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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
oz1lqo@techhub.social ("Søren Kjærsgaard") wrote:

This weekend was special: yesterday the baltic countries: Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, disconnected from the Russian/Belarus 50Hz power grid, going ‘island mode’, controlling the 50Hz grid frequency themselves.

After more than a day of different stability tests, this afternoon, just before 13:00 CET, a connection to the European grid was established via Poland, so now the the three countries are in 50Hz sync with Europe.

I observed a small, undramatic, ‘burp’ in the frequency at the time of the event, and my wall socket is now in full sync with the measurement in Estonia, provided by #sympower⚡️ 😃👌🏼

#gridtech #powerdistribution #electronicsengineering #testandmeasurement

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• gifv: The moment where the Baltics connected to the European 50Hz grid

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GottaLaff@mstdn.social ("Laffy") wrote:

“Elon #Musk will dispatch a DOGE [sic] team to Parkersburg, West Virginia, next week, where it will gain read-only access to the US government’s central accounting system.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-08/musk-s-doge-team-now-seeks-access-to-treasury-s-accounting-data

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

sometimes survival is the best revenge

https://mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseum/113974522844481756

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
petersuber@fediscience.org wrote:

Update. "Today we [Harvard Law School @harvard_law Library Innovation Lab @harvardlil] released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complete archive of federal public datasets linked by data.gov. It will be updated daily as new datasets are added to data.gov. This is the first release in our new data vault project to preserve and authenticate vital public datasets for academic research, policymaking, and public use."
https://lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02/06/announcing-data-gov-archive/

#DataGov #Libraries #OpenData #Preservation #Trump #USPol #USPolitics

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

Snowflakes gently fall,
Driveway hidden, deep and white—
Shovel, sweat, and cheer.

courtesy https://arghstudios.com/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Just_a_fella_EU ("just_a_fella_EU 🇪🇺 🇦🇹") wrote:

#Nafo
#Russiaisaterroriststate
#ukraine
#StandWithUkraine

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

There are only two difficult problems in computing: naming things, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors.

[with apologies to Phil Karlton]

https://digipres.club/@foone/113974444857324297

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
foone@digipres.club ("Foone🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

the angel wants me to insert disk #1.

man if I had a nickel for every time an angel talked to me about floppy disks...

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

Today in History: Alban Berg (composer and proponent of 12-tone composition of music) is born Vienna, Austria, 1885

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

Today in History: Carole King (Carole Klein) born in Brooklyn, 1941

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

Today in History: Gregory XV becomes Roman Catholic Pope, the last elected by acclamation, 1621

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

Today in History: -51 degrees F, Vanderbilt MI, 1934

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

Today in History: George Hartmann born, 1489, designed astrolabes, timepieces, etc.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
sylvia_ritter ("Sylvia Ritter") wrote:

Advent Calendar
- Door 18 🌿 . Speedpainting 18122024
https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Speedpainting-18122024-1135363661 #art #mastoart #fediart #wallpaper #krita #fantasy

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
PronounsPage@tech.lgbt ("Pronouns.page") wrote:

When times are tough we can't give in to despair. But how you stay strong when it feels like the whole world hates you for who you are?

Our team member shares his experience of growing up in rural Poland.

And we wait for your stories! Details at the bottom of the blog post.

#gay #queer #community

https://en.pronouns.page/blog/rural-polish-queer-experience
https://en.pronouns.page/blog/rural-polish-queer-experience

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam Newbold"):
mikarv@someone.elses.computer ("Michael Veale") wrote:

Microsoft Research: GenAI can inhibit critical engagement with work and can potentially lead to long-term overreliance on the tool and diminished skill for independent problem-solving.

Microsoft: *sells GenAI aggressively into the Education 365 packages*

Hao-Ping (Hank) Lee and others, ‘The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers’ (ACM CHI 2025). https://advait.org/files/lee%5F2025%5Fai%5Fcritical%5Fthinking%5Fsurvey.pdf

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

https://xkcd.com/927/

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

truth

https://mastodon.world/@ericc/110817434831829351

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

The morning after. Feels surreal and humbling.

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

a really interesting piece

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/31/o3-mini/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:

Since the sourcing of this fantastic 1979 IBM training slide is buried in various Twitter threads (and linking to Twitter sucks now because logged out users can't navigate conversations) I put together some notes on its origin: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/a-computer-can-never-be-held-accountable/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w3c@w3c.social ("World Wide Web Consortium") wrote:

Via @nitot from the @tag

> “Are you a web developer or a technophile? Would you like to meet the people who make Web standards? It is possible, on March 3 at 7 p.m. in Paris!

My comrades from the W3C (Technical Architecture Group) TAG and I are organizing a meetup to explain what the TAG and W3C do and to better engage with developers and fans of the Web.

(Note that the conversation will be in English.)

Boosting makes the Web grow!”
https://framapiaf.org/@nitot/113962373111799317

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mnot@techpolicy.social ("Mark Nottingham") wrote:

What can Apple do in the face of a UK order to weaken encryption worldwide? Decentralise iCloud, to start.

https://www.mnot.net/blog/2025/02/09/decentralize-icloud

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

@medigoth [waves hello]

Boosted by jwz:
spacehobo@teh.entar.net ("Space Hobo") wrote:

@jwz We got a delighted message from @ckape the other day informing us that he'd seen his first one being towed. We've started a neo-Audubon society for this.

Boosted by jwz:
luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:

If RFK Jr is confirmed as HHS secretary, expect these headlines to become even more frequent and tragic.

jwz wrote:

https://todon.eu/@RadicalGraffiti/113972589451807372

Boosted by jwz:
RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

"Fuck Musk"
Seen on a Cybertruck in Santa Monica, California

jwz wrote:

I realize that shitposting from my phone on my bike, drunk, while waiting for the light to turn is the "editing in prod" of blogging, and yet I did it just the same.

jwz wrote:

Flipped off someone driving a swastikkkar tonight.