2024-04-01 00:02:31
“Three independent scientific studies analyze how the human brain transforms notes into feelings, a mystery that has intrigued psychologists and musicologists for decades”
https://english.elpais.com/scien…
“Three independent scientific studies analyze how the human brain transforms notes into feelings, a mystery that has intrigued psychologists and musicologists for decades”
https://english.elpais.com/scien…
I bet the same people who are incessantly nitpicking and correcting people on social media are at the same time super into AI and don’t mind at all to generate badly written lying garbage
Trend Micro: cybercriminals and nation-state spies are coexisting inside the same compromised brand-name routers, using the devices to disguise their attacks (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/
2024 NFL Combine results, measurements, 40-yard dash for EDGE, DL: Top prospect has same wingspan as NBA stars
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/ne…
@… I am looking to make the same Mastodon > Sharkey move as you. What issues did you encounter using the same domain? Or is that not viable for Fedi at all? That's what I thought I heard in the past...😬
You know it’s almost 40 years later, and #JoeRogan is still playing the same character.
The character on the show was a lot better.
Which is a shame because he’s being paid a hell of a lot more to play a much shittier character.
From AP News: United Methodists begin to reverse longstanding anti-LGBTQ policies
https://buff.ly/3UDqzh8
Way to go invading and "liberating" Iraq for "freedom" eh? "Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison": https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/27/iraq-criminalis…
Never forget that the reason US dropped 2 nuclear bombs on Japanese civilians had nothing to do with forcing Japan's surrender. Those bombs were dropped for the primary purpose of sending a message to the USSR, showing what America was prepared to do to them too.
Palestine serves the same purpose today, US directs a genocide in Palestine to send the same message to Iran and Syria: look what US is prepared to do to you too.
“At that time, I don't think there were any popular comedians exploring the ragged edge of humor in quite the same way Steve Martin was. I'll forever remember finding a copy of his book Cruel Shoes as an impressionable teenager.“ https://blog.codinghorror.com/is-worse-really-better/
@… this you? https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/112022193800693274
Trend Micro: cybercriminals and nation-state spies are coexisting inside the same compromised brand-name routers, using the devices to disguise their attacks (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/
I've just finished chapter 9 of 11 introducing me to Jazz, and I've found the type of jazz I definitely *don't* like! Free jazz.
Coming from a classical background, it reminds me of an orchestra tuning their instruments before a concert. Except all the players have been given too many cups of coffee and are playing the concert at the same time, but not from the same place. What a racket! Not to discount it, just not my thing.
Lol those gay jokes about whales were true: Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male
Scientists confirm sighting of two same-sex marine giants copulating in amorous encounter off Hawaii coast
https://www.theguardian.com/en…
What strikes me particularly negatively about the current #xz backdoor is how apparently difficult it is for some large accounts to share other toots. They often prefer to repeat the same content in their own words so as not to give anyone else any reach. This behavior is annoying for readers because the same link always appears in the same posts, but from different people in the timeline. …
Whoa, wait... a drum key and roller skate key are the same key!?!?
Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison | LGBTQ News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/27/iraq-criminalises-same-sex-relationships-with-maximum-15…
The road ahead & taken.
(Also near the same place, only higher up, of which I posted pics of yesterday — this one here from 1.5 years ago...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography
moviegalaxies: Moviegalaxies, movies 410-466 (2018)
Social graphs for over 700 movies from the moviegalaxies.com website. Each node represents a character in a movie and each edge is a same-scene appearance between two characters in that movie. The weight gives the number of same-scene appearances. Networks are extracted from movie scripts automatically.
This network has 33 nodes and 85 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Weighted
#HDMI Forum to AMD: No, you can’t make an #opensource HDMI 2.1 driver
https://
Will Cowboys really be ‘all in’ or expect more of the same during 2024 offseason? https://theathletic.com/5306104/2024/02/29/dallas-cowboys-change-playoffs-super-bowl/
We've just started reading "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" by Maria Ressa.
"What you do matters in this present moment of the past, when memory can be so easily altered. Please ask yourself the same question my team and I ask every day."
"What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?"
#Journalism
The celebration of #Easter still retains the same spirit of rebirth and renewal as it has for thousands of years:
https://eroticmythology.com/ancient-cu
Some apps use "update". Some use "upgrade". Depending on context, the mean the same thing.
Both piss me off at the lack of standardization.
#Rant
“‘You wouldn’t be like, ‘Hey, birds are doing great. We’ve got a huge biomass of chickens!’ It’s kind of the same thing with honeybees’”
Wait, does America suddenly have a record number of bees?
https://wapo.st/3TDPfnP
Telemetry is invaluable, but may make learners anxious & leak trade secrets. (Esp. important in this collab w/ Roblox.) We gather data about Luau while respecting privacy. Blog post about what we learned, but even more an exhortation to all to do the same!
https://blog.brownplt.org/2024/02/02/p…
We’re doing it again.
SMH this country. We’re doing it again.
Also, this is another reminder to never elect a cop into public office. Eric Adams may be a Democrat, but he is a cop at heart. A cop will reach for the same tools to solve every problem, every time. https://ourislandgeorgia.net/@Wolven…
Good morning, what is the plane for today? The same is every day: getting up, having breakfast, getting out for a walk and have some fresh air, then Officeworks. 😉
#getoutside #gutenmorgen #goodmorning
In Ternopil Oblast, all USAID DOBRE partner communities are creating spaces for economic growth USAID DOBRE partner communities in Ternopil Oblast have set out to help their residents get comfortable Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/290224789
My lawyer says that I am entitled to the same paid vacations rights that members of Congress enjoy.
#HashTagGames
#ExcusesForCallingOffWork
I've had a few requests for different badges in the same style as my “Powered” and “Made by a Human” badges.
I’m thinking about taking these and a few more requests and selling them in packs containing 8 badges in 8 different colors in 88x31 PNG and SVG @ £2 (minimum donation)
If you have any requests for these badges, please let me know in the replies and I will add it to the list!
(No NSFW content please!)
Gee, $10 for 15 hours of audiobooks or $12 for the same amount plus music?
Spotify you really are deluded if you think people will spend that for 15 hours of listening.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/01/spotify-l…
Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations Board, they assert in several ongoing legal proceedings, is unconstitutional.
SpaceX, for example, says that the NLRB is engaging in “an unlawful attempt … to subject Space X to an administrative proceeding whose structure violates Article II, the Fifth Amendment, and the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of the Uni…
There's a lot of Buster Bloodvessel in this performance from Alexei Sayle. In fact are we sure they're not actually the same person? #totp
If you see the Examiner story about Together SF supposedly pulling its measure to centralize power in the mayor's office because they're worried someone they don't like might become mayor and have reconsidered... Do not celebrate. They're lying. They have another measure that does the exact same thing that they're still collecting for. It just also eliminates commissions so they can call it commission reform. They're still trying to make the mayor a dictator.
Announcement: #socialcoop member Nathan Schneider has a book that recently went open access!
[[Governable Spaces]]: Democratic Design for Online Life
https://luminosoa.org/site/books/m/10.
Throwing some things out here that might be naive. Oh well. Why don't some democratically minded billionaires fight rightwing billionaires? Is it because billionaires by their very nature are all anti-democratic? I heard of one once that wasn't, but one hardly stands a chance against many with the same economic power among them. Why though would many others cede power and money to one, two, or a few? A coalition could quickly end preeminant power of a billionaire. They should.
…
Not All the Same: Understanding and Informing Similarity Estimation in Tile-Based Video Games
Sebastian Berns, Vanessa Volz, Laurissa Tokarchuk, Sam Snodgrass, Christian Guckelsberger
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18728
2021 retro-link! https://furbo.org/2021/08/25/jsc-my-new-best-friend/ - jsc: JavaScript on the macOS command line.
There is a mysterious new chatbot from OpenAI on https://chat.lmsys.org/ , it's called GPT2 not to be confused with the old model with the same name.
This models seems to do several things better then GPT-4.
Everybody is speculating what it is and what it is not. 😀
Interception, data breach, data leak, unauthorized data transfer...
All these terms basically mean the same thing: Available data is repurposed.
But they all have a negative connotation. I propose that we change our attitude, think positive about it and henceforth call it "data upcycling", using this logo
#dataupcycling
Having done interviews myself, I know live media tend to call on those who answer requests quickly. This leads to commentators ready to talk about anything anytime. But sometimes, maybe call on a scholar who's dedicated years of their life to understanding a subject instead of the same old political hack? Hearing Tory operatives line up behind the mic on CBC/Radio-Canada to talk Mulroney makes me pine for what historians like Dimitry Anastakis or Penny Bryden could contribute.
@… I don't think your question is as clear as you might expect. 😉
Care to expand? Define "frontends". What exactly do you mean? Why do you want it? How do you think it will help? Any other background, such as competitors or extensions doing the same? Etc.
@…
Chcemy UE, która dba o bezpieczeństwo i prawa reprodukcyjne. Razem walczymy o dostępną aborcję dla wszystkich kobiet w Europie. Podpisz się i dołącz do zmiany! #SameToOgarniemy
https://actionnetwork.org/…
Butscha: Zwei Ansichten einer Straße
Ein Eintrag des ukrainischen Journalisten Illia Ponomarenko bei X (früher Twitter) zeigt im Vergleich zwei Videos der Vokzalna-Straße in Butscha: vor zwei Jahren und heute.
🐦 https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/177444095…
A baby star's planet-forming disk has 3 times more water than all of Earth's oceans #space
Who do you think will pay $30-50B for US TikTok?
so by sheer coincidence, the #monsterdon pick for this week is the same movie i rented from my favourite video store recently. alas it’s due saturday haha. i rented it because i’m continuing my string of watching spider movies
Took the doggo to the off leash area and he's now very very tired #dogsofmastodon #Westcrest #westSeattle
If only investments of the same scale were made for rail infrastructure. Or maybe they are? Even if new bridges and tunnels are not being built on this Ragusa–Siracusa line as far as I can see, the track is in quite good shape all over Sicily, and between Caltanissetta Xirbi and Catania significant upgrades seemed to be ongoing. But the rolling stock here (not elsewhere on Sicily) is quite dated.
TRANSLATION :
The 47th Mechanized Brigade is eliminating the Russian invaders, and at the same time, cannon fodder.
https://t.me/operativnoZSU
ORIGINAL :
47 окрема механізована бригада ліквідовує російських окупантів, а за сумісництвом – гарматне мʼясо.
Why does this remind me of @… 🧐
From: @…
https://
"‘Labour are the conservers’: Shadow secretary pledges to reverse nature degradation in UK"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
Transnistria, the breakaway Moldovan province on Ukraine's Western border, has requested that Russia provide it with "defense" to protect its Russian residents. This is the same premise used to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine's Donbas. A Russian military force on Ukraine's Western border would create a two-front war.
Russophile Republicans should recognize that any Russian buildup in Transnistria is certainly a prelude to a wider war.
**We must fund…
Bei Blacklist sind plötzlich alle so alt. So wie bei "it's weird being the same age as old people", nur nicht als Shirt sondern als Gefühl. Bin dabei.
In Theodorus' Spiral no two hypothenusa lie on the same line
Frederik Stouten
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.20207 https://arxiv.org/…
The name Sandokan reminds the older generation of a charismatic pirate from a TV series of the same name.
"KI befindet sich auf einem technischen Plateau, #gpt5 wird nicht merklich besser sein als GPT-4, wenn es überhaupt jemals erscheint"
>> Es passiert nicht oft, dass man eine "Alchemie-Phase" einer Technologie live miterleben kann, wo die Anwendung die erklärende Kraft der dahinterliegenden Theorien (zeitweise) übersteigt.
Momentan werden immer noch wöchentlic…
I made these scrubby/dish brush holders that fit inside my weird sink. Now I can put covers on and hide everything.
What’s cool about this #3dPrinting project is that the two objects are really the same #OpenSCAD model, just different parameters.
For what's primarily a source distribution, the binary packages in #Gentoo have some cool features (with binpkg-multi-instance). The package manager can create and use different variants (builds) of the same source package, with different USE flag combinations *and* bound dependency versions.
So, NumPy 2 introduced ABI changes. Packages built against NumPy 2 work with NumPy 1, but not the other way around. Upstreams resolve this by building wheels against NumPy 2. We can't express that properly, so we force rebuilds after switching between NumPy 1 and 2.
What's really cool, though, is that once I've built all the NumPy-using packages against both NumPy versions, i can switch between them trivially using binary packages. Like, literally I can do:
$ emerge -vk --jobs "dev-python/numpy<2"
…and I get NumPy 1 and all of its reverse dependencies built against NumPy 1 installed from binary packages. If I go for NumPy 2 instead, then again, everything is reinstalled from the other set of binary packages. All of this works transparently and effortlessly — when there's no matching binary package, #Portage builds one, and starts using it the next time around.
Love going to the grocery store and scoring a good deal on staples like “40% off chicken.”
Love less: realizing it’s the same as 2019 pricing and groceries are out of control.
Twenty years ago, worried about how Photoshop could be used to lie, I published a blog piece called “Photointegrity”. Yesterday I published another one with the same title: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/04/29/Photointegrity
It considers …
I've just finished chapter 9 of 11 introducing me to Jazz, and I've found the type of jazz I definitely *don't* like! Free jazz.
Coming from a classical background, it reminds me of an orchestra tuning their instruments before a concert. Except all the players have been given too many cups of coffee and are playing the concert at the same time, but not from the same place. What a racket! Not to discount it, just not my thing.
Lol those gay jokes about whales were true: Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male
Scientists confirm sighting of two same-sex marine giants copulating in amorous encounter off Hawaii coast
https://www.theguardian.com/en…
marvel_universe: Marvel Universe social network
The Marvel Universe collaboration network, where two Marvel characters are considered linked if they jointly appear in the same Marvel comic book.
This network has 19428 nodes and 95497 edges.
Tags: Social, Fictional, Unweighted
https://networks.sk…
Trump to use local police to drive mass deportations if elected
Trump, who visited the U.S.-Mexico border on the same day as President Biden Thursday, has vowed to launch the🔸 "largest deportation operation in American history" 🔸if he's elected president for a second term in November.
🔹"We have to deport a lot of people, and they have to start immediately," 🔹Trump said during his interview in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Fox News' "Hannity."
T…
Disclaimer, THIS IS NOT A JOKE.
This is the PM of Scottland, Pakistani Humza Yousa.
“JK Rowling could be arrested in Scotland for making a series of posts misgendering transgender women, under a newly-enacted hate crime law, a politician in the UK has warned.”
This is insane !!!
https://
Throwing some things out here that might be naive. Oh well. Why don't some democratically minded billionaires fight rightwing billionaires? Is it because billionaires by their very nature are all anti-democratic? I heard of one once that wasn't, but one hardly stands a chance against many with the same economic power among them. Why though would many others cede power and money to one, two, or a few? A coalition could quickly end preeminant power of a billionaire. They should.
…
Interception, data breach, data leak, unauthorized data transfer...
All these terms basically mean the same thing: Available data is repurposed.
But they all have a negative connotation. I propose that we change our attitude, think positive about it and henceforth call it "data upcycling", using this logo
#dataupcycling
It's International Workers' Day!
Last year, I did some quick and dirty math: a family/unattached individual earning Canada's median after-tax income would've had to work roughly 290,000 years to make the amount the wealthiest Canadian was worth.
Now, using the latest Bloomberg and StatsCan numbers, that same family/individual would have to work approx. 710,000 years. Put differently, it would take all of Canada's 7th largest city (Mississauga) a year to earn a…
Humpback sex photographed for first time – and both whales were male
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/28/humpback-whales-sex-photographed-homosexual-behavior
IOW, they want a king: Their "playbook is built on ideas of absolute executive power found in the conservative unitary executive theory - the same authoritarian theory powering #trumps false defense of absolute immunity in his criminal cases."
“Institutionalizing Trumpism": Heritage Foundation President's Revealing Project 2025 Interview
"‘Labour are the conservers’: Shadow secretary pledges to reverse nature degradation in UK"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment
The name Sandokan reminds the older generation of a charismatic pirate from a TV series of the same name.
How an empty, private AWS S3 bucket had ~100M PUT requests in a day, racking up a substantial bill, due to a popular open source tool using the same bucket name (Maciej Pocwierz)
https://t.co/b2nmYU6Mdt
Godzilla attempting to use the self checkout line.
#AIart #MidJourneyArt #MidjourneyAI
sp_colocation: Social co-locations (2018)
Network of colocations between peoople, based on the information on which RFID readers received information from the RFID tags. Namely, we define two individuals to be in co-presence if the same exact set of readers have received signals from both individuals during a 20s time window.
This network has 232 nodes and 1283194 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata
1/2 Looking at one of the #xz writeup, this struck my eye: “The release tarballs upstream publishes don't have the same code that GitHub has. This is common in C projects so that downstream consumers don't need to remember how to run autotools and autoconf.” Ah, GNU AutoHell, I remember it well. Tl;dr: With AutoHell, even if you're building for a 19-bit Multics variant from 1988, it’s got yo…
Disclaimer, THIS IS NOT A JOKE.
This is the PM of Scottland, Pakistani Humza Yousa.
“JK Rowling could be arrested in Scotland for making a series of posts misgendering transgender women, under a newly-enacted hate crime law, a politician in the UK has warned.”
This is insane !!!
https://
Mitt Romney Has Crystal Clear Message On Voting For Trump
“Having a president who is so defaulted of character would have an enormous impact on the character of America. And for me, that’s the primary consideration.”
Romney didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 or 2020, and he said last year he would likely make the same decision at the polls in November should Trump be the nominee.
IOW, they want a king: Their "playbook is built on ideas of absolute executive power found in the conservative unitary executive theory - the same authoritarian theory powering #trumps false defense of absolute immunity in his criminal cases."
“Institutionalizing Trumpism": Heritage Foundation President's Revealing Project 2025 Interview
OpenAI no longer requires users to have an account to use ChatGPT, with some limitations like a different content policy, beginning today in a few markets (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/01/chatgpt-no-longer-re…
foldoc: FOLDOC entries (2002)
A network of hyperlinks among entries in the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC, www.foldoc.org), an online dictionary of acronyms and technical terms for computers. An edge points from i to j if the term j is referred to in the entry for term i. Edge weight denotes number of uses of the same term.
This network has 13356 nodes and 120238 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Weighted