Finally update the phone OS. Apple tried to sneak in "we'll install updates automatically". Of course the UI is designed by someone who doesn't know consent. And they probably got promoted for that.

(I did that before the irreversible next update show up)

Bueno, acabo de programar mi primera red neuronal. Sabía como funcionaban, pero nunca había escrito una de principio a fin.

Es una mierdecilla de red, con una neurona de entrada, una capa oculta que puedo redimensionar con una constante, y una neurona de salida.

Aun así es capaz de representar funciones aproximadamente. La probé con x^2 (se acerca muuuucho) y sin(2pi*x) (le cuesta más, pero está por el 1%).

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I found a new newborn Hedgehog and then

#babyanimals #animals #hibernators #funnyvideos

Sarah Michelle Gellar posts masked selfie on set of Buffy

thecanary.co/global/world-anal…

Sarah Michelle Gellar posts masked selfie on set of Buffy

'I will wear a mask in my shower if that means I don't get this again' said Sarah Michelle Gellar after recovering from COVID-19

^{Christopher McDonald (The Canary)}

Imagine the lives that could be changed with this much money? If they spent just a fraction of that on education of women and girls, it would have an impact many times greater.

Imagine how much renewable energy could be installed?

Even simple things like providing concrete floors to those whose homes have a dirt floor would have a massive impact.

Instead, it'll trash the environment, waste water, and make people's lives worse.

Fucking criminal.

mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/11516…

I’ll be spending the week with a bunch of awesome colleagues hacking away at @thunderbird

Honestly, when I look around and see the direction of where this industry is going, I’m so happy to be part of a team that values people and good products, and everyone is proud of their work.

I’m privileged and I know it, and I try to never give it for granted because it could all go away

This isn't my sub-field of astronomy, but someone needs to give this conference 1000 internet bonus points for the best, most geographically relevant acronym, plus their logo is ADORABLE

uwaterloo.ca/astrophysics-cent…

GEESE-ON: Galaxy Evolution and Environment in Southern and Eastern Ontario

I'm writing this post here today in hopes to bring some attention to something that is near and dear to my heart, and that's an update to the current situation with Nova Launcher, that I worked for and with for nine years up until August of 2024.

For those that haven't seen the news, Kevin Barry, the founder and developer of Nova has left Branch which in turn means he's now no longer involved with Nova Launcher in any way going forward.

teslacoilapps.com/nova/solong.…

For the past year or so Kevin has stated that he was working on the open source version of Nova Launcher so that if/when this time came, it would be out in the open and the community could take it over and contribute to it and have it continue being developed.

However, it seems that Harish Thimmappa and others at Branch had told him to stop working on that effort as they didn't want him to continue doing that for unknown reasons. This is sad news because this was something that former CEO, Alex Austin, had promised both via a contract and publicly that if Kevin were to ever leave Branch, Nova Launcher would become open source. You can find that quote here:

reddit.com/r/Android/comments/…

and another very similar quote with similar conversation here:

reddit.com/r/Android/comments/…

The reason for this post is to try and draw some attention to the folks at Branch, specifically folks like Harish Thimmappa to do the right thing and honor these promises and any writings in the contracts from 2022 and to fully focus on releasing Nova Launcher as an open source app.

The community deserves this more than anything, since that was something that Kevin was very adamant about when he allowed Branch to acquire Nova Launcher back in 2022. Plus, this is just something that Branch should do since it is something that has been promised.

There is currently a petition on Change.org to try and get Branch to do this as well. After only 3 days of it being posted to Change.org, it sits at almost 1,500 signatures, and that's with very little to no press coverage at this time, which is something that would be super useful to bring full attention to this situation. You can find the petition here:

change.org/p/make-nova-launche…

I ask that everyone who sees this post can share it with their followers as I would love to see Branch do the right thing and follow through with their promises that were made back in 2022 when they acquired Nova Launcher and release it fully as an open source app now that Kevin is no longer working for Branch and not involved in Nova Launcher.

I'm going to tag some folks below that I worked with at Branch in hopes of getting this post seen by as many folks there as possible.

#NovaLauncher #Nova #Branch #BranchMetrics #OpenSource #OpenSourceNova #Petition #Android #Apps #Google

So fast.

#adhd #adhdmeme #meme #adhdbrain #neurodiversity

A good definition for "legacy code" is any code that you're afraid to change or update because no one at your company knows how it works anymore and there's no automated test coverage to tell you if your changes break it.

AI is only capable of generating instant legacy code. At scale.

Monday.

Despite the phone telling us rain will be coming, the mother-in-law looks at the sky, says she can't see any clouds, and decides to hang out laundry.

Next, a delivery person has clearly just come through a thunderstorm. This is obvious by the fact that they told us they came through a thunderstorm, with supplementary evidence including the fact they're dripping on the doorstep.

finally, she hears thunder in the distance. She decides it was probably something else.

I cannot fathom the sort of mindset this lady has some days. How many clear signs do you need that your nice, clean laundry will almost certainly be drenched shortly?

I took it in before my next work meeting.
A few minutes later, we had a torrential downpour. It's all but stopped, now, but there was enough to cause a re-wash if I hadn't.

Meta hires far-right influencer to help end 'Woke AI'

mashable.com/article/meta-ai-h…

Meta hires anti-DEI influencer Robby Starbuck to curb 'political bias' in AI

Starbuck has built his reputation by going after companies and individuals embracing inclusivity.

^{Chase DiBenedetto (Mashable)}

Do my critically important, value-driven work supporting critical infrastructure and critical service delivery for which I receive an ungodly salary from a five year old laptop bogged down with bloat from IT so badly that it lags when scrolling web pages.

Do my fucking around building stupid shit nobody will ever use and playing stupid games on one of the fastest consumer-oriented desktop specs available.

I'll always find this funny.

After over 20 years of only buying HP printers (because they work well in Linux) I finally got fed up by their anti-customer policies, their hard push against third parties, their heavily-overpriced, privacy violating ink cartridges and the planned obsolescence.

While not perfect, most certainly a lot better, so I ordered a Brother MFC-J5740DW. Reviews are pretty good, it does duplex, scan to cifs and works with Linux. Looking forward to it, shall write a small "review" in some days..

JEWS, PLEASE READ THIS
NON-JEWS, PLEASE READ THIS!

Harvard experts warn Diaspora Jews are suffering from ‘traumatic invalidation’ after Oct. 7

"They call it traumatic invalidation, a condition first studied a decade ago for victims of other traumas such as sexual assault who are told it's their fault or they should get over it. For Jews, the same label should apply, the authors found, because it involves what they describe as a stunning mix of silence, denial, blame, gaslighting, whataboutism, and exclusion, such as documenting many cases of Jews being told their grief does not matter because of what's happening in Gaza"

youtube.com/watch?v=JX4dFaIEEw…

Transcript here:

thecjn.ca/news/harvard-experts…

#Podcast #Antisemitism #MentalHealth #Jews #Abuse

Harvard experts warn Diaspora Jews are suffering from 'traumatic invalidation' after Oct. 7

The two therapists' worrying study was published in an academic publication in May 2025.

^{North Star (The Canadian Jewish News)}

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Ik zat vanochtend net een halve poging te doen om dochterlief naar Linux te helpen. Haar leptop is stuk dus dit is een mooi moment voor verandering.

Maar eigenlijk weet ik niks van Linux. Net zo min als de dochter heb ik veel zin in systeembeheren.

Ik zou wel tips willen welke tweedehands laptop geschikt zou zijn voor een verse Linux-installatie waar een eh, normaal mens ook mee kan werken.

#linux

Question: Are there freely available #GeoJSON files out there for the boundaries of the provinces/states of various Central European nations?

I need them individually, i.e. one for "Bavaria" one for "Tyrol", and so forth.

Canada needs a real environmentalist party not just "conservatives who recycle" with a green label.

#cdnpoli

A new version of MapComplete is out on mapcomplete.org

It has:
- a brand new theme was created by @RLin about infrastructure. If you like power lines, pipelines, street cabinets, then this map will be for you: mapcomplete.org/infrastructure
- More support for offline use (and even more is in the pipeline)
- various bugfixes

MapComplete - editable, thematic maps with OpenStreetMap

MapComplete is a platform to visualize OpenStreetMap on a specific topic and to easily contribute data back to it.

^{mapcomplete.org}

1 October @oscl examines open source and data as the foundation for Digital Sovereignty. A great opportunity to engage with the open source community in Luxembourg!

Register here: conference.opensource.lu/

View the agenda here: conference.opensource.lu/agend…

Goodbye Stranger.

RIP

Can you guess Hanna’s feelings about AI in email? 🤯 What are your thoughts on this?

#ai #rant #artificialintelligence #email #privacy #chatgpt

Changes in September temperatures in the #Arctic by decade. The largest warming is co-located with areas of melting sea ice, such as the along the Eurasian coast.

Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7