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Really struggling to be on Mastodon because everyone I follow is (very lovely and brilliant) very right on, very left wing, and very morally outraged. Obviously with very good cause, but I really miss the silliness of old school twitter when it wasn't just an echo chamber of doom every time I […]

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one of my favourite in-game digital paintings, from Gateway II: Homeworld (DOS, 1993) 326x228 using only 24 colours #dosgaming #pixelArt

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good thread https://mastodon.social/@RuthMalan/114535560663553848

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James Bond unavailable for comment https://mastodon.cloud/@DamnInteresting/114540586843681293

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thread ❤️ https://mastodon.social/@hrbrmstr/114537473334132251

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The United States on Friday approved the first blood test for Alzheimer's, a move that could help patients begin treatment earlier with newly approved drugs that slow the progression of the devastating neurological disease. @ScienceAlert reports […]

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my favorite follow on here in quite a while is @fraser - if you’re into space news, he’ll keep your feed populated

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keep track of the new owners of your previously-supplied genetic data may… https://flipboard.com/@arstechnica/ars-technica-nb4if9fgz/-/a-Yk7aU5hnSTKqXsz6kgTS1Q%3Aa%3A1805463070-%2F0

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#TIL there exists a thing in #quantum computing called “qudits” (not to be confused with qubits) - created when a micro-ring resonator emits entangled pairs of photos at multiple resonances. Researchers can use each of the frequencies to encode information; two 32-state qudits could perform as […]

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Star Trek headlines, indeed … https://flipboard.com/@arstechnica/ars-technica-nb4if9fgz/-/a-RRQSOTYESkm7e-8_JtVn4Q%3Aa%3A1805463070-%2F0

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Scientists say they've created a battery that can stretch and bend without losing power. The discovery paves the way for wearable technology, smart medical devices, and robots with human-like movements. @LiveScience reports […]

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Ugh. Guy on the plane having a loud voice call while we wait to take off: there is nothing you are talking about that cannot wait till we land.

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I’ve been meaning to share this for at least a week now; it’s the most interesting thing I’ve heard in quantum computing space in a long time - I think it’s more compelling even than the new chip breakthroughs of earlier this year. Oxford University researchers have successfully used entangled […]

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Being an asshole always causes harm https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz/114531411153414369

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“Hey Siri, add Drano to the grocery list.” Hm. Maybe AI categorization of my shopping list still needs some work.

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Sometimes saying “no” — even to something good, that you love and support — is not necessarily a bad thing.

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I am grateful that love is not about deserving.

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This neat: verifiable position without compromising privacy. https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/17/privacy_preserving_location_sharing/ #mobile #privacy

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I've written a blog post about how Amazon S3 security demonstrates limitations of LLMs in cloud security. This mastodon post acts as an anchor for comments on the blog post. The gist of it is this: Amazon S3 has encrypted objects at rest automatically, by default since January 2023. Not only is […]

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This is important, and due to the absolute tsunami of assault on democratic institutions, targeted harm, and general BS flooding society right now, you may have missed it. The public has two days to comment (and even if the administration ignores the public, you should still do what you can […]

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Chip-scale approach to integrated photonics can now create entangled pairs on demand, at a high rate (UCSB) https://news.ucsb.edu/2025/021874/quantum-entangled-photons-demand #quantum

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Scooby-Doo levels of villainy https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/114515183502264318

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This was quite a thoughtful thread. While I think there is genuine utility (and more we haven’t yet discovered) in the current iteration of AL/ML models, Jonny is 100% right about the dangers of turning any kind of decision making over to them. https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/114522851160344829

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Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/science/space/ed-smylie-dead.html #news #RIP #Apollo13 #NASA

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I think the two launch edition HomePods I have (linked as a stereo pair) might be the best audio quality I've had in a home system. Still really happy with both of those, several years in.

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one of my long-standing problems continues to be “way too much fascinating content to read, and not enough time to read it in” I guess it's a good problem to have, but still …

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Maine kids are awesome. https://www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/rep-libbys-rhetoric-spoils-high-school-running-letter/

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I walked with a coworker to her office and she was like hey you need to meet Penelope. I got there and Penelope was an octopus

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remarkable: for the first time, doctors have treated a baby born with a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder with CRISPR gene-editing therapy tailored to specifically repair his unique mutation. #emergingtech (via Flipboard) […]

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When KJ Muldoon was born at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in August, doctors noticed that he was lethargic. They carried out tests that revealed he had a genetic metabolic disorder that leads to the buildup of ammonia and can cause brain damage and death. Gene sequencing helped them […]

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🍊🕸️ has Matt Levine-level 🔥 today: dowager_dan_99: “Beyond the regulatory-dodge and crypto marketing explain to me how Coinbase is NOT a bank.” analemma_: “Cryptocurrency firms exist in a quantum superposition of bank and not-a-bank until you interact with them, at which point they collapse […]

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it's true; my .bash_profile and .bashrc ended up being literally identical (I symlinked one to the other) because I didn't know and couldn't seem to figure out what commands went in what config file and why. https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/114512574868564749

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i enjoy this flowchart explaining how bash decides whether to use .bashrc or .bash_profile https://blog.flowblok.id.au/2013-02/shell-startup-scripts.html, mostly because it makes me understand better why I could never understand how the 2 config files worked when I used bash

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Short-term thinking is a self-fulfilling prophecy. The systems under which we operate (in America especially) encourage, incentivize, and reward the quarterly returns mentality, and we see this in particularly during times of chaos and uncertainty. This means that it requires not just […]

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[nextcloud is not a place of honour] Oh no I have totally screwed up my Nextcloud contacts list I was trying to add the contacts that had accidentally gotten saved to a google account from my phone so I figured "Well heck, this software is super smart, I'll just export all my contacts from […]

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almost certainly; see https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/14/1085318/google-deepmind-large-language-model-solve-unsolvable-math-problem-cap-set/ https://flipboard.com/@ieeespectrum/artificial-intelligence-ivvcvaf5z/-/a-0DpyVxr9TGiaS_OE0gEM1Q%3Aa%3A1880309793-%2F0

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unrelated example of the same kind of generational succession problem: https://www.peraspera.us/p/do-not-pray-for-easy-lives-pray-to-be-stronger-men-and-women https://mastodon.social/@ScienceScholar/114512877074148570

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