John M. Gamble

"Listen, in some ways, I get it. When I came on the scene in 2001, I probably seemed pretty unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president."

#Wikipedia […]

Full solution to all of ethics here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ethics-8
#smbc

Ah, the value of being part of a social network that is decentralized...from Techdirt's Karl Bode:

"Last week, Indiana University administrators fired the school newspaper’s (Indiana Daily Student) advisor and ordered students to stop printing the paper."

"The student journalists say that […]

Not able to leave the home for boring reasons, I thought I'd order a pizza for delivery.

The pizza places around me only had carryout as an option, which was strange.

Half an hour later it finally struck me *why* delivery wasn't available.

#ICE #uspol

Microspeak: The hockey stick on wheels - The Old New Thing You're always a year away.

The Old New Thing > Microspeak: The hockey stick on wheels

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20251021-00/?p=111710

Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks.

There's a link to a page on Project Gutenberg titled About Greg Newby:

#ProjectGutenberg #GregNewby

https://gutenberg.org/about/newby.html

Screenshot of part of Project Gutenberg's page. It has the usual text about the books on Project Gutenberg, but it is followed by this message: The Project Gutenberg community mourns the passing of our CEO, Dr. Greg Newby. Without his years of leadership, Project Gutenberg wouldn't be what it is today.

I just went to Project Gutenberg and saw this:

#ProjectGutenberg #GregNewby

@markhurst @arstechnica You probably already saw this, but there's a good analysis of threats to commercial aviation from reentries written by some of my colleagues here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-84001-2

And it could have been a meteorite! One of my PhD qualifier exam […]

A few months ago I warned that falling space junk could collide with an airliner in flight:
https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/musks-space-junk-is-a-threat-to-us-all/

Now @arstechnica reports that a plane just got hit […]

Five Movies That Attempt to Capture the Brilliance of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - Reactor The perfect adaptation of "Frankenstein" does not exist, but here are five interesting attempts...

For the upcoming holiday:

Five Movies That Attempt to Capture the Brilliance of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

#Frankenstein #Movies #HorrorMovies

https://reactormag.com/the-perfect-film-adaptation-of-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-does-not-exist/

It seems that the official answer to "how do you resize an image in markdown" is "pick whichever one of these janky ad-hoc solutions is compatible with your particular markdown compiler"

it's embarrassing that people think language learning models are anywhere near sentience, but it's unsurprising when you have prominent tech news journalists endlessly misrepresenting what the technology is and can actually do

Susan Stamberg, an original NPR staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died at the age of 87. https://www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1184880448/susan-stamberg-obituary

"We are in a crisis, and that crisis demands an unviable short-term solution."

#TheOnion

https://theonion.com/recession-plagued-nation-demands-new-bubble-to-invest-i-1819569940/

@BigJackBrass

Tess of the Storm Country, and its sequel, are in Project Gutenberg, and while I'm not hopeful, I'm going to download it and see how it turns out.

Century 21 Films: "Lost Silent Films Return: Accidental Rescue by Thunderbirds"

https://youtu.be/JK8WpdmZ2uI

#Film #Movies #SilentMovies #LostFilms

After almost two centuries,
Baker & Taylor,
a nationwide library book distributor,
will reportedly shut down operations in January.
Baker & Taylor CEO Aman Kochar told employees Monday that following a recent failed acquisition deal with ReaderLink, the Charlotte-based company has no viable path […]

“Can you explain this gap in your resume?”

Me thinking quickly on my feet to explain the period when I worked for ICE: “I was selling drugs… ,uh, to children.”

This was interesting. I was vaguely aware of the chain fountain, but only as a party trick -- I hadn't known about the actual discovery and physics behind it.

Well... the next step has been taken. Chain fountain IN SPACE.

#Physics #ISS #ChainFountain

https://youtu.be/NtZaP8VMv0c

One of the big US election equipment vendors was just acquired. While this may be interesting industry/business news, it's not by itself particularly interesting election security news. With protocols like Risk Limiting Audits, we don't depend on the integrity of tally equipment (or their […]

And it is up and running again (I just tested it with today's Primel answer).

The site was being hit by bots (a more and more common problem these days), and he had to start excluding some addresses.

#math #maths #NumbersAPlenty

A neogothic skyscraper set against a grey sky.

Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, 2023.

All the pixels, but no need to learn anything, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/52977939495

#photography

"This work builds on the 1995 discovery of the lighthouse’s underwater remains by archaeologist Jean-Yves Empereur, ..."

Alright, I didn't know about the 1995 discovery either.

#LightHouse #Alexandria #SevenWondersOfTheWorld #archaeology […]

I got a reply! Which I wasn't expecting, given the time zone difference.

In summary, he wasn't aware, and will try to fix it soon. Given the time zone difference, I wouldn't expect anything until at least tomorrow or later.

#Math #Maths #NumbersAPlenty

Well, I went to the Wayback Machine and found the creator of the site, and his e-mail. I sent a message. With luck we'll see if this was just a website falling down, or if he was winding things up.

#Math #Maths #NumbersAPlenty

numbersaplenty dot com has been down for a couple of days. I wasn't concerned Sunday, but we're now beginning the week and it's still down.

#math #maths

The music played in The Gap found a lot of fans.

"Without missing a beat, he rattles off the lost playlists: June through November 1994, June to December 1992, October 2002, December 2002, July 2004 to October 2004, and on and on."

#Music #PlayLists #TheGap […]

"By comparing imaging data from 30 patients with Long COVID to 80 healthy individuals, the researchers found a notable and widespread increase in the density of AMPARs across the brains of patients."

This is big. I believe it still needs independent verification, but if it is verified new […]

To be clear, I'm hoping for a Blue Jays/Tigers matchup, with Detroit moving on to the World Series, but Toronto has been my backup team since they came into existence.

#Baseball

I am at a restaurant with a television, watching the Blue Jays play the Yankees. I am very happy right now.

Go Toronto!

#Baseball