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"Tiling with Three Polygons is Undecidable"
Erik D. Demaine; Stefan Langerman 17 Sep 2024
Abstract
We prove that the following problem is co-RE-complete and thus undecidable: given three simple polygons, is there a tiling of the plane where every tile is an isometry of one of the three polygons (either allowing or forbidding reflections)? This result improves on the best previous construction which requires five polygons.
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It remains open whether tiling …

@… Very cool!
I agree. This isn’t the 1980s any more, and we’re past the point that one person can build an operating system. And this is a large chunk of an operating system.
This is why I’m not even trying. But if people were willing to try with me, and I trusted them, I might change my mind.
(Unrelated: I am working on another pair of “…

Sonnet 033 - XXXIII
Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Flatter the mountain tops with sovereign eye,
Kissing with golden face the meadows green,
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy;
Anon permit the basest clouds to ride
With ugly rack on his celestial face,
And from the forlorn world his visage hide,
Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace:
Even so my sun one early morn did shine,
With all triumphant splendour on my …

#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 04 - Stardrive
AVON: They couldn't. Which means that that one has been fitted with a new form of main drive unit.
ORAC: Which also means that the photonic space drive has been finally perfected by Dr. Plaxton.

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"We have been in #Palestine for twelve years [i.e., since the #Balfour Declaration] without having even once made a serious attempt at seeking through negotiations the consent of the #indigenous peo…

Lessons from a disillusioned Zionist
The year 1929 is a crucial one in the history of Zionism and Palestine. For nearly half a century already, the Zionist movement had been establishing settlements in Palestine, under Ottoman and then British rule. Those decades saw some clashes between Zionist Jews and Palestinian Arabs, but the violence remained

Is "decentralizedwashing" a term yet? See recent #bluesky discussions like: https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/113487613965056474

I am writing a #podcast feed generator with @…
It is interesting how no two podcast feed look the same. Some have one or two namespaces (usually itunes and podcasting 2.0) and some have over half a dozen (rawvoice, googleplay, purl, atom, etc.).
itunes tags greatly vary in quantity and syntax. Several of them are not even listed on the Apple official page for Podcast RSS pages. https://help.apple.com/itc/podcasts_connect/#/itcb54353390
Of course, that page is incomplete and you can find other tags that are still in use in their documentation...
Some people added tags from podcasting 2.0 that never got accepted, and are not even mentionned as proposed anymore (for instance, @… uses podcast:id).
Some publsh enclosures in formats nobody understands (for instance, Peertube publishes m3u8 files...)
This is an incredible mess. And I'll probably add to it by publishing one more incomplete generator 😅

Of course the person who makes cool videos about popcorn mode (my new microwave seems to have the bad one btw ;-; idk why they don’t have this on the spec sheet), pinball machines, dishwashers and stuff would be on fedi, idk how that didn’t occur to me before

C08 - Rumours of Death
[Avon and Tarrant break into Servalan's empty office, and leave. They then break into Surveillance. Avon shakes Grenlee in his chair.]
AVON: Hey! Wake up! [Grenlee groans throughout.] Where is Servalan? Where is Servalan!?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/308/477…

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Series C, Episode 04 - Dawn of the Gods
DAYNA: It had a sort of claw.
AVON: Designed to tear things apart. Space craft, for example.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/304/219 B7B4

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«How to Learn Rust in 2024: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Rust Programming»
– from @… on @… blog
Yes, I admit, I have to seriously go through this because I still find learning Rust difficult.
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How to Learn Rust in 2024: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Rust Programming | The RustRover Blog
So, you're thinking about choosing Rust as your next programming language to learn. You already know what it means to write code and have some experience with at least one programming language, probab

One week to go with last places up for grabs! Join us at DINAcon 2024 next week in Bern to hear about:
💠 AI in Parliament: A Roadmap for the Parliamentary Library { Jacqueline Kucera }
🌸 How can large language models be used for sustainable procurement? { Marcel Gygli, Luca Rolshoven }
🌿 Source code sovereignty: local alternatives for an independent digital future { Tobias Brunner }
🧑‍⚖️ My workshop on open source contracts with Simon Schlauri
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CH Open DINAcon 2024 in Bern | Wissenschaft und Technik
Veranstaltung am 21.11.2024 in Bern. Die DINAcon ist ein Event für digitale Nachhaltigkeit unter dem Motto "Zukunftsmodelle für eine digi

Series C, Episode 02 - Powerplay
DAYNA: Whh, he's just one less to deal with, do we care why? [pause] But why leave him sitting there?
AVON: To delay discovery and give the murderer a chance to get away.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/302/286 B7B4

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Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
MORI: [V.O.] If you come in that approach, you will find no detectors to pick you up, and no opposition.
SERVALAN: Excellent. We will regroup immediately and approach on that bearing.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/565 B7B3

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turn of the century chinafakes are something else

Finally finished building this prototyping station, for designing synthesizer circuits from scratch. Super excited to start using it! #diysynth #electronics

EDU DIY Labor
Get started in circuit design with MKI x ES Labor. Developed in collaboration with Dr. Shalom D. Ruben teaching professor for engineering at the University of Colorado Labor is a fully-featured circuit design playground and a powerful electronics learning tool all in one. Created with the aim of se…

Series A, Episode 10 - Breakdown
JENNA: It all happened so quickly. One minute he was crying with pain, then he went beserk.
VILA: I'm glad he's a friend. Could get very painful if he really didn't like you.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/110/10 B7B3

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#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 11 - Moloch
CALLY: What sort of answer's that?
ORAC: A succinct one. - To elaborate, the Sardoans avoid any form of social contact which might lead to genetic change. Their decision to avoid the normal evolutionary process followed exhaustive computer projections into their future.

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Series B, Episode 08 - Hostage
AVON: Blake, there's a mass of ionized particles, vector three nine. If we can fly into it it could confuse their scanners for just long enough.
BLAKE: Avon might be right. Tangent one eight. Go for it.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/208/38 B…

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Phil Lesh and Friends - 4-16-99 at the Warfield Theater. This whole show is just one great performance after another. The band that night was a little special too- featuring Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell, Kimock and Mrs. Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay herself on vocals. Another perfect soundboard from the archive -
https://archive.org/details/1999-04-16.paf.sbd.unknown.10169.sbeok.flacf

#yahoo app puts delete next to select... am I a grumpy old git with overly fat thumbs or what? Why have a select option and not let me select on one click. GUI design has really gone down the pan and why can't I decide how I want to have my menus appear? Where is AI when you need it. Are there ANY #android

Series B, Episode 05 - Pressure Point
AVON: [Completes his dash with Gan catching him. Places his hand on Blake's arm.] Thank you.
BLAKE: [To Vila] How long?
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/205/449 B7B5

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Series C, Episode 03 - Volcano
SERVALAN: [V.O.] Message received. Battle fleet, withhold action.
[Two troopers enter, one carrying Orac.]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/303/435 B7B5

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A new picture of the Evilstick (#Evilstick

Evilstick - Chinafake Wiki
Evilstick is a battery operated toy wand that was made by an unknown company. It gained infamy in November of 2014 after it was found that some versions contained...

Series B, Episode 03 - Weapon
TRAVIS: And the slave pits?
SERVALAN: When you're of no further use to me, Travis.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/203/68 B7B2

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Series B, Episode 04 - Horizon
BLAKE: They don't.
GUARD: You. [Signals to Selma] Come with me.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/204/475 B7B5

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Sonnet 008 - VIII
Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy:
Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly,
Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?
If the true concord of well-tuned sounds,
By unions married, do offend thine ear,
They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds
In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear.
Mark how one string, sweet husband to …

Unpopular opinion on software development
Yesterday, I came across CI cultists.
They were preaching one should merge in main multiple times a day.
Quite frankly, I associate this behaviour to lab rats compulsively clicking the button to get gratifications (please don't do that to rats).
I think developers should refrain from becoming merge junkies. Code review is essential for good code quality. Automated tests suck at detecting logical errors, security vulnerabilities, and even decent code coverage.
Also, I believe pair programming is absolutely not a strategy to allow continuous integration. Everybody involved in the development process is drunk on their own bullshit reasons they made up to justify their poor design. Either the code review should be done by someone else, or the developers should sober up for a fortnight before code reviewing their own code.
PS: I am a software developer. I get drunk on my own bullshit as well.
#software #development #ci #codereview

#Blakes7 Series D, Episode 08 - Games
TARRANT: Well not exactly. These things chuck the lot at you. Flying the real thing's nothing after one of these.
GAMBIT: Countdown eight minutes, still running.
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One of the best versions of Box of Rain imo.(https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1973/02/15/09-box-of-rainflac?source=336422)
https://ia903207.us.archive.org/27/items/gd1973-02-15.150175.sbd-fixed.miller.flac1648/09 Box Of Rain.mp3

Series A, Episode 03 - Cygnus Alpha
BLAKE: Well, I doubt whether we'd understand the manuals, so go ahead and try one. Go on.
JENNA: Well, don't blame me if it's self-destruct.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/103/50 B7B2

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Welcome! You've reached the official Fediverse (or Bluesky) account of the Chinafake Wiki at https://chinafake.wiki! We specialize in creating a database of bootleg and generic toys from China. (ever been to one of those small dollar stores that isn't part of a chain?) Visit us at

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Busy weekend @bluegenieartbazaar
everyday 10am-10pm through December 23, 10-6 December 24th. 200 artists in one location 6100 Airport Blvd. Sewing like the wind! @nakatsubyjna #handmade #vinylbags #bagmaker #localart #austintexas #austintx #atx