ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

Even if you took away the waves, the ocean surface would not be flat.  That’s partly because Earth’s gravity varies across the surface, pulling water around and creating huge lumps and holes up to 100m high/deep. But then temperature, salinity, atmospheric pressure and currents add extra dynamic bumps on top of this of a few tens of cm.  Tracking these lets us measure ocean currents from satellites, which is an astonishing feat.
 
#ocean #satellites #OceanPhysics

the gaps between floats

...and a halftone version.

Apple just released Safari 16.4.1, macOS Ventura 13.3.1, and iOS/iPadOS 16.4.1, with two fixes that may have been under active exploitation.

Update your things!

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213720
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213721
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213722

Bit more info, via BleepingComputer;

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/apple/apple-fixes-two-zero-days-exploited-to-hack-iphones-and-macs/

@TechCowboy ported the #Atari8bit #FujiNet Reversi from #AtariBASIC to #Apple2 #AppleSoft BASIC. Since it speaks the same protocol, it can play with Atari users, just fine. :) #retrocomputing #retrogaming :)

Who wants a baby rabbit? I opened the garage door, went back inside for a sec, in hops Peter looking like butter wouldn’t melt.

#rabbit #rabbits #gardening #nature #wildlife #HomeInvasion

You know what? That's just awesome.

New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan Book Instead of Bible:

https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-director-sagan-swearing-in

Just saw that Elon Musk is feuding with his landlord, who is upset that he covered the W in Twitter's sign to spell Titter.

And now I'm watching all his fanboys go bonkers at how clever he is.

Little fresh #chiptune from me from the fabbo new chipmusic disk Chipo Django 2 by Raubenage & Bitshifters released at @revisionparty 2023 - go grab it on Pouet here -> https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=94151 #amiga #atari #archimedes #demoscene

I just published a new blog post: Preventing Secrets in Code. If you like this post, come see my talk at @bsidessf later this month! Same topic, more fun!
https://shehackspurple.ca/2023/04/10/preventing-secrets-in-code/

The universe is wild.

This streak on a Hubble photo, originally thought to be an imaging glitch, is actually a 200,000 light year trail of new stars formed by the wake of a black hole that was ejected from the galaxy at the top right.

For reference, that streak is about twice the diameter of the Milky Way!

More details: https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2023/010/01GWQ1F36Y4JK6Y4K8AWMZ86AF?news=true

#hubble #blackhole #astronomy

Over the past two years, Elon Musk has lost $200 billion.

Don’t tell me we can’t afford a wealth tax.

Uhm...

Weird observation, this clock has it’s second pointer calibrated almost accurately… and i wanted to go to Switzerland to see accurate clocks…

It’s only the beginning.
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RT @williamlegate
🚨 Twitter faces fines in Germany exceeding 3 YEARS of the revenue it’s expected to generate worldwide from Twitter Blue, due to its failure to remove pro-Nazi content

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2023/04/05/germany-threatens-twitter-with-50m-fine-for-failing-to-tackle-illegal-content/amp/
https://twitter.com/williamlegate/status/1644341020975415296

Somewhere, someone finally made this and I think it's beautiful

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4687836

#hardware

From Douglas Adams:

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.