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ティージェーグレェ @teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe
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movie spoilers

Yesterday I watched a couple of movies:

Audrey's Children: this was pretty endearing. It's a period pieced based on real world events surrounding Dr. Audrey Evans who came up with the "Stages" of cancer (e.g. Stage 1 you caught it early enough it's probably easily treatable, Stage 4, it's probably too late, etc.) Thankfully it mostly avoids the whole Ronald McDonald House Charities aspect of her work (basically to provide free housing for families of patients undergoing treatment, but with McDonald's affiliated sponsorship, which: doesn't food from McDonald's probably cause a lot of cancer? sigh) starring Natalie Dormer (as an aside, for some reason my brain sees a lot of similarities between Natalie Dormer and Asa Butterfield and I do not know why) as Dr. Audrey Evans. Clancy Brown as Dr. C. Everett Koop almost seems as if he is a dead ringer for the real Dr. Koop portrayed towards the end before the credits. It's directed by a woman (Ami Canaan Mann) and written by a woman (Julia Fisher Farbman) and set in an era where women couldn't even open bank accounts in the USA (it doesn't really deal with that directly, but there's a slight subplot where Dr. Audrey Evans tries to buy a house and the potential seller, won't even speak with her without her "husband" [she isn't married at that point in her life]). The costumes feel as if they are a star in and of themselves, very dapper! Overall it seems well acted, well shot, but there was only ONE screening yesterday? wtfh. I get the impression this will barely be seen. You can guess why.

October 8: this is a movie basically focused on the (4th wave?) Antisemitism that seems to be in vogue, particularly after the October 7th, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel. I was the only person in the theater, and given that Elon Musk has been doing Nazi salutes in public? I mean, is it any surprise that there are distressing amounts of racist genocidal Jew hating movements, even in the USA right now? sigh It's worth getting informed, but I fear that the people who really need to have their ignorance dispelled and a lesson on self defense as contrasted with links to terrorist organizations calling for hate speech such as "MeToo Unless You're a Jew" and whatnot? Like, the audiences who need to learn, probably aren't going to be seeing this movie. Meanwhile, if I am the only person in the audience, you're preaching to the choir. If you saw We Will Dance Again (2024) about the innocent civilian Nova festival goers who were murdered en mass from Hamas terrorists, this will complement it, but it really tries to explore the underlying organizational links between a lot of "protests" occurring at various college campuses that have direct ties to Hamas, Iran and other Antisemitic terrorist organizations. It focuses on a few particular individuals (such as class body President Tessa Veksler at UC Santa Barbara, who is an American with Jewish identity who spoke out against hate speech on campus, and in turn there were some 800 signatures calling for her to be recalled. There's also a Department of Education inquiry into discrimination at UCSB in related stuff which it doesn't talk about, but didn't Trump try to put an end to the Department of Education recently? I can't help but feel as if that is related.). It is difficult viewing, but the sort of thing that would behoove those who never get deeper than reading a headline or a sign and helps to "follow the money" as well as some of the specific language choices tied to genocidal Antisemitic groups. Heck, it even interviews a former co-founder of Hamas who now disavows his involvement and fled to the USA and is now an American citizen. So it seems as if it at least makes some pretty serious efforts at doing the due diligence and research that is sorely lacking from a lot of mainstream journalistic facades these days.
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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name
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Decomposing a Factorial into Large Factors

Link: terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/03
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Decomposing a factorial into large factors

I’ve just uploaded to the arXiv the paper “Decomposing a factorial into large factors”. This paper studies the quantity $latex {t(N)}&fg=000000$, defined as the largest quanti…

terrytao.wordpress.com · What's new

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ティージェーグレェ @teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe
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Yesterday I checked my mailbox for the first time in a while (because, my car has been having mechanical issues and is at a dealership waiting parts for repairs; thank goodness for CalTrain and BART and such!).

I had 8 packages waiting for me, no big deal. I was expecting them.

What I wasn't expecting: the tax preparation paperwork mailer that I had sent to my CPA on March 10th?

Was sitting in my mailbox. Near as I can discern, one of the 1099 forms that I had included, somehow slithered its way directly in front of the "TO" address field plastic window in the mailer? So the USPS couldn't figure out where to send it, and returned it to the "FROM" address (thankfully not occluded, still a little plastic window in the mailer).

Never in a million years would I have anticipated that kind of failure mode!

I opened it up, shuffled the contents inside (hopefully that won't happen again) went to a post office and paid $3.15 again to mail it again. I also emailed my CPA to let him know what happened.

As the adage goes: "if it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at all!"

sigh Here's hoping everything else with tax filing goes a bit more smoothly?
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JellyPo shared the below article:

한국 소프트웨어 개발자들이 자주 틀리는 외래어 표기법

洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) @hongminhee@hackers.pub

전에 단문으로 올렸던 글을 지속적으로 갱신해볼까 싶어 게시글로 만들어 봅니다.

영어 틀린 표기 올바른 표기
algorithm 알고리즘 알고리듬
app 어플 앱
application 어플리케이션 애플리케이션
BASIC 베이직 베이식
directory 디렉토리 디렉터리
front-end 프론트엔드 프런트엔드
launch 런치 론치
license 라이센스 라이선스
message 메세지 메시지
method 메소드 메서드
parallel 페러렐 패럴렐
proxy 프록시 프락시
release 릴리즈 릴리스
repository 레포지토리 리파지터리
shader 쉐이더 셰이더
shell 쉘 셸
Read more →
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不要和陌生人说话8984 @Carey@m.cmx.im
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Shared by 藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii

Open AI基于上百万张吉卜力的剧照训练了一个Gen AI吉卜力风格图像生成器，并且辩解自己不算偷，只是基于fair use.
网上迅速出现大量图片，包括吉卜力风格的川普/马斯克。直到今天白宫官方账号发了一条这个生成器做的反移民的图像，一个ICE官员和一个哭泣的移民。我不想转发，指路这里可以看instagram.com/p/DHugG2xNFVr/
很无语，特别是考虑到吉卜力早期动画中很多反法西斯的主题。
这就是我想说的：Gen AI图像也许本质不是法西斯，但它完美契合了法西斯的目的——极权政权中，机械可复制的文化即不需要创作者的努力，也不需要观众的付出。近一百年前关于“刻奇”的论述中也有提到这点。

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comradecrowbar 🏳️‍⚧️🐶 @comradecrowbar@mspsocial.net
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Hiya! I’m terrible at introduction posts but here goes 🤷‍♀️

I’m Liz (she/fae), and I’m one of the biggest trans stereotypes you’ll meet 🤣

I’m new to fedi and relatively new to the twin cities (Iowa refugee since 8/2024). I post pics of my cats, shitposts, and on rare occasions am actually insightful. Nice to meet everyone!

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Paul Cantrell @inthehands@hachyderm.io
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Holy shit.

Just wow, wow, holy shit:

Completely rewriting a multi-million line COBOL codebase that has life-or-death consequences for real people in the space of a few months, using gen AI?

I’ve been writing software for 40-some years, and I have to say: this may be, without exaggeration, the stupidest software-related idea I’ve ever heard from leadership.

wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

www.wired.com · WIRED

Paul Cantrell @inthehands@hachyderm.io
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Shared by infinite love ⴳ

I urge you to listen to the riveting and wonderful radio feature about what happens when you try to build a make-or-break project on a ridiculously tight timeline:

99percentinvisible.org/episode

The page has summary text, but listen if you can. I’ve heard very few instances of a developer speaking so candidly and with such self-awareness about what it feels like to be part of a failing software project.

Listen. Then imagine that instead of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, it’s social security for the entire USA.

The Worst Video Game Ever - 99% Invisible

Deep within the National Museum of American History’s vaults is a battered Atari case containing what’s known as “the worst video game of all time.” The game is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and it was so bad that not even the might of Steven Spielberg could save it. It was so loathsome that all remaining copies

99percentinvisible.org · 99% Invisible

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Rob Isaac @rmi@cloudisland.nz
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Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension that trains a machine vision model on the contents of my screen without my consent, making the whole machine too hot to touch, and I am once again begging someone, anyone, to remove Chrome from Google by any means necessary.

research.google/blog/screenai-

ScreenAI: A visual language model for UI and visually-situated language understanding

research.google

Rob Isaac @rmi@cloudisland.nz
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Shared by infinite love ⴳ

This task continuously reads every pixel in every tab in every window to build a machine vision model for "accessibility". The task instantly respawns if you kill it, reduces battery life from 9 hours to less than one hour, and makes the laptop too hot to touch. It can't be turned off.

A screenshot of the ChromeOS task manager, showing a runaway "Screen AI Service" consuming over 2GB of RAM and almost two whole CPU cores.
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Rob Isaac @rmi@cloudisland.nz
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Shared by infinite love ⴳ

Today Google bricked my Chromebook by force-installing a hidden extension that trains a machine vision model on the contents of my screen without my consent, making the whole machine too hot to touch, and I am once again begging someone, anyone, to remove Chrome from Google by any means necessary.

research.google/blog/screenai-

ScreenAI: A visual language model for UI and visually-situated language understanding

research.google

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zunda @zundan@mastodon.zunda.ninja
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そんなこんなでmitome.inの更新が進みました。もしご興味がありましたら
https://deploy-preview-182--mitomein.netlify.app/
をぱっと読んでみていただいて、見づらいところや動かない機能に気づいたら知らせていただけるとうれしいです。コンポーネントのコードむっちゃ変更した: https://github.com/zunda/mitome.in/pull/182

mitome.in - 暗号と電子署名を気軽に

認め印を使うくらい気軽に、暗号でやりとりしたり電子署名したい

mitome.in

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zunda @zundan@mastodon.zunda.ninja
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Shared by SparklingOutlaw🍉

そんなこんなでmitome.inの更新が進みました。もしご興味がありましたら
https://deploy-preview-182--mitomein.netlify.app/
をぱっと読んでみていただいて、見づらいところや動かない機能に気づいたら知らせていただけるとうれしいです。コンポーネントのコードむっちゃ変更した: https://github.com/zunda/mitome.in/pull/182

mitome.in - 暗号と電子署名を気軽に

認め印を使うくらい気軽に、暗号でやりとりしたり電子署名したい

mitome.in

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Jonathan Rollans @jrollans@jrollans.com
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I really miss 3D Touch on iOS and Apple Watch devices. I feel like Apple dropped it because it was used so little, but if they would’ve made it more discoverable to begin with it could’ve been the basis for so many interactions that ended up convoluted now.
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scribblans (with tea) @scribblanitea@cupoftea.social
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Why have I resurrected scribblans?

No idea.

Just one of those ADHD things of coming across the bookmark for fedia social and going"Ooh, that account still exists" and then looking at it and then digging into it and thinking I might use it but really I probably don't need it as it's very confusing for everyone but that's the way my brain works so we all have to go with it... oh, and then I moved it to cupoftea too, just for MORE confusion... MORE scatterbrain... just more WHAT ARE YOU ON YOU MUPPET?ness... standard.

And I've not had anything to drink yet either.

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[랜선효도] 제주감귤🍊 @jejuorange.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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[랜선효도/제주감귤] 3월 29일 가격표입니다. *진지향, 소량 시작하였습니다. *타로코 블러드오렌지(제주산) 예약 시작. 주문 : tinyurl.com/jejuorange7766 (구글폼) 문의 : open.kakao.com/o/snBLcewf (오픈카톡)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a6qvfkbrohedqy3dt6k5mdv6/post/3lkmjgpzams2m

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Steve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com@bsky.brid.gy
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See also: www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...

(working model) Pittsburgh Cit...

(working model) Pittsburgh City Steps - Google My Maps

I've been compiling a list of Pittsburgh's city steps with the express goal of one day covering all 24,000 vertical feet. (that's over 44,000 individual steps) Blue indicates steps that have been counted whereas red indicates steps that are closed or impassible.Yellow indicates the steps I have found but have yet to trek. DISCLAIMER: This map is an old version. It is incomplete and out of date. If you decide to use it to find and hike steps, please proceed with caution. -created by Benjamin Haake Total steps to date- 32,942

www.google.com · Google My Maps

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페미위키 @femiwiki@planet.moe
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Shared by KAGAMI🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

주거문제 집담회: 혼자 사는 여자가 가장 괴로운 건 일단 돈이야

1인 가구 청년 여성은 여성 대상 주거침입 범죄 우려로 인해 주거비를 남성보다 월 17만원 가량 더 지출한다고 합니다. '혼자 사는 여자'들의 주거안전 및 이로 인한 주거비 부담 가중 문제, 해결하기 위해 무엇이 필요할까요? 어떤 요구를 제기하며 싸울 수 있을까요?

○ 참가신청: 4월 16일까지 bit.ly/housing0418 로 신청
○ 주최: 사회주의정당건설연대
○ 일시: 2025년 4월 18일 (금) 19시 30분
○ 장소: 청년문화공간JU(서울 마포구 월드컵북로2길 49) 모임방 5

○ 패널
조분이(사회주의정당건설연대)
구지선(대학생)
김민지(반니(반성폭력 운동하는 언니들) 활동가)
김설아(1인 가구로 살고 있는 가정폭력 생존자)

사회주의정당건설연대 주최 주거문제 집담회 패널 조분이(사회주의정당건설연대) 구지선(대학생) 김민지(반니(반성폭력 운동하는 언니들) 활동가) 김설아(1인 가구로 살고 있는 가정폭력 생존자) 참가신청: https://bit.ly/housing0418 (4월 16일까지) 1인 가구 청년 여성은 여성 대상 주거침입 범죄 우려로 인해 주거비를 남성보다 월 17만원 가량 더 지출한다고 합니다. '혼자 사는 여자'들의 주거안전 및 이로 인한 주거비 부담 가중 문제, 해결하기 위해 무엇이 필요할까요? 어떤 요구를 제기하며 싸울 수 있을까요? 2025년 4월 18일 (금) 19시 30분 청년문화공간JU 모임방5 (서울 마포구 월드컵북로2길 49) 사회주의정당건설연대 홈페이지 socialistforces.kr 페이스북, X @socialistforces 이메일 socialistforces@gmail.com
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페미위키 @femiwiki@planet.moe
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주거문제 집담회: 혼자 사는 여자가 가장 괴로운 건 일단 돈이야

1인 가구 청년 여성은 여성 대상 주거침입 범죄 우려로 인해 주거비를 남성보다 월 17만원 가량 더 지출한다고 합니다. '혼자 사는 여자'들의 주거안전 및 이로 인한 주거비 부담 가중 문제, 해결하기 위해 무엇이 필요할까요? 어떤 요구를 제기하며 싸울 수 있을까요?

○ 참가신청: 4월 16일까지 bit.ly/housing0418 로 신청
○ 주최: 사회주의정당건설연대
○ 일시: 2025년 4월 18일 (금) 19시 30분
○ 장소: 청년문화공간JU(서울 마포구 월드컵북로2길 49) 모임방 5

○ 패널
조분이(사회주의정당건설연대)
구지선(대학생)
김민지(반니(반성폭력 운동하는 언니들) 활동가)
김설아(1인 가구로 살고 있는 가정폭력 생존자)

사회주의정당건설연대 주최 주거문제 집담회 패널 조분이(사회주의정당건설연대) 구지선(대학생) 김민지(반니(반성폭력 운동하는 언니들) 활동가) 김설아(1인 가구로 살고 있는 가정폭력 생존자) 참가신청: https://bit.ly/housing0418 (4월 16일까지) 1인 가구 청년 여성은 여성 대상 주거침입 범죄 우려로 인해 주거비를 남성보다 월 17만원 가량 더 지출한다고 합니다. '혼자 사는 여자'들의 주거안전 및 이로 인한 주거비 부담 가중 문제, 해결하기 위해 무엇이 필요할까요? 어떤 요구를 제기하며 싸울 수 있을까요? 2025년 4월 18일 (금) 19시 30분 청년문화공간JU 모임방5 (서울 마포구 월드컵북로2길 49) 사회주의정당건설연대 홈페이지 socialistforces.kr 페이스북, X @socialistforces 이메일 socialistforces@gmail.com
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