My avatar comes from a really old comic book. Chuckle #1 [1945] https://box01.comicbookplus.com/viewer/72/721d0ac14c7e64fc5b9c5096258556a9/6.jpg
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28·6 days agoGUI - graphical user interface, like a windowed program.
Non-gui, lacking a window, like running a command in a terminal (or command prompt).
161·8 days agoNo orcing way…
Whaddaya orcing know…
I can sort of see it.
7·11 days agoYes. It was trendy, and then dropped. I think of it “Walking Dead” fever. Sort of like the attraction of the CSI series, hospital shows, cops shows, etc.
132·12 days ago“This technology turns every router into a potential means for surveillance,” warns Julian Todt from KASTEL. “If you regularly pass by a café that operates a WiFi network, you could be identified there without noticing it and be recognized later – for example by public authorities or companies.”
Later…
Inexpensive or older routers either don’t store history at all or keep it for a short time.
Newer models can store more information for more extended periods.
https://www.thetechwire.com/how-long-does-a-router-store-history/
The development comes after Fender secured a landmark ruling in Germany, in which the Regional Court of Dusseldorf established a legal precedent to protect the Stratocaster body design.
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It established the Stratocaster as a "copyrighted work of art” based on “original creative expression”, and any firms operating or selling Stratocaster-inspired guitars in the EU were believed to be at risk of falling afoul of the ruling.
S for Stratocaster.
5·18 days agoIt’s yo’ fridge
Do what you wanna do.
I ain’t gonna tell you
How to stock it, too.
12·19 days agohttps://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/gjfq-k9dv
Abstract
When a photon traverses a cloud of atoms without scattering, how much time does it spend as an atomic excitation? To address this question, we used the cross-Kerr effect to weakly probe the degree of atomic excitation caused by a transmitted resonant “signal” photon by measuring the phase shift induced on a (separate, off-resonant) “probe” beam, postselected on cases when the signal photon is transmitted. The time integral of this observed phase shift, properly normalized and averaged over many runs in which the photon is detected after transmission, is the excitation time of interest, in a weak-valued sense. We measured mean atomic excitation times ranging from (−0.82±0.31)𝜏0 for the most narrow band pulse to (0.54±0.28)𝜏0 for the most broadband signal pulse, where 𝜏0 is the non-post-selected excitation time, given by the scattering probability multiplied by the atomic lifetime 𝜏sp . Across a range of pulse durations and optical depths, our results are consistent with the recent theoretical prediction that the weak value of the atomic excitation time caused by a transmitted photon equals the group delay experienced by the light. Our experimental results show that negative times are not limited to describing the shift in the peak of a reshaped wave packet (as resulting from group delay), but they also provide the appropriate description of the weak-valued time the photon spends as an atomic excitation.
Atomic excitation refers to the process where an electron in an atom absorbs energy and moves to a higher energy level or orbit.
Way more Waymos (Way mo’ Waymos) than expected.
The site was formerly occupied by several Phelps family residences, one of which was sold to J. P. Morgan in 1880.
1906 - Completed as the private library of the banker J. P. Morgan.
1924 - The library was made a public institution by J. P. Morgan’s son John Pierpont Morgan Jr., in accordance with his father’s will. Since this time it has seen numerous expansions and renovations.
0·20 days agoWith European governments bucking Windows, sure, it’s likely to have some growth.
Power toys and remap it?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4098471/how-can-i-change-my-screenshot-hotkey-(from-window
Your question is broader than you think.
For one culture to have an idea and share it to others isn’t uncommon. Pyramids are in Egypt and Mesoamerica. Giants exist in many cultural myths (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_giants_in_mythology_and_folklore) as are ghosts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ghosts).
You see, an idea that’s communicated is a meme.
" A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme
If you’re considering spirit as a soul
https://www.planksip.org/the-concept-of-the-soul-in-ancient-philosophy-and-soul-1763067454225/
TL;DR: So, why does it exist across cultures? It’s a meme.
“Roots” was among the first widely read works of fiction to offer a detailed account of the Middle Passage, the horrific transatlantic journey to America endured by enslaved Africans between the 16th and 19th centuries.
“Prior to its release, the impact of slavery was easy to diminish or deny by those that benefited the most from that system,” said Annastasia Williams, bookshop director at The Bottom bookstore and cultural organization.
0·26 days agoJust as there are Americans who are not enamored with Trump who are not getting the media spotlight, there are Christians reacting negatively. But the media is focusing on the Maga Nationalist Christians. It’s simply more profitable to focus on the extremists.
Here are some examples that the media has only touched on lightly.
“While I’m at it, I’m going to say what I feel right here. I wish the president of the United States would clean up his language. I wish he would stop insulting people. A leader should not give himself to insulting people all the time, and using foul language. And while I’m at it, I’m going to finish: everybody in the White House cusses except two women that say they are born again. But they’re all foul mouthed. Let me tell you what the Bible says: “From the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.” Listen, don’t you dare get being conservative mixed up with being a Christian. Conservative does not mean Christian. You can be pro-life, you can be pro-Biblical family, you can be pro-Israel and die and go to Hell. You can be all of that stuff and that does not make you a Christian. Folks, I am a Christian. I am not a white Christian. You’re not a black Christian. I’m not in a white evangelical movement. There’s no such thing as a black church. We are one in Christ. There is neither male nor female. There is neither black, or white, or slave, or poor. We are all one in Jesus Christ. No! Go ahead and praise the Lord! Don’t talk about the people that represent you. They don’t represent me.”
Pastor Loran Livingston, Central Church, FEB 28, 2026
https://youtu.be/3ZeWDtREdW4?t=5078
https://churchleaders.com/news/2215893-heresy-paula-white-cain-trump-jesus-easter.html
John Piper Under Fire for Referring to Trump’s Re-Election as an ‘Evil’
He criticized Donald Trump and the Southern Baptist Convention’s response to a sexual abuse crisis. Then he found himself on the outside.
Who is he? Russell Moore was one of the top officials in the Southern Baptist Convention.
https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/2053207948294574577
During his Sunday sermon, Pastor James Rigby who leads St. Andrew’s Presbyterian in Austin, he noted that people have “mixed feelings” about the shooting but affirmed, “It’s really really important if we are going to be the healing agents of the world to realize that violence is not going to get rid of the problem that we have.”
“I said last week, if violence could have gotten rid of racism, the Civil War would have worked,” he continued. “But if you look at the Bible Belt and the heart of the MAGA movement, it is the Confederacy. The America they want to get back to is the Confederate States of America, not the United States of America.”
The pastor further stressed that “It’s very important that even as we fight for justice, even as we protect each other from this fascistic movement, that we not do to them what they’re doing to the rest of us.
The Bishop of Palm Beach Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez wrote on X on Thursday: “The renewed attacks directed by President Trump against our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, are entirely inconsistent with the Pope’s longstanding witness to justice, peace, and the dignity of every human person.”
Rodríguez has previously criticized Trump’s immigration rhetoric and policies
“I think a lot of moderates, a lot of centrist Republicans and Democrats, are saying, ‘This is not right,‘” Hamilton told Religion News Service. “Whether it’s how we treat immigrants and making people afraid in our own borders, or the rhetoric that comes out of Washington, or cutting programs like SNAP and other programs that affect low-income children and families in America, I think there’s a lot of pastors and a lot of Christians who have just said, ‘This is not us.’”
https://www.alternet.org/megachurch-trump/
#include <grammar>
using namespace std;
int main() {
int programmer;
if (programmer > -1) { cout << "Programmers be owning your language. "; }
cout << “Plonk! Fnord!”;
return 0; }
Frodo lives, but Annie’s dead.
15·1 month agoI’m shocked.
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get content creators.
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hide their feeds so they don’t make money. Use the algorithm to feed up creators the viewer didn’t subscribe to, so that they watch randos.
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Profit.
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What is not my absolute favorite joke. He tries really hard when he plays.
What’s on second, Who’s on first, and I Don’t Know’s on third.