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phonner@mathstodon.xyz ("Patrick Honner") wrote:

In 1903, mathematician Frank Norris Cole gave a silent, 1-hour "lecture" that culminated with him multiplying the following two numbers out by hand. His work earned a standing ovation!

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

#Math

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• A multiplication problem: 761838257287 times 193707721 (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Thanks to the magic of WASM, I can now confront my graphviz inadequacies from the comfort of a browser tab.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Haven't published anything since April, but I'm writing almost everyday.

I think I may start publishing shorter "notes" to www.fromjason.xyz rather than wait until I have a full essay.*

*I've said this before

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

Changed my pfp. Everything is okay. Everyone relax. It's fine.

Are you mad at me?

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

You know how email is walled off to the control of like four mega corporations?

Well, we were thinking social media doesn't suck enough, so...

#threads #fediverse

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

whitequark ("✧✦✶✷Catherine✷✶✦✧") wrote:

this is an absolutely fantastic license and i will certainly use it for some of my software https://github.com/meithecatte/bashfuck/blob/master/LICENSE

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

You can tell that a lot of the frontend community misses Flash and Shockwave and Applets and Silverlight because they just can't help re-creating them in JS.

What else could possibly explain needing to load megabytes of code just to show a loading spinner, then a different loading spinner, then a third loading screen?

https://infrequently.org/2024/08/object-lesson/

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I went to find a video that scrolled down my timeline yesterday, but could only find the source of the pressure washer techno:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/teTiW4zUktY

Then I realized Klangphonics were the same people that gave us German folk techno:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H8qrbwfhtn4

And this wonderful set from a forest:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bixtQAq2LzE

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jonikorpi@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Joni Korpi") wrote:

Zillions spent on generative AI development and not a single thing produced that's anywhere near as novel as this https://www.boze-style.com

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• 3 bald Japanese-looking guys and a couple of mannequin heads, all wearing sunglasses and some kind of buttons on their heads. The guys tap the buttons to play the song “Wind Scene” from “Chrono Trigger”. (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:

Three of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematics | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/three-of-the-strangest-paradoxes-in-mathematics/

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

chrisgerhard@toot.bike ("Chris Gerhard :bt:") wrote:

My sister has just made me realise that artisanal is "art is anal" and now I will never be able to unsee it.

You're welcome

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

tor_haxson@heads.social wrote:

#politics

In case you are tired of "journalists" with a 5th grade understand of economics critiquing Kamala's price gouging speech, by shouting "Supply and Demand Bro".

Here is Robert Kuttner(who knows a few things) speaking in support of Kamala.

As for Grocery prices, if you think the market for groceries is a fair, open, and level playing field, and it reacts to supply and demand signals, think again.

https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-08-16-economics-according-to-harris/

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philip_cardella@historians.social ("Philip Cardella") wrote:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/kamala-harris-joy-politics-fight-fascism-1235082079/

I'm not sure this interesting article provides enough evidence to prove this claim. That said, when I questioned a while back if love were possibly the antidote to #fascism it was in seeking something like this.

I won't stretch the idea of love to say it's what's going on here. What I mean is, I wonder what the best cure for fascism is, besides violence, and I'm thinking it must be something like this.

Perhaps it is this. Worth a read. #politics

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“if you want people to come to your party, throw a better party”

https://historians.social/@philip_cardella/112983021860734065

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jackhutton@mstdn.social ("jackhutton 🥥🌴 🇺🇸") wrote:

[The Observer]: Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America. By Carole Cadwalladr

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/18/inciting-rioters-in-britain-was-a-test-run-for-elon-musk-just-see-what-he-plans-for-america

#elonMusk #disinformation
(This is worth reading )

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paradice@mstdn.party ("DnParadice") wrote:

@mastodonmigration what our country needs is millions of voices heard loud and clear not one voice amplified through wealth.

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Gulfie@yiff.life ("I Draw Porn :over18:") wrote:

Remember to keep pirating Disney content so they aren't allowed to kill your wife

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

The MAGA descent into madness continues.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/08/18/how-weird-are-they-getting/

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• Trump supporters are carrying around a pretend jar of JD Vance’s jizz to mock Democrats that are unable to conceive children, just in case anyone wonders why we think they are a cult and just plain fucking weird (remote)

rust@octodon.social ("Rust tips") wrote:

#Rustlang has a #[cold] optimization hint for rarely-called functions, and #[inline(never)] that disables inlining.

Use these two on expensive error handling functions to speed up compilation, reduce code size, and improve effectiveness of instruction cache.

#[cold]#[inline(never)]fn handle_error(err: &dyn Error) -> ! {    …}impl MyError {    #[cold]    #[inline(never)]    pub fn new() -> Self {        …    }}

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Nezchan@wandering.shop ("The Book of Kels") wrote:

The Mythical Man-Moth

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

[Programmers naming something they made]:

"I call it Aristaeus, after the Greek god of cheese. Here's the logo, the docs, and a mascot. It uses a paradigm I invented, which I call 'sigjections.' Under the hood..."

[Programmers when they have to name a CSS class]:

"Noooo don't make me think of things, we shouldn't ask our brains to invent stuff, whyyyy this language is so broken"

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

stevesilberman@newsie.social ("Steve Silberman") wrote:

It's hard to put this into words, but I'd love young people to know how the excitement around the Harris/Walz campaign is not just some hype, it's a *glimpse of normality* - of how Americans can work for the common good, rather than the weird depressing national paralysis in the face of the GOP criminals, bigots, and sociopaths of the past decade. [photo by Jamie Kelter Davis]

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• Kamala Harris and Tim Walz smiling onstage at a rally. (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

wait, wut? at the same time?

‘Ex-president quickly broke away from prepared speech to accuse vice-president of being a communist and a fascist’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/17/trump-pennsylvania-rally

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

morning garden time is wonderful

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• dbe3a9701e4fac4e.jpeg (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

LunarLioness814 ("Mickey") wrote:

Happy #covid #caturday

He's been glued to my side for the last 3 days. Best. Nurse. Ever.

#BooBerryMuffinButt #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #cats

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• Boo boy, a brown/black/white tabby cat, sprawled on the corner of my bed

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CatDragon@mastodon.world ("Catherine is Tired") wrote:

@NZedAUS @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
I have seen numerous Trump signs disappear in the last week. My formerly Trump loving neighbor is furious over his comparison saying the Presidential Medal of Honor is superior to the Congressional Medal of Honor. Apparently the local VFW Club has come to the conclusion that Trump is trash and wants nothing more to do with him. Unless they muzzle him Republicans will be turning away.

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NorcalGma2@sfba.social ("Norcal Gma 2") wrote:

When the sunrise started to fade, it was time to take care of business.
Summer wanted to start her rounds. She will walk the entire property line to make sure we are safe and that there was no unauthorized breach of the fence overnight.
She decided all is well, so we settled comfortably on the deck until her pal was ready to wake up.
We cuddled up with Summer in lap dog mode.
Between us and the ocean, we saw some color. I thought it might be a reflection from the sunrise, but instead, it was a rainbow.
You can't see it in the picture, but the rainbow was double before it was done.
Life really is a series of peaks and valleys. It feels good to be closer to a peak than a valley this week.
#Rainbow

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• A rainbow dissappears into the clouds right before it starts to rain. The valley is golden with early morning light. (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

JoshuaHolland ("Joshua Holland") wrote:

No leopard has ever eaten someone’s face quite as voraciously as this.

#maga #trump #conspiracytheories #raffensperger

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• 2021 Daily Beast headline: “GA Secretary of State won’t rule out voting for Trump—even though Trump threatened him.”
• April 2024 press release: “Secretary Raffensperger Thanks Former President Trump & Speaker Johnson for Supporting His Efforts Against Noncitizen Voting”
• NYT: “This Georgia Republican Defied Trump. Now He’s Fighting a Defamation Suit. “The secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, has spent $500,000 defending himself in court. He says the plaintiff will only settle if he effectively endorses a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2020 election.”

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GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Hi lyin' Trump.

Via Griffin:

Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border dropped again in July to the lowest levels in nearly four years.

Border agents tallied just 56,408 illegal crossings in July — a 32% decline from June and the fifth straight month that the figure has fallen, according to new CBP data. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2024/08/16/united-states-mexico-border-apprehensions-july/

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Jason@fouroclockfarms.club ("Jason 🇵🇸🍉") wrote:

Walz just said Vance would call a runza a hotpocket, and if that isn't the most Nebraska burn I've ever heard...