Gaurav Vaidya
@gaurav.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
He's just this guy, you know? Semantic web technologist at the Renaissance Computing Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Edits […]
[bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@gaurav on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@gaurav on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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‘How did you know you were autistic’
‘I photocopied every bus pass I ever had and made a zine out of it because I really like buses’
‘I photocopied every bus pass I ever had and made a zine out of it because I really like buses’
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
‘How did you know you were autistic’
‘I photocopied every bus pass I ever had and made a zine out of it because I really like buses’
‘I photocopied every bus pass I ever had and made a zine out of it because I really like buses’
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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
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NYT - The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through US airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
December 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
NYT - The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through US airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders […]
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This really highlights how incredibly dependent we are on Starlink's continued perfect collision avoidance maneuvers. So far they've done it, but they keep adding more satellites and making it harder.
Other megaconstellations are now launching as well, and they all need to communicate PERFECTLY […]
Other megaconstellations are now launching as well, and they all need to communicate PERFECTLY […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This really highlights how incredibly dependent we are on Starlink's continued perfect collision avoidance maneuvers. So far they've done it, but they keep adding more satellites and making it harder.
Other megaconstellations are now launching as well, and they all need to communicate PERFECTLY […]
Other megaconstellations are now launching as well, and they all need to communicate PERFECTLY […]
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The late Tom Stoppard, in his play Hapgood, had some good advice for writers of scientific papers.
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The late Tom Stoppard, in his play Hapgood, had some good advice for writers of scientific papers.
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The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long.
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long.
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
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Borland TurboVision (the PC text mode windowing UI used in Turbo Pascal/C++) has been open-sourced and updated to work seamlessly on Linux and with Unicode:
https://github.com/magiblot/tvision
It’s all in C++, though if someone hasn’t wrapped it in bindings for Python/Rust/&c. yet, surely they […]
https://github.com/magiblot/tvision
It’s all in C++, though if someone hasn’t wrapped it in bindings for Python/Rust/&c. yet, surely they […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Borland TurboVision (the PC text mode windowing UI used in Turbo Pascal/C++) has been open-sourced and updated to work seamlessly on Linux and with Unicode:
https://github.com/magiblot/tvision
It’s all in C++, though if someone hasn’t wrapped it in bindings for Python/Rust/&c. yet, surely they […]
https://github.com/magiblot/tvision
It’s all in C++, though if someone hasn’t wrapped it in bindings for Python/Rust/&c. yet, surely they […]
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Every astronomer who complains about satellite streaks has heard the same response from techbro-types: "Why don't you just put all your telescopes in space?"
There are an incredibly large number of reasons why that is totally not going to work. But here's another from Borloff et al "Satellite […]
There are an incredibly large number of reasons why that is totally not going to work. But here's another from Borloff et al "Satellite […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Every astronomer who complains about satellite streaks has heard the same response from techbro-types: "Why don't you just put all your telescopes in space?"
There are an incredibly large number of reasons why that is totally not going to work. But here's another from Borloff et al "Satellite […]
There are an incredibly large number of reasons why that is totally not going to work. But here's another from Borloff et al "Satellite […]
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«Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service» - welcome to @Codeberg instead 😊
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/zig_quits_github_microsoft_ai_obsession/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/zig_quits_github_microsoft_ai_obsession/
Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service
Comments
www.theregister.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
«Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service» - welcome to @Codeberg instead 😊
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/zig_quits_github_microsoft_ai_obsession/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/02/zig_quits_github_microsoft_ai_obsession/
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An oldie but a goodie.
#theonion #healthinsurance #Humor
"Insurance Company Annoyed Customer Doesn’t Realize They Were Just Being Polite When They Said They’d Cover Healthcare Bills"
https://theonion.com/insurance-company-annoyed-customer-doesn-t-realize-they-1840508147/
#theonion #healthinsurance #Humor
"Insurance Company Annoyed Customer Doesn’t Realize They Were Just Being Polite When They Said They’d Cover Healthcare Bills"
https://theonion.com/insurance-company-annoyed-customer-doesn-t-realize-they-1840508147/
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
An oldie but a goodie.
#theonion #healthinsurance #Humor
"Insurance Company Annoyed Customer Doesn’t Realize They Were Just Being Polite When They Said They’d Cover Healthcare Bills"
https://theonion.com/insurance-company-annoyed-customer-doesn-t-realize-they-1840508147/
#theonion #healthinsurance #Humor
"Insurance Company Annoyed Customer Doesn’t Realize They Were Just Being Polite When They Said They’d Cover Healthcare Bills"
https://theonion.com/insurance-company-annoyed-customer-doesn-t-realize-they-1840508147/
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Reposted by Gaurav Vaidya
A confident #farright Alternative for Germany [#AfD] set up its new youth organization on Saturday even as thousands of protesters converged on the city of Giessen, where the party held its meeting, some of them clashing with police.
A convention of the anti-#immigration party, known by its […]
A convention of the anti-#immigration party, known by its […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Apologies for the (unpaid!) advertisement, but if you've been tempted to subscribe to the Criterion Channel, I just learned that you can use the code BLACKFRIDAY25 to get 25% off an annual subscription—$75 rather than $100. It's one of the few streaming channels I never regret paying for.
The Criterion Channel
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www.criterionchannel.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Apologies for the (unpaid!) advertisement, but if you've been tempted to subscribe to the Criterion Channel, I just learned that you can use the code BLACKFRIDAY25 to get 25% off an annual subscription—$75 rather than $100. It's one of the few streaming channels I never regret paying for.
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One of the reasons I'm skeptical of the practicality of e2e verifiable voting schemes is that every system proposed so far is fragile. A single mishap can result in an unverifiable election (and, in worst-case scenarios like this, one in which you can't even determine the winner) […]
Original post on federate.social
federate.social
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
One of the reasons I'm skeptical of the practicality of e2e verifiable voting schemes is that every system proposed so far is fragile. A single mishap can result in an unverifiable election (and, in worst-case scenarios like this, one in which you can't even determine the winner) […]
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yes yes Yes YEs YES YES YES!!!
PURPLE! RED! ORANGE!! GREEN!!! WOWWWW
(It was not this bright naked-eye, but these colours are all totally visible! Incredible!)
PURPLE! RED! ORANGE!! GREEN!!! WOWWWW
(It was not this bright naked-eye, but these colours are all totally visible! Incredible!)
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
yes yes Yes YEs YES YES YES!!!
PURPLE! RED! ORANGE!! GREEN!!! WOWWWW
(It was not this bright naked-eye, but these colours are all totally visible! Incredible!)
PURPLE! RED! ORANGE!! GREEN!!! WOWWWW
(It was not this bright naked-eye, but these colours are all totally visible! Incredible!)
I think part of the reason why I just can't love the #paddington movie is that it's sold as an "immigrant comes to the UK" wish fulfillment story when really it's a "British person in a strange land" wish fulfillment story, where they show up with nothing but a fine RP/British accent, are […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I think part of the reason why I just can't love the #paddington movie is that it's sold as an "immigrant comes to the UK" wish fulfillment story when really it's a "British person in a strange land" wish fulfillment story, where they show up with nothing but a fine RP/British accent, are […]
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Ellis appeared to take inspiration from the piece’s interrogation of outsiders’ perceptions of #chicago. For example, Sandburg considers descriptions of the city as “wicked” & “crooked” alongside his view of the town as a place “with lifted head singing so proud to be alive & coarse & strong & […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ellis appeared to take inspiration from the piece’s interrogation of outsiders’ perceptions of #chicago. For example, Sandburg considers descriptions of the city as “wicked” & “crooked” alongside his view of the town as a place “with lifted head singing so proud to be alive & coarse & strong & […]
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reminder that if you want an alternative to GitHub Pages, https://grebedoc.dev might be it
Grebedoc — static site hosting for git forges
grebedoc.dev
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
reminder that if you want an alternative to GitHub Pages, https://grebedoc.dev might be it
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Wikipedia is celebrating its 25th anniversary in January, and our amazing creative teams in the Wikimedia Foundation put together this video that I love.
Fun fact! There are something like 500 attributions for images, sounds, and text in the video 🤯 […]
[Original post on wikimedia.social]
Fun fact! There are something like 500 attributions for images, sounds, and text in the video 🤯 […]
[Original post on wikimedia.social]
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wikipedia is celebrating its 25th anniversary in January, and our amazing creative teams in the Wikimedia Foundation put together this video that I love.
Fun fact! There are something like 500 attributions for images, sounds, and text in the video 🤯 […]
[Original post on wikimedia.social]
Fun fact! There are something like 500 attributions for images, sounds, and text in the video 🤯 […]
[Original post on wikimedia.social]
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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Blood test developed that can diagnose ME/CFS with 96% accuracy. Links to long Covid found. Epigenetic connection confirmed (it's how the test works).
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251102205021.htm
HT @bamboy
#mecfs #longcovid #chronicillness
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251102205021.htm
HT @bamboy
#mecfs #longcovid #chronicillness
Breakthrough blood test finally confirms Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A team of scientists has developed a highly accurate blood test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The test reads tiny DNA patterns that reveal the biological signature of the illness. For millions who’ve faced doubt and misdiagnosis, it’s a breakthrough that finally validates their experience — and may help diagnose long Covid too.
www.sciencedaily.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Blood test developed that can diagnose ME/CFS with 96% accuracy. Links to long Covid found. Epigenetic connection confirmed (it's how the test works).
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251102205021.htm
HT @bamboy
#mecfs #longcovid #chronicillness
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251102205021.htm
HT @bamboy
#mecfs #longcovid #chronicillness
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The FCC has explicitly stated that they plan to approve everything https://www.satellitetoday.com/government-military/2025/10/28/fcc-kicks-off-proceeding-to-overhaul-satellite-licensing/. There is no way to stop stupid fucking mirrors from being launched into […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The FCC has explicitly stated that they plan to approve everything https://www.satellitetoday.com/government-military/2025/10/28/fcc-kicks-off-proceeding-to-overhaul-satellite-licensing/. There is no way to stop stupid fucking mirrors from being launched into […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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#bigtech Helped Bankroll the #eastwing Destruction
#meta, #amazon, #microsoft, #apple, & #google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
#techbros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption […]
#meta, #amazon, #microsoft, #apple, & #google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
#techbros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#bigtech Helped Bankroll the #eastwing Destruction
#meta, #amazon, #microsoft, #apple, & #google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
#techbros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption […]
#meta, #amazon, #microsoft, #apple, & #google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
#techbros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption […]
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AI is pulling traffic away from Wikipedia, because we live in the age of enshittification and nothing good can survive.
New User Trends on Wikipedia
Isiwal, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons In March, the Wikimedia Foundation shared about the global trends that are impacting our movement. These trends have continued to shape not only the Wikim…
diff.wikimedia.org
October 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
AI is pulling traffic away from Wikipedia, because we live in the age of enshittification and nothing good can survive.
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I became a US citizen yesterday!
4 years in the making, a dream for much longer than that. I was fortunate to have one of the fastest routes to citizenship and to have mostly experienced a very smooth process with lovely immigration agents who processed my […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
4 years in the making, a dream for much longer than that. I was fortunate to have one of the fastest routes to citizenship and to have mostly experienced a very smooth process with lovely immigration agents who processed my […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
October 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I became a US citizen yesterday!
4 years in the making, a dream for much longer than that. I was fortunate to have one of the fastest routes to citizenship and to have mostly experienced a very smooth process with lovely immigration agents who processed my […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
4 years in the making, a dream for much longer than that. I was fortunate to have one of the fastest routes to citizenship and to have mostly experienced a very smooth process with lovely immigration agents who processed my […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]