Nostr notes by John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

Ask ProtonMail what's up: https://proton.me/support/contact ...

2026-10-27T15:35:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…ujhp
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Ask ProtonMail what's up:

https://proton.me/support/contact

I've been a customer for a few years and recently got my renewal notice.

Before I renew, I've asked them to justify this. A re-interview of sorts.

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2026-10-23T11:20:06Z

RE: https://greennuclear.online/@collectifission/117488224790193453

"the world's first-ever export agreement for electricity supply from a floating power unit"

What could possibly go wrong?

quoting
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Electricity generated by floating nuclear power plants will be provided to an East Indonesian island, according to an agreement signed by Rosatom and PT Pembangkit Listrik Nuklir.

#Nuclear #News

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/rosatom-signs-floating-nuclear-power-deal-for-indonesia

#LargeLanguageModel #ArtificialIntelligence is like a sewer: what ...

2026-09-23T17:25:12Z

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#LargeLanguageModel #ArtificialIntelligence is like a sewer: what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

Look at what Google Mail hid in my spam folder for nearly a ...

2026-09-02T13:58:32Z

Look at what Google Mail hid in my spam folder for nearly a month:

REMINDER

Google Assistant Privacy Litigation Settlement

If, between May 18, 2016 and March 19, 2026, (a) you purchased a Google-Made Device that uses Google Assistant, or (b) your communications were recorded or otherwise obtained by Google Assistant as a result of a False Accept or disclosed to a third-party review vendor, you could be entitled to payment from a class action settlement.

[FILE A CLAIM NOW]

A COURT DIRECTED THIS NOTICE

https://www.googleassistantprivacylitigation.com/login

Will AI lead to "public safety" robots? ...

2026-08-22T16:36:44Z

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Will AI lead to "public safety" robots?

For just $10, you too can join the Official Elon Musk is a Sad ...

2026-08-15T14:01:32Z

For just $10, you too can join the Official Elon Musk is a Sad Little Bitch with No Friends Monument Design Committee.

https://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/elonhasnofriends

#CardsAgainstHumanity strikes again, and it's wonderful

#ElonMusk

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116966005320576394 This is evil ...

2026-07-23T04:24:36Z

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116966005320576394

This is evil

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ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters

Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors,
leaving kids waiting in shelters for months
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/21/texas-immigrant-children-sponsor-ice-detention-orr-shelters/

Best line I've read in a while: "Hastily untie your ...

2026-07-19T17:33:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…lemn
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Best line I've read in a while:

"Hastily untie your sword-belt, boy,
If you want to catch the titmouse."

From https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/titmouse

Interesting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury

2026-07-02T04:56:58Z

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Interesting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_E-6_Mercury

Vesuvius Challenge: "We read an entire scroll — without ...

2026-06-27T02:18:39Z

Vesuvius Challenge:

"We read an entire scroll — without ever opening it

PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end."

June 25th, 2026

https://scrollprize.org/firstscroll

Healthcare in the US now costs about $12,000/year; for someone ...

2026-06-19T22:47:15Z

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Healthcare in the US now costs about $12,000/year; for someone working a full-time 2000-hour year, that's $6/hour.

The federal minimum wage is $7.25/hour, before taking out income tax.

The minimum wage needs to be raised to a living wage.

Anything less is effectively giving welfare to employers.

The English translation is sub-optimal. Google translates the ...

2026-05-20T09:02:49Z

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The English translation is sub-optimal.

Google translates the German text more accurately as "WARNING! Danger from attacking crows."

I worked with Nolan's eldest two children (from his first ...

2026-05-13T13:44:55Z

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I worked with Nolan's eldest two children (from his first marriage), Alyssa and Brittany. (Brittany was our receptionist over her Christmas break from the Hawaii Prep Academy. Alyssa had graduated from U of Oregon in marketing.)

"President Donald Trump's Department of Justice released ...

2026-05-13T12:51:31Z

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"President Donald Trump's Department of Justice released a stunning memo on Tuesday night claiming that Trump has the authority to take state voter rolls — a claim that directly contradicts several federal court rulings finding the DOJ has no such authority."

In 1988-1989, when I was still just 18-19, I worked for Nolan ...

2026-05-13T12:35:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…mqs8
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In 1988-1989, when I was still just 18-19, I worked for Nolan Bushnell. After making a small fortune mostly with Atari, he and his wife Nancy bought the James Folger mansion in Woodside as a fixer upper.

He liked entertaining clients (and allowed working stiffs like me to tag along) at his pool house and pointing out that down the hill through the trees was the top of Steve Jobs's flag pole.

Those were some good times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._A._Folger

There should be an annual sewing convention, and it should be ...

2026-05-05T14:38:06Z

There should be an annual sewing convention, and it should be held this month so it could be called May Hem.

I was an employee of Atari in 1987 and Activision in 1990-1991, ...

2026-04-29T20:33:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…6cef
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I was an employee of Atari in 1987 and Activision in 1990-1991, when it used the parent name Mediagenic. (I also worked for Atari's founder in 1988-1989 and knew people who had worked for Imagic--with Activision the other big first indie developer--and Accolade.)

It's funny that you mention some of those games. I was technically a co-founder of Iguana Entertainment, which started in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara before moving to Austin and became part of Acclaim Entertainment in 1995, which was probably around when I first met Greg Fischbach. Iguana ported NBA Jam to the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo, and developed Turok. I created the company's development system hardware and was the de facto operations manager until we grew large enough for me to delegate those functions. For Turok, I had to hire an electrician to add 20-amp 110VAC circuits for the 2 SGI Onyx workstations that Nintendo lent us as development systems.

Ah LJN... I recognize that as a brand of Acclaim Entertainment, ...

2026-04-29T10:38:35Z

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Ah LJN... I recognize that as a brand of Acclaim Entertainment, known for its big-name licenses and shovelware dreck games...

I used Ubuntu for about 10 years. But when they migrated to the ...

2026-04-27T20:18:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…c4ry
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I used Ubuntu for about 10 years.

But when they migrated to the snap package manager, I decided that they were no longer "reasonable".

I shopped for attractive alternatives, and for the last few years have been running Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), which has been better overall. (Also: no asterisks in my TTY password entry.)

The problem with nuclear power is that you need a responsible ...

2026-04-23T23:39:44Z

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The problem with nuclear power is that you need a responsible government to regulate it.

France does well with it.

Japan stumbled with Fukushima.

The USSR fumbled with Chernobyl.

The US Navy is now run by someone who fears witches and the US president is a warmongering demented narcissist.

What could possibly go wrong?

Remember that vegetarians eat only vegetables, in case Donald ...

2026-04-20T23:52:57Z

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Remember that vegetarians eat only vegetables, in case Donald Trump ever starts calling himself a humanitarian.

Sounds like the writer has a toot-ache.

2026-04-05T13:47:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…e473
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Sounds like the writer has a toot-ache.

welcome! I heard there was a tethered weather balloon over ...

2026-03-23T05:11:42Z

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welcome! I heard there was a tethered weather balloon over Moffett Field the other day. Maybe from Windborne Systems?

At this rate, I expect that it won't be long until we see ...

2026-03-20T19:56:29Z

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At this rate, I expect that it won't be long until we see cascading failures via the #KesslerSyndrome .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

Freedom Frog!

2026-03-05T06:25:34Z

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Freedom Frog!

"Operation Ep[stein]ic Fury" #IranWar as a cover for ...

2026-03-05T00:40:19Z

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"Operation Ep[stein]ic Fury"

#IranWar as a cover for #EpsteinFiles

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/116092452809280233 Oh ...

2026-02-18T16:15:48Z

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/116092452809280233

Oh dear.

I think I see what's going here: the Trump gang's "Big Beautiful Bill" seems to have undermined one of those pesky "Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" (GAAP), specifically the "matching principle" that's supposed to make expenses offset gains derived from them.

Before Trump, we'd likely call Palantir's action "an accounting irregularity".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generally_Accepted_Accounting_Principles_(United_States)#Matching_principle
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This link worked better for me: "Forget UBI, says an ...

2026-02-17T12:13:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…s32g
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This link worked better for me:

"Forget UBI, says an economist: It’s time for universal basic jobs

Economist Pavlina R. Tcherneva, author of 'The Case for a Job Guarantee.'"

By Cory Doctorow
June 24, 2020 7 AM

Link around paywall to Los Angeles Times:

https://archive.ph/Ar5hg

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2026-02-08T14:21:24Z

RE: https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/top-stories-u7govdf1z/-/a-hpPYM5LFSNaJlhiQUiFpvw%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0

“This is what you do if you’re trying to control a populace, not trying to do routine, professional law enforcement.”

- Naureen Shah, director of immigration advocacy at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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yesterday on approach to Moffett Field (KNUQ) I saw a formation ...

2026-02-07T18:26:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…fyg0
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yesterday on approach to Moffett Field (KNUQ) I saw a formation with 2 F-35 and 2 others--maybe F-16? Did you happen to see that? Do you know what the others were?

Fediverse friends, can you help me out? I've been an ...

2026-02-07T02:30:08Z

Fediverse friends, can you help me out?

I've been an independent contractor for a long time. Now that my salesperson is retiring, I'm looking for work, and open to contract work or regular employment (i.e. "get a real job") in or near Sunnyvale, CA.

I have degrees in computer science and management, usually develop systems of electronic circuits and software, and have been the principal engineer for a startup that grew to about 170, and a project's principal hardware engineer within a company of about 130,000.

Lately I've been getting highly motivated to find work, and open to nearly anything that offers at least a living wage.

I think that I might be doing something wrong with my resume.

If you are so inclined, would you please have a look at my resume (here in HTML, with contact info redacted) and perhaps offer a critique? Please feel free to message privately.

Thanks

https://www.syncopate.us/resumes/carlsen

#FediHire

"Nine Phone Settings to Change Before Attending a Protest ...

2026-01-31T03:27:20Z

"Nine Phone Settings to Change Before Attending a Protest

Lock down your device to protect your privacy."

by Emily Long
January 30, 2026

https://lifehacker.com/tech/phone-security-before-attending-protest

Congressman Ro Khanna via Bluesky today: "Congress is not ...

2026-01-26T02:11:32Z

Congressman Ro Khanna via Bluesky today:

"Congress is not powerless. Democrats must unify around an actual agenda.

1. Vote no on DHS funding bill.

2. Repeal the multi-year $75 billion funding for ICE.

3. End qualified immunity for ICE agents.

4. Investigate and prosecute every single ICE agent who broke the law."

"5. Impeach Noem and Bondi.

6. End the Kavanaugh stops with racial profiling and end the militarization of ICE.

7. Codify a use of force standard so courts can enforce the law against rogue ICE agents.

8. Tear down and replace ICE with an agency that has oversight."

"Trump is engaged in the SYSTEMATIC destruction of the rule of law.

Only if Congress fights with every legal tool at our disposal including lawsuits in the courts, like we are doing with the Epstein files, can we stop this madness."

"We owe that to nurse Pretti and the hundreds of thousands on the streets risking their lives to stand up for our freedoms."

https://bsky.app/profile/rokhanna.bsky.social/post/3mdaxddhzk22z

Are the Second Amendment folks really suddenly saying that ...

2026-01-24T19:24:36Z

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Are the Second Amendment folks really suddenly saying that carrying a gun is grounds for law enforcement to kill the carrier?

I'm interested; could you please cite a source?

CW please

2026-01-17T11:50:34Z

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CW please

I've heard that careers in academic research are often ...

2025-12-28T11:46:10Z

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I've heard that careers in academic research are often described as "publish or perish".

The Baye-Dole Act of 1980 also gave universities the right to own the intellectual property created by their students, which I view as a huge conflict of interests that incentivized their participation in this broken system.

I recall an extreme case in which a Florida university asserted this right to strip an undergraduate of their patent, expel the student, charge the inventor with IP theft, and use that charge to revoke the former student's visa and seek their deportation.

@npub1a4g…89dz @npub174q…ckk8 @npub1kxq…d7nn ...

2025-12-25T00:36:25Z

Weasel (npub1a4g…89dz) Nicole Parsons (npub174q…ckk8) lin11c (npub1kxq…d7nn) [@Free_Press](https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press ) Amish Super Model (npub1lt8…fnyc)

Nice chart! Got a source?

"US bars approvals of new models of DJI, all other foreign ...

2025-12-22T23:23:26Z

"US bars approvals of new models of DJI, all other foreign drones"

By David Shepardson (Reuters)
December 22, 20251:04 PM

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-bars-approvals-of-new-models-of-dji-all-other-foreign-drones/ar-AA1SQKB6

RE: https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/115704213058699379 Meta ...

2025-12-12T03:30:58Z

RE: https://med-mastodon.com/@bicmay/115704213058699379

Meta regularly reminds me how glad I am to have recently deleted my account from Facebook.
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Your "rugpull economy" is a perfect description. It makes ...

2025-12-08T21:17:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…nrrd
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Your "rugpull economy" is a perfect description.

It makes me think of Fitbit, which made a good product with their Ultra Tracker 2, which stopped working after they sold out to Google and started making worthless privacy-invading junk exclusively.

I also think of the Samsung laser printers that were good and cheap, before HP bought the division that was competing with its lucrative (but crummy) ink spitters. (HP used to be good before much of it was bought by Compaq.)

Your claim that the Chernobyl disaster killed only "dozens of ...

2025-12-06T14:04:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…zt0x
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Your claim that the Chernobyl disaster killed only "dozens of people" is flawed.

There seems to be consensus that about 30 were killed immediately or in the immediate aftermath, but "long-term death estimates range from up to 4,000 ... with figures as high as 60,000".

That's 5000 "dozens".

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_disaster

This highlights the need for government that is stable, strong, ...

2025-12-06T06:47:52Z

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This highlights the need for government that is stable, strong, and trustworthy as a prerequisite for having safe nuclear power.

So far, France has done a decent job.

Not so much in Fukushima, Chernobyl, or Three Mile Island.

Your post about nuclear power appeared in my feed unfortunately ...

2025-12-06T06:35:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…43yn
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Your post about nuclear power appeared in my feed unfortunately right after this post, a reminder of the dangers of nuclear power:

https://sfba.social/@hanse_mina@mastodon.social/115670676268507191

I'm highly motivated to find work soon. Can you help? I'm ...

2025-11-21T18:24:40Z

I'm highly motivated to find work soon. Can you help?

I'm open to contracting or regular employment in or near Sunnyvale CA, ideally developing systems of circuits and/or software, including programmable logic (FPGAs etc.) and embedded through application software. I have degrees in computer science, business administration and management, and technical communication.

Ideally I'd like to stay at a level around "senior member of technical staff" for an employer that isn't evil incarnate, using more FOSS/Linux than Microsoft, but I'm quickly getting less picky.

#FediHire #JobSearch

Miller omitted the key word in his paraphrase. I've inserted ...

2025-11-20T16:00:11Z

Miller omitted the key word in his paraphrase. I've inserted it where it belongs:

"White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller ... added, a moment later, 'It’s a general call for rebellion from the CIA and the armed services of the United States by Democrat lawmakers saying that you have not only the right but the duty and the obligation to defy [unlawful] orders of the commander-in-chief.'"

By omitting that one word, he's pushing misinformation, pure and simple.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/call-for-rebellion-stephen-miller-scorches-dems-for-pushing-insurrection-against-trumps-military-orders/

#uspol #Trump #IllegalOrders

Starting last year, I put into HTML more than most people would ...

2025-11-11T04:19:12Z

Starting last year, I put into HTML more than most people would ever want to know about the #mos6502 microprocessor:

https://syncopate.us/articles/2024/b29c

Groucho Marxism...

2025-11-02T00:34:22Z

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Groucho Marxism...

Nearly a year ago: "Deep Atomic launches SMR for data ...

2025-10-11T14:13:35Z

Nearly a year ago:

"Deep Atomic launches SMR for data centres"

Friday, 25 October 2024

"...
Microsoft announced in September it had signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation that will see Three Mile Island unit 1 restarted. Google announced last week it had agreed to purchase energy from Kairos Power under a deal that would support the first commercial deployment of its fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature advanced small modular reactors by 2030 and aim for a fleet totalling 500 MW of capacity by 2035. The following day, Amazon announced a series of agreements that will see it taking a stake in advanced nuclear reactor developer X-energy and rolling out its Xe-100 advanced SMR initially at a project in Washington State.

Meanwhile, the head of Japanese cloud-based gaming services provider Ubitus KK has said it is planning to construct a new data centre and is specifically looking at areas with nearby nuclear power plants to provide the required power."

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/deep-atomic-launches-smr-for-data-centres

However, this morning Google search for the words "Trump" ...

2025-10-01T16:32:02Z

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However, this morning Google search for the words "Trump" and "dementia" returned the following among the results:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_Donald_Trump

The Wikipedia page includes a nice graph showing that now 60% of Americans think that Trump is too old to be President.

The Verge: "Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and ...

2025-10-01T16:01:25Z

The Verge: "Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia

AI Mode uncharacteristically pulls up a list of 10 web links instead of a written explanation."

by Jay Peters
Sep 30, 2025, 2:17 PM PDT

https://www.theverge.com/news/789152/google-ai-searches-blocking-trump-dementia-biden

Cutting straight to the chase: Teen Vogue: "How Tradwives Use ...

2025-09-17T21:45:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…3kd8
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Cutting straight to the chase:

Teen Vogue: "How Tradwives Use Sexism, Racism, and Transphobia to Police Other Women

An excerpt from extremism researcher Cynthia Miller-Idriss's new book, Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism."

By Cynthia Miller-Idriss
September 17, 2025

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-tradwives-use-sexism-racism-and-transphobia-to-police-other-women

I recall something about an oath to uphold the Constitution... ...

2025-08-30T18:20:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…tehy
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I recall something about an oath to uphold the Constitution...

"Is flag burning protected speech? What to know about Trump's order

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of protesters to burn the American flag. Trump administration officials say they can prosecute flag burning without violating the First Amendment."

by BrieAnna J. Frank
USA TODAY
Updated August 25, 2025

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/25/trump-flag-burning-first-amendment/85814151007/

Congratulations! In 2001, I was tasked with giving the first ...

2025-06-19T22:28:59Z

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Congratulations!

In 2001, I was tasked with giving the first 64-bit x86-based computer the ability to adjust ("margin") its internally-regulated voltages, to optimize power consumption as its work loads varied.

I'm glad to see continuing interest and work toward power efficiency in computing!

"Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost ...

2025-06-11T16:37:07Z

"Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired

Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content"

by Eric Holthaus
Wed 11 Jun 2025 06.00 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/climate-website-shut-down-noaa

#uspol #TrumpAdministration #NOAA #ClimateDotGov #ClimateScience #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeDenial #AntiScience

Google seems to have fixed it and added the powerful disclaimer ...

2025-05-30T14:46:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…5dhw
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Google seems to have fixed it and added the powerful disclaimer "Al responses may include mistakes".

Google's "AI Overview" provides an excellent reason never to use Google search ever again.

Link around paywall: "You’re Not Allowed to Have the Best ...

2025-05-17T23:33:13Z

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Link around paywall:

"You’re Not Allowed to Have the Best Sunscreens in the World

Newer, better UV-blocking agents have been in use in other countries for years. Why can’t we have them here?"

By Amanda Mull
July 1, 2022

https://archive.is/uQo9z

"An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon may be about ...

2025-05-10T16:01:37Z

"An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon may be about to erupt

A recent study found increased seismicity and swelling at Axial Seamount, suggesting an eruption could occur sometime this year."

by Denise Chow
May 8, 2025, 11:12 AM PDT

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/underwater-volcano-coast-oregon-may-erupt-rcna205369

On LinkedIn someone sent me a message about an open job. I asked ...

2025-05-06T03:38:12Z

On LinkedIn someone sent me a message about an open job. I asked what it would pay. The person responded asking what my "expectation" was, to which I replied:

My expectation is compliance with California Labor Code - LAB § 432.3, effective January 1, 2023, which requires employers of 15 or more to include reasonably-accurate pay ranges in their job postings.

"America's cyber defenses are being dismantled from the ...

2025-04-29T20:56:50Z

"America's cyber defenses are being dismantled from the inside

The CVE system nearly dying shows that someone has lost the plot"

Opinion
by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Wed 23 Apr 2025 08:27 UTC

"We almost lost the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database system, but that's only the tip of the iceberg of what President Trump and company are doing to US cybersecurity efforts.
..."

https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/23/trump_us_security/

#CyberSecurity

I'm saddened to see the USA's National Science Foundation ...

2025-04-25T18:18:38Z

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I'm saddened to see the USA's National Science Foundation (NSF) gutted by Elon Musk (the immigrant who bought the government).

More than 20 years ago, I was awarded an NSF-backed scholarship that helped me earn a degree in computer science, which later allowed me to teach computer science.

@npub1373…lc7d wow! In 2019, I designed a circuit board for ...

2025-04-25T05:45:40Z

Courtney Rosenthal (npub1373…lc7d) wow!

In 2019, I designed a circuit board for some friends who needed one to connect to an Apollo Guidance Computer they were restoring to demonstrate how it functions. I got to play with it, and got to meet the program's chief engineer, Margaret Hamilton. It was a pretty cool year!

This is appalling--brought to you by a nation leading in the ...

2025-04-10T17:39:28Z

This is appalling--brought to you by a nation leading in the number of cases of preventable diseases such as measles.

Map of State Laws on the Sale of Unpasteurized Cow's Milk, 2012–2019

"[USA] Federal law prohibits the sale of unpasteurized milk across state lines, but individual state laws govern the sale of unpasteurized milk within the state."

https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/php/publications/unpasteurized-cow-milk.html

"Top Tesla investor issues brutal ultimatum to Elon Musk as ...

2025-03-20T06:07:25Z

"Top Tesla investor issues brutal ultimatum to Elon Musk as boycott leads to major stock plunge

Ross Gerber, who owns an estimated $105 million in shares of Tesla stock, called on Elon Musk to step down as head of the company, saying that he 'destroyed' the company's reputation"

By Alana Loftus, Boston reporter
08:20 ET, MAR 19 2025
Updated10:58 ET, MAR 19 2025

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/elon-musk-ultimatum-tesla-stock-34891042

HAVE A SUPER MAR 10 #SuperMario ...

2025-03-10T16:01:02Z

HAVE A SUPER MAR 10

#SuperMario

I recall buying and using a package called something like Borland ...

2025-03-09T16:55:23Z

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I recall buying and using a package called something like Borland C/C++ for Windows; they had dropped the "Turbo" monicker and included a lot of printed manuals.

After experimenting with it a little, my employer pressed me into service creating its first Windows-based tools, which we used to create the video game NFL Quarterback Club. The first year our games were for Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, but my tools were used for many annual sequels. (Legacy code...)

Olivia Fig Newton John!

2025-01-26T18:57:27Z

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Olivia Fig Newton John!

Did you perhaps mean ptr1 != ptr2 ?

2025-01-06T06:13:06Z

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Did you perhaps mean *ptr1 != *ptr2 ?

I'm fascinated by what's returned from a web search on ...

2024-12-24T17:30:36Z

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I'm fascinated by what's returned from a web search on just the words "Trump" and "unfit", and that he still won the election.

Apparently more Americans wanted a President who is "unfit" than one who is "female".

Thanks. If that's ENIG, it looks like their nickel barrier ...

2024-12-22T12:43:09Z

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Thanks.

If that's ENIG, it looks like their nickel barrier layer has been stingy (maybe through a bad electrode) and inadequate to prevent the gold atoms from sinking into the copper.

Yikes

I can't quite tell from the color of the surface finish, but ...

2024-12-22T12:29:02Z

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I can't quite tell from the color of the surface finish, but are you getting different fabrication processes from them as well?

It looks like immersion gold over bare copper on some and maybe ENIG on others.

What has the United States done to improve the working conditions ...

2024-12-14T18:15:37Z

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What has the United States done to improve the working conditions in slaughterhouses and meat packing plants in the 120 years since Upton Sinclair?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle

Good! "...at Albertsons stores... prices are 10-12% higher ...

2024-12-11T06:46:18Z

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Good!

"...at Albertsons stores... prices are 10-12% higher than at Kroger stores."

In my area, Albertsons already owns Safeway and Lucky stores. There's barely an illusion of choice.

(I avoid both.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertsons

"The words ‘deny’, ‘defend’ and ‘depose’ were ...

2024-12-07T19:49:33Z

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"The words ‘deny’, ‘defend’ and ‘depose’ were carved into shell casings found at the scene...

The words evoke the title of Jay Feinman’s 2010 book critical of the insurance industry ‘Delay Deny Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It’."

This week, the "and What You Can Do About It" part draws particular attention.

Before a presentation at the #ComputerHistoryMuseum (I think in ...

2024-12-07T19:01:58Z

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Before a presentation at the #ComputerHistoryMuseum (I think in 2019) seated up front I happened to notice Donald Knuth (largely thanks to his name tag).

I introduced myself and thanked him for his work, which of course has had a big impact on mine.

"Gay hobbit fan-fiction" is not a term that I expected to ...

2024-12-04T18:23:15Z

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"Gay hobbit fan-fiction" is not a term that I expected to encounter today, this week, or ever.

Now it has affected my whole world view.

Suddenly those fan-made gay Star Trek red shirt romances don't seem so odd.

Thanks @npub1h7u…nfql for pointing that out! When I searched, I ...

2024-11-29T17:29:02Z

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Thanks Lisa Gets Politik (npub1h7u…nfql) for pointing that out! When I searched, I found this nice piece:

"Donald Trump Has Not Won a Majority of the Votes Cast for President

Donald Trump’s popular vote total has fallen below 50 percent, and his margin over Kamala Harris has narrowed considerably as all the votes are counted."

by John Nichols
November 19, 2024

"... When Trump pushes back against congressional oversight by claiming that his appointments and policies reflect the will of the electorate, members of the House and Senate can counter that specious claim by explaining that the majority of the American people did not vote for him."

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/donald-trump-vote-margin-narrowed/

"defaulting to left alignment"* * when using a language ...

2024-11-24T13:15:28Z

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"defaulting to left alignment"*

* when using a language that is read left-to-right

Reduce Reuse Recycle One out of three is still a step in the ...

2024-11-12T15:11:24Z

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Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

One out of three is still a step in the right direction.

I too like ProtonMail. I've been migrating away from Google ...

2024-11-05T11:27:59Z

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I too like ProtonMail.

I've been migrating away from Google products and services, and Proton has provided reasonable replacements.

Is the Voyager 1 probe really a satellite?

2024-11-01T17:36:42Z

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Is the Voyager 1 probe really a satellite?

I checked my local library's catalog for "Right-Wing ...

2024-11-01T05:25:48Z

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I checked my local library's catalog for "Right-Wing Women" and it asked if I was searching for "bright young women". It appealed to my sense of humor, which said "No, I'm really not."

But I like things that challenge my points of view, so thanks for the recommendation.

(Also, it looks like it was published in 1983 and available through inter-library loan.)

"Seth Meyers just uploaded the comic book version of Project ...

2024-10-30T11:14:04Z

"Seth Meyers just uploaded the comic book version of Project 2025 online, and said: 'Project 2025 is too long to read which is why it's great that a bunch of comic book creators got together to show you exactly how scary is.' Here is a link to the comic book version of Project 2025. You have to do a bot verification first to see it, but it's worth it."

https://stopproject2025comic.org/
#Project2025

(from Facebook)

This is everything I could have hoped for: "In fact, the ...

2024-10-29T00:40:41Z

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This is everything I could have hoped for:

"In fact, the report not only notes that it [the upcoming movie about The Oregon Trail game] will be a comedy—it says it will be a musical, too. ... 'You have died of dysentery.'"

Comedy is in the eye of the beholder. GOP: "The Holocaust was ...

2024-10-28T17:11:34Z

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Comedy is in the eye of the beholder.

GOP: "The Holocaust was a gas!"

everyone else: "Umm..."

"Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant (TOTP [Top of the Pops] ...

2024-10-22T23:58:54Z

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"Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant (TOTP [Top of the Pops] 1985) Original audio"

https://youtu.be/vYcXrtiIb2U

#music #ToyDolls

"Oakland Zoo's Last African Male Elephant, Osh, Moves to ...

2024-10-22T23:55:38Z

"Oakland Zoo's Last African Male Elephant, Osh, Moves to New Home at The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee"

Oakland Zoo
October 21, 2024

https://www.oaklandzoo.org/news/osh-in-tennessee

That story is nearly 4 years old (December 17, 2020), though no ...

2024-10-19T19:19:41Z

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That story is nearly 4 years old (December 17, 2020), though no less true today.

Also, annual inflation has been about 4% for my lifetime.

There's a better article linked in the original post: ...

2024-10-09T14:54:25Z

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There's a better article linked in the original post:

"‘Thirsty’ ChatGPT uses four times more water than previously thought

Using a chatbot for up to 50 queries consumes about two litres of water
Using a chatbot for up to 50 queries consumes about two litres of water"

by Mark Sellman, Technology Correspondent | Adam Vaughan, Environment Editor
Friday October 04 2024, 3.15pm BST, The Times

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/thirsty-chatgpt-uses-four-times-more-water-than-previously-thought-bc0pqswdr

"The district has defended its dress code, which says its ...

2024-10-05T12:02:56Z

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"The district has defended its dress code, which says its policies for students are meant to 'teach grooming and hygiene, instill discipline, prevent disruption, avoid safety hazards and teach respect for authority.'"

That's some authoritarian bullshit right there.

That, and that Texas had to pass a law that took effect in September 2023 to bar "employers and schools from penalizing people because of hair texture or protective hairstyles including Afros, braids, locs, twists or Bantu knots."

Texas has problems.

"Vote for the party with the power to control the ...

2024-10-04T15:56:56Z

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"Vote for the party with the power to control the weather" has a nice ring to it...

as does "Democrats reign and Republicans get rained on".

Wouldn't it be fun to replace the saying "not for all the ...

2024-10-02T15:24:42Z

Wouldn't it be fun to replace the saying "not for all the tea in China" with something like "not for all the Republicans on Grindr"?

Best response to "Do your own research!" (stolen via ...

2024-09-23T15:56:33Z

Best response to "Do your own research!"

(stolen via Facebook)

Let's not forget that Trump brags about having overturned Roe ...

2024-09-19T14:11:36Z

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Let's not forget that Trump brags about having overturned Roe v. Wade.

That's more blood on his hands.

"Tim Walz rally crowd trolls Trump with chants of ‘we ...

2024-09-14T15:17:25Z

"Tim Walz rally crowd trolls Trump with chants of ‘we don’t eat cats’

Minnesota governor also thanked the cat-loving pop star Taylor Swift who announced her endorsement of the Harris-Walz ticket moments after the debate concluded"

by James Liddell
[September 13, 2024]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tim-walz-rally-trump-eat-cats-michigan-b2612313.html

It turns out that Donald Trump is little more than a tax cheater. ...

2024-09-14T12:52:40Z

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It turns out that Donald Trump is little more than a tax cheater.

(One of my degrees is in accounting, with a taxation emphasis, so I know the difference between "tax avoidance", which is legal, and "tax evasion", which is not.)

"Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father

The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s."

By DAVID BARSTOW, SUSANNE CRAIG and RUSS BUETTNER

Oct. 2, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html

Key take-away: "the former president’s net worth increased ...

2024-09-14T12:35:21Z

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Key take-away: "the former president’s net worth increased $217 million to $3.9 billion"

This only secured Trump's place as a *marginal* businessman.

Assuming he had inherited $400MM when he was 18 (60 years ago), simply adjusting for "the time value of money" (keeping up with inflation), it would be worth 10.5 times as much today, or $4.2-billion.

What was true about Trump in 2021 seems to hold true today:

"It’s Official: Trump Would Be Richer If He Had Just Invested His Inheritance Into The S&P 500

It’s Official: Trump Would Be Richer If He Had Just Invested His Inheritance Into The S&P 500"

by Dan Alexander
Oct 11, 2021 06:30am EDT

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2021/10/11/its-official-trump-would-be-richer-if-he-had-just-invested-his-inheritance-into-the-sp500/

"Trump’s Net Worth Jumps $200 Million After He Says He ...

2024-09-14T12:22:05Z

"Trump’s Net Worth Jumps $200 Million After He Says He Won’t Sell DJT Stock"

by Antonio Pequeño IV
Sep 13, 2024 05:37pm EDT

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/09/13/trumps-net-worth-jumps-200-million-after-he-says-he-wont-sell-djt-stock/

I put off a few of those "upgrade" notifications. A few ...

2024-09-01T20:01:36Z

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I put off a few of those "upgrade" notifications.

A few months ago, I migrated from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (yes, a 10-year-old version) to Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 (#LMDE6).

So far, I don't mind it, and I don't miss Ubuntu.

#Linux

Skynet became self-aware on August 29, 1997. ...

2024-08-29T16:22:49Z

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Skynet became self-aware on August 29, 1997.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)

According to the film, Skynet is now 27 years overdue.

Technology still seems less of an existential threat than billionaires.

And yes, just "imagine" such a thing happening (or read ...

2024-08-21T13:35:29Z

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And yes, just "imagine" such a thing happening (or read about it actually having happened):

"Trump pardons Steve Bannon as one of his final acts in office"

By Pamela Brown, Paul LeBlanc and Kaitlan Collins, CNN
Updated 7:08 AM EST, Wed January 20, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/steve-bannon-pardoned-by-trump/index.html