marathon @marathon0@qoto.org

Having made it through several years of the COVID pandemic without catching it, I thought I'd got away with it. Wrong! A few months back I started coughing and feeling a bit off colour and the lateral flow test indicated that I had finally caught COVID-19. I tested positive for about 5 days and then the tests went negative. Other than an annoyingly persistent cough for about four days, a bit of a sore throat and a mild general feeling of malaise, it really wasn't that dramatic.
However, I noticed that I was forgetting things more than more than I usually do and that I was suffering from what I thought to be “brain fog”. This was characterized by an inability to bring words to mind when speaking and the general slowing down of my mental processes. For example, if I wanted to create a new Word document, something I do quite frequently, it would take anything up to 30 seconds between me thinking “I need to create a Word document” and my brain remembering how you do that. As I used to be a computer programmer, I found that really scary. This mental fog persisted for several weeks following the infection. Thankfully, several months later, I seem to have regained my mental agility.
Has anyone else experienced similar symptoms?
Does the description above qualify as “brain fog”?

Having a good laugh listening to this. Do the IgNobels know about this reasearch yet?

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/nov-5-socializing-between-chimps-and-gorillas-deer-and-daylight-savings-giant-asteroid-and-more-1.6639648

@freemo “treats?! I’m on my way!!”

God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
Bill Watterson

#quoteoftheday

Free cannabis quality and standardization webinar drop:

Tune in to the free "Workshop on Cannabis Product Quality" co-organized by the US Pharmacopeia and ASTM D37 Committee on Cannabis. I'll be participating on the "Regulators Panel" with some other fine folks Wed morning.

Afterwards, my Health Canada colleagues, the esteemed Robin Marles will be chairing the "Standards Panel".

Taking place Dec 7 and 8.

https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=714967&1

Shell Script Best Practices

"This article is about a few quick thumb rules I use when writing #shell scripts that I’ve come to appreciate over the years. Very opinionated." — The Sharat's

https://sharats.me/posts/shell-script-best-practices/

#bash #linux #Script #BestPractices

#DXVK 2.0 Released With Many Improvements For #Direct3D Over @VulkanAPI

-- Great news for #Linux #gaming and #SteamDeck gamers!

https://www.phoronix.com/news/DXVK-2.0-Released

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/phoronix/status/1590707864309731328

does anyone know who is doing research on #seaweed as a superfood, carbon sink & packaging alternative?

I see lengthy threads like this one, and so many people struggling with #Mastodon, and I have to wonder, is it the apps? I never used Twitter mobile app, nor do I use any Mastodon apps, but never have any problems with my three Mastodon accounts in the web interface. What is broken?

@GutmannLab is looking for additional researchers at all levels, including experienced technicians, staff scientists, & postdoctoral fellows to work on #childhood #braintumors.

Spread the word!

Interested candidates should DM us or email Dr. Gutmann directly.

Come join an amazing team of scientists working on cancer immunology, cancer neuroscience, hiPSC cancer modeling, and the developmental origins of cancer.

RT from : @CP3_UCLouvain@twitter :

We are looking for a new colleague to join our efforts in the @CMSExperiment and beyond. It is a tenure or tenure track academic position! Deadline is getting close. Spread the word!

https://jobs.uclouvain.be/PersonnelAcademique/job/Un%C2%B7e-acad%C3%A9mique-en-Physique-exp%C3%A9rimentale-des-interactions-(1ETP)/857805201/

🔗 https://twitter.com/CP3_UCLouvain/status/1590688774970781696?t=75a7Fc8CkErIhmYGg4o-zQ&s=19

I mentioned this in a private message to someone recently about why a small handful of servers block qoto. I wanted to reiterate it here for the new comers on QOTO who dont know the history:

So there are some servers out there that demand every server int he network block every instance they do, and if a server doesnt block an instance they block then they block you in rettatliation.

Their reason for this is quite flawed but it goes like this.. If we federate with a bad actor instance and we boost one of their posts then their users will see it and defeat the purpose of the block. The problem is, this isnt how it actually works. If they block a server and we boost it, they wont see the boost, thats how blocks work.

The issue becomes even more complicated when you consider the fact that these servers, by virtue of their policy, have huge block lists where they block tons of major servers. So in order to satisfy them we too would have to block a huge number of servers.

This means you have a choice, you either join a server that isnt blocked, but has a huge block list themselves, or, you join a server that doesnt block and be blocked by a small handful of servers. Obviously that means on QOTO you will have bigger view of the world than you would on any of these others servers. In fact QOTO has onne of the largest federation footprints of any server in the network.

I want to also explain why we choose the decision we did. Years ago when this controversy started and servers across the fediverse started blocking there was a divide of people taking sides. WOTO was one of the few servers that didnt take sides and allowed people read content from any server (but with strict hate speech rules). This caused a huge influx of people,s pecifically from the LGBTQ community, onto our server. It turns out many people relied on us not-blocking for their physical safety. There were big name biggots (like milo yanappolus) who were on the network. They used their accounts here to watch his account for doxing so they could warn themselves and their community and protect themselves accordingly. In fact we added a feature just for them called subscriptions which allowed them to monitor accounts without following them so they could do so anonymously.

In tthe end for the safety of the LGBTQ community here we refused to engage in mass server blocking and instead encouraged our users to block servers on an individual basis and provided access to block lists for them to do so. But some really misguided servers blocked us anyway.

Thankfully the servers blocking us are few and far between and are limited to only the most excessive and aggressive block lists. As I said, QOTO has one of the largest federation footprints on the fediverse,

#mastoadmin

To Twitter migrants complaining about learning how to use the Fediverse—do you forget what it was like to first join Twitter?

Questions that arose back in 2008:

1. What can I possibly say in 140 characters?
2. What is a hashtag, and why does it even exist?
3. How does anyone find anything?
4. Who do I follow?
5. What's a feed?

Twitter came with a learning curve.

New stock ordered, for the new office.

I've decided to cut my prices a bit, at least temporary. £20 off, on all laptops sold via https://minifree.org

Laptops come with coreboot, which replaces proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware, plus Debian Linux, or other distro/BSD on request.