Mike Taylor 🦕
@mike.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy
By day I am a computer programmer with Index Data, where I have been happily and gainfully employed for 20 years.
By night, I am a vertebrate palaeontologist with […]
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By night, I am a vertebrate palaeontologist with […]
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Oh my word, #fifa has really shat the bed this time. Whatever shreds of credibility it had are now surely all dust and ashes.
Really, every national football federation worth anything should defederate from FIFA and start a new global governing body for football. Boxing has three or four, after […]
Really, every national football federation worth anything should defederate from FIFA and start a new global governing body for football. Boxing has three or four, after […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
December 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Oh my word, #fifa has really shat the bed this time. Whatever shreds of credibility it had are now surely all dust and ashes.
Really, every national football federation worth anything should defederate from FIFA and start a new global governing body for football. Boxing has three or four, after […]
Really, every national football federation worth anything should defederate from FIFA and start a new global governing body for football. Boxing has three or four, after […]
I'm playing #theswapper on my #SteamDeck. Mostly enjoying it, but the infuriating thing is that there are no chamber numbers or names, so when I get stuck, there's no way for me to search for a hint or solution..
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I'm playing #theswapper on my #SteamDeck. Mostly enjoying it, but the infuriating thing is that there are no chamber numbers or names, so when I get stuck, there's no way for me to search for a hint or solution..
Reposted by Mike Taylor 🦕
RE: https://social.vmbrasseur.com/@vmbrasseur/115665120408527573
If Code4lib is continuing its scholarship program after it was banned from Carnegie Mellon, that will get the alumni donation I usually send to CMU around this time of year. If not, I'm thinking the United Negro College Fund might […]
If Code4lib is continuing its scholarship program after it was banned from Carnegie Mellon, that will get the alumni donation I usually send to CMU around this time of year. If not, I'm thinking the United Negro College Fund might […]
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mastodon.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
RE: https://social.vmbrasseur.com/@vmbrasseur/115665120408527573
If Code4lib is continuing its scholarship program after it was banned from Carnegie Mellon, that will get the alumni donation I usually send to CMU around this time of year. If not, I'm thinking the United Negro College Fund might […]
If Code4lib is continuing its scholarship program after it was banned from Carnegie Mellon, that will get the alumni donation I usually send to CMU around this time of year. If not, I'm thinking the United Negro College Fund might […]
One of the many frustrating things about the crazy level of #llm hype is that it leaves me not wanting to acknowledge the things it IS good for, for fear of feeding the hype machine.
But the truth is, it's really good for this kind of query:
* In HTML, how can I style a
But the truth is, it's really good for this kind of query:
* In HTML, how can I style a
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sauropods.win
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
One of the many frustrating things about the crazy level of #llm hype is that it leaves me not wanting to acknowledge the things it IS good for, for fear of feeding the hype machine.
But the truth is, it's really good for this kind of query:
* In HTML, how can I style a
But the truth is, it's really good for this kind of query:
* In HTML, how can I style a
I'm listening to Beardfish's 2024 comeback album Songs For Beating Hearts at https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-beating-hearts-24-bit-hd-audio
I like it a lot, and may buy it. But €10.90 for a digital album feels steep. I looked the album up on Amazon, and I can get a physical […]
I like it a lot, and may buy it. But €10.90 for a digital album feels steep. I looked the album up on Amazon, and I can get a physical […]
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sauropods.win
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I'm listening to Beardfish's 2024 comeback album Songs For Beating Hearts at https://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-beating-hearts-24-bit-hd-audio
I like it a lot, and may buy it. But €10.90 for a digital album feels steep. I looked the album up on Amazon, and I can get a physical […]
I like it a lot, and may buy it. But €10.90 for a digital album feels steep. I looked the album up on Amazon, and I can get a physical […]
Following Liverpool remains deeply furstrating, not so much because of the performances but because of the most shocking run on luck. Per Fotmob at https://www.fotmob.com/matches/sunderland-vs-liverpool/2fa48t#4813511:tab=stats Liverpool had 23 shots to Sunderland's 9, and 1.37 xG to […]
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sauropods.win
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Following Liverpool remains deeply furstrating, not so much because of the performances but because of the most shocking run on luck. Per Fotmob at https://www.fotmob.com/matches/sunderland-vs-liverpool/2fa48t#4813511:tab=stats Liverpool had 23 shots to Sunderland's 9, and 1.37 xG to […]
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Liverpool are getting some generous refereeing for once. A couple of times Sunderland could have been given free kicks in dangerous territory, but the ref refused both.
#LFC
#LFC
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Liverpool are getting some generous refereeing for once. A couple of times Sunderland could have been given free kicks in dangerous territory, but the ref refused both.
#LFC
#LFC
There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for poor Sunderland to be playing in Blue tonight. No-one in the whole history of the world has ever mistaken an all-red kit for a red-and-white striped shirt with black shorts.
#LFC
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
There is absolutely no reason whatsoever for poor Sunderland to be playing in Blue tonight. No-one in the whole history of the world has ever mistaken an all-red kit for a red-and-white striped shirt with black shorts.
#LFC
And so it begins.
I genuinely feel that if we can get through the first forty-five seconds without perpetrating some monumental catastrophe, we're very likely to win.
#LFC
I genuinely feel that if we can get through the first forty-five seconds without perpetrating some monumental catastrophe, we're very likely to win.
#LFC
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
And so it begins.
I genuinely feel that if we can get through the first forty-five seconds without perpetrating some monumental catastrophe, we're very likely to win.
#LFC
I genuinely feel that if we can get through the first forty-five seconds without perpetrating some monumental catastrophe, we're very likely to win.
#LFC
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Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos