

A simultaneously evil and enlightening series. An absolute must listen from @… on what happens when #science loses it's innocence
#cautionaryTales

I thought the hailstorm over Austin, Texas this week was what was gonna kill me
I was wrong
I am fucken dead at Beth the HR lady in @…'s absolute delight of a tale of an extortionist trying to call a company on the phone to blackmail them
don't be drinking tea while reading
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/ransomware-gang-fail-calling-front-desk-extortion/

«Instead, the absolute “right” interpretation would be the thing itself, whole and observable. But that interpretation has long been lost to time, Brown said: “Right is washed down the stream a couple of hundred years ago. Right was never fossilized to begin with. Right got eaten by a scavenger.”»
This is about fossils, but at #ecsa2024 I had some good chats about how this (imho) applies analogously to any data and data set.
https://undark.org/2023/11/15/fossils-art/

Daylight Savings Time is so awesome. I love trying to convince my kid to go to bed while the sun is still up, get out of bed before the sun comes back up, wear gloves and a jacket because the bike ride to school now happens at the absolute coldest part of the night, and ride the long way to school because the usual route is full of drivers who are now staring directly into the sunrise.
What's not to love?

I will not be boycotting Eurovision this year.
I think the song competition is at it's absolute best when warring nations are sending representatives to compete in a non-war situation.
I don't think Israel should be banned, but then I didn't think Russia should be banned either.
Warring nations encouraged to stop their bombing and killing for a minute and glam up for a camp song contest. That's the ideal to me.
Having said that. While I will not be boycotting it, I also as usual won't be watching it or taking part it any way, because it's really boring now Terry Wogan is dead.

My absolute favorite lines from #distribits were:
”I am working as a consultant and by accident I have my webpage open.” - Thomas Braun ¹
”I have a mailbox file from 1996. I can say 'git annex log' and it tells me each repository that it came into and left throughout time, which is... mildly... interesting, I guess?” - Joey Hess ²
😂
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My absolute favorite lines from #distribits were:
”I am working as a consultant and by accident I have my webpage open.” - Thomas Braun ¹
”I have a mailbox file from 1996. I can say 'git annex log' and it tells me each repository that it came into and left throughout time, which is... mildly... interesting, I guess?” - Joey Hess ²
😂
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