Just FYI apparently #Universeodon has switched to the incredibly abusive and poorly maintained oliphant block list that is itself dictated, in part, of mastodon.art's abusive block list.
See my response here: https://mastodon.acm.org/@freemo/111908751487276074
As well as the Admin admitting this is the case here: https://mastodon.acm.org/@wild1145@universeodon.com/111889411895912635
very disappointed in their lack of due diligence.
@gcblasing@mstdn.social
It would be pretty idiotic to reject someone based on this.
That said I do agree that very detailed medical records, anonymized, should be attached to all blood. This would save lives by allowing people to reject blood selectively so they can still get treated, its better than letting those people die.
@damngoodtech I will check them out, thanks.
I was under the impression, maybe incorrectly, that the USA has put sanctions on Russia such that going there and interviewing Putin is being treated as illegal and he is risking jail time.
If i was wrong, and there is not legal pressure I agree with you.
@DeeGLloyd@mastodon.world
Irrelevant. I mean yea tucker is a piece of shit, and he is exactly the sort of piece of shit Putin would want to interview him.
But anyone who goes and interviews someone and the USA says that person isnt allowed to be interviewed, then the journalist will absolutely get my support for that act.
The only way anyone could fault Tucker for this move is if it werent illegal. Then you can argue he did nothing note worthy as a journalist, didnt risk anything, so all he did at that point was propaganda for an asshat.
But yea the very act of the USA making it illegal puts Tucker in the right.
@DeeGLloyd@mastodon.world
@freemo Yes non-euclidean! It is a red and blue tree inside the poincaré disk model of hyperbolic geometry.
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@LouisIngenthron Well as I said, its margin of error is well below the alternatives anyway.
@LouisIngenthron No doubt it is a real effect, but easily managed in the wild. Any field that effect it are going to more or less within hands reach plus a little extra . So while its totally true it might be effected by an electronic device fairly close to it, or a large chunk of metal, anything even moderately far away (such as a deposit of metal a dozen feet under the earth) isnt likely to have much of an effect.
"Officer safety" a phrase you will often hear from a police officer shortly before he starts beating you and violating your rights.
@robryk you would need a map of the magnetic fields, a high accurate sensor, and you'd not even approach GPS level accuracy.. but its doable in theory yea.
Mechanical compasses of that sort are more complicated, at least because you need a vertical reference and a gimbal with 2 degrees of freedom.
Also, that's not very accurate if you don't know your longitude: the isolines of vertical strength are amusingly curvy: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/World_Magnetic_Inclination_2020.pdf
BTW I wonder how many sports trackers use the magnetic field to simplify their motion tracking, and then work very differently sufficiently far north or sufficiently close to the equator. (E.g. for breaststroke in swimming pools oriented east-west in Switzerland keeping a running average of the magnetic field direction at wrist is a more reliable way of counting lengths than what Garmin was doing up until something like 1-2 years ago)
@mjambon The wobble itself you can account for by normalizing with a gyro or force sensor. The issue of magnets around you, I mean yea if one is around it will throw it off. But making sure there isnt a magnet within a few feet of it isnt really a huge issue, these fields weaken fast.
You are right however the reason is accuracy. The magnetic field is weak and the resolution of the sensors are limited. Also GPS is hyper accurate. So there is no doubt its an accuracy thing.
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