Francesco 🍁 @fra@qoto.org

"I guess we should retire the expression "avoid it like the plague" given how little effort people put into avoiding an actual plague."

#CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask ​

Nelle interviste è importante la seconda domanda, anche quando l'intervistato è una intelligenza artificiale. #ChatGpt #Giarrusso

A Calculated Move: Calculators Now Emulated at Internet Archive.

https://blog.archive.org/2023/01/29/a-calculated-move-calculators-now-emulated-at-internet-archive/

..which is actually a stealth request that people consider joining the MAME Artwork efforts, which allow beautiful renderings of machines to be clickable on machines. It's more in the Art than Programming sphere, and it would be great if more people joined it.

@mhoye @arclight @otfrom the European Spreadsheet Risk Interest Group has a collection of gloriously horrifying stories starring Excel: https://eusprig.org/research-info/horror-stories/

Their conference is back this year; Chatham House rules and really fun/scary/interesting: https://easychair.org/cfp/EuSpRIG_2023

@mhoye @arclight I agree with your assessment of the marginalization of some of the world's most important programmers, but *part* of that marginalization is that excel is not, in fact, fit for purpose, and they are functionally forced to use it.

Previously: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02211-4

Previously: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates

Previously: https://theconversation.com/the-reinhart-rogoff-error-or-how-not-to-excel-at-economics-13646

Previously: https://www.zdnet.com/article/excel-errors-microsofts-spreadsheet-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health/

Mentally replacing "their Substack" with "their LiveJournal" helps.

James Baldwin on anti-Black racism in the USA, during an appearance on The Dick Cavett Show, 1960s. #TyreNichols #BlackMastodon #jamesbaldwin

Comet ZTF over Mount Etna https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230128.html #APOD

A really good article that drives home the point.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/21/us-police-violence-traffic-stop-data

What is this, a #fantasy #caturday crossover episode?

Devs: We should add a kiosk mode to make the application safer.
Manager: No time for such nonsense, deploy it now.