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PhD in radio astronomy and VO; Joint ALMA Observatory Development Systems Engineer. Previously, Head of Software Product Management and Software Systems Engineer at SKAO (joined March 2014). I have worked for @iaacsic @ESO @almaobs @DataObsCL. He/him.

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daringfireball, to random
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Is the ‘Crush’ Backlash a Dead Canary in the Apple Brand Coal Mine?
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/09/dhh-crush

juandesant,
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@daringfireball I think the main difference is that there is a physical aggression being depicted on those objects.

It is clear for many that those objects are not real, but animated… but it includes a character that has some human-like characteristics. It is not nice not see.

The vibe is similar to the “will it blend”clips. Apple should never be a “will it blend” kind of company. And it should have enough diversity to flag this as a potential no go. It clearly didn’t in the decision making…

akosma, to random
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“Our industry cannot afford to suck a little less; we need paradigm shifts.”

James Coplien (minute 29:49)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBQmIDdls4

juandesant,
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@akosma I like how he emphasizes that “last responsible moment” for making a decision means that the decision making must be front loaded, not deferred.

Of course, your software can try to push the last responsible moment for some decisions to later… but doing that is a decision too, based on the qualities that you want your software to have.

danielpunkass, to random
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I'm hoping for the best for Barron Trump, but his appointment as a delegate for the Republican party, and presumed acceptance? drives the FULL JOFFREY nature of this photo home. Beware the Trumps.

juandesant,
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@danielpunkass just to be sure… this is a Game of Thrones reference, right?

juandesant, to random
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I have a Word document that I cannot manipulate with my MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro chip with 16GB… and my M2 Pro Mac mini with the same memory has no issue with it at all 🤔

It is just an 88 page document… but with a table with 4484 rows and 5 columns… which is a sparse table. It should not be that difficult…

scy, to generativeAI
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I'm old enough to remember how @creativecommons was founded as a way for independent creators to safely share their work and build upon each other.

In 2024, their take is now "billion dollar companies plagiarizing your art is fair use".

https://creativecommons.org/2023/02/17/fair-use-training-generative-ai/

Hats off to the author, you don't see that kind of, uh, skillful rhetoric chicanery every day. Like "generative AI doesn't compete with artists because artists are not in the data market". 😬

#CreativeCommons #GenerativeAI

juandesant,
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@scy @creativecommons how can any Share-Alike license be used by a company like OpenAI or Anthropic for training? And of course, no of the non-comercial ones should be used in that way. You can force the model to reproduce the output but not the source…

Maybe we need to create a Sensible Commons…

juandesant, to Astro
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He keeps us both updated and safe, so please consider giving him a few cloud-free nights…

https://buymeacoffee.com/sebinthestars

stroughtonsmith, to random
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A reasonable chunk of Apple's iPad demographic weren't even born when the iPod nano was discontinued; this one might just be for the oldies…

Do you remember 2012, kids? This is an iPod nano!

…what do you mean, 'what's an iPod?’? 😧

Apple advert comparing the thinness of the new iPad Pro to the iPod nano

juandesant,
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@poswald @stroughtonsmith it is the screen frame/protector.

lapcatsoftware, to random
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The trackpad on my M1 MacBook Pro is very frustrating. Frequently it just ignores my movements for a couple seconds, as if there were a dead spot, but there doesn’t seem to be one particular spot, just bad software.

I’ve owned a number of MacBook Pros before, 2006 to 2014, and this problem never happened with the older style trackpad.

juandesant,
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@mjtsai @lapcatsoftware how would you debug this? I think I’m also seeing it, but not often.

apolitosb, to random
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apparently the red dots and red arrows are tankers transferring Russian oil to other tankers which then is no longer embargoed and can be 'safely' be sold .... All in international waters so no-one can do anything about it.

juandesant,
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@apolitosb sorry, I read Laconian sea and for a moment was transported through a gate to The Expanse universe…

juandesant,
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@apolitosb if we can trace the movements, we should be able to keep the embargo. Of course, the moment we do that energy prices soar — except for renewables — and we will have the Russian-backed political teams claiming for the end of the support to Ukraine, and they would get it…

We live in an f**ked up world…

NanoRaptor, to random
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Installing Mac system software on your Ti-92 Plus gives you a calculator in your calculator.

juandesant,
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@RL_Dane @NanoRaptor a pity they abandoned the HP28S, which had capabilities precursor of those of the HP48 series…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-28_series

Cdespinosa, to random
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I am just not sure how the defense is going to explain away this document.

• Brand new account used for a single purpose, stated to be “real estate”
• Deposit of $131K from Cohen’s HELOC
• Next day wire to Cliffords’ attorney
• Handwritten notes of how much to reimburse, and to “gross up” because it’s being reported as income not reimbursment

This all comports with a week of testimony and shows what the structured payments from TTO were for: to repay the loan Cohen took out to pay Clifford.

juandesant,
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@Cdespinosa they don't need to explain it away. They just need to install the idea that the predicate crime was not there. If that is the case, the book manipulation is just a fault, not a crime.

But as @tkanefield says, once you are in front of a jury, the odds favor the prosecution.

juandesant, to random
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Protecting ALMA’s skies Whitepaper: a study of the risks posed by radio frequency interference (RFI) to ALMA today and in the near future, from both ground-based and space-based sources of radio emissions. The paper identifies the vulnerable points eof the observatory, and discusses and evaluates potential mitigation measures.

Announcement: https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/announcements/protecting-almas-skies/

Whitepaper: https://library.nrao.edu/public/memos/rfi/RFI_152.pdf

runjaj, to random Spanish
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Hoy he vuelto a ver Edge of Tomorrow, una película que se debía haber llamado “Vive. Muere. Repite”, y los autores de la mayor parte de películas de superhéroes tienen mucho que aprender de ella. Algunas lecciones:

  1. Solo necesitas 1h45 para presentar personajes, explicar una trama compleja y no aburrir

  2. No hace falta explicar la infancia de los protagonistas

  3. Muchos FX no mejoran un mal guion, pero si lo tienes 💯

  4. Se puede emocionar en una película de acción sin caer en sensiblerías

juandesant,
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@runjaj el título de Edge of Tomorrow es lo peor. Pero el subtítulo era literalmente Live. Die. Repeat.

Tom Cruise está bastante bien en esta peli, pero Emily Blunt le roba el protagonismo cada vez quiere.

Cuando no sé qué ver en un viaje de avión suele caer…

juandesant, to random
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Ambassadors receive training in interferometry, the latest ALMA capabilities, and tips for ALMA proposals. They will help then organize and lead proposal preparation and/or data processing/analysis workshops.

Applications are due on 24 May 2024.
More info:
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w7voa, to random
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The Hachette Book Group imprint publishing the upcoming memoir by the South Dakota governor announce it’s removing Kristi Noem’s false claim she met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

juandesant,
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@w7voa she clearly met him: those are his tactics…

whitequark, to random
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please tell me the most obscure joke you know

(feel free to explain or not explain it, depending on what you find more amusing to think of me reading it)

juandesant,
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@teajaygrey @aburka @whitequark if you add knowledge of IEEE 754 Not a Number (NaN → なん) types, it gets even better 😉

juandesant,
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@teajaygrey should he not have written これはナアンですか。 instead?

(My Japanese is really basic, sorry… just wrapping around my head when to use Hiragana versus Katakana — while being acquainted maybe with 30% of each —, and no Kanji yet.)

GottaLaff, to random
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CREW:

The fact that Tim Scott is refusing to say he’d follow the law and not try to overthrow the results of a free and fair election should scare anyone listening. This is how democracies end.

👇🏼
WELKER: Will you commit to accepting the 2024 election results?

TIM SCOTT: At the end of the day, the 47th president will be Donald Trump

WELKER: Wait -- yes or no, will you accept the results?

TIM SCOTT: That is my statement

juandesant,
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@GottaLaff that’s chilling…

jbzfn, to random
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Eon Moist

juandesant,
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@jbzfn i am partial mysel to Melon Tusk…

tuparev, to Astronomy
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Only braindead Python-impaired astronomers can design a REST (JSON) API, using the same keys, but with different value types, e.g.
"value”: true ... or
"value”: “closed” … or
"value: 123

💩💩💩

juandesant,
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@tuparev normally, they would do that for at least different instruments, so you have some way of differentiating the type based on some other value, but yes, yikes…

juandesant,
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@tuparev OK, I was talking about actual data/metadata on telescopes run by professional observatories (ESO, in my experience)… in some sense, it’s probably less of a concern for a customer API… unless you want to develop for it, of course 😉

matt, to movies
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Movie #1: Dream Scenario

This is a thread I’ve done 2 times before, sharing short reviews of every movie I watch in a year. My goal is to watch about 100 movies this year.

All reviews are created with https://quickreviews.app

You can follow me on Letterboxd as well https://letterboxd.com/mattbirchler/

#movies #film

juandesant,
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@matt it is a very underrated movie, but I love it…

matt, to random
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Big day for publishing…here’s my latest for The Sweet Setup on my essential apps. Don’t worry, I skimmed over the usual suspects and only talked at length about the interesting ones 😉

Also dropped this fun bit in there 😛

https://thesweetsetup.com/matt-birchlers-must-have-productivity-apps/

juandesant,
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@matt not so sure… I've used Arc since 2021, and even started showing it for work related issues as soon as they said it was OK to do so, and I always fell back to Safari…

When Safari added tab groups, that was when I stopped using Arc, and went to Safari instead. Re-downloading now to see if I might change my mind…

jbzfn, to random
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:clippy: Microsoft's forgotten UNIX operating system - Whatever happened to Xenix?
— Al's Geek Lab


https://youtu.be/YUxaLP6bI00

juandesant,
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@vruz @jbzfn it gave UNIX further legitimacy in PCs, and provided a standard platform a wider audience, but they were more interested in keeping the growth of MS-DOS, which was incompatible with it.

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