Punica granatum @PunaisetPimpulat@qoto.org
I’m interested in science and technology. Free and open source software are important to me.
Joined Sep 2018
@alexdbolton 1 ks ≈ 17 min
1 Ms ≈ 12 d
1 Gs ≈ 32 a
And so on…
The dinosaurs died roughly 2 Ps ago.
The most recent ice age ended 369 Ts ago.
The Babylonian empire was established around 124 Gs ago.
In about 18 ks it’s time to stop working and go home.
The sun should become a red giant in about 189 Ps.
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One thousand seconds is roughly 17 minutes.
One million seconds is roughly 12 days.
One billion seconds is roughly 32 years.
One thousand minutes is roughly 17 hours.
One million minutes is roughly 1.9 years.
One billion minutes is roughly 1,900 years.
@Raccoon It’s a lot like Mastodon. You pick a server (AKA “instance”) that has the kind of theme and rules you’re ok with. Here’s how you find an instance: https://join-lemmy.org/
Make an account and start joining communities on various other instances. Here’s how you find communities: https://lemmyverse.net/communities
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Cortex 145: Problems Are Meant To Be Solved
Grey is in conflict with a thermostat, while Myke has finished his assignment on Mood Tracking. Myke discusses the challenge of juggling the workloads of two businesses, and your hosts take you behind the scenes of a Cortex Brand meeting, revealing their concerns about a significant bet they are about to undertake.
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Transparency has always been key for us, especially concerning our finances.
We're pleased to share that we're in a comfortable financial position currently, and we feel it's the right time to give a little back. We've chosen to support Pixelfed with a donation of 350 CAD.
They're doing commendable work in offering an open-source, decentralized photo-sharing platform that aligns with our values of privacy and ad-free content. Every bit helps in the Fediverse.
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We need your support!
We desperately need to grow our donations or consider cutting costs (like sunsetting non-essential services) to remain sustainable.
Besides Pixelfed, we also run https://fedidb.org, https://fediverse.info and https://activitypub.network
Donations can be made via:
Patreon - https://patreon.com/dansup (preferred)
PayPal - https://paypal.me/dansup (preferred)
Spread the word! #pixelfed
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Pixelfed, a decentralized alternative to Instagram, added a migration feature for grabbing your images. I tried it out and wrote a guide: https://www.wired.com/story/migrate-move-instagram-to-pixelfed-no-tracking-fediverse/
@hund Reminds me of this famous quote:
“The best thing about R is that it was written by statisticians.
The worst thing about R is that it was written by statisticians.”
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Also.
It's apparently impossible for people to take information in before barfing their thoughts out.
Lots of people saying "NACS is a tragedy because it doesn't support three-phase" when, y'know, I'm pretty sure I spent some time talking about how we just flat out don't have three-phase power in homes.
Ugh.
Anyway, I'll shut up. Overall, the response has been much better than I figured. I was very worried about how this video would be received!
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Why US Malls Are Dying (And Why European Malls Aren't) https://lemdro.id/post/562436
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In July, #LibreOffice's #QA community worked on 500+ issues, making big improvements to the software: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2023/08/10/qa-dev-report-july-2023/ #foss #opensource #development
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It's OpenStreetMap's Birthday today!
🎂🥳
#HappyBirthdayOSM #OpenStreetMap #OSM #gischat
@dramypsyd Who said you have to measure your age in years. Go with days, hours, minutes or even seconds to give yourself some flexibility. Besides, having your 10^6 s birthday sounds fun.
@raineer Chrome has been a privacy nightmare since it was released in 2008.
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Ok so we got a lot of you uncomfortable enough to leave #twitter , then we got people off #reddit , I hope people will get their heads out of their asses and stop using #chrome now?
If you’re tempting tech-savvy (welcome to mastodon!) you really need to learn who are the good guys and bad guys. Chrome was great like 10+ years ago, it’s not 2010 anymore.
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✨ Innovation at every angle
It takes a brave passion for us to admit our old logo wasn't enough
Introducing PI𝕏ELFED
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Since #reddit killed third-party apps (RIP RIF) I drastically reduced my usage of the page.
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Haven’t looked at #Reddit in a few weeks, and I really don’t think I want to support that place anymore.
Has taken me some time to look into #kbin and #Lemmy, and I have to say, I’m quite impressed. Even with the *much* reduced user base there’s enough good content and discussion to make a worthwhile alternative.
Did take a bit of work to figure things out and where to subscribe though. But now that’s done, I’m enjoying it. Highly recommend the Voyager app if you want the Apollo experience.
@apologies@infosec.exchange Why not just use use GPT-3 or 4 to generate your messages. That way you’ll make sure the next GPT will go MAD (Model Autophagy Disorder). Once the AI devs realize that all the free sources have been contaminated by AI generated posts, they’ll be forced to be more selective in the future.
@standupmaths @maxpool π = 3.
Source: Mahajan, S. (2014). VXII values for backs of envelopes. In The Art of Insight in Science and Engineering: Mastering complexity. essay, The MIT Press.
I’m interested in science and technology. Free and open source software are important to me.
Joined Sep 2018
