Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

Ok I figured it out:
Twitter is for jocks
BlueSky is for theater kids
Mastodon is for nerds
Threads is for cheerleaders

Katherine Johnson passed away in 2020, at the age of 101. Editorial cartoonist Steve Breen’s lovely tribute perfectly captured Johnson’s contributions to the US space program.

Credit: Steve Breen
Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/steve-breen/story/2020-02-24/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-dies-at-101

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/