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Can someone explain to me why Date.getUTCMonth returning 0-indexed values isn't just stupid?
(just venting. don't @ me)

#debian seems to have a nasty habit of breaking #python installations for each new release.

The point at the end about basic science research is well-made, but it's not just that similar viruses have been studied before that made the COVID-19 vaccines possible (it is easy to make the case for those studies), but all of the research into tools and methods, even for unrelated uses, that allowed for rapid development is important as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-92HQA0GcI8

#COVID19 #vaccine #research

https://15.ai/
This is actually pretty fun. Portal voices are pretty solid. The timbre of Twilight Sparkle is dead on - really surprised me. Wasn't able to change denoise setting though: might have helped with some of the muddiness in a few of the voices.
#ai #gann #audio

These mail delays are no joke. My SSDs are more than a week late

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elQVZLLiod4
This was fun. Really appreciated the use of cobweb graphs -- I remember seeing them on my TI-84 calculator and never quite understanding what they're for.

#math #tetration #threeblueonebrown

(aside: I managed to find that "switchover" point by poking around and then doing a binary search (followed by a Google search because the decimal number didn't ring any bells) which, although it lacked the real mathematical insight, was also fun in itself)

Nice resource for finding Open Science tools

research paper on tool accessibility (broad, non-disability sense):
https://f1000research.com/articles/9-1292/v1
interactive graph of tools and their relationships: https://kumu.io/a2p/dost#dataset
#opensource #openscience #openaccess

Everyone deserves to eat bread they've baked for themselves. As a materialist, I don't believe food tastes better just because you make it yourself 😉 , but realizing you have the power to make fresh bread *any time you want*: That sh*t's intoxicating.
#food #baking

So, not powers, but something tied to an object? I'm terrible at these, so I'll just go with what I've seen recently: Martian Marine combat armor suit from The Expanse. It's basically a wearable combat spaceship. For why...I don't know, but I think because I like the relationship Draper has to her suit and I can relate to that.

A creek near my home.
There's some trash on the bank. No fish or other animals that I could see, unfortunately. Still looks nice though.
#photo #nature #littering