Martin Jambon 🌍🌎🌏 @mjambon@qoto.org

Linea Aspera - Entropy (2020)
https://youtu.be/4cP9_8fPP4A
#music #darkwave

@lowqualityfacts #LIFEHACK

@ZachWeinersmith @uastronomer here's a variant:
- the world is made of two 3×3 grids, each representing a player's home planet.
- the goal is to build a 3-cell long landing strip on the other player's planet.
- the game starts after each player placed two secret 1-cell military bases on their planet.
- each player in turn picks a position on the other planet where a piece a landing strip will be built unless it's occupied by a military base, in which case this fact is revealed immediately.
- the first player to complete a landing strip on the other planet wins.
This may be become more interesting with larger grids and more bases. Maybe the possibility of moving a base by one square on your own planet instead of a regular turn could be interesting.

@tofugolem idk, my landlords have no difficulties picking fridges that never break. 😂

The Time Traveler (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. And then the dragons arrived.

Poll result: 29% of the world believes chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
#science #cows #chocolate #milk #wow

@breadandwater @GossiTheDog @TaylorSwiftsJets eco consciousness

Work in progress: a testing framework for OCaml that supports checking test output against expectations.

It works and we're using it at Semgrep but it needs basic documentation and other straightforward work.

https://github.com/semgrep/testo
#ocaml

Does chocolate milk come from brown cows?

#science #poll #statistics #cows #chocolate #milk

Wait, what? (screenshot #1)

Do I read this correctly: Artists submit their work for an auction, and if they're selected and the painting sells, they get between 0% and 15% of the selling price.

Oh, they list "benefits" (screenshot #2). Let's see.

> All selected artists will be included in our robust promotional campaigns.

Oh, you'll use my art in an ad campaign for free. Awesome. I'm gonna be famous.

> Artists will receive bidder information from their sold artwork after the Auction.

Do we get their cell number and the name of the school attended by their children? I can't wait to stalk them.

> All artist applicants will have their work seen by local art-world luminaries who jury the work for inclusion consideration.

Sweet, a jury of local randos will get to see my painting.

> Your contribution as an Auction Artist directly supports ArtSpan’s programs, and has a positive impact on our local art community.

Sounds like an ineffective way for artists to give their money to other artists.

You know what, I'll skip this and focus on making art.

https://artspan.submittable.com/submit/287572/artspans-50th-anniversary-juried-benefit-art-auction

#art #exploitation #artistexploitation #wtf #desperation #scam

@dpiponi any input that was acquired by built-in hardware or software is a feature.
1. There's no harm in providing pre-computed features along with the original input.
2. Without giving the machine the ability to extend its sources of input i.e. the ability for itself to build a tool that allows it e.g. to look into the eyes of the opposing chess player or to browse the Web freely, it's still being fed features.
Hope you find this useful.

@randahl I don't know. I'm a bit worried about all the outsiders with strong opinions who think they're not outsiders.

I was reminded that most people outside the software industry have no idea that today, the world runs on top of free and open-source software. They're convinced that "nothing is free" "because capitalism". It's like some of those immigrants from communist countries who believe that selfishness is a requirement of capitalism...

Note that I'm not particularly advocating for the exploitation of free software authors, only stating facts.

#freesoftware #capitalism

@freemo loosely related: Did you know that in France, you can acquire a house by paying the owners a pension until they die? If you're into gambling or "accidental" deaths, buying a viager is for you: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/viager.asp