Xmas gifts in our house were very much #baseball themed this year, even though that wasn’t really discussed between the two of us. Lots of #ClevelandGuardians stuff, including this #3dprinted giant #lego minifig. The little scroll of paper is an invitation to the Guardians’ home opener in 2026. Neither of us has been to a home opener before. So, it should be fun!
instead of getting me flowers, she made my favorite minecraft flower out of wood blocks
Every year he put up a little one. #grickledoodle #christmas #horror #holidays #vampire #cartoon #art #drawing #funny
Reminder that Bari Weiss held the 60 Minutes piece on migrant gulags with the suggestion that Stephen Miller (whose number she has) should comment. Maybe if 60 Minutes could just post this video alongside the story, it would meet Weiss's vaunted editorial standards.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:554uh3zchoid3tyseo2mfml5/post/3mao2qxvrvs2f
@xChaos , hleďme:
https://www.it4i.cz/infrastruktura/vlq-kvantovy-pocitac
Ale stejně v tom míním nadále plavat. Chci odborníky, kteří mi to podají na úrovni středoškolského studenta. Chci ukrajinskou + euro-unijní + koaličně ochotnou + meznárodně právní politiku, co s tím technickým pokrokem.
@tymoty potřebujeme vyřešit energetiku a strategickou autonomii, což je 90% energetika a 10% úplně normální internetové služby, aby všechny data neposílaly na cizí servery ovládané firmami, které podléhají náladám na trhu a musí zhodnocovat spekulativní investice.
AI je součástí problému, ne řešení... a kvantové počítače mám pocit, že jsou čistá halucinace. Podle mě spadají pod základní výzkum a to, že jsou "hřištěm" spekulativních investic, mi přijde celkově podezřelé.
Podle mě struktury, které nejsou vystavené existenčním tlakům, tak jako většina soukromého sektoru, budou daleko spíše podléhat hrám o prestižní statusové symboly, protože rovnocenným partnerem k debatě někoho, kdo má kvantový počítače, bude jen někdo, kdo má taky kvantový počítač a tak. Je to něco jako ta velká auta, ale jinak.
Podle mě je důležitá ta ekotechnologická transformace, protože všechen tenhle hi-tech jako napotvoru neumí pohnout s podstatnými každodenními problémy.
Tím neříkám, že by se to nemělo dít, ale kvantové počítače by v Tvém "famur" schématu věcí měly spadat spíš pod ministerstvo kultury. Je to sofistikované umělecké dílo, pode mě.
Jinak myslím, že nedoceňuješ kulturní rozdíly v rámci EU. Původně germánské země, nejen Německo, často kladou důraz na místní soběstačnost a samosprávu, celý ten spolkový princip, typické rakouské město má vlastní vodní elektrárnu a dráty, které pokračují dál, jsou spíš záloha, apod. Francie má naopak od Ludvíka XIV tendenci k "étatismu", k centralizaci. Ale i Francie narazila na jisté hranice té centralizace... technicky určitě.
Třeba už jen rozdíl v tom, jestli města byla "svobodná", nebo "královská", byl obrovský, v mentalitě lidí. Dnešní prohlášení každého podnikání (i korporátního) za "soukromé" je vlastně devalvací toho, co tenhle pojem historicky znamenal. Skutečně tu v Evropě máme tradici lidí, co chtěli mít vlastní hřiště a nespoléhat na to vytyčené panovníkem...
… #Trump has also insisted that he knew nothing of Epstein’s #criminal activity—though critics have questioned how that could be true given their close relationship & history of “chasing” women together. Members of #Congress from both parties said they will continue to probe the issue in the upcoming year. Reps said their takeaway from the files is that top ofcls in the admin have not been honest about what was in them, & that they intend to press AG #PamBondi & FBI Dir #KashPatel for more info.
Although many references to #Trump are clearly from news reports or from seemingly unverified tips to the FBI, one conclusion from the files is that Trump’s relationship with #Epstein, a former friend, was of interest to federal law enforcement for years.
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #DOJ #law #criminal #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
Xmas gifts in our house were very much #baseball themed this year, even though that wasn’t really discussed between the two of us. Lots of #ClevelandGuardians stuff, including this #3dprinted giant #lego minifig. The little scroll of paper is an invitation to the Guardians’ home opener in 2026. Neither of us has been to a home opener before. So, it should be fun!
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Alisa and I spent Christmas Eve driving around looking at people's lights.
There are many other mentions of #Trump. His name appears more than 100 times in files released yesterday as part of the #DOJ’s compliance with #legislation requiring it to disclose everything it has on the #Epstein case. Trump fought #Congress’s demand for #transparency for months before abruptly pivoting & endorsing the bill once he realized he had lost.
#EpsteinFiles #Congress #law #criminal #BestFriendsForever #rape #SexualAssault #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #felon47 #RapistInChief #CoverUp
With today being Christmas, here is your annual reminder to be nice to newbies in your spaces.
There is going to be a very sudden influx of people who are just getting into the spaces you occupy because they got a gift that acts as their gateway into that activity. Maybe you're into photography and someone just bought them their first ever camera body, or you're into music and someone bought them their first guitar, or you're an audiophile and someone bought them their first really nice headphones, or you're big into TTRPGs and someone just bought them their first ever core rulebook.
Whatever the specific activity and gift, these people are going to have no idea what they're doing, they're going to ask a lot of obvious questions, they're going to make a lot of rookie mistakes, and there's going to be a lot of them.
I cannot stress this enough: BE NICE TO THEM.
Few things will ruin someone's enjoyment of something faster than trying to join its community and getting such a rude first impression that their conclusion is "People who like this are kind of assholes. I don't think I want to do this if it's going to involve getting yelled at." Craigslist and eBay and FB Marketplace will be filled with mint condition gifts being resold to attest to this in the coming months.
You were there at the very first step once. Be the person for them that you wish you had back then. (Or if you were lucky enough, the person you did have who fostered your love of it!) Make this something they'll love just as much as you do, not something they'll want to sell and get away from as soon as possible.
Be the reason this Christmas starts a lifelong passion for them, not the reason they decide to abandon something that they would've loved because people made them feel bad for needing a helping hand.
Got a wonderful print from the amazing @helveticablanc for 🎄 xmas
Tying housing costs to homelessness rates, researchers have identified inflection points:
🔸When rents in a community exceed about a third of the median income, homelessness escalates.
🔸“As the share of low-income households with severe rent burdens grows, so does their risk of homelessness,”
said Thomas Byrne of Boston College, an author of the study.
Gregg Colburn, a housing expert at the University of Washington, found that
Seattle and San Francisco, with soaring rents,
had homelessness rates four to five times as high as those in Cleveland or Detroit, where rents were lower.
California’s homelessness rate was more than five times as great as Mississippi’s.
“If we had scaled Housing First
— with fidelity to the evidence-based model
— we wouldn’t have had such a big problem,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/trump-housing-first.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Merry Christmas!
And if you don't celebrate Christmas... Happy birthday, Jimmy Buffett!
@adrianco Thanks, I'll ask on the transputer discord, and I'll ask Michael.
I think the first step is to get some simple code running, maybe a Fibonacci sequence or similar.
Got a wonderful print from the amazing @helveticablanc for 🎄 xmas
@sylvia We’re dining with family tomorrow, my sister in law is doing the full turkey. We’ll open our presents then. Just a few this morning between ourselves.
And a hot bath and being a cat bed? Perfect. Have another lovely day tomorrow. 😘
@AlexWolfe Oh that sounds wonderful. We go to my side of the family tomorrow, first presents and then going to make mini pizza's 😊 No idea what that entails but it will be fun :)