Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

The bad news: our main campus library just announced it's cutting hours because of budget cuts and reduced student demand.

The good news! Our brand new 3,000 square foot E-sports center with 55 new MSI Trident gaming computers, 3 65" and 3 86" screens for livecasting games is now open!

What budget crisis?! Gotta keep looking on the bright side! #highered #academia @academicchatter

It's weird, I work at a software company and I get to influence new features literally every single day, but I'm more excited about this Mastodon rolling out and seeing people love it, knowing that I played a part in it getting created ❤️

https://mastodon.social/@dimillian/110944303575006245

I am surprised this paper received so little attention. It dramatically reduces RAM requirements for very big #statistical #generalizedlinearmodels while offering #computational speed ups ~x500. A #recommender system used it in a #neuralnetwork with #tensorflow to get substantial time & memory savings.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.13080
Languages with #array/ #tensor features should take note, as this is a serious contender to sparse matrix computations #datascience #machinelearning
https://mstdn.science/@ChristosArgyrop/110934217550435224

"Almost any scene we ever did, we could look into each other's eyes and be comforting or uplifting for each other.” — Mary Tyler Moore

Valerie Harper (1939-2019) was born on this day.

People keep saying, we should not use electric cars, because the car batteries are damaging the environment.
Jerry visits a recycling facility which recycles 95 percent of car battery materials, and the process is quite clever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2xrarUWVRQ

This has absolutely no business, none whatsoever, being as good as it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzR9HwhhlkA

"10 years ago today, people said we were crazy to pedestrianize Broadway 🇺🇸. Today, it would be crazy to bring the🚗cars back." ~ Janette Sadik-Khan

More crazy Hahn stories

Dasgupta defended his Cambridge thesis the day before his wedding, Hahn was external examiner

Hahn said he got a proof wrong

Dasgupta found *Hahn's* proof was wrong, rushed to his home hours before his wedding to settle the matter

Hahn: "you must learn that Uncle is never wrong"

Dasgupta: I didn't wish to dispute this, I was going to be late for my wedding

@historyofeconomics #histecon #historyofeconomics

With the rise of self-driving vehicles, it's only a matter of time before we get a country song where a guy's truck leaves him too.

Wisconsin’s #Dairy Industry Relies on #Undocumented Immigrants, but the State Won’t Let Them Legally Drive
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Undocumented #immigrants in the state can own and register their vehicles, but they aren’t allowed to drive them, forcing many #farm workers to risk fines and #arrest.

“It’s a Catch-22 for a lot of folks,” advocates say.

#Wisconsin #Immigration #Farming #Farms #Safety #Police #Driving #Cards #News

https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-dairy-undocumented-immigrants-drivers-licenses?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Did you know, you can use LibreOffice to merge multiple PDFs?

If not, then read on:

https://itsfoss.com/merge-pdf-linux/

Tech companies: with the power of tech you can work from anywhere!

Also tech companies: we still need you to come back into the office though.

(This is not a post about me)

A list of recent hostile moves by #Google's #Chrome team; handy for sharing with your entourage, to explain why they should stop using #Chromium / #GoogleChrome and use #Firefox or #Epiphany as their main #web #browser :

* The "Manifest v3" sabotage of content blocking extensions: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/10/23131029/mozilla-ad-blocking-firefox-google-chrome-privacy-manifest-v3-web-request
* The attempted sabotage of #JPEGXL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/chrome-banishes-jpeg-xl-photo-format-that-could-save-phone-space/
* #WebEnvironmentIntegrity a.k.a. #DRM for whole websites would hurt the web, #opensource browsers and OSes: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/

The (tragically under-watched) show "Halt and Catch Fire" did a terrific job of conveying that sense of wonder people felt about video games from the mid-80s to the mid-90s.

From text adventures to the single-dev games at Atari, from Mario Bros to DOOM.

Why don't I feel that anymore?

Last night, as I was playing the newest Ratchet & Clank, seeing the world's rich detail and astounding graphics, I wondered: Is it because our imaginations did most of the work back then?

#Gaming

your weekend read #1: insane shenanigans are happening in Wisconsin, arguably *the* top swing state. They're over who'll direct Wisconsin elections next year during the presidential race.

it's largely under-radar, but so critical to stay on top of this: https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-election-administrator-republicans-election-denier-conspiracies-state-supreme-court/

My book "Building reproducible analytical pipelines with #rstats" is done! Buy a drm-free epub or pdf @leanpub : https://leanpub.com/raps-with-r/

Physical https://amazon.com/dp/B0C87H6MGF (check your local market place)

Read for free forever: https://raps-with-r.dev

#RStats #datascience

I want to change the primary revenue model of the Web from invasive advertising to audience-supported creation.

This can be accomplished by building payments into the browser as a platform feature of the Web and by adding a social interaction layer onto websites to liberate creators from controlling, closed content platforms (eg Instagram, Twitter, TikTok).

I am so grateful to be working with @Interledger on these big ideas!

Curious? Watch my 15 minute talk at https://community.interledger.org/jeremiahlee/interledger-joins-the-fediverse-30fi

Wild situation unfolding in Wisconsin.

GOP is trying to force out the head of elections, who's been targeted by Big Lie conspiracies.

Now she's hanging into office due to a court ruling GOP once cheered.

And... supreme court is days from flipping left. https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-election-administrator-republicans-election-denier-conspiracies-state-supreme-court/

Fighting for the open web.

#krita #MastoArt #ArtWithOpensource
#Firefox #Privacy #Chrome #WebEnvironmentIntegrity

The Price of Virtue: Some Hypotheses on How Tractability Has Shaped Economic Models

finally published in open access

https://journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/14116

#histodon #histecon #historyofecon @historyofeconomics