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1. Katie Mack (astrokatie@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 10:07:25 UTC Katie Mack

   When you walk into the ladies’ room and discover that your hotel is part of the Hilbert franchise

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   • Peter Bindels (dascandy42@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 10:17:58 UTC Peter Bindels

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     @AstroKatie On one hand, you'll never have to queue, on the other you might need to walk a *long* time to find a free stall.

   • Jeroen Baert (jbaert@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 10:19:21 UTC Jeroen Baert

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     @AstroKatie Oh no

   • wirepair (wirepair@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 10:54:51 UTC wirepair

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     @AstroKatie I do believe you have entered the Infinity Hotel.

2. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-May-2023 00:07:41 UTC Robert McNees

   Good evening.
   #CloudAppreciationSociety
3. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 23:39:07 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU_SUTHhwUQ
   
   I remember using "wrist rocket" slingshots with my friends. They were a good way to get into trouble.
4. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 21:07:20 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

   • Ji Fu
   @fu The idea is that your teen probably needs to successfully finish school, so she isn't still doing that same low-wage, no-benefits job thirty years from now. And yes, that does happen.
   
   What these pollies are trying to do is give companies compliant and helpless workers, so they don't have to raise pay and benefits enough to attract currently unwilling adults.
   
   Even in SoCal, I knew a girl who quit high school because $FAST_FOOD_PLACE promised to make her a manager with a sizable raise. A year or so later, after the promotion and raise hadn't come, she changed to another FFP employer ... according to someone from the old neighborhood, she wound up perishing in a suspicious single-vehicle crash a few years later.
   
   That said, if you and your spouse are home schooling your kids, one of you should be the relevant school principal. City Prep's principal has no record of how well students from outside that school are doing.
   • GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 22:28:10 UTC GeniusMusing

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     • Ji Fu
     @fu @lnxw48a1
     I think what we are seeing play out is what George Carlin was talking about...
     
     >Governments don’t want well informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. That is against their interests.
     >They want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept it.
     – George Carlin
     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} repeated this.
5. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 21:13:16 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   Migrant farm labor. Are they proposing to send a farm bus to pick up 14 year olds in front of the local high schools and middle schools?
6. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 21:10:02 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

   • Ji Fu
   @fu Given that AP is derived from pump.io's current protocol, it's more amazing that no "ActivityPump" instances such as Identi.ca can speak AP yet.
7. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 20:25:14 UTC Bob Jonkman

   • Hubert Chathi
   I'd be more inclined to say "people voting the way the polls said they should..."
8. Craig S. Kaplan (csk@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 15:32:37 UTC Craig S. Kaplan

   Recall that the hat and the turtle belong to a continuum of shapes denoted Tile(a,b) for edge lengths a and b. The hat is Tile(1,sqrt(3)), and the "turtle" is Tile(sqrt(3),1). All members of that continuum are aperiodic except for the equilateral polygon Tile(1,1). Dave became curious about Tile(1,1) after seeing Yoshi Araki playing around visually with its close relative Tile(1,1.01). (2/n)

   • Craig S. Kaplan (csk@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 15:32:36 UTC Craig S. Kaplan

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     Because Tile(1,1) is equilateral, it permits a wider range of adjacencies, which then allow it to tile isohedrally using equal numbers of unreflected and reflected tiles. (3/n)

   • Craig S. Kaplan (csk@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 15:33:00 UTC Craig S. Kaplan

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     Does that matter? Hang on, there's one more step! Because Tile(1,1) is equilateral, and because we're not using reflections, it's easy to modify its edges to *force* it to tile without reflections.

     These shapes, which we call "Spectres", are "strict chiral aperiodic monotiles": shapes that are forced to tile aperiodically, and can't use reflections! If you objected to the hat because of its reflections, this is the shape for you. (6/n)

9. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 14:50:59 UTC Robert McNees

   Polymer chemist Henry Aaron Hill was born OTD in 1915. He did an organic chemistry PhD at MIT, then became a research scientist & later vice president at North Atlantic Research Corp. In 1977 he was elected president of the American Chemical Society – the society's first Black president.

   Image: ACS
10. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 17:30:40 UTC Robert McNees

    Deflection of starlight by the gravitational field of the sun was observed during a solar eclipse #OTD in 1919. This was an important piece of evidence supporting a central prediction of Einstein's 1915 theory of general relativity.

    Image: Arthur Eddington

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    • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 02:09:45 UTC Robert McNees

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      • Veda Dalsette

      @VedaDalsette it’s a very of-its-time (sexist and unnecessarily gendered) headline

    • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 14:48:03 UTC Robert McNees

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      • Peter Relph

      @peterrelph There appear to be some faint star trails in it? I can't tell if it's that, or if it's artifacts. In either case, I think this is just an image of totality, and not a plate used to measure the position of the stars.

    • Peter Relph (peterrelph@calckey.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 14:48:10 UTC Peter Relph

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      @mcnees@mastodon.social
      Is there any evidence in that image?

11. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 01:35:57 UTC Robert McNees

    Good evening.

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    • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 04:55:57 UTC Robert McNees

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      • Halide

      This is Lake Michigan, taken from the far north side of Chicago. Shot with @halide.

    • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 14:46:41 UTC Robert McNees

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      • Aurélien Gâteau 🇺🇦

      @agateau You're welcome!

    • Aurélien Gâteau 🇺🇦 (agateau@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 14:46:42 UTC Aurélien Gâteau 🇺🇦

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      @mcnees Beautiful!
      This is my new phone wallpaper, thanks!

12. Aurora ✅ (coriopsicologia@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 07:34:51 UTC Aurora ✅

    He soñado que tenía que volver a la universidad presencial.

    Y tenía que encontrar suficiente dinero para ir, volver, comer allí y un café. Y aguantar las 10 horas.
    Sentada.

    Y yo pensando, ¿Y porqué aguanto esta tortura en vez de hacerlo online?

    • Ricardo (rgbes@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 07:34:51 UTC Ricardo

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      @CorioPsicologia Cuando yo hice la universidad el online no existía, pero recuerdo durante la carrera haber soñado que aprendía a volar y que eso me hacía sumamente feliz ya que significaba que no tenía que tomar el tren nunca más. Lástima que fue solo un sueño 😆

13. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 04:29:32 UTC Robert McNees

    Look, I also like interesting tech, but imo it is grotesque to give these pitch deck summaries without offering any comment on the zillions of ways it will be abused.

    Sure, I guess it’s impressive tech, but so what? If you can’t offer any insight into how to prevent abuse, then give it an honest name like ConsentEradicator or PrivacyViolator. Be honest about how these tools will be used and abused.

    • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 04:43:48 UTC Robert McNees

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      Maybe it’s just a lack of vision on my part. If someone has a reason this isn’t gross, please explain it to me because I don’t get it.

    • skry (skry@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 05:25:21 UTC skry

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      @mcnees I can see it being good for pro photographers with crap in the background they don’t want in the shot, problematic exposures, custom portraits for holidays, boudoir, wedding, photography arts. Currently the pros use tools to isolate subject from background so they can lay in a new background and/or fill a pattern.

      I bet 90% of it will be the objectionable use cases and evil intent folks though.

14. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 03:02:51 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    Minnesota's role in the US Civil War https://infosec.exchange/@ubernostrum/110455095905600920
    
    #MN
15. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 01:12:53 UTC Robert McNees

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    • JRDMB
    • Simon Willison

    @simon @jrdmb That’s one of the more impressive responses I’ve seen.

    • Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 01:12:56 UTC Simon Willison

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      • JRDMB

      @jrdmb @mcnees OK well this was quite fun! https://chat.openai.com/share/23a225e8-1c30-4eb5-aba3-1d928b8ffd4f

    • Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 01:12:59 UTC Simon Willison

      • JRDMB

      @jrdmb @mcnees I am a long-term fan of that particular folklore classification system!

      I thought about using it for the tags on my blog

16. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 00:20:01 UTC Robert McNees

    Get a nest, you two.
17. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 15:08:53 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
    On the way to meet a half brother I haven't ever seen face-to-face. Another brother that I haven't seen in 50+ years may also be there.
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 18:43:18 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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      The oldest brother didn't show, but most of middle of the lineup was here. None of my sisters showed up.
      
      I got talk to a niece I'd never met, too.
    • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 20:05:06 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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      Oldest brother was at work, but he called to greet us.
18. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 18:54:20 UTC Robert McNees

    @stuartyeates Oh, yeah, I see. I thought you meant one of A, T, or U!
19. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 05:53:01 UTC Robert McNees

    If you haven’t found your Sunday night rabbit hole yet, take a look at the Aarne-Thompson-Uther Classification of Folk Tales. It’s like a Dewey decimal system for legends, tall tales, and folklore.

    http://www.mftd.org/index.php?action=atu

    • Ari Fellman (arifell@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 12:06:14 UTC Ari Fellman

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      @mcnees I’m going to state this with my 11 year old, who is deep into reading, and mythologies

    • A. Tang (achillestang@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 17:16:39 UTC A. Tang

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      @mcnees I only know of this because it’s featured in Seanan McGuire’s urban fantasy book series, Indexing. Fun reading, especially for those who love folk & fairy tales.

20. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 29-May-2023 15:09:53 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

    • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅
    @clacke Time to trim your fingernails?