ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

An organic chemist did not have a hand in naming this. I describe in a handwritten scrawl why.

#Science #humor

As most of you know, our library is being sued by 4 corporate publishers who want to stop the Internet Archive from lending books. The date for oral argument has just been set for March 20.

What's at stake? Lia Holland from @team elaborates: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-02-23-statement-major-decision-on-libraries-digital-rights-a-step-closer-on-march-20

TikTok is likely to be banned.

The writing is on the wall.

I've seen this already play out with Huawei, and TikTok is following the same path.

First, TikTok was banned by the US Military. Now it's banned in numerous US governmental bodies, including Congress.

But now that's moving beyond the US.

Now European Commission is "temporarily" banning TikTok from employee phones.

Who wants to bet this "temporary" ban will become "permanent"?

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/tiktok-banned-from-eu-commission-phones-over-cybersecurity-1.6285758

Update: power company hasn't been by to even look yet. We will probably be pretty far down the priority list, since ours is just the one transformer on our block.

Almost 500k customers just across SE Michigan without power. More than 20% of the residential customer base.

#IceStormJan2023 #michigan

Forever mad that an Alligator has a C-shaped snout and a Crocodile has an A-shaped snout, and not the other way around.

Do not seize the day. This will startle the day and may cause it to become aggressive and give you a nasty bite.

Instead approach the day calmly without making eye contact, pet it gently, and slowly enfold it in a careful embrace

If the day shows any signs of resistance to being engaged with, it is likely to turn on you. Back off and return to bed.

It's currently 22:22:22 on 02/22/22

I'll do #curl live-coding on #twitch today again, kicking off at 09:00 UTC over at: https://www.twitch.tv/curlhacker

Base-10 is a completely useless designation unless you know the base of the number in it which you can’t because you just get base-10 again.

Remember, Amsterdam wasn’t always like it is today. In the 50s-60s they surrendered to cars too. But starting in the ‘70s, they chose to change. And they kept choosing to change for decades. They’re STILL choosing to change, as @schlijper’s great pics show.

Your city can choose to change too.

#Amsterdam #Dutch #cities #cars #cities #car

Someone wrote in asking for technical support, asking for a very specific installer for a specific piece of software, apparently no longer available for download from our site.

Here's the weird part: Neither this software nor an installer for it have ever existed. (Was this software someone else wrote, that we're just hearing about for the first time?)

After several back and forth messages asking for detail and where they heard about this software, it turns out that it all came from ChatGPT.

New Samsung Message Guard Protects Mobile Devices Against Zero-Click Exploits https://www.securityweek.com/new-samsung-message-guard-protects-mobile-devices-against-zero-click-exploits/

How to Unlock Your iPhone With a Security Key https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-unlock-iphone-physical-security-key/

Did someone say "AIOps"?

The Mormon Church is being fined 5 million because it hid a 32 billion dollar investment fund. This was not accidental. The SEC proved that both the investment firm and church went to great lengths to knowingly hide these assets. For the folks playing along at home, that’s a fine of 0.016% on the investment. Imagine lying on your taxes and you hid an extra $100K offshore and the IRS said “No sweat, pay us $15.63.” If there are no other repercussions, that’s not a fine, that’s encouragement.

isometric corner zoom
#art #blender #loop #generativeart

@DroidEngineer
"English is important but math is importanter"?
Ey, you know #grammar is the most important thing ever?

Made a clock that shows the wrong time when it detects someone looking at it 👀🙂

These little guys are called the "Leaf Sheep". They have the face of a cow or sheep, but a back that looks like a house plant. These animals can photosynthesize, are only about 5 mm long, and can be found in shallow marine waters in #Japan, #Indonesia, and the #Philippines. They are like farm animals, act like a plant, and live in the sea! Credit Image: via the Beauty of Planet Earth
#Nature #NatureLovers #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #Plant #Plants #Flower #Flowers #Photography #Photographer