I had given up on pleading for more alt-text but I'll try again!
Please add alt-text to your photos/pictures it only takes a minute and does not have to be fancy. My policy is not to boost images without alt-text and I am not the only one.
This is one of the cultural things I like about Mastodon, the inclusiveness. Please don't ruin it.
This is one of (many) lessons I learned, way back when, from Brian Kernighan. His approach: first, get it right (my phrasing: there's no benefit to doing the wrong thing thing quickly); second, measure, because your guesses about bottlenecks are almost certainly wrong; third, optimize. https://infosec.exchange/@larryosterman/112486986728658068
@johnefrancis We had an HP system of some type (I never touched) for doing accounting? or something at Dynalogic (Hyperion). I do remember writing a terminal emulator for the HP terminal for the Hyperion. A block oriented protocol as I recall. I am not a geek.
@Cassandra James T Kirk STOS was a narcissistic sexist pig. I enjoyed TOS when it was first on (!) despite this but holding my nose at the stupid seduction scenes Kirk always had. My hero was Spock. ;)
Our 4-yr old dropping tonight that some of his friends at school have autism wasn’t near the top of my list of things he would randomly drop. It’s clear his teachers have approached this with a lot of care and empathy and he’s really intrigued and excited that he has friends whose brains, well may or may not work the same as his and that he’s lucky to have friends with autism… I was probably 25 the first time I heard the term at all #autism#ottawa#kids
@ottaross No potato! I can’t experiment too too much here because we are empty nesters now so yes my bread is boring but it is tasty. I do try to experiment more with dinners though. I’d love to make a decent raisin bread.
@ottaross@bjb Brown sugar is a tad better than plain unadulterated white sugar at least. 😀 It might help bring out the cinnamon flavours too. But around here we pretty much use fruits as sweeteners all the time so raisins should be enough.
#TheCrimeCats say local government is just stooges for developers and the owner class, dedicated to upholding and continuing the legacy of violence perpetrated by police against the citizens. they don't work for us, they never have and never will.
@johnefrancis@capybaraz I honestly don’t think that will happen until we can split the city back up into a city part and a rural township parts. That’s unlikely to happen (Never say never) but I am hopeful.
The introduction of quantum mechanical methods for solving physics problems is probably the worst thing that ever happened in the history of the mathematical sciences.
It has brought fundamental progress to a practical halt for an entire century, with no end in sight. It is now also visibly hindering the progress of technologies.
The content-free nature of math means ANY physics problem can be solved by ANY means. So QM ‘finality’ and ‘spookiness’ are superstitions, not science.
@chemoelectric It's the old "publish or perish" syndrome at work today with less money for research being available we will continue to see shoddy research. In the so-called "soft sciences" we are seeing an epidemic of faked research. retractionwatch.com is busy.
@Auxonic The forced amalgamation forces expenses up not down. I wish the city could tell them to build their own wells and cesspools etc. as they are rural and not in the city.