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didn’t get into in-person WWDC this year

didn’t get into in-person WWDC this year

Tesla Cybertruck front trunk can badly injure misplaced fingers
https://qz.com/tesla-cybertruck-front-trunk-frunk-injury-fingers-1851376456

Lucky it didn't work in Taiwan
https://www.techmeme.com/240405/p4#a240405p4

Gestern: Eine #Wanderung zur Basilika Vierzehnheiligen und zur nah gelegenen Brauerei Trunk inklusive leckerem Nothelfer-Bier. #Oberfranken

Trunk Music (Harry Bosch #5), by Michael Connelly
https://turing.mailstation.de/trunk-music-harry-bosch-5-by-michael-connelly/?feed_id=3261&_unique_id=6631112d02fc8

I love Ben Jann's #Stata graphics add-ons.
But I could never figure out how to change the label on top of the colour bar/legend.
label(subtitle("It goes here"))
Example
sysuse auto, clear

pwcorr price mpg trunk weight length turn foreign, sig
matrix C = r(C)
matrix sig = r(sig)
heatplot C, values(label(sig) format(%9.3f)) color(hcl…

Springtime is about sex, right?
#photography

Tried NameDrop for the first time to quickly exchange contact info with another parent, worked great lol.

Artifact (the app) is finally dead, rip. The news tab in the Perplexity iPhone app is actually decent.

Intense Föhnwind[1] conditions in the mountains yesterday with resulting super weird weather (21℃ in the valley, just <100m below the snowline!) and strange visibility/mist... Didn't get single decent shot, other than this #LichenSubscribe in a group of young sycamores (acer pseudoplatanus) whilst crossing the swampy inflow area of a creek into a lake...
[1]

Foehn wind - Wikipedia

I've just written my first non toy #pikchr diagram and I can see it potentially replacing #ditaa and #artistmode for some of my diagram needs.

It seems like pausing humanitarian efforts is exactly what they want though. 💔

Took a couple days last week to drive out to Joshua Tree National Park with the lab, to see what the spring flowering season looks like so far.
We had gorgeous, cool, clear weather, and some very nice hikes, but didn't see a single Joshua tree in flower.
https://flic.kr/p/2pAhjeh

fungi seen today at Pacific Spirit Park University Endowment Lands #Vancouver BC
Very colourful growing on old logs by the path
Much better versions with more pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees

Guys! The transplanted Arbutus tree is almost as tall as me!
She has some dying leaves curling up I think from shock from the cold snap in January and/or a general lack of moisture, but overall I think she will be fine.
There is no black spot like when we first transplanted her (Nov 2020) and she continues to produce more leaves and branches! The bottom of her trunk is now a solid orange colour. It should peel for the first time soon!

You may have a dirty car, but I bet you don’t have a plant sprouting out from under your trunk lid. #cars #lifeUhFindsAWay

In #PacificDrive, you lose 1 health when you close your trunk while standing directly under the door. I love it!

#30DaysOfBiking, Day 25: A bit over 9km before dinner. Rode through #Tenero (mostly around the railway tracks), alongside the #Verzasca river, and the northern part of the wildlife sanctuary

My first #mosstodon picture - about feet up the trunk of a palm in the garden, on the Western side.

I haven’t received anything about this yet. I’m one of the few who still has IAP recurring billing for Netflix. I actually would’ve definitely paused it from time to time but I didn’t want to lose my IAP payment method. Now if I have to switch to direct billing, I’ll be way more likely to pause or even cancel Netflix.

Thinking about #robot helpers after seeing a few at #GTC last week. What I’d like to see is a robot baby elephant, not a scary robot dog or creepy humanoid. The trunk can pick things up, retractable tusks work like a forklift, and baby elephants are cute.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16719 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csRO_…

OptiState: State Estimation of Legged Robots using Gated Networks with Transformer-based Vision and Kalman Filtering
State estimation for legged robots is challenging due to their highly dynamic motion and limitations imposed by sensor accuracy. By integrating Kalman filtering, optimization, and learning-based modalities, we propose a hybrid solution that combines proprioception and exteroceptive information for estimating the state of the robot's trunk. Leveraging joint encoder and IMU measurements, our Kalman filter is enhanced through a single-rigid body model that incorporates ground reaction force contro…

Better & Faster Large Language Models via Multi-token Prediction
Fabian Gloeckle, Badr Youbi Idrissi, Baptiste Rozi\`ere, David Lopez-Paz, Gabriel Synnaeve
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19737 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.19737
arXiv:2404.19737v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Large language models such as GPT and Llama are trained with a next-token prediction loss. In this work, we suggest that training language models to predict multiple future tokens at once results in higher sample efficiency. More specifically, at each position in the training corpus, we ask the model to predict the following n tokens using n independent output heads, operating on top of a shared model trunk. Considering multi-token prediction as an auxiliary training task, we measure improved downstream capabilities with no overhead in training time for both code and natural language models. The method is increasingly useful for larger model sizes, and keeps its appeal when training for multiple epochs. Gains are especially pronounced on generative benchmarks like coding, where our models consistently outperform strong baselines by several percentage points. Our 13B parameter models solves 12 % more problems on HumanEval and 17 % more on MBPP than comparable next-token models. Experiments on small algorithmic tasks demonstrate that multi-token prediction is favorable for the development of induction heads and algorithmic reasoning capabilities. As an additional benefit, models trained with 4-token prediction are up to 3 times faster at inference, even with large batch sizes.

The Scarecrow Tree, Gothenburg Sweden.
#silentsunday

need the xz miniseries now
https://boehs.org/node/everything-i-know-about-the-xz-backdoor

#goodmorning friends! Today we are visiting friends. Since a couple of years we do this by train. Yes it takes longer but it's cheaper and ways more relaxing. We can both sleep, watch videos, read books, surf the Web, watch people,...
Anyways, I hope you have a great day! Spread some joy, give somebody a smile, get outside 😉

Reminder that all aquatic and #plankton ecologists should be on the #fediverse because the #Mastodon logo looks exactly like a Bosmina

Who wood play with it?
#Drums #DrumKit

OMG sie haben Rincewinds Truhe erfunden!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1120812002/evotrail-worlds-1st-self-following-smart-e-wagon

My first #mosstodon picture - about feet up the trunk of a palm in the garden, on the Western side.

#Mosstodon #lichen #moss

Dope eclipse spectacles https://www.roka.com/products/matador-eclipse-sunglasses

Lots of colourful moss in the woods at Bolderwood Arboretum this morning, including this juniper haircap moss (right) growing everywhere beneath the trees
#mosstodon #Trees #Woodland

🌴 Conflict in the canopy as human and climate factors drive liana dominance over trees
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/conflict-in-the-canopy-as-human-and-climate-factors-drive-liana-dominance-over-trees/

Conflict in the canopy as human and climate factors drive liana dominance over trees
When a tree falls in the forest, lianas hear an opportunity. Figuratively, at least. These long-stemmed woody vines hitch a ride to the canopy by climbing up trees, rather than investing in their own structural support, i.e. a trunk. Evolving an impressive arsenal of adaptations, lianas compete aggressively with other plants for nutrients, water and […]

@… no no I insist I also love all your other features too. It’s just that that elephant’s trunk thing keeps photobombing you.

In an alley in my #WestSeattle neighborhood #spring

Minimal design of the elephant trunk as an active filament
Bartosz Kaczmarski, Sophie Leanza, Renee Zhao, Derek E. Moulton, Ellen Kuhl, Alain Goriely
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.09625

Minimal design of the elephant trunk as an active filament
One of the key problems in active materials is the control of shape through actuation. A fascinating example of such control is the elephant trunk, a long, muscular, and extremely dexterous organ with multiple vital functions. The elephant trunk is an object of fascination for biologists, physicists, and children alike. Its versatility relies on the intricate interplay of multiple unique physical mechanisms and biological design principles. Here we explore these principles using the theory of a…

#thicktrunktuesday
Douglas fir in Pacific Sprit Park #Vancouver #BC

The Scarecrow Tree, Gothenburg Sweden.
#silentsunday

lol the hypocrisy https://www.techmeme.com/240424/p32#a240424p32

:moth_brown:
#tree

Ladder-backed woodpecker on a Joshua tree (Joshua trees are top-notch woodpecker habitat)
#naturalist

We go to the SF Zoo a lot, mainly because it's close by, there’s a fun playground inside, and the buy-once souvenir icee mug with unlimited lifetime refills lol. But it's def not ready to house pandas. Also, pandas are cute but not worth cozying up to the CCP.
https://

too bad (actually probably good thing lol) the yellow lab one is sold out
https://www.aprilinparis.us/products/animal-airtag-holders

Buds on my cherry tree! #BudWatch #TrugLife #Garden #Joy
🌸🍒

In an alley in my #WestSeattle neighborhood #spring

read about this but never tried til now, pretty neat.
https://trunk.lol/@jm3/112115074435495135

Minimal design of the elephant trunk as an active filament
Bartosz Kaczmarski, Sophie Leanza, Renee Zhao, Derek E. Moulton, Ellen Kuhl, Alain Goriely
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.09625

Minimal design of the elephant trunk as an active filament
One of the key problems in active materials is the control of shape through actuation. A fascinating example of such control is the elephant trunk, a long, muscular, and extremely dexterous organ with multiple vital functions. The elephant trunk is an object of fascination for biologists, physicists, and children alike. Its versatility relies on the intricate interplay of multiple unique physical mechanisms and biological design principles. Here we explore these principles using the theory of a…

3 Body Problem e1 was intense.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05511 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mat…

The Wrappingness and Trunkenness of Volume-Preserving Flows
Link invariants of long pieces of orbits of a volume-preserving flow can be used to define diffeomorphism invariants of the flow. In this paper, we extend the notions of wrapping number and trunk and define invariants of links with respect to a fibration on a 3-manifold. Extending work of Dehornoy and Rechtman, we apply this to define diffeomorphism invariants wrappingness and trunkenness of volume-preserving flows on 3-manifolds and interpret these invariants as obstructions to the existence o…

On $RDDT IPO day, let's take a moment to remember Aaron Swartz. http://www.rememberaaronsw.com

problem of using @… ssh lol:
Setting up tailscale (1.60.0) ...
Connection to pi5 closed by remote host.
Connection to pi5 closed.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01790 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@ar…

Excitation-Energy Transfer and Vibronic Relaxation through Light-Harvesting Dendrimer Building Blocks: a Nonadiabatic Perspective
The light-harvesting excitonic properties of poly(phenylene ethynylene) (PPE) extended dendrimers (tree-like π-conjugated macromolecules) involve a directional cascade of local excitation-energy transfer (EET) processes occurring from the "leaves" (shortest branches) to the "trunk" (longest branch), which can be viewed from a vibronic perspective as a sequence of internal conversions occurring among a connected graph of nonadiabatically coupled locally-excited (LE) electronic states via conica…

https://github.com/dlenski/python-vipaccess works great for setting up 2FA with banks that only support Symantec VIP Access, it talks to the Symantec server to get a credentials id and gives you the TOTP shared secret to add to the 2FA app of your choice (I use

#Mosstodon #Vancouver
Pacific Spirit Park UEL

Spending $69 total on calculator app is a bit, but oh well.
(image source @…)

non-NYRR qualifiers entry to this year’s NYCM is wild lol

I wonder what’s the percentage of people copping AVP after demos just because of that birthday spatial video.

wow Kerberos is still a thing, and the most recent release was less than a year ago.
https://web.mit.edu/kerberos/

Wish watchOS has more detail battery usage breakdown. It just needs to last til AWU3 I guess. Or I’ll just give up on my streak and Mac unlock and get rid of AW for good.

The Wrappingness and Trunkenness of Volume-Preserving Flows
Peter Lambert-Cole
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05511 https://arxiv.org/pdf…

The Wrappingness and Trunkenness of Volume-Preserving Flows
Link invariants of long pieces of orbits of a volume-preserving flow can be used to define diffeomorphism invariants of the flow. In this paper, we extend the notions of wrapping number and trunk and define invariants of links with respect to a fibration on a 3-manifold. Extending work of Dehornoy and Rechtman, we apply this to define diffeomorphism invariants wrappingness and trunkenness of volume-preserving flows on 3-manifolds and interpret these invariants as obstructions to the existence o…

On the effect of the luni-solar gravitational attraction on trees
Jean-Louis Le Mou\"el, Dominique Gibert, Jean-Baptiste Boul\'e, Pierpaolo Zuddas, Vincent Courtillot, Fernando Lopes, Marc G\`eze, Alexis Maineult
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07766

On the effect of the luni-solar gravitational attraction on trees
In this paper, we revisit old electrical measurements conducted on a poplar tree in 2003 (Gibert et al. 2006), which showed the presence of a diurnal electrical signal, attributed to an electrokinetic phenomenon correlated with sap flow, even in winter. We reanalyze these data using the singular spectrum analysis method and demonstrate that the electrical signal measured at various locations (roots, trunk, and branches) on the poplar tree can be decomposed to over 80\% into a sum of 7 pseudo-pe…

refurb AVP soon? https://www.techmeme.com/240214/p35#a240214p35

wow, finally, longish flights without wifi really suck, I get that I need to unplug, but I usually need to take care of a bunch of things in the start/end of my vacation lol, and the 6-hour flights are perfect time for that.
https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-

Lyft typo was wild lol

Pi-hole flying on my new Pi 5 so far, not doing unbound for now.

Nice https://www.perplexity.ai/search/Apple-Vision-Pro-aqG9EiGBSxKLySN7AW21eg

Spirit of April
#apple #Blossom #BloomScrolling #Spring

Not happy with the Ring Protect price increase? Cancel your plan now and pick price as reason to let them know.

It's nice that Central Computers is still a thing.