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Monday, 28 April 2025

The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing

quote [ Auburn University’s help desk is still answering the public’s calls 70 years on ]

You've reached the help desk
[SFW] [people]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 27 April 2025

Ever Played Pokémon Go? You Helped Train an AI for 'Spatial Intelligence'

quote [ "It's so incredibly 2020s coded that Pokémon Go is being used to build an AI system which will almost inevitably end up being used by automated weapons systems to kill people," tweeted Elise Thomas, OSINT analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in the UK. ]

From last november .. the article links to more reporting plus the actual Achieve Spatial Intelligence article from Niantic itself. Also, last month they split off the spatial tech part and sold the games division?
[SFW] [Virtual & Augmented Reality]
[by Paracetamol@6:37pmGMT] [0 comments]

Cracking Open Evolution’s Black Box on 'Lizard Island'

quote [ On an island in South Florida, scientists use trials to see how natural selection drives evolution in real time. ]

So here we go out here on the edge of evolution
[SFW] [environment & nature] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:02amGMT] [0 comments]

Saturday, 26 April 2025

Pack by plasmastarfish

quote [ You're leaving for a trip! Pack all your items into a suitcase. ]

Virtual dishwasher tetris with magic containers.

found via Indie Games+ blog
[SFW] [games] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@7:33amGMT] [0 comments]

The 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

quote [ The town of Beach Haven, on the southern end of Long Beach Island off the coast of New Jersey, has been a popular summer resort for more than a hundred years. Located just twenty miles north of Atlantic City, Beach Haven has been the favourite destination for couples and families from New Jersey and Pennsylvania looking for a seaside escape. ]

We're due for a shark attack here on the Jersey Shore
[SFW] [history] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [1 comment]



Friday, 25 April 2025

Spammers are more consistent at making SPF, DKIM, and DMARC correct than are legitimate senders.

quote [ DMARC in particular has no discernible benefit for most senders, so it is a useless signal.

Rejecting mail based solely on authentication failures of those deeply flawed authentication methods does more harm than good. ]

On the mail auth hoop you need to jump to get your mails to Google. This is federated comments from a jwz post. It gives insight into how useless these complicated mail domain setups are – other than to lock in people into big platforms.

thumb via New Old Stock
[SFW] [science & technology] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@8:33pmGMT] [0 comments]

GitHub - R1Xhard-35789/Zeta

quote [ Contribute to R1Xhard-35789/Zeta development by creating an account on GitHub. ]

UNWORTHY-SELF LINK

I've been imagining an idea, more endlessly falling thru the "floor" trying to do ray-traced physics.

Instead a rabbit warren latter I bit the bullet and settled on the Bullet physics for now.

For the incoherent babel, please do not enter MODS or COMMENTS.


[SFW] [do it yourSElf] [+1 Good]
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“I Am Making the World My Confessor”: Mary MacLane, the Wild Woman from Butte

quote [ In 1902, a woman named Mary MacLane from Butte, Montana, became an international sensation after publishing a scandalous journal at the age of 19. Rereading this often-forgotten debut, Hunter Dukes finds a voice that hungers for worldly experience, brims with bisexual longing, and rages against the injustices of youth. ]

I came down from Butte, Montana, for a little change of scene
[SFW] [history] [+1 Insightful]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Thursday, 24 April 2025

When Smart Goes Dumb

quote [ We now have a lot of examples of cloud-enabled smart devices that don’t work anymore. What we don’t have are ways to prevent old gadgets from becoming garbage. ]

I'm smart with out smart devices
[SFW] [science & technology] [+3]
[by ScoobySnacks@2:09pmGMT] [3 comments]

SCRAP, the 50-year-old Bayview arts-and-everything store, is losing its lease

quote [ “This is such a hard city to live in if you’re an artist,” said Lambright, a former artist himself. Pausing a minute, he remembered an old art professor who used to instruct his students to go to SCRAP for their materials, with just $10 in their pocket. His motto was, “Just give them 10 bucks and send them to SCRAP,” he recalled, laughing. ]

Looks good, sad to see it go, high rents shitty everywhere, culture, donations, funding, etc.
[SFW] [art] [+1 Informative]
[by Paracetamol@9:35amGMT] [0 comments]



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