Notices by Phosphenes (phosphenes@mastodon.social)

@futurebird @stevewfolds

Can you feed LaTeX to a program and have it spit out the equation as code?

Does LaTeX contain all the information needed to execute the formula or is it mainly a graphical representation?

@georgetakei

AOC is so good at that. All the facts, no BS, sharp and clear.

@futurebird @bovaz @aurochs

Yep I'd like my own private bird dog algorithm to sniff out feeds that match my tastes. It could even run on my own desktop computer and not bother anyone else. Trading them like baseball cards does sound fun.

Regarding OP question about why Mastodon is still small:

1. Obvious network effects. Nobody's there so nobody's there. This will slowly improve. (But the people who *are* here are really interesting!)

2. Not a business so no marketing.

@futurebird @bovaz @aurochs

The young people I know are mostly about phones, multimedia and each other. Less typing, more video, and easy sharing. So TikTok was a good fit.

But when it comes to data privacy and censorship, they are unconcerned lambs to the slaughter. Fedi's #1 selling point is lost on most of them (and US adults too, to be fair).

@Infoseepage @ChrisMayLA6

That's not true we get Ballroom!

Ballroom is the final purpose of America. After Ballroom we can burn down the continent and compost the citizens.

@abolisyonista

Shooting Kirk -> hurt the left
Shooting Good -> hurt the right
Shooting Trump -> hurt the left
Shooting Hortman -> hurt the right

See a pattern? Who are we supposed to shoot that will bring us victory?

And how exactly do you plan to overwhelm the US police state with superior firepower?

Minnesotans gained more ground with whistles. Californians killed the tyrant's narrative with frog costumes. Guns didn't do shit.

It's a war against lies. Win that and the guns will be yours.

@bruces

Haha we're going to impose daylights savings time madness on China. They'll never recover.

@publicdomainrev

I really can feel the dragon's pain in that picture. Good job.

@bruces

Amazing work for something entirely hand-made.

How old is it? Looks to be in better condition than anything else I've seen from 2000 years ago. Very late Rome, preserved in a church somewhere maybe?

@georgetakei

The warmth just radiating off this guy.

@cstross

>SF as I knew it growing up in the 1970s-80s is turning into something else.

What is it turning into? I'm out of touch with it these days.

@Infoseepage @stuffifound

The office of the Inspector Genital, Mike Johnson.

@micahflee @dalias

For us non infosec folks, a back door means it's more leaky/less secure than regular Signal?

That the Israelis or whoever can spy on your communication, even if you didn't invite reporters from The Atlantic?

@georgetakei

In spite of the title, Trump doesn't do deals. He just does betrayals.

@inthehands @pluralistic

If Trump is going to make an example of schools that resist, we have to make an example of schools that capitulate.

@lemgandi @pluralistic

Even in person, your records all go into a computer, which WILL be leaked some way, legally or illegally.

I never tell therapists anything private anymore. Generally avoid them where possible. Bad idea? Yes, but few other choices.