lobster @Lobster@qoto.org

#LibreOffice 24.2 is our new big update, with many new features, including highlighting for the active row and column in Calc. Find out more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/01/31/libreoffice-24-2/ #foss #opensource

Automated translation services have improved quite a bit the last ten years or so. Before, you could use them creatively as in a whispering game, translating back and forth between different languages, and gradually the share of nonsense would increase because of unfortunate choices along the way. Now, it seems, while this process still introduces some slippages of meaning, the translations remain quite close to the original for several stages. Translations across languages of the indo-european and east asian groups, or other unrelated language groups, is probably the best way to introduce creative errors.

Also, starting from a nonsensical text, the translation process gradually stabilises on something that makes more and more sense, perhaps because more conventional phrases are selected at each turn.

Exhibit A
The purpose of making them work-shy is not to actually keep them idle. Instead, the goal is to create highly realistic models, where the focus is not on making them avoid work, but rather on achieving a high level of authenticity in their representation. This means that the intention is not to promote laziness, but rather to ensure that the models are as convincing and true to life as possible.

Exhibit B
Le but de les rendre timides au travail n’est pas de les garder inactifs. Au lieu de cela, l’objectif est de créer des modèles très réalistes, où l’accent n’est pas mis sur leur éviter le travail, mais plutôt sur la réalisation d’un haut niveau d’authenticité dans leur représentation. Cela signifie que l’intention n’est pas de promouvoir la paresse, mais plutôt de s’assurer que les modèles sont aussi convaincants et fidèles à la vie que possible.

The original of this quote was created by using the search-and-replace function and replacing words and expressions with something completely unrelated. This causes the text to retain a certain coherence through all its whimsical nonsense.

On the topic of amazing instance administration, what was the anarchist-aligned instance the unencrypted database of which got seized by police from an admin's home or something like that?

For those of you who have trouble remembering things when you need to, whether it's ADHD, TBI, or just aging, what are tricks you've developed to cope with this? What are ways you've changed your routines to help you remember & keep track of things you otherwise have some difficulty with? #Memory #ADHD #TBI #Aging #Disability

In 5 months Israel extracted 2 hostages through bombing Gaza while killing 30,000 Palestinians.

Meanwhile diplomatic negotiations during the temporary ceasefire led to the release of 136 hostages & 0 Palestinians killed.

Yes diplomacy. No killing. Stop this atrocity.
#CeasefireNOW

Masza telling us to hurry up to see all the wonders hiding further down the road.

#IdąPsięta #DogsOfMastodon

@mastodonmigration @snarfed.org @snarfed
Or, you could just block his domains. https://fedi.tips/blocking-and-muting-on-the-fediverse/

Did you know that a famous math reference – most physicists of a certain age have a copy – is the result of a New Deal project to employ scientists and mathematicians?

Mathematician Irene Stegun was born #OTD in 1919. A major contributor to the Works Progress Administration’s Mathematical Tables Project, she’s probably best known as co-author of the classic “A Handbook of Mathematical Functions” — usually referred to as “Abramowitz and Stegun.”

super bowl Jesus ad funded by billionaire evangelical bigots, everybody drink https://skepchick.org/2023/02/whos-behind-those-jesus-ads-youre-gonna-see-during-the-big-game/

Last one for #SuperbOwl Sunday. Owls (and other Arctic Predators, avian and mammal) use rises and hummocks to scan for prey, using the same spots year after year. Their waste and remains of prey fertilize the spot and the plants grow taller there than the surrounding tundra. Here a juvenile Snowy peers at me from such a spot. #Nunavut #Arctic #WildlifePhotography #Birding

This is crazy!

As of Jan 1 2024, 94% of #India's rail lines have been electrified. Up from 45% in 2015.
🧵

Picture this: A world where no one is one paycheck away from homelessness. Where financial stress doesn't break families apart. That's the promise of Universal Basic Income. It's not just about economics; it's about compassion, stability, and the type of society we aspire to be.

Have you ever seen a bebe jackrabbit? 🥰 #SoCal #desert

No one should ever be forced to abort a wanted pregnancy. No one should ever be forced to surrender a wanted baby.
No one should ever be forced to endure an unwanted pregnancy. No one should ever be forced to bear an unwanted baby.
It really is that simple.
#ProChoiceIsProLife #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights