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The ultimate guide to NFL player positions — Offense, defense and special teams explained https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7021960/2026/02/08/nfl-positions-football-definitions/

"LLMs work (somewhat) for coding computer programs. As everyone knows this is the highest form of human endeavor—unsurpassed by any other lesser activity such as project management, design, art or writing. Therefore LLMs will excel in every other field."
I really believe this is the crux understanding why so many programmers (including good programmers) fall for it in a way that can only be described as a cult, were any criticism is not only not allowed but reflexively is seen as either laughable or belligerent.
Anyway, LLMs are good* at writing code because writing code is easy and highly repetitive and doesn't actually take a lot of skill; unless it's novel ways to write code which LLMs cannot do.
Taking this as a sign LLMs can do other "lesser" activities is saying a lot about the hubris of programmers and not a lot of the capabilities of LLMs.
*for some definitions of "good"

Protest, lawbreaking, or terrorism? ICE opponents face ‘extremist’ label. - CSMonitor.com https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0114/terrorism-ice-protests-trump-noem

Protest, lawbreaking, or terrorism? ICE opponents face ‘extremist’ label.
There’s a difference between constitutionally protected free speech and acts of civil disobedience that could lead to arrests. Still, it’s not clear that Renee Good in Minneapolis was interfering illegally with ICE operations. And civil disobedience isn’t terrorism under traditional definitions.

🥳 JavaScript Database (JSDB) version 6.1.4 released:
• Adds TypeScript type definitions
Been meaning to do this for a while and finally got round to it :)
https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb#javascript-database-jsdb

jsdb
A zero-dependency, transparent, in-memory, streaming write-on-update JavaScript database for the Small Web that persists to a JavaScript transaction log.

I wasn't surprised to see Rob Sanderson quoted in this, because rich vs aligned semantics - specifically , wanting both at the same time - is *such* a cultural heritage data interoperability problem #MuseTech
From: @…

Pieter Colpaert (@pietercolpaert@mastodon.social)
Attached: 2 images There’s a tension between being semantically rich (using your own terms and definitions), and being semantically aligned, in which you try to reuse terms from other vocabularies. I think we need a new concept: eventual #interoperability. I propose to start rich with your own vocabularies, and only make alignments when there’s a concrete reason for building those. https://pietercolpaert.be/interoperability/2026/01/08/eventual-interoperability #knowledgegraphs #apis #li…

"A new Ohio bill could be a de facto statewide ban on solar and wind"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

A new Ohio bill could be a de facto statewide ban on solar and wind
The state is mulling a bill that calls for all new generation to be “affordable, reliable, and clean” — but its strained definitions would exclude…

The Swedish energy regulator has approved standardised definitions for flexibility products. This makes it easier for suppliers and aggregators to optimise customer devices for local grid needs. The more flexibility offered through these market mechanisms, the lower the costs for all energy system users.

Ei godkänner marknadsprodukter för flexibilitetstjänster
Energimarknadsinspektionen (Ei) godkände i december 2025 ansökningar om specifikationer för flexibilitets­tjänster och standardiserade marknads­produkter. Besluten innebär att de elnätsföretag som ansökt har möjlighet att använda gemensamma och harmoniserade produkter vid marknadsmässiga köp av flexibilitet – något som skapar tydlighet och bidrar till transparenta villkor för branschens aktörer.

I’d like to think that I have a really good grasp of English, but I still have to look up the definitions of ‘alternate’ vs. ‘alternative’ to know which one to correctly use.
#languages #linguistics #EnglishLanguage

HOW TO PROVE IT, PART 7
proof by forward reference:
Reference is usually to a forthcoming paper of the author,
which is often not as forthcoming as at first.
proof by semantic shift:
Some of the standard but inconvenient definitions are changed
for the statement of the result.
proof by appeal to intuition:
Cloud-shaped drawings frequently help here.

from my link log —
A distributed systems reliability glossary.
https://antithesis.com/resources/reliability_glossary/
saved 2025-12-03 https://…

A distributed systems reliability glossary
A list of key concepts for building and testing reliable distributed systems, with basic definitions and deep references.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116035760465643672
"Different definitions of opt-in" is very "she means yes if she says no"-coded

Shit people, idioms only work if we all agree on the definitions!
After nearly 200 years of "Out-Of-Pocket" meaning "Paid for it yourself", some ignorant bonehead mashed "Out of office" together with it, and now all of corporate America says "Out-of-pocket" when they mean "unavailable".
Culturally it important? No, of course not. Am I irrationally furious every time I spend time during a meeting looking like an idiot because I h…

I may still feel like crap and not have gotten enough sleep due to coughing, but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna relax and play some quality* games this weekend. The MiSTer is running perfectly and the PVM is still working like a champ.
* - for various definitions of quality
#retrogaming #psx

aCAdeMiC FrEedOM. 🤡
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/mel-curth-oklahoma-instructor-firing.html

Developers of invasive visual prostheses for the blind (brain implants, retinal implants) try to protect their turf by ignoring noninvasive alternatives based on smart glasses, using outdated and restrictive definitions, from ivory towers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewuFviiSsQ

If you disagree, I respect that, but I am personally a victim of this kind of dictionary manipulation and distortion. It is deeply frustrating to see definitions twisted and weaponized against me, and the true meaning of syndicalism, as if bending language could erase its real principles and goals. This kind of intellectual dishonesty is not only misleading but also personally disempowering for those of us who stand for genuine social change.
I advocate for the collectivization of land…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Rainy Miller:
🎵 Mud in my Mouth. (Predetermined Definitions)
#RainyMiller
https://rainymiller.bandcamp.com/track/mud-in-my-mouth-predetermined-definitions

Revised comment on the paper titled "The Origin of Quantum Mechanical Statistics: Insights from Research on Human Language
Miko{\l}aj Sienicki, Krzysztof Sienicki
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.07881 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.07881 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.07881
arXiv:2512.07881v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This short note comments on \citet{Aerts2024Origin}, which proposes that ranked word frequencies in texts should be read through the lens of Bose--Einstein (BE) statistics and even used to illuminate the origin of quantum statistics in physics. The core message here is modest: the paper offers an interesting analogy and an eye-catching fit, but several key steps mix physical claims with definitions and curve-fitting choices. We highlight three such points: (i) a normalization issue that is presented as "bosonic enhancement", (ii) an identification of rank with energy that makes the BE fit only weakly diagnostic of an underlying mechanism, and (iii) a baseline comparison that is too weak to support an ontological conclusion. We also briefly flag a few additional concerns (interpretation drift, parameter semantics, and reproducibility).
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💡 Solves the context window bloat problem - dynamic discovery means you only pay tokens for tools you actually use instead of loading all definitions upfront
https://www.philschmid.de/mcp-cli

My "grow plants everywhere" mod for #Luanti is progressing!
I just built a routine to do blobby weight regions as the intersection of a bunch of parabolas, where weight increases logarithmically from the edge of the parabola with an adjustable edge region, and we use the geometric average of these weight values within the intersection region. Then I spent a few hours hunched over a biomes vornoi diagram approximating different broad regions like "arid_grasses" and "temperate_trees" so you can just name some combination of these regions (with custom per-region multipliers) and have your plant definition apply within those regions. I was using rectangular min/max heat/humidity values before, but they were pretty awkward to work with.
If anyone on here who plays Luanti wants to check it out let me know and I can prioritize publishing what I've got. I've got growth definitions for most but not all VoxeLibre plants and it wouldn't be hard to put them together for another game. No trees yet, but that's pretty much the next thing to work on.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Rainy Miller:
🎵 Mud in my Mouth. (Predetermined Definitions)
#RainyMiller
https://rainymiller.bandcamp.com/track/mud-in-my-mouth-predetermined-definitions

🏗️ Problem 4: Architecture decay. Classes become dumping grounds for random data: $user->cached_data, $user->temp_flag, $user->random_stuff. Code becomes unmaintainable.
✅ Modern PHP solution: Declare all properties explicitly with types. Use public string $name; public int $age; public bool $isActive; in your class definitions.