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The daily themes for the 2026 #30DayMapChallenge are out! 🗺️
https://30daymapchallenge.com
I’m already mapping in OSM via the

RE: #30DayMapChallenge for some inspiration and fun! Tellin…

from my link log —
Parsing the infamous Japanese postal CSV.
https://www.dampfkraft.com/posuto.html
saved 2020-11-09 https://dotat.at/:/65DA2.htm…

Parsing the Infamous Japanese Postal CSV
Late last year I released posuto, a package presenting Japanese postal code data in an easy-to-use format. It's based on data released by Japan Post, which is infamous for being widely used but hard to parse.

Cowboys Players Talk About Their First Padded Practice | Player Interviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMvq70yogjg

Cobol programmers are down in the dumps.

I just read the sentences "[nyc garbage] Bins will destroy the character of neighborhoods. We will have fewer cars and more dumpsters," and
a) I want my brain cells back
b) if your neighborhood character is "cars", then is it really a neighborhood, or is it a parking lot?

Some people seem to have forgotten that LLMs are still just computer code consisting of 0s and 1s …
Someone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in #AI Yet https://www.

Things have been very quiet here over the last few months, for various reasons: summer, vacation, health, and also because I’ve been watching developments around the world.
And, of course, especially what’s been going on in the Fascist States of America. And since the arrival of the dumbest president (not just in the U.S.) of all time—the sexist, racist, fascist, and brainless, uneducated moron with the cognitive development and vocabulary of a five-year-old - Donald Trump -
noth…

Someone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet https://www.404media.co/someone-torturing-llms-in-a-robot-prison-has-triggered-the-dumbest-debate-in-ai-yet/

Maptober is here! We invite #OpenStreetMap mappers everywhere to take part in the 31 Day OSM Challenge.
Inspired by the #30DayMapChallenge that happens every November, this new challenge gives you a daily theme to improve OpenStreetMap. Just complete the day’s task, tag your changesets…