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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
oh, it really *is* raining 🌧️
guess i’ll walk again in a bit
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Speaking of which, I know I'm pretty late to this party, but ELO is a pretty good band.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
People, ya ain't gotta yuck other people's yums... Let someone profess their love of something they like without dumping on it. Unless they specifically ask your opinion, if you don't like it, say nothing and move along. Sheesh.
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brainblasted@crab.garden ("Chris 🌱 :verified_purple:") wrote:
Comic lovers, who are your favorite artists?
I really like:
- Ryan Ottley* Bryan Hitch* Dave Marquez* Giuseppe Camuncoli* Sara Pichelli* Greg Capullo
:boost_requested:
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
TIL that power lines were once used for radio broadcasting. The programme could be received at a close proximity to the power lines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linjesender
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_current
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
adanvers@nerdculture.de ("Alex Danvers") wrote:
Neat!
"This post is my first attempt to develop an analogy that connects least squares methods, like regression or PCA, to physical intuition about springs or elastics."
https://joshualoftus.com/posts/2020-11-23-least-squares-as-springs/least-squares-as-springs.html
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, this is a very cool use of graphics, physical analogies, and simple csv data for stats edu
https://nerdculture.de/@adanvers/110849610591755933
/icymi @DrSuzanne
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CastlebridgeChief@mastodon.ie ("Cbridge_Chief") wrote:
Jebus. #Zoom has made a dogs breakfast of their TOS changes.
But a key point: if you have to write a long blog post ‘explaining’ your TOS in a way that materially contradicts your TOS then your TOS is a Tonne Of Shit.
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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
OK last announcement.
If you live in *Ohio* you should have voted "no" by now. But, if you haven't you still have till the end of Aug 8th! Time to search up your poll site and get going!
(But, don't feel bad if this referendum caught you off guard, Ohio Republicans are hoping no one will show up to vote.)
Vote NO on issue 1. It's a strange constitutional amendment that changes the threshold to make it possible for a small group to veto everything. It's the only thing on the ballot.
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Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online ("Teri Kanefield") wrote:
Yesterday, I got very testy with the weekend reactions to Trump's social media post.
From the left are coming cries of LOCK HIM UP BRING DOWN THE HAMMER
These are fascist chants and strongman worship.
Rule of law is deliberate and follows procedures.
I see people who should know better chanting LOCK HIM UP.
Two causes:
(1) Trump taught everyone to worship and crave a strongman.
(2) The nature of social media is turning us all into authoritarians.
Never imitate what is ugly.
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cwebber@octodon.social ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:
"Warm regards, [Sales Rep Name]."
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
stumbled over an archive of an old and outdated course... I stopped teaching it because they would not pay me for the time to revise it and bring it up-to-date from the 2017 prototype/draft
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wendypalmer@mastodon.au ("Wendy Palmer") wrote:
This is one of my favourite purchases ever: a chair that flips into being a stepladder. The seller called it a library chair.
I bought it mostly for novelty reasons but it’s proven very handy.
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- An ordinary-looking wooden chair, except it has hinges about 1/4 in on the seat and a rung-style backrest. There’s a footrest-type strut between the legs. (remote)
- Flipped on the hinges, the top of backrest of the chair now rests on the ground while the front legs are upside down and up top. The strut (in two parts), and the upside down seat in between, form the steps of the stepladder. (remote)
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neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk ("Neil Brown") wrote:
Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom!
I'm monitoring your room
Your content's mine to gather
From now until forever
Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom!
I watching you go boom boom
I'm listening to your blather
Together in your roomWith apologies to the Vengaboys.
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
First thing this morning my brain requested we play Juno Reactor's "God is God":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN4XhyrYBUE
Then after that it requested Bangles' "Manic Monday".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpsT00cpGrg
My inner DJ is sort of like, "Well, kind of jarring combo, but you're payin' the bills for this gig, so... party on, friend."
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the milkweed seems happy
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
giant machines are attacking the pavement outside... 🚜
it must be time for a break
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webmink@meshed.cloud ("Simon Phipps") wrote:
I made a page so I can explain to clients why I'm not using #Zoom.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, this is sweet:
"Re-exporting is useful when the internal structure of your code is different from how programmers calling your code would think about the domain... With pub use, we can write our code with one structure but expose a different structure. Doing so makes our library well organized for programmers working on the library and programmers calling the library. "
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
eminently sensible:
"If we use pub before a struct definition, we make the struct public, but the struct’s fields will still be private. We can make each field public or not on a case-by-case basis... if we make an enum public, all of its variants are then public. We only need the pub before the enum keyword"
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, this makes a lot of sense to me as a project pattern:
"...a package can contain both a src/main.rs binary crate root as well as a src/lib.rs library crate root, and both crates will have the package name by default. Typically, packages with this pattern of containing both a library and a binary crate will have just enough code in the binary crate to start an executable that calls code with the library crate...
The module tree should be defined in src/lib.rs. Then, any public items can be used in the binary crate by starting paths with the name of the package. The binary crate becomes a user of the library crate just like a completely external crate would use the library crate: it can only use the public API. This helps you design a good API"
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
reviewing https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch07-02-defining-modules-to-control-scope-and-privacy.html again... the details of a complex project can kill ya, so best to pay attention from the gety-go
https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch07-02-defining-modules-to-control-scope-and-privacy.html
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Ex-Minneapolis officer sentenced to nearly 5 years on state charge for role in #GeorgeFloyd’s death
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SueInRockville@mstdn.social ("Sue Cohen") wrote:
Please share with all OHIO voters:
Richard Uihlein, an IL billionaire right-wing megadonor has given $4M & other contributions come from GA,TN & more
Only 14% of money raised (under $700K) has come from within OH
https://newrepublic.com/post/174761/right-wing-billionaires-funneling-money-stop-ohio-abortion-ballot
#DefeatGOPFascists
#VoteNoOnIssue1
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The cyberpunk dream of uploading our minds to cyberspace has been downgraded to immortalizing zoom calls in a machine-learning database somewhere, without our consent.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/07/i-am-an-ai-training-module/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Watching the closet racists scramble to repudiate or make excuses for Richard Hanania. It's a difficult choice for them. Easy for me, at least.
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, so it would have to be a very *short* elephant’s eye, but still…
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘the world is changing, and I am determined not to be happy about that’
srsly ppl, there are bigger issues in this fork of reality
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘… said pairing facial recognition technology with an eyewitness identification should not be the basis for charging someone with a crime. Even if that similar-looking person is innocent, an eyewitness who is asked to make the same comparison is likely to repeat the mistake made by the computer.
“It is circular and dangerous,” Dr. Wells said. “You’ve got a very powerful tool that, if it searches enough faces, will always yield people who look like the person on the surveillance image.”
Dr. Wells said the technology compounds an existing problem with eyewitnesses. “They assume when you show them a six-pack, the real person is there,” he said.’
add in the reality that black people are much more likely to be mis-identified, and you get a really bad pattern. 6 of 6 bad IDs is bad indeed.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I think, in the intermediate to long term, this divide is Putin’s most serious political problem: “…also heard ambivalent voices like Ms. Rolikova’s, along with a few raised in outright dissent, especially from young people in a country with a stark generational divide.”