Tootfinder

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116604242170320306
Still trying to find the source… several leads so far turned out to be duds (though nostalgic/amusing)

Ich gehe ja nur wegen der wirklichen Pro-Tipps zur Physiotherapie. Zum Beispiel: "Statt dieser Duobälle fürs Faszienrollen können Sie auch einfach zwei Tennisbälle in eine Socken geben. Damit sind Sie flexibler und können den Abstand zwischen den Bällen regulieren, für das Ausrollen von Hüfte und Gluteus, am besten an der Wand, und vor allem von den Waden, am Boden."

Just wrote a fun little algorithm for iterating through all grid positions within X euclidean distance from a center, roughly in order of distance but also mostly ensuring each position yielded is at least diagonally adjacent to the previous. It's a fun problem to think about with lots of design tradeoffs and many valid solutions.
My solution requires that the origin be on the grid (I think?) and uses a bunch of caching instead of a bajillion distance checks, although I don't actually know what the memory/speed tradeoff is like or whether there are any gains at all (could be net losses, which I'm starting to wonder about more as I write this post). Thankfully I don't expect performance to be very critical here anyways, and doing the caching actually helped separate some logic in a useful way.
A fun little diversion from bigger stuff in the project and a reminder of some of the joys of programming design at a small scope. Feels kinda like mastering the local town's minigame while you're stuck on the main quest in an RPG.
#programming

Zahltag nach der WM? - Millionen-Angebot für umworbenen ÖFB-Teamspieler #News #Nachrichten

Imagine you bought a ThinkPad X230 for $1200 in 2012, and in 2026 you're like "actually, this machine is still fine, I see no reason to upgrade"

Moonrise

Derek going savage #shitpost #coolcat #lolcow

Nuclear scientists and the University of Michigan want to build a massive data center in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan.
If built, the data center will, among other things, run simulations to help America build nuclear weapons.
The residents of Ypsilanti Township overwhelmingly oppose the construction of the data center
and voiced their opposition to the computer warehouse during a public board meeting on June 16.
In a show of support that’s often rare from local lead…

'We Will Fight to Our Very Last Breath:' Township Leaders Vow to Fight Nuclear AI Data Center
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and a proposed nuclear weapons AI data center in Michigan have earned the ire of community leaders.

Trees have a hidden climate superpower: They keep absorbing carbon long after growth stops https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/trees-have-a-hidden-climate-superpower-they-keep-ab…

Trees have a hidden climate superpower: They keep absorbing carbon long after growth stops
For decades, forests have occupied a central place in discussions about climate change. Trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, convert it into organic matter and store part of that carbon in their trunks, branches and roots.

I can see the CA hashes that #Intel publishes in their AMT docs also in the MFS in my #firmware samples. This one is from a ThinkPad X230, so it's version 8.x.