ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

#Introduction

She/her, Gen X, trans woman who calls herself a lesbian but is really just a kinky pansexual

PhD in philosophy, college professor, Fallout addict, heretic who thinks AC Odyssey is the best of the series, etc.

Recently quit Mtn Dew AND smoking, so be kind, I don't have a lot left in the tank

Go watch The Good Place

Here's an interesting video about assembly programming and division on ARM
https://youtu.be/ssDBqQ5f5_0

The Divine Union #midjourney #AIArt

Reminder: If anyone from any instance, large or small, wants to be added as a founding member of the United Federation of Instances please send me a private message. Happy to add anyone who adheres to the code of ethics.

You can always leave any time.

We have close to 200,000 members right now.

https://ufoi.gitlab.io/constitution/united_federation_of_instances_proposal.pdf

#UFoI @ufoi #UFI #Mastoadmin

As if software weren't bloated enough already, every tool now insists on installing its own browser!?

I guess a VPN client only requires a browser to display the login form…

#MaxMuncy autographed Topps #logofractor set. Light reflection so hard the autograph isn't even visible. Logofractors are awesome. #dodgers #thehobby

Reading @profbriancox and Jeff Forshaw's book on back holes - super interesting + helpful explanations and easy to read. Of course that doesn't mean quick to read... lots of breaks required to think and ponder.
Still haven't got an intuitive feel for why light travels at the same speed, no matter how fast/slow the observer is travelling. Counter-intuitive for sure. Surely this suggests that we are missing an understanding of a key fundamental aspect of the way our universe operates? Or is it just not the case that all phenomena are intuitive (obvious) once we gain an understanding? Am I expecting too much? I should just keep reading...

Watching people on #BlackMastodon sharing great music yesterday sent me into my YouTube history, and helped expand that history a bit, too. I’m not sure why I picked this song specifically to throw into the pot, but I love the energy of this song, and I loved this show when Sho Baraka came to Dallas, Texas, in 2016. I stood out a bit, but great music is great, and I felt welcomed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TbT3UNdIuc

#ShoBaraka #TheNarrative

#caturday

This is an excellent and fascinating animation of the how the 10 most populous cities in the world changed from 1500 to 2018
by @jburnmurdoch

I will never understand far right Conservatives who claim to be fans of #StarTrek but who then complain about current Trek being “too woke”

From Day 1 the entire premise of the Federation is that it’s a post-scarcity socialist utopia whose mission is scientific discovery and the peaceful exploration of space and discovery of new cultures.

The shows have always pushed the social boundaries of the times they aired in. Trek isn’t “turning woke”, Star Trek has always been woke. How’d you not know?

We thought achieving true AI would be difficult because human intelligence is more complex and varied than anything else we know.

And, it turns out that's still mostly true.

But what we didn't realize back then is that we're so predictable and habit-forming that we can be easily imitated by much dumber algorithms.

I'm not entirely sure I want to unpack that.

The adorable Venezuelan poodle moth was discovered and photographed in 2009 by Dr. Arthur Anker. It’s supposedly the only sighting of this critter, but insects are small and Earth is big. #nature #photography

Just imagine the diversity of species we haven’t found yet…

The Woman with the Umbrella #midjourney #AIArt