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johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz ("John Carlos Baez") wrote:

Check out the FBI's files on the mathematician Paul Erdős! You may know him as the author of 1500 math papers, endlessly traveling and collaborating. But to the FBI he seemed suspicious, because he came from behind the Iron Curtain, got caught poking around a secret radio tower in 1941, worked with a mathematician from China, and refused to take a loyalty oath.

In 1954 he was barred from re-entering US after going to Amsterdam to address the International Congress of Mathematics. But 5 years later he was granted a visa after Hubert Humphrey intervened on his behalf.

The FBI eventually decided he was ”purely a mathematician with typical atmospheric mind as related to factual things.... a genius type who lives within his own mental scope".

https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2015/jul/21/nothing-indicate-nothing-indicate-subject-had-any-/

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

Anyway, not everyone was high on premium-grade, DC-strength medicinal centrism. The Guardian was at least on the right side of history:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/03/arguing-with-zombies-review-paul-krugman-trump-republicans

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

Quinnypig@awscommunity.social ("Corey Quinn") wrote:

Washington is one of only two states in the US to legalize mutual combat, so I’m really hoping that whoever owns the Managed NAT Gateway at AWS accepts my challenge.

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

Presumably this was written *just* before Jan 6th, and I cannot stress enough how wrong the entire thrust of this piece was. In the years since, Republicans have proven themselves everything Krugman showed them to be and nothing like Mallaby hoped.

Literally every still-serving R they held out hope for voted against the IRA:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00325.htm

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• A 'graf that has proven disastrously wrong: 'Go back to the example of climate change—a topic chosen, remember, because it fits relatively easily into Krugman’s Manichaean worldview. Contrary to Krugman’s assumption, not all Republicans have the same outlook. President Trump has mocked climate science, but Republican senators such as Lamar Alexander and Lisa Murkowski are at least willing to acknowledge global warming and to call for extra research into renewable energy sources. Senator Lindsey Graham, usually an abject Trump defender, recently urged the president “to look at the science, admit that climate change is real, and come up with solutions.” In April, Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, another Trumpy Republican, tweeted, “I didn’t come to Congress to argue with a thermometer, and I think that more of my colleagues need to realize that the science of global warming is irrefutable.”' (remote)

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

Was looking for a decent reference to Krugman's "zombie ideas" and had missed (forgotten?) that he'd done an anthology book of those columns. Which in turn brought up this review. Talk about aging like fine milk:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/review-paul-krugman-arguing-with-zombies/603052/?gift=VjLv3Dd1h8jJ03YjTtjfraq5EVp5EdzfPGBVColLX0g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

*PHEW*

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

Maybe it's not the school nurse. Maybe it's the lunch lady who is in charge of school sex change operations? Inquiring minds want to know.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/10/lies-lies-and-more-lies/

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• Man cutting sausages (remote)

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

It's not typing with two fingers; I'm typing in binary.

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

requiem@hackers.town ("requiem 🏴") wrote:

I like this idea a lot.

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

A commitment to Quality, humility and responsibility backed-up by unity among others who share the same commitment is incredibly powerful.

cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

Keeping your Dotfiles in Sync and your Secrets in Gopass https://blog.m5e.de/post/keeping-your-dotfiles-in-sync-and-your-secrets-in-gopass/

cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

Dotfiles synchron und Geheimnisse in Gopass halten https://blog.wronnay.net/dotfiles-synchron-und-geheimnisse-in-gopass-halten/

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

I share my home with many ill-tempered roommates.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/10/examples-of-life-in-my-neighborhood/

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• Waspy. (remote)

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

I'm going to be leading people on a mini-field trip to the campus lawns this Thursday. There is some life here.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/10/if-youre-in-the-neighborhood/

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• Announcement that we'll be cruising the lawns for springtails and spiders this Thursday (remote)

Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):

zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:

my javascript analytics tells me that 100% of my visitors have javascript

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

vincedmonroy@threads.net ("Vince D. Monroy") wrote:

Gov. Gavin Newsom: What Kamala Harris has done in the last eight weeks is unprecedented in U.S. history. We’re not just winning on margin of error. We’ve expanded the map in the United states. You saw new polls this morning — states that were not even in the conversation, now Donald Trump has to either defend or invest millions of dollars. The momentum is with us. She’s the change candidate.

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gtconway3@threads.net ("George Conway") wrote:

Here's the trailer for the film Donald Trump doesn’t want us to see. This looks AMAZING.

Maybe the subtitle should be “The Education of a Narcissistic Psychopath.”

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

I was curious how the *popular vote* numbers in the States mapped to a hypothetical “Electoral College vote”.

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

You can get almost anything you want in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ The Name Above Every Name (even Pastor Quiboloy!).

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/09/10/you-can-almost-get-away-with-anything-in-the-name-of-jesus/

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• The FBI’s Most Wanted poster for Pastor Apollo Quiboloy refers to his aliases — including “The Appointed Son of God” and “Sir” — and lists the U.S. charges against him, including conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, and sex trafficking of children; and bulk cash smuggling. (remote)

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

decarpentier_nl@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Giliam de Carpentier") wrote:

Enjoying the fruits of my labor now that I finished my 12-legged 'Carpentopod' table project. See
https://decarpentier.nl/carpentopod for project info. (Or come see it live at Maker Days Eindhoven this 14 & 15 Sept.)

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

liw@toot.liw.fi ("Lars Wirzenius") wrote:

This, Radicle, is what I've been working on for the past year, though most of my efforts are going into adding CI support to @radicle . That's not part of the 1.0.0 release, but it's coming. I even wrote an article for @LWN about Radcicle.

I now only use Radicle for my personal Git hosting, and I am satisfied that it works for me. It might work for you.

Try "rad debug" which is something I made.

https://toot.radicle.xyz/@radicle/113113084558432607
https://lwn.net/Articles/966869/
https://app.radicle.xyz/nodes/radicle.liw.fi/

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igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:

🎙️ New Episode of Igalia Chats: Searching for a Sustainable Future

@Meyerweb and @bkardell chat with colleague @seaotta about web browsers, engines, funding and the health of the Web Ecosystem

https://www.igalia.com/chats/stephanie

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• A photo of stephanie on a title card saying "Web Ecosystem Health Part XII: Searching for a Sustainable Future" featuring Stephanie Stimac (remote)

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

trevorflowers@machines.social ("Ding Dang Trevor Flowers") wrote:

The main aspect of the PERQ machines that sticks in my brain is the C compiler's use of graphics RAM, causing the display to go weird during compilation. Yet another example of my interest in sensory experiences more than CS, I suppose. 😸
https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/313862.html

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

give them each a microphone

https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-backs-out-of-debate-after-voices?publication_id=2337656&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=4qey6&utm_medium=email

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

“The value of his 57 percent stake in Trump Media — which he was given primarily in exchange for lending his name and support to the platform — has fallen by $4 billion since the company’s Wall Street debut in March.

Trump Media is losing tens of millions of dollars each quarter and struggling to generate sufficient advertising revenue from Truth Social to justify even its current lower valuation.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/business/trump-media-stock-lockup-agreement.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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

“…Mr. Trump is now the oldest person ever to run for president on a major party ticket and, if he wins, would become the oldest president in history by the end of his term, when he would be 82. While he managed to sidestep questions about his own capacity while Mr. Biden was his opponent, the rival he will square off against at Tuesday’s prime-time debate in Philadelphia will be Vice President Kamala Harris, who at 59 is nearly two decades younger.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/us/politics/debate-trump-age-capacity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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

My toxic trait is that I believe that if a site can't be bothered to gzip it's MB+ of JS, browsers shouldn't bother to load it.

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

They're hanging out.

📷 Pentax KX
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Pentax M 50mm/1.7
⚗️ Come Through Lab

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #TheLakes

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• 3 white sheep are lounging on a grassy hill underneath a big tree.

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

Don't let these people gaslight you or your team. They might not be trying to get one over on you, but that doesn't mean they have any idea what they're talking about.

And yes, this effect gets *worse* the fancier the titles are, not better.

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

I *frequently* have the experience of telling folks that they can pull in some components from a Web Components design system (Fluent WC v3, or Material, or Spectrum, or Web Awesome), only to have people who *were just telling me that 45KB is "not a lot" for a framework* get cold feet at the idea that there might be 5-10K of library coming along for the ride.

So then you press a little...ok, so if size is an issue...will you *at least* switch to Preact?

🦗 🦗 🦗 🦗 🦗

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

As a result, they construct an echo chamber that *assumes* framework choice is totalising. That the idea of sharing componentry from multiple frameworks *must* be unwieldy and expensive. And then they perpetuate those entirely falsified premises to the next set of bootcamp grads.

They're constantly erecting mini-shrines to IE 9, and let me tell y'all...it had some real upsides, but it wasn't a good enough browser to be worth *this* sort of veneration.

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

Writing a post on how frontend technology choice-making is extremely broken in 2024, even on the Lemon Vendors [1] own terms, and I ran across the perfect word to describe how the React ecosystem is trapped in a legacy cage of its own continual re-making: stovepiping:

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

Folks trapped in these priors spout zombie ideas and undead arguments because they've never experienced the modern web as developers. Not really.

[1]: https://infrequently.org/2023/02/the-market-for-lemons/