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aarbrk

@aarbrk@mstdn.mx

Historian of Mexico & California; Computer Science educator. Archives, manuscripts, graphics, document pipelines. Antifascism, degrowth, frisbee, gardening, hi-fi.

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aarbrk, to Fonts Spanish
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For A Project™, I need to learn about the historical origins of . Highly doubt these were first created on computers; where in the world have rectangular or carried a textual message? (The tiled signs in the subway are , not based on a grid.) Where did bitmap fonts really start?

Image credit: https://myfontlib.com/font/gorgeous-pixel-font

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aarbrk, to SanFrancisco Spanish
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World's most violent beauty products store, 4696 Mission Street.

aarbrk, to Israel Spanish
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People in the U.S. complain about disruptive , but the country has systematically closed down venues for . Want to vote for a non-genocidal President? Sorry, two-party system. Want to pass progressive legislation? Sorry, filibuster. Want to support the ? Sorry, our ally is . Want your to divest from armaments? Sorry, fiduciary duty. Want to write some graffiti? Sorry, . So disruption may be all we have left, short of .

DJDarren, to random
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Just been idly scrolling Ali Express, looking for weird shit, and wouldn’t you know that I’ve found the ugliest shoes ever made.

They’re like veiny blue alien footcocks.

aarbrk,
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@DJDarren Oh I like them!

sundogplanets, to random
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My astro 101 students are doing their final project peer review right now. They all had to find some piece of astronomy misinformation (like the earth is flat, or there are 2 suns, or UFO things) and make a 5 minute video explaining why it's false, using information from our class. They had to submit the videos earlier today, and now they are watching and grading 5 of their randomly-assigned peers (for a tiny fraction of their grade). And oh my gosh...so many email questions. So. Many.

aarbrk,
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@sundogplanets What are all the questions about? I also teach with a peer review process, and hardly get any!

aarbrk,
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@sundogplanets Ahhh, I doubt it. The first week or two are all anxieties and misunderstandings. By now (I think we are on the 11th review cycle) they have pretty much worked out the kinks.

aarbrk, to France Spanish
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#Bonjour! I need the help of someone who is located in #Paris, to go into the Cimetière Montmarte and take a couple of photos for me.

The De la Cruz family tombstone is in division 21, ligne 2/65, on the Avenue Cordier. I'm happy to offer 20 EUR to anyone who can get me some good snapshots of it.

For all of you not in Paris, please boost so that this request reaches #France!

#genealogy #généalogie #history #histoire #death #mort #cimetière #cemetery #españa #spain #méxico

simevidas, to random
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Re https://tonsky.me/blog/centering/, is it really worth fixing these things? What do you achieve by spending time and money to fix these details, other than making users slightly less annoyed by your design? Maybe these details are not fixed because they don’t really matter that much. Have you ever stopped using an app because a button or icon was slightly misaligned?

aarbrk,
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@simevidas It's all part of a package. If you seek to make a professional presentation, then typographic errors can indeed be a problem.

aarbrk, to california Spanish
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aarbrk, to california Spanish
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How many have concentric ? This one is in , .

enobacon, to random
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Testing this flexible solar panel for the electric bakfiets roof, looking at 20-50W realistic rate with sub-optimal exposure and a lot of clouds, it's a 100W panel. With the 1.6lb box it's 5.2lb, probably 10-12lb by the time I have a stiff enough roof mounted, (articulated?) and charging the bike battery. What should I make the roof out of?

aarbrk,
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@enobacon Is it flexible in one dimension or several? And were you thinking of a curved roof? Something flexed, like one or more acrylic plastic sheets, might be strong enough to support that panel in the wind.

aarbrk,
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@enobacon Sounds swell. Is there a (weather) roof on the market you could work from instead of reengineering it?

simon, (edited ) to random
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ChatGPT is now available for anyone to try for free without even creating an account - in an undocumented set of regions (works for me in California) https://openai.com/blog/start-using-chatgpt-instantly

It's the GPT-3.5 version, which is prone to all sorts of mistakes and hallucinations - further strengthening the pattern where most people form their impressions of what this stuff can and can't be useful for through access to the weaker models

aarbrk,
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@simon You imply that 4.0 is less prone to hallucination, but on a theoretical level, why would that be the case?

alissaazar, to random
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Does anyone know if there’s a way to request help from Portland Street Response without calling 911?

aarbrk,
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@alissaazar How about PDX 311?

aarbrk,
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@alissaazar Sorry, I know nothing about this. Maybe call and ask?

meganL, to cycling
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Is there someone here who knows what part of CVC the Davis PD are referring to which apparently allows rich people/corporations to ignore the signs saying "No Parking At Any Time"?

Because clearly this is a job for CalBike. We need to change that part of the vehicle code. @bikenite @mastobikes @fedibikes

aarbrk,
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@meganL @bikenite @mastobikes @fedibikes Could it be this part, where violators that demonstrate a “hardship“ get the infraction dropped?

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH&sectionNum=40247.&article=3.6.

aarbrk,
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@meganL @bikenite @mastobikes @fedibikes Honestly I would go back to your source with a polite request for the citation in question. If the cops are convinced that something's not enforceable, we'd need to know their reasoning in order to debate it.

scott, to random
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how do we make progress on transit, pedestrian safety, and bikes under a bad mayor?

every candidate—Breed, Farrell, Peskin, Safai, Lurie—is bad on this issue. we ain't getting a Hidalgo or Wu. there will be no bike mayor. it's just us.

so how are we going to fight an apathetic-to-hostile, powerful executive for the next four years and win?

aarbrk,
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@scott Answering a question with more questions. Officials claim to be proud of their so-called “quick builds” and “slow streets,” but constrained in offering more of same by their budgets and decision-making processes.... What if DIY road diet features happened to appear overnight on a bunch of residential streets? What if these were difficult enough to remove that people had to get used to them before MTA restored the status quo ante?

aarbrk,
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@scott Yes. I think another approach could possibly last longer. If the City encountered installations positively designed to resist removal (e.g. fridges epoxied to the pavement — the trick is fiberglass cloth) all across town (e.g. on 100 blocks at once), it should have a much harder time undoing things.

aarbrk,
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@scott I admit I'm dreaming. But if each installation only took five minutes for two friends to do....

aarbrk,
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@scott I appreciate the analogy. It would be a shame if some of those planters ended up in traffic lanes.

aarbrk, to SanFrancisco Spanish
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If you have to get into the weeds, then I suggest these ones on Dwight Street.

dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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Laughable to believe Gannett's claim that it's dropping AP (Associated Press) and will replace it with original reporting.

https://www.thewrap.com/gannett-drops-ap-associated-press-usa-today/

It would be great if it really did a sustained boost of local news coverage, but over time the owners can't possibly be trusted to keep doing that.

aarbrk,
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@dangillmor What do you predict Gannett will do then?

bourgwick, to nyc
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veteran music critic robert christgau meditates on what to do with the contents of his #nyc apartment, crammed with #books & #records, & visits the similar #archives-slash-apartments of deep undergrounders danny fields, vince aletti, richard goldstein, & jim fouratt. includes christgau & warhol/VU/WFMU ultra-insider danny fields chilling to the #GratefulDead. https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/i-have-to-deal-with-it-it-is-the @vinylrecords

aarbrk,
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@paulkruczynski @bourgwick @vinylrecords Very interested in this topic — hoping to pick up tomorrow my copy of "Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists" by Anthony Cocciolo.

coolgrey, to random
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SFPD is rolling out license plate readers across the City.

aarbrk,
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@coolgrey Now just watch them not be used to catch dangerous drivers. The mayor said: “These license plate readers can play a critical role in disrupting retail theft, car break-ins, sideshows, and other criminal activity.” https://statescoop.com/san-francisco-automated-license-plate-readers-alpr/

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