2024-04-13 04:46:00
(1) Ted Cruz Insists He's Bipartisan-Curious - by Doktor Zoom
https://www.wonkette.com/p/ted-cruz-insists-hes-bipartisan-curious
(1) Ted Cruz Insists He's Bipartisan-Curious - by Doktor Zoom
https://www.wonkette.com/p/ted-cruz-insists-hes-bipartisan-curious
"One of the more curious trends to jump out of the data is that many Americans have traded people for pets in our social time. The average time that Americans spend with their pets has roughly doubled in the past 20 years—both because more people have adopted pets and because they spend more time with them." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/america-decline-hanging-out/677451/
Sign up for the New England VisionPro meetup next Monday at 6pm at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge.
Will help us estimate how many spatial pizzas to order:
https://partiful.com/e/5toXav8jAEO7DlHi5T3a
Homo stupidus is a curious beast, never content to leave well enough alone, a tangled weaver.
The full OpenAi blogpost about GPTo , still digesting it, curious if Google will match this tomorrow.
#openai
Okay, I’m curious:
Growing up, I always liked plane games - but not actually “plane simulator” games (I was never able to get a plane to take off on one of those #simulators lol). I’m not talking about games that give you complex reality-inspired controls or anything, I’m talking about games that give you a speed control and your phones gyroscope for direction and that’s it - if you get enough speed then you fly.
I played many #games like this, but I’m thinking of Flight Pilot for iOS. It had a free flight mode, you took off and landed on an airport (there were little indicators above them of the mission types available in them) and got missions of different types:
Thing is: Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think there are any games like that for PC!
(…)
Rocket motor company claims fusion breakthrough
https://thedebrief.org/rocketstar-successfully-demonstrates-firestar-nuclear-fusion-enhanced-pulsed-plasma-propulsion-drive/
Does anyone regularly use speech to text in Windows? Is there some better UI for that than what's built in? Not worried about the voice recognition quality, more the integration with the GUI and the usability. (Curious both for dictation and for controlling the computer.)
okay, if it's a people problem, how do people solve that?
e.g. if it's neighborhoods, politics, etc
serious question, what do you do to plan and review and iterate, if the problem isn't something software can solve?
because software has loads of theories about documenting how to engineer something
and I'm curious about the various ways to organize something
what's the "waterfall" vs "agile" of activism vs party politics vs petitions vs protest vs non-profits vs...
Good articles are like good TV show episodes:
they answer questions and mysteries from past episodes
and make you curious about the future ones.
Black Hole Cats!
The only known escape from a Black Hole is having a Cat guide you out because they're bendy and because they don't obey the rules of gravity or the rules space!
HAPPY DAY AFTER CATURDAY!
#AI #AIart #Midjourney
@… different objectives lead to different affordances. I'd be very curious to see https://yrpri.org/ joining the fediverse
Curious about Linux? Want to do a bit of research about Linux distributions? My favourite site is distrowatch. It is kept up-to-date and every Sunday they do a weekly newsletter and a review of a distro along with other news.
https://distrowatch.com/
[from 2010] Some interesting thoughts from a new Google engineer, Things I’ve learned at Google so far:
I would describe Google’s culture as “creative chaos”.
...
Paul Buchheit was a software engineer at Google. He didn’t need permission to write something like gmail. Corporate culture says that if you need something like that, you just go ahead and do it.
Things have change a bit since then.
TIL there's 76.3k projects on Salsa, Debian's git forge.
#Debian
@… I'm hoping you can hear and tell me what the high-pitched humming sounds that have been going on all night are? It's not bothering me but I'm super curious, I don't think I've ever heard them before.
Raiders HC Antonio Pierce says Brock Bowers was most dynamic college football tight end ‘in a long time’ https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_hc_antonio_pierce_say…
End behavior of Ramanujan's taxicab numbers
Brennan Benfield, Oliver Lippard, Arindam Roy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08190 https://
Protoboard Z80 Computer Teaches the Basics
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-80f859c5-f3f5a2b1b704b6c4
Protoboard Z80 Computer Teaches the Basics As curious people, we’re all incredibly fortunate to live in an age where information can so easil…
(Source: emperorsofmischief on Instagram: #rats
Michigan woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee maker
Contractors curious about an extension cord on the roof of a Michigan grocery store made a startling discovery:
a 34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign, with enough space for a computer, printer and coffee maker, police said.
“She was homeless,” said Brennon Warren, an officer with the Midland police department.
“It’s a story that makes you scratch your head, just somebod…
2021 retro-link! https://matduggan.com/why-we-need-better/ - Coding for non-programmers: we need better web GUI automation tools.
Hayato Murakami
"Sloth"
#CreativeCommons
Curious if there's a correlation here...
Do you self-identify as #ActuallyAutistic (even if not officially diagnosed) or neurotypical?
Do you enjoy the effects of (regardless of how often you use them) any psychoactive substances, including but not limited to alcohol?
I'm specifically asking about the recreational psychoactive aspect so drinking solely for the fl…
Spire 🦋♾️🔼
Dramatized scifi series | Something strange is going on in Spire. After the death of one of the city’s most important figures, change is in the air. But when two inhabitants of the city find themselves swapping places back and forth, they realise just how curious Spire is. And exactly how deep do...
https://www.th…
End behavior of Ramanujan's taxicab numbers
Brennan Benfield, Oliver Lippard, Arindam Roy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08190 https://
What if Facebook disappeared tomorrow?
What good and what bad would that do to society, from personal connections, to information and disinformation sharing, to people in in medical support groups to people in political hate groups, to personal safety and stalking, to local and global communities?
I’m genuinely curious because there’s a lot of good stuff on there and a lot of bad stuff.
Cowboys make curious picks, sign free agents on Draft’s final day https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_make_curious_picks_sign_free_agents_on_drafts_final_day/s1_17100_40295617
I want to give these to Hephaistos in one of my stories so badly 🔍
Thanks for sharing, @… 😍
<…
Good use of #llms @…? For a common man like me who is not going to read this but is curious:
Curious about Labscon - if anyone I know has attended could you share your experience?
I REALLY wanna know someone that bought this and ask them about it.
I want to know if it was worth it vs having a controller and an actual tablet or similar.
I don't have a use for it because I don't have a PlayStation, but I am curious.🤔 (Playstation Portal, game streaming device)
#Gaming #Games #VideoGames #Playstation
Aliexpress is not the "Chinese Amazon", it is a jungle. It is ideal for making small purchases, ideal for finding bargains, ideal for finding curious gadgets... But not for anything serious.
I made a purchase of a mini pc at a ridiculous price, what did the seller do? Not send me the purchased product, cancel the order and raise the price.
Su puta madre!
I'm pretty bad at actually reading my timeline after being afk. Similar to twitter, I find 250-300 follows is where I start feeling overwhelmed and don't really want to follow anyone else. That said, #phanpy has an intriguing new feature called "Catch-up" and I'm still trying to figure out how to use it. I'm curious how others are using it? Just plow through (or skim…
The increasingly authoritarian-curious Republican Party (Aaron Blake/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/08/republican-party-authoritarian/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240408/p70#a240408p70
"The tiles of Alhambra" with #turtlestitch
The design is based on a tile pattern in the Nasrid Palace complex near Granada/Spain. It can be found in a meeting place called The Mexuar.
I'm curious how it will work out on the machine #embroidery
Und es geht weiter mit Drillingen. Allerdings will die Mutter nur zwei annehmen, das dritte schubst sie weg. Heißt, wir müssen es mit Flasche füttern
#Lämmersaison2024 #SheepOfMastodon #Sheep
*edit*…
I had no problems with people boycotting #Israel’s 2019 hosting of #Eurovision; and I have no problems with their entrant being drowned out this year. #BDS
Was curious how Fedipact was doing. https://fedipact.veganism.social/
of the servers that have threads.net blocked they represent:
1.4 of 10 million accounts: 14%
200k of 1 million active accounts: 20%
over all fairly successful!
I was curious about what was said at the beginning of #kendricklamars #euphoria track, so I reversed it. It says, “Everything they say about me is true" in a #drake voice. 🤣
Deming’s Management System, as expressed in his book: The New Economics has four interdependent parts:
- Appreciation for a System (systems thinking)
- Knowledge about Variation (see: variation definition)
- Theory of Knowledge
- Psychology (the human element of management systems)
...
With, even a fairly simple understanding of the theory of knowledge the effectiveness of management improvement efforts are greatly increased...
My, what a regular and well defined dip in my solar production today, on a day without clouds.
I wonder what could have been the cause?
#eclipse
33 million people still use LastPass??? I’m curious who is still using LastPass given the last two major breaches. Please switch to something like 1Password or BitWarden.
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/07/lastpass-suffers-worldwide-outage-caus…
Integers that are not the sum of positive powers
Brennan Benfield, Oliver Lippard
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08193 https://arxiv.org/…
Gemini 1.5 Pro is now available (API access), curious how it performs in realworld applications.
https://developers.googleblog.com/2024/04/gemini-15-pro-in-public-preview-with-new-features.html
🎾 @… #Tennis
Via José Morgado 🤖 @…
Former #1 Halep has unlimited wild cards.
Curious to see how many tournamen…
TIL C standay library functions to compute log are not yet constexpr but will be in C 26.
We all like if these functions were already constexpr, but it looks like a whole bunch of underlying things might need to be untangled to make this work. I'm just glad it will be addressed. 🙇🏽♂️
I'm curious though to learn how error handling will work for these functions because much of that is now with macros and will take lot of effort to make constexpr.🤞🏽
Early morning visitor - he's a bit of a stickybeak, be honest.
#Canberra #Australia
Experimenting with integrating #scikitmobility #privacy checks into #Trajectools 👩💻
Curious? Check out the dev version in:
I wonder how many Computer Science journals out there require you to send your paper in docx format. I'm curious because I'm working on a paper presentation competition and they require the document to be in docx.
Crossing walls and windows: the curious escape of Lyman-$\alpha$ photons through ionised channels
Silvia Almada Monter, Max Gronke
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07169
> I wonder if you asked [#chatgpt] “Write me a custom post type for employees and credit all your sources” it would do that?
… wrote @… in her own comment section and I was curious too, so I tried it.
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.
Media Appearance: God at the Movies
God at the Movies: The Enduring Influence of Religion in Film “Marvel is doing some interesting things with religion,” says Hussein Rashid, assistant dean for Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School. He mentions Loki and Thor about Norse Gods, and Moon Knightabout Egyptian Gods. “I am really curious to see if they will explore the Jewishness of The Thing, who is Jewish in the comics, in The Fantastic Four .”
Curious.
I never could work out what they stood for. A kinder (or kinda) conservativism I suppose.
Lib Dems gain most council seats in last five years, party’s data shows | Liberal Democrats | The Guardian
https://www.thegu…
Daikanyama is the best shopping district in the world. Have never been. Just amazing for the mix of boutiques, cafes, and the bookstore. And quiet. Curious why no city can replicate it.
Dear RTD Bus 43,
You now have possession of my beloved sticker covered thermos, winter gloves, winter hat, cookies, and Taos tote bag.
Denver weather has been awfully nice to me this week and I have a feeling some curious lucky rider will upcycle my unintended donation.
Thanks,
Jay
Sometimes you run across something by accident on Bandcamp that's weird and wonderful. I'm fairly sure I was looking for another artist a couple days ago when this popped up, but I wishlisted it then because why not, and I just now had a full listen.
This is the 3 song EP 'Treasure Trove' by Baltimore's YOUR MOM from 2015. It only lasts a few minutes, but those few minutes are strange and beautiful, and now I'm curious to check out the rest of their back catalo…
Fast & Curious
What's Poppin' Penny? 👧🏾🐻💞
Dramatized kids & family adventure series | Total listening time: 2h 01m
Penny Wright is a curious preschooler living in a cozy multi-generational household filled with love, laughter, and learning. Penny’s life takes a magical turn when she finds a teddy bear in a box of her grandfather’s belon...
Integers that are not the sum of positive powers
Brennan Benfield, Oliver Lippard
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.08193 https://arxiv.org/…
This was a fun article to produce. Uncovering Internet activity most overlook, explaining the process, and maybe provoking research ideas. We could do this 24x7.
Exploring a curious series of spoofed #DNS queries and using IP TTL triangulation to close in on the true origin.
https://dataplane.substack.com/p/destination-adjacent-source-address
Enc2DB: A Hybrid and Adaptive Encrypted Query Processing Framework
Hui Li, Jingwen Shi, Qi Tian, Zheng Li, Yan Fu, Bingqing Shen, Yaofeng Tu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06819
Raiders mailbag: Fans curious about plans to draft QB https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-mailbag-fans-curious-about-plans-to-draft-qb-3010017/
Curious about Labscon - if anyone I know has attended could you share your experience?
This is what data analytics is for, y'all
@… : Identifying Crypto-Republicans by ballot clustering
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/03/identifyi<…
A curious bug when generating mails with long filename attachments #Perl http://domm.plix.at/perl/2024_03_attachments_with_long_filenames.html
Any theory or study about why comments in (specially) newspapers online are so full of trolls, bigots of all kind, literal nazis, etc? I am just curious about why this happens, or is so notorious, because I know it is global, not specific to a country, language, topic, etc...
@… I’d be curious to read more about your experience!
Cowboys make curious picks, sign free agents on Draft's final day https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-make-curious-picks-sign-free-agents-on-drafts-final-day/
The increasingly authoritarian-curious Republican Party (Aaron Blake/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/08/republican-party-authoritarian/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240408/p70#a240408p70
My, what a regular and well defined dip in my solar production today, on a day without clouds.
I wonder what could have been the cause?
#eclipse
33 million people still use LastPass??? I’m curious who is still using LastPass given the last two major breaches. Please switch to something like 1Password or BitWarden.
https://9to5mac.com/2024/03/07/lastpass-suffers-worldwide-outage-caus…
The Brief – The curious case of ‘partnership’ in the AI landscape
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-0291d08c-a1f38e35f5a9b511
The Brief – The curious case of ‘partnership’ in the AI landscape“Partnerships” between big tech firms and AI startups…
Early morning visitor - he's a bit of a stickybeak, be honest.
#Canberra #Australia
> I wonder if you asked [#chatgpt] “Write me a custom post type for employees and credit all your sources” it would do that?
… wrote @… in her own comment section and I was curious too, so I tried it.
Media Appearance: God at the Movies
God at the Movies: The Enduring Influence of Religion in Film
“Marvel is doing some interesting things with religion,” says Hussein Rashid, assistant dean for Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School. He mentions Loki and Thor about Norse Gods, and Moon Knightabout Egyptian Gods. “I am really curious to see if they will explor
Curious.
I never could work out what they stood for. A kinder (or kinda) conservativism I suppose.
Lib Dems gain most council seats in last five years, party’s data shows | Liberal Democrats | The Guardian
https://www.thegu…
Cowboys filled needs, made a curious pick, in Draft’s opening rounds https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_filled_needs_made_a_curious_pick_in_drafts_opening_rounds/s1_17100_40291156
Hey @…, now that you turned fediverse on, on your Threads account, will you stop posting on your Mastodon account? 🤔 Just curious.
Raiders mailbag: Fans curious about drafting Michael Penix, other QBs https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-mailbag-fans-curious-about-drafting-michael-penix-other-qbs-3025864/
Sequestered 📞🪞👩🏻
Dramatized paranormal new adult series | SEQUESTERED is a 3-part paranormal audio drama about a young woman who experiences a haunting just as she’s about to begin filming a reality competition show.
Protagonist is a queer Asian-American woman. Written and produced solo. First time AD by someone...
https://www.…
Cat Myths!
Hmm. I asked Midjourney to give me some examples of "Cat Myths" and here are some of the results!
Curious and curiouser!
#AI #AIart #Midjourney
re: Psephology, polling, elections
#psephology #politicalpolling
(if you're curious, 50/50 popular vote, a 22D position, would in fact net the presidency)
a weirder one is 22D, 27I, where no one wins. (or 21D, 28I)
A curious bug when generating mails with long filename attachments #Perl http://domm.plix.at/perl/2024_03_attachments_with_long_filenames.html
Media Appearance: God at the Movies
God at the Movies: The Enduring Influence of Religion in Film
“Marvel is doing some interesting things with religion,” says Hussein Rashid, assistant dean for Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School. He mentions Loki and Thor about Norse Gods, and Moon Knightabout Egyptian Gods. “I am really curious to see if they will explor
Cat Myths!
Hmm. I asked Midjourney to give me some examples of "Cat Myths" and here are some of the results!
Curious and curiouser!
#AI #AIart #Midjourney
The ChrissieCast
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods
@… just curious, why does your Fediverse news bot only boost those that oppose Threads? You seem to post good and straight forward facts, yet your bot seems to only boost those with opposing opinions and statements that are sometimes false...😬
Reverse Divisors and Magic Numbers
Eudes Antonio Costa, Ronaldo Ant\^onio Santos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06656 https://arxiv.org/p…
Hey @…, quick question:
Is the issue of instances not seeing certain replies, AKA "back-filling", an ActivityPub thing or specifically something Mastodon has implemented? Just curious.