{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":6,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter","displayName":"Steve's Place","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-original-tmp20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-96-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-48-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-24-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"182810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-96-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"ASCAP member. Once was in R&amp;D at Apple &amp; Compaq. One NASA launch. Designed stuff. Made things go. Made things stop. Collected data. Sysadmin. Musician. Lead guitarist. Songwriter. Oregonian again after many stops.Profile picture: Head of a man in a hazmat suit from an album.Header picture: Colors of Ukraine.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/@steter","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"steter","displayName":"Steve's Place","note":"ASCAP member. Once was in R&amp;D at Apple &amp; Compaq. One NASA launch. Designed stuff. Made things go. Made things stop. Collected data. Sysadmin. Musician. Lead guitarist. Songwriter. Oregonian again after many stops.Profile picture: Head of a man in a hazmat suit from an album.Header picture: Colors of Ukraine."}},"content":"RT @steter @maxleibman @Heliograph the name &quot;algorithm&quot; comes from the *Iranian* mathematician Al-Khwarizmi (oh, the irony)","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/116371017875687668\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman\/statuses\/116110693665687300","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/@Heliograph\" class=\"u-url mention\">@Heliograph<\/a> Having had Python classes that dealt with algorithms and currently suffering through a precalculus course that includes logarithms, I feel the exact opposite, but your view is totally valid. <br \/> <br \/>In the context of the term in the novel, though, it's pretty clearly an error (it's a discussion about a digital search algorithm).<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\/116110693665687300","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-21:objectType=thread:nonce=1680490cbbc05da3","notice_info":{"local_id":"12421898","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"12421896"}},"published":"2026-04-08T20:40:51+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"steter repeated a notice by maxleibman","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/116371017875687668\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/users\/Heliograph","displayName":"Heliograph","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90939-original-tmp20260619220620.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90939-96-20260619233841.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90939-48-20260619233841.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90939-24-20260619233841.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"90939"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90939-96-20260619233841.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Photography from the antipodes. Based in #Dharawal #Sydney the land of thunder and marsupials. Not very good at introductions. Really good at walking. Fond of oceans. Civility. Tests code for a living. Own pics fresh daily. #a11y \u0950 #lovesclouds next life a #Trill\ud83d\udd96 #fortheloveofit","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/@Heliograph","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"Heliograph","displayName":"Heliograph","note":"Photography from the antipodes. Based in #Dharawal #Sydney the land of thunder and marsupials. Not very good at introductions. Really good at walking. Fond of oceans. Civility. Tests code for a living. Own pics fresh daily. #a11y \u0950 #lovesclouds next life a #Trill\ud83d\udd96 #fortheloveofit"}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\" class=\"u-url mention\">@maxleibman<\/a> also i quite like <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/tags\/logarithm\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#logarithm<\/a> actually much better than <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/tags\/algorithm\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#algorithm<\/a> \ud83d\udce0<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/users\/Heliograph\/statuses\/116110680653596867","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/users\/Heliograph\/statuses\/116110680653596867","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\" class=\"u-url mention\">@maxleibman<\/a> also i quite like <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/tags\/logarithm\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#logarithm<\/a> actually much better than <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/tags\/algorithm\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#algorithm<\/a> \ud83d\udce0<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/@Heliograph\/116110680653596867","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman\/statuses\/116110632192294182","url":"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\/116110632192294182"},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"algorithm"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"logarithm"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-21:objectType=thread:nonce=1680490cbbc05da3","notice_info":{"local_id":"12421895","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-08T20:40:43+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/@Heliograph\/116110680653596867"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman","displayName":"Max Leibman","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-original-tmp20250720005127.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-96-20250720005319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-48-20250720005319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-24-20250720005319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"279246"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-96-20250720005319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Winner of the Fediverse, 2025. \ud83c\udfc6  I do things with computers. Unspeakable things.  I also write Overmorrow, a newsletter about technology and my problematic relationship with it.","url":"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"maxleibman","displayName":"Max Leibman","note":"Winner of the Fediverse, 2025. \ud83c\udfc6  I do things with computers. Unspeakable things.  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I teach applied statistics with #rstats at U of Toronto Scarborough. Otherwise, follow soccer and rugby league, ride transit, walk. Grew up in UK with 80s pop.The big picture is of a train at Paignton station, the little one is of a park bench near me in a Canadian winter.","url":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/@nxskok","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"nxskok","displayName":"Ken Butler","note":"British person, now in Canada. I teach applied statistics with #rstats at U of Toronto Scarborough. Otherwise, follow soccer and rugby league, ride transit, walk. Grew up in UK with 80s pop.The big picture is of a train at Paignton station, the little one is of a park bench near me in a Canadian winter."}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\" class=\"u-url mention\">@maxleibman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/@Heliograph\" class=\"u-url mention\">@Heliograph<\/a> the name \"algorithm\" comes from the *Iranian* mathematician Al-Khwarizmi (oh, the irony)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/users\/nxskok\/statuses\/116370856057407588","object":{"id":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/users\/nxskok\/statuses\/116370856057407588","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\" class=\"u-url mention\">@maxleibman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/@Heliograph\" class=\"u-url mention\">@Heliograph<\/a> the name \"algorithm\" comes from the *Iranian* mathematician Al-Khwarizmi (oh, the irony)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/@nxskok\/116370856057407588","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman\/statuses\/116110693665687300","url":"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\/116110693665687300"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.au\/users\/Heliograph"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-21:objectType=thread:nonce=1680490cbbc05da3","notice_info":{"local_id":"12421897","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-08T20:40:41+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/cupoftea.social\/@nxskok\/116370856057407588"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman","displayName":"Max Leibman","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-original-tmp20250720005127.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-96-20250720005319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-48-20250720005319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-24-20250720005319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"279246"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/279246-96-20250720005319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Winner of the Fediverse, 2025. \ud83c\udfc6  I do things with computers. Unspeakable things.  I also write Overmorrow, a newsletter about technology and my problematic relationship with it.","url":"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"maxleibman","displayName":"Max Leibman","note":"Winner of the Fediverse, 2025. \ud83c\udfc6  I do things with computers. Unspeakable things.  I also write Overmorrow, a newsletter about technology and my problematic relationship with it."}},"content":"<p>In one of my favorite novels, a character says logarithm when they mean algorithm, and every time I come across that passage, I find myself wondering whether it was the author's mistake or the character's.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman\/statuses\/116110632192294182","object":{"id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman\/statuses\/116110632192294182","objectType":"note","content":"<p>In one of my favorite novels, a character says logarithm when they mean algorithm, and every time I come across that passage, I find myself wondering whether it was the author's mistake or the character's.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\/116110632192294182","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-21:objectType=thread:nonce=1680490cbbc05da3","notice_info":{"local_id":"12168889","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-21T21:20:42+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\/116110632192294182"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.art\/users\/aaribaud","displayName":"Albert ARIBAUD \u270e","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/10218-96-20220915140727.gif","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/gif","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/10218-48-20220915140748.gif","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/gif","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/10218-24-20220915140748.gif","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/gif","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"10218"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/10218-96-20220915140727.gif","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/gif","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Amateur doodler\/writer.French -- hence the frog.Disciple of Lu Tze, Seeker of Perplexity -- hence the Look of the Frog.The horns and halo are due to Good Omens. Go see it.Also: grandmaster of \uc544\uc7ac \uac1c\uadf8","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.art\/@aaribaud","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aaribaud","displayName":"Albert ARIBAUD \u270e","note":"Amateur doodler\/writer.French -- hence the frog.Disciple of Lu Tze, Seeker of Perplexity -- hence the Look of the Frog.The horns and halo are due to Good Omens. Go see it.Also: grandmaster of \uc544\uc7ac \uac1c\uadf8"}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\" class=\"u-url mention\">@maxleibman<\/a> Wondering more and more, I gather; exponentially so, even.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.art\/users\/aaribaud\/statuses\/116110707784798198","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.art\/users\/aaribaud\/statuses\/116110707784798198","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\" class=\"u-url mention\">@maxleibman<\/a> Wondering more and more, I gather; exponentially so, even.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.art\/@aaribaud\/116110707784798198","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman\/statuses\/116110632192294182","url":"https:\/\/beige.party\/@maxleibman\/116110632192294182"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/beige.party\/users\/maxleibman"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-21:objectType=thread:nonce=1680490cbbc05da3","notice_info":{"local_id":"12168890","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-21T21:20:41+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.art\/@aaribaud\/116110707784798198"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6175498","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}