What you need to understand is getting into advanced mathematics is like hanging out with a bunch of stoners MATHEMATICIAN 1: Hey MATHEMATICIAN 2: Wha M1: You know how like… in an irrational number… the digits after the decimal… they go on forever M2: Yeah M1: Like they just go on forever M2: I know man M1: Well what if they went on forever to the left M2: What M1: What if there was a number… and it went on forever after the decimal… and also forever before the decimal M2: Duuuuude M1: Duuuuude
As a reminder if you are looking for a alternative web browser not controlled by AI cultists,
Servo
Servo aims to empower developers with a lightweight, high-performance alternative for embedding web technologies in applications.
Servo is a web rendering engine written in Rust, with WebGL and WebGPU support, and adaptable to desktop, mobile, and embedded applications.
 has various ways to set up a recurring donation! I am not involved with Servo, and I don't know for a fact they will never let you down. What I can tell you is they - Rejected a plan to allow AI contributions - Allow gender-neutral pronouns in documentation¹ - Are designed from word go for embeddability, meaning they will always be easier to fork than Firefox or Chromium.
Today discovered that "Truth Social" has a sidebar message on every pageload reading "Proudly made in the United States of America. 🇺🇸", which is interesting, considering the code for their website is known to have been written in Germany
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Mastodon
mcc (@mcc@mastodon.social)
What I'm listening to today: "cem", evadum Astral-journey ambient on vintage 1980s 4-track pro tape recorder and Nanoloop 2 for Nintendo DS. Ocean...
 : Seriously tho look at this gorgeous piece of 1980s industrial design ( image from
Fostex 160 Multitracker (Music Technology, Dec 1986)
Four-track Cassette Recorder
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"Claims about AI-datacenter water usage are overblown, it's really not that much water" "Oh, how much water is it?" "That's a secret" [
Mastodon.green
Gerry McGovern (@gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green)
Google Strives To Keep Data Center Water Use Secret After Judge Orders Records Released A Roanoke judge has ordered the Western Virginia Water Aut...
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This is just to say I have closed the jira that was in the icebox and which you were probably saving for the next sprint Forgive me it had been open forever Fuck you
Gamedev Mastodon
vfig (@vfig@mastodon.gamedev.place)
@mcc@mastodon.social …that was in the icebox
I'm using Windows 10 rather than Windows 11 because I imagine if I use the outdated version I'll get only security updates and I'll be less likely to get hit with Microsoft project tying. And yet when i click the start menu i see image
The reason they have to keep making Wizard of Oz prequels is if they went *forward* then they'd have to let people know about Ozma, and Hollywood will not, absolutely will *not*, ever allow that to happen
Gah. Your tab just crashed.
A brief rant 🧵 about Chinese written in ballpoint pen and how Chinese language learning sources are 100% failing me in terms of equipping me to read it
Bluesky Social
mcc (@dryad.technology)
Christine took one look and was like "this must be how hiragana was invented" I had a slightly different take. I'm learning Chinese. And every lan...