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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@rsc/115924064984026510
This may finally be the end (for me at least) of a conversation started 30 or so years ago, when Ken Thompson and I tried to figure out a clean way to convert to and from digital representations of floating point numbers.
Nice work, @…

Will we all become cyborgs? https://2digital.news/will-we-all-become-cyborgs/ Interview with @… on

There is no shortage of information that needs to be preserved for very long periods of time.
But there is a problem:
current long-term storage of digital media
– including in datacentres that underpin the cloud
– relies on magnetic tape and hard disks, both of which have limited lifespans.
That means repeated cycles of copying on to new tapes and disks are required.
Now experts at Microsoft in Cambridge say they have refined a method for long-term data st…

Leyendo esta entrevista a @… da con un punto importante sobre la gente que permanece en Twitter (posteriormente X)
"En realidad, es un círculo vicioso. La gente que no contribuye a esos discursos de odio estš allí porque tú estšs allí, porque tienes un perfil al que quieren llegar. Pero si tú te fueras, ellos también se irían, porque no valdría la pe…

"ICE has been using “brake-checks” as pretense for detaining observers. Another observer car pulls up and my city council member steps out. He strides up to the Wagoneer, blowing his whistle. (Absolutely everyone is confronting ICE—I’ve encountered my old boss from the local cafe scuffling with agents, too.) Someone on the street starts filming and the bicyclist we know in the chat as “small fry” shouts at the agents to get out of Minneapolis."

ICE vs. Everyone | Erin West
What we’re doing now is this: The trainings have evolved into street medic workshops on protecting yourself from chemical weapons and lessons on digital security; there’s a meet-up to sew reinforced umbrellas as shields from mace and a collection spot for barricade materials. And this is what it’s like: Sometimes you’re chasing ICE off your street, maybe you’re buying groceries for a family, but a lot of the time you’re on your phone.

UK Government Plans to Ban Small Hen Cages and All Pig Crates in England by 2030 https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/12/26/uk-government-plans-to-ban-small-hen-cages-and-all-pig-crates-in-england-by-2030/…

UK Government Plans to Ban Small Hen Cages and All Pig Crates in England by 2030
On 22nd December 2025, the UK government confirmed that it wants to outlaw “colony cages” for laying hens and “farrowing crates” for pigs in England as part of a new animal welfare strategy that…

On Office Comfort and Energy Efficiency - Sweating or shivering 9 to 5 at work? Small business or home office? Get comfy, save money, cut carbon! #office #frugal #thermostatWars -

On Office Comfort and Energy Efficiency
Sweating or shivering 9 to 5 at work? Small business or home office? Get comfy, save money, cut carbon! #office #frugal #thermostatWars

Coral bleaching: How warming seas are transforming the world’s reefs https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/coral-bleaching-how-warming-seas-are-transforming-the-worlds-reefs/

Coral bleaching: How warming seas are transforming the world’s reefs
In ordinary circumstances coral reefs are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth, built slowly by animals that appear to be plants. Each coral polyp houses microscopic algae that convert sunlight into sugars, supplying most of the coral’s energy. When conditions deteriorate, especially when water becomes too warm, this partnership breaks down. The coral expels […]

Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls #BalticSea

Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls
The Baltic Sea has been under pressure for decades: Although phosphorus and nitrogen river loads, the main cause for its eutrophication, have been significantly reduced, adverse effects such as algal blooms and oxygen depletion still massively occur, leading to further ecological problems. Scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) have now published a comprehensive review showing how nutrient pollution, internal matter cycles and global warming interact, ther…

Indigenous knowledge confirms what scientists observe: Large birds are disappearing https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/indigenous-knowledge-confirms-what-scientists-observe-large-birds-are-disappearing…

Indigenous knowledge confirms what scientists observe: Large birds are disappearing
Indigenous knowledge confirms a trend scientists have observed- large bird populations are declining faster than small birds.