The History of Radio!
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History of AM/FM Radio | From Waves to Airwaves | 1.1
Dive into the captivating history of AM/FM radio in our latest video. Join us as we explore the origins, technological advancements, and cultural impact of o...YouTube
AppleVis Extra 101: Future Echoes - In conversation with the team behind Echo Vision smart glasses | AppleVis
Welcome to AppleVis Extra 101, where Dave Nason is joined by Xiaoran Wang and Huasong Cao from Agiga, the team behind the upcoming Echo Vision smart glasses. Check out some early demos, with more to come, on their YouTube channel at: https://www.www.applevis.com
Did you know undergrads at Oxford in 1335 were solving homework problems about objects moving with constant acceleration? This blew my mind.
As I explained yesterday, medieval scientists were deeply confused about the connection between force and velocity: it took Newton to realize force is proportional to 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. But in the early 1300s, a group of researchers called the Oxford Calculators made huge progress in understanding objects that move with changing velocity.
They discovered something called the Mean Speed Theorem: an object moving at constant acceleration over some period of time goes just as far as if it were moving uniformly with the velocity it had at the middle instant of its motion!
That's really cool. But it gets better. They gave homework problems called 'sophisms' to the students of Merton College at Oxford. And in 1335, one of them named William Heytesbury wrote a book called 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠, which gives us a look at what these problems were like. Some of them required students to know the Mean Speed Theorem!
Later in the 1300s, Nicolas Oresmus in Paris gave a picture proof of the Mean Speed Theorem. For example, he pointed out that the triangle ACG below has the same area as the rectangle ACFD.
Why did it take so long for Galileo to rediscover this stuff? How did the knowledge of the Oxford Calculators get lost?
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Mastering Git: Hidden Commands Every Developer Should Know
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Mastering Git: Hidden Commands Every Developer Should Know
Git is a version control system that developers use to track changes in their code, cooperate with other developers, and even revert changes if something goes wrong. While most developers know common…Nipuni S Ranathunga (Code Like A Girl)
How to Upgrade to Fedora 41 from Fedora 40 | Linux Today
Need the newest Fedora Linux? Here’s our step-by-step guide to smoothly transitioning from Fedora 40 to 41.LinuxToday
If you were in the #Dropbox #layoff today (or just otherwise on the #jobhunt):
I’m currently #hiring a Sr. Software Engineer with a strong focus on #Golang/Containerization and several engineers with #DevRel experience. All are remote positions within Americas time zones.
If that’s not you, I also offer LinkedIn profile optimization for fedi friends at no charge.
Here to help
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The X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the freedesktop.org community. The X.YouTube
But when there is a restriction for motorized vehicles, nobody cares. Like literally every day on this road.
That's what #cycling in #Prague looks like.
The result of the annual "Stop the US embargo of Cuba" vote at the UN.
#Cuba #UnitedNations #Israel #USA #Politics
Minimus oculos rotundos et os subridens in peponi insculpit (Minimus carves round eyes and a smiling mouth into a pumpkin). Silvius cupit cultellum tractare, sed tata eum vetat (Silvius wants to handle the knife, but Daddy forbids him).
How did you gather the data to generate this graph?
This would be very helpful for some respositories 🎉
@pierstoval git blame is our friend. This is my (fairly small) perl script that extracts all the data:
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Scripts for generating project statistics and for plotting them as graphs. - curl/statsGitHub
Thanks, did that, also removed the "print cache" statement.
I'll make a fork in order to simplify reviewing it 👍
Yep, it's 20 years old and has like thirty thousand commits, might take a while indeed :)
Here's the current diff: github.com/Pierstoval/stats/pu…
It's not gathering data yet, I'm on it :)
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Scripts for generating project statistics and for plotting them as graphs. - Custom usage by Pierstoval · Pull Request #1 · Pierstoval/statsGitHub
"Matt Mullenweg says Automattic is ‘very short-staffed’ amid WordPress vs. WP Engine drama"
MAYBE THAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF YOU DIPSHIT FIRING EVERYONE WHO'S NOT A FUCKING SYCOPHANT?
Goddammit. What a dumbass.
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Matt Mullenweg says Automattic is 'very short-staffed' amid WordPress vs. WP Engine drama | TechCrunch
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says the company is "short-staffed" amid WordPress's ongoing drama with WP Engine, which hosts websites built on WordPress.Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)
"A good sysadmin always carries around a few feet of fiber. If he ever gets lost, he simply drops the fiber on the ground, waits ten minutes, then asks the backhoe operator for directions."
Congrats to the @thunderbird team and especially @cketti on the Thunderbird Android release! 🎉
It's been a while since the Prototypefund [1] days and me complaining about the white icon background during 36C3 and being responsible for the pink icon background about an hour later [2]. (Which caused a steady supply of angry users after this was released as a stable version 1.5 y later.)
Sorry but not sorry😅.
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add background color to adaptive icons by Bubu · Pull Request #4411 · thunderbird/thunderbird-android
This adds a desaturated version of K9-Mails envelope color as the adaptive icon background color. This should look a lot better than a plain white background. Also slightly enlarge the icon shape. ...GitHub
Question for #screenreader users: do text emotes like kaomoji generally cause your tools to read out noise or annoying nonsense, or does it just not pronounce it? I am wondering whether it's okay to use them or whether I should go back to good old emoji (that, to my knowledge, get properly read out).
Like this one:
˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚
@NVAccess That's very enlightening, thank you! I suppose it's not really a solvable problem with dictionaries, because as opposed to standard smileys like colon and uppercase D - this one :D - Kaomoji are very, very varied and can be personalized.
I am wondering whether some traditional machine learning classifier could be good at detecting what is and what isn't a smiley.
Unlike iPhone 16 Models, Apple's M4 Macs Lack Wi-Fi 7 Support
Apple introduced new Mac mini, iMac, and MacBook Pro models this week, adding faster and more efficient M4 chips, along with some other updates like...Juli Clover (MacRumors.com)
#curl source code age, raw line numbers
Next I'll see if I can make a version where the early code stays at the bottom of the graph.
@jvossen I'm writing a tiny custom script for this that generates all the data, then I render graph from that using gnuplot. I have them all in a git repo, but I'm still polishing these ones.
Others have mentioned this existing tool for this: github.com/src-d/hercules
GitHub - src-d/hercules: Gaining advanced insights from Git repository history.
Gaining advanced insights from Git repository history. - src-d/herculesGitHub
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10 Beginner Linux Command Line Mistakes:
- Assuming You Know Your Location
- Reckless Use of Elevated Privileges
- Skipping Package Updates Before Installing
- Unintentionally Overwriting or Deleting Files
- Confusing Path Types
- Ignoring Built-in Help Resources
- Not Using Shortcuts to Speed Up Navigation
- Dismissing Error Messages and Logs
- Neglecting to Make Backups Before Making Changes
Each item above is explained in the article & how to avoid it.
10 Common Mistakes Beginners Make With the Linux Command Line (and How to Avoid Them)
Avoid common Linux command line mistakes with these tips.Richard Dezso (How-To Geek)
Something worth reiterating: The fediverse consists of people, no algorithms here. Anything you see happens because someone took the time to interact with a post (e.g. boost) or typed out a post or a reply.
A lot of posts deserve attention, so don't be afraid to boost or favorite what you read Favoriting shows that someone out there actually read the post and liked it. Engagement is key.
Be kind and interact away!
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Starlink Mini review: super compact and light, can be powered by a small power bank, installs quickly at new locations, but Wi-Fi range is sometimes a concern (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)
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Starlink Mini review: space internet goes ultraportable
SpaceX’s Starlink Mini satellite dish provides fast battery-powered internet with low enough latency that can be set up quickly in places 4G and 5G don’t reach.Thomas Ricker (The Verge)
aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/s… #aws #blog
Seamless migration from any VMware environment to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and Amazon EC2 | Amazon Web Services
Over the last 20+ years, commercially available compute virtualization solutions such as VMware have become powerful tools used to lower costs, improve efficiency, ease management tasks, and improve on-premises flexibility.Amazon Web Services
Apple launches entry MacBook Pro 14-inch with M4 chip, 16GB RAM, better battery life, more - 9to5Mac
Apple has unveiled the new M4 MacBook Pro in several models, including a 14-inch version that serves as the more budget-friendly entry model.Ryan Christoffel (9to5Mac)
How to Install Seafile Self-Hosted Cloud Storage on Debian 12
Seafile is an open-source file-hosting system written in the Django web framework. This article will guide you through installing Seafile on a Debian ...Arvid L (Howtoforge)
I've been recently tinkering with #Python to build myself a better RSS feed experience with Youtube and GitHub feeds.
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I built a custom RSS hydrator for better GitHub and Youtube feeds
Youtube and GitHub RSS/Atom feeds didn’t quite offer the experience I wanted so I built a web service that takes in a feed, hydrates its contents with more useful stuff and outputs a new feed.Juha-Matti Santala
What would cause the virtual buffer and focused content to go out of sync like this?
Q&A with scientists Charley Kline and Bill Duvall, who sent the first Arpanet message in 1969, on what the internet has become, lessons from Arpanet, and more (Scott Nover/BBC)
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'We were just trying to get it to work': The failure that started the internet
On 29 October 1969, two scientists established a connection between computers some 350 miles away and started typing a message. Halfway through, it crashed.Scott Nover (BBC)
The drawback of leaving the Fascist Bird shite is that "brands" haven't migrated.
So I can't ask a car maker why their service (repairs) is worse than MAGA-Mobile which is a landmark in shittiness.
FWIW it has been a month and a half and Nissan still doesn't have the replacement bumper.
(my *brand new* car was rear ended in its parking spot, 20m DOWN from the kerb)
Thinking getting a Nissan?
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