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The ngscopeclient about dialog now has a (hopefully) full list of all 77 authors credited! Very manual generation process for now, but I'm going to try and automate the list generation for the future.
One less thing to do before we ship the v0.1 release.
We now have only six release blocking tickets and then we can ship it:
* Fix some shaders assuming unlimited X axis thread block size is possible
* Binary packaging for MacOS
* Window resize events not handled …

Series C, Episode 10 - Ultraworld
AVON: What for? They could take us out quite easily with their technology.
TARRANT: Damn their technology. Is that all you care about? What about Cally? How did she come to be here? Why are they holding her?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/310/249 B7B3…

Yesterday, we talked with controlling about the budget of our unit for 2026. Acquisition of third party funding for this and that, balance, etc.
Each professorship has to get CHF 80'000 per year, it's part of the performance evaluation—of course we need way more to fund all members of the group
#AcademicChatter
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Trump’s stories serve to exaggerate his foresight about and knowledge of domestic and foreign affairs,
embellish his biography and record in office, and diminish his political opponents.
The stories tend to be colorful even though they’re fake.
Trump’s historical fiction is sprinkled with vivid details and make-believe quotes,
all the better to make it seem authentic and get it to stick in the minds of voters.

Analysis: Donald Trump’s long history of fake history
President Donald Trump told a story on Monday about how he “made a correct prediction” about the outcome of the United Kingdom’s 2016 Brexit referendum while he was visiting his golf course in Scotland “the day before the vote.”

This succinctly crystallizes my hitherto inchoate thoughts on basically all big LLM efforts https://mastodon.social/@glyph/114840612040237978

The Eigenvalue Method in Coding Theory
Aida Abiad, Loes Peters, Alberto Ravagnani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08917 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08917

The Eigenvalue Method in Coding Theory
We lay down the foundations of the Eigenvalue Method in coding theory. The method uses modern algebraic graph theory to derive upper bounds on the size of error-correcting codes for various metrics, addressing major open questions in the field. We identify the core assumptions that allow applying the Eigenvalue Method, test it for multiple well-known classes of error-correcting codes, and compare the results with the best bounds currently available. By applying the Eigenvalue Method, we obtain …

I don't usually advocate for an outcome like this... but this time I am because really the question isn't about the CBC. It's about Canadian sovereignty. Trump should have no part of any decision in Canada, period. So whether you love the CBC or not, the only correct answer here is No because we should never allow a foreign dictator to make decisions for us.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #ElbowsUp
https://mastodon.online/@ZebKing/114829919091275075

Related to understanding firearms, "rifles" and hand guns tend to be rifled. Rifling is grooving that runs in a helical pattern down the barrel. When purchasing a firearm, it's important to check the rifling.
First check that the firearm is unloaded. Empty or remove the magazine, cycle the weapon. Next, check again that it's unloaded by looking both down the barrel and into the magazine. Now, shine a light down the barrel and look down it. In the absence of a light, you may be able to reflect light off your thumbnail.
Rifling should look as though it's drawn on with a sharp pencil, and the barrel should look otherwise completely smooth and clean. If the rifling looks like bumpy mountains, then the owner probably used corrosive ammo and didn't clean it enough. It will probably still shoot, but not at all accurately.
Both the rifling and the pin can be used in forensic analysis to match a bullet to a gun. I don't honestly know how accurate this is because a lot of forensic "science" is just made up stuff that relies on the CSI effect and doesn't actually work as advertised.
However, not all firearms are not all rifled. Shotguns are "smoothbore" firearms, meaning they lack rifling. It is not possible to perform forensic analysis of a smoothbore firearm. It *is* possible to check for powder on the hands of someone who has used a firearm within the last few days, but it's not possible to distinguish between firing inside and outside a range.
I've been gathering all kinds of tidbits like this, partially just out of curiosity and partially because I've been wanting to write a story about a revolutionary group fighting a modern authoritarian society. I'm always happy to learn other bits, if anyone has anything else I could throw in my narrative (whenever I finally get back to writing it).

Reykjavík Grapevine provides answers to questions you were too afraid to ask
https://grapevine.is/mag/2025/07/07/help-call-charlie-campsites-expensive-vegetables-beautiful-but-harmless-eruption-more/…

From Iceland — Help? Call Charlie! Campsites, Expensive Vegetables, Beautiful But Harmless Eruption & More
Unsolicited advice from an unreliable advisor Help is a four-letter verb meaning “to make it easier or possible for someone...

#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 06 - Headhunter
ORAC: The survival of organic humanoid life is improbable.
SOOLIN: Are you talking about Vila and Tarrant?
ORAC: All organic humanoid life throughout the galaxy is at hazard.
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