Zoe, this is today
@todayinthezoe.bsky.social
erstwhile physicist and ww1 chronicler. pistachio enthusiast.
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i think we should give analog computers another shot. floating point is just a scam by big number to sell more precision
![extremly cool Jetsons looking computer console on legs with ball feet and a small deep monitor, the controls look like a recording studio mixing board.
AKAT-1
Developer Jacek Karpiński and Janusz Tomaszewski
Constructed in 1959 by Jacek Karpiński and Janusz Tomaszewski it was the world's first transistorised differential equations analyzer.
Background
Karpiński built the device at the Polish Academy of Science's Institute of Automatics. AKAT-1 aimed to simulate various complex dynamic processes like thermodynamics, heat transfer or a shock absorber's mechanics.
The device's innovativeness was acknowledged by computer science historians, e.g. Maciej Sysło claims it has to be conceded that Karpiński's effort preceded any other similar device.[3] The construction was also lauded for its aesthetical merits. The panel designed by leading Polish artists Emil Cieślar, Olgierd Rutkowski, Stanisław Siemek and Andrzej Wróblewski at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts had been considered to 'innovatively merge all functions in a congruent and attractive form that anticipated the future trends'. The machine has been domestically welcomed warmly, having been covered by a host of country-wide media, including national television TVP1 and Polish Film Chronicle.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:64mdicpo7sq4k5bx2z3m2jo6/bafkreicbhvhofgx3yhj7lixyg7lrxlkijaxjpixwtt3cjk3k5aiddksruy@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
i think we should give analog computers another shot. floating point is just a scam by big number to sell more precision
where were you when the ouestfold fell
December 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
where were you when the ouestfold fell
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if you're interested in early queer internet culture or old technology imbued with occult spirits, you must read this book. I adore it, I can't say enough good things about it.
December 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
if you're interested in early queer internet culture or old technology imbued with occult spirits, you must read this book. I adore it, I can't say enough good things about it.
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One of those days where I walk past the mini fridge full of cider by our fully-loaded bar and remember that this is framed above it. My life is truly absurd.
Fam, we did it. I'm not sure how to fully articulate my feelings about this. I still have butterflies in my stomach about it.
I own the original art for the single most important newspaper comic strip of the 21st century.
I own the original art for the single most important newspaper comic strip of the 21st century.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
One of those days where I walk past the mini fridge full of cider by our fully-loaded bar and remember that this is framed above it. My life is truly absurd.
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I will use any excuse to post this: my favorite Halloween costume, ever.
October 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I will use any excuse to post this: my favorite Halloween costume, ever.
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This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
There was an old man you could gaze
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
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This Rollercoaster Tycoon video is an actual work of emotionally-gripping mad genius
Defying Gravity | Synchronized Roller Coasters (Wicked)
YouTube video by Tube Cody
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This Rollercoaster Tycoon video is an actual work of emotionally-gripping mad genius
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makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
makes me weep to think of the gifts robbed from us because unaffordable housing has made it difficult for people to pursue their passions and hobbies
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"A/S/L", also by @jeannethornton.bsky.social, in contrast, was written about and for downwardly-mobile 30-something women who used to be Boy Scouts and "pretended" to be girls in Final Fantasy IRC chatrooms, eg, precisely me.
I cried continuously without stopping for the entire last half. A+
I cried continuously without stopping for the entire last half. A+
PSA: "Summer Fun" by Jeanne Thornton is included free on Audible until 8/26. I didn't think from the synopsis, a book about a trans fan of a band that's a thinly veiled stand-in for the Beach Boys, that it would be for me, but I'm halfway through and now I think it might be the great American novel.
October 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"A/S/L", also by @jeannethornton.bsky.social, in contrast, was written about and for downwardly-mobile 30-something women who used to be Boy Scouts and "pretended" to be girls in Final Fantasy IRC chatrooms, eg, precisely me.
I cried continuously without stopping for the entire last half. A+
I cried continuously without stopping for the entire last half. A+
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Shots fired at me personally
CHOTINER: So you're attending a No Kings protest today.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
ME: That's right.
CHOTINER: But according to Steam, you've played over 450 hours of Crusader Kings 3.
ME: Okay, well- Now hold on. That's sort of unfair.
CHOTINER: Oh?
ME: Sometimes I play as a duke or a count.
CHOTINER: I see.
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Shots fired at me personally
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
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Is this a thing people would like?
October 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Is this a thing people would like?
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chat holy shit people are making english jubensha it's happening it's HAPPENING
This is a first for us!
We are incredibly happy to announce All Falls Down: Sorroborough, our latest play-at-home experience based on our critically acclaimed immersive show of the same name :)
We are incredibly happy to announce All Falls Down: Sorroborough, our latest play-at-home experience based on our critically acclaimed immersive show of the same name :)
All Falls Down: Sorroborough
A play-at-home English-language Jubensha where your friends are both your allies… and your suspects.
www.kickstarter.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
chat holy shit people are making english jubensha it's happening it's HAPPENING
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"Pumpkin Spice Raktajino" is even more Federation-coded than Quark's entire Root Beer speech
Unbelievable that Starfleet has replicators and people use it for boring stuff like "earl grey tea (hot)" or "scrambled eggs."
Show some backbone! Get weird with it! I want to see tribble burritos. Blood wine sangria. Steak and Romulan ale pie. Pumpkin spice raktajinos.
Show some backbone! Get weird with it! I want to see tribble burritos. Blood wine sangria. Steak and Romulan ale pie. Pumpkin spice raktajinos.
September 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"Pumpkin Spice Raktajino" is even more Federation-coded than Quark's entire Root Beer speech
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In my religion, communion with the divine is achieved by transphobes shutting the fuck up.
August 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
In my religion, communion with the divine is achieved by transphobes shutting the fuck up.
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I made a programmable @caltrain.com bike tag using an e-ink display. It does not need a battery, drawing just enough power from the NFC antenna to refresh the display, and then requiring no power to maintain the screen afterwards. It’s perfect for occasional trips.
August 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I made a programmable @caltrain.com bike tag using an e-ink display. It does not need a battery, drawing just enough power from the NFC antenna to refresh the display, and then requiring no power to maintain the screen afterwards. It’s perfect for occasional trips.
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Hijinks! A judge calls juror in for a venire - including people with him he has a grudge - and then has them arrested for violating Texas law about juror residency. Likely all an elaborate set up to eliminate 3 voters in a county with only 64 residents! /1
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
August 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hijinks! A judge calls juror in for a venire - including people with him he has a grudge - and then has them arrested for violating Texas law about juror residency. Likely all an elaborate set up to eliminate 3 voters in a county with only 64 residents! /1
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub...
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when Puck turned him into a donkey? that was the original Bottom surgery
July 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
when Puck turned him into a donkey? that was the original Bottom surgery
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congratulations to the internet’s biggest perverts for being so horny they caused an integer overflow
deeply proud of all of you
deeply proud of all of you
Omg, absolutely incredible reason for AO3 to have been down hachyderm.io/@vashti/1147... (alt text at original)
Vashti (@vashti@hachyderm.io)
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Why #Ao3 was down yesterday:
hachyderm.io
July 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
congratulations to the internet’s biggest perverts for being so horny they caused an integer overflow
deeply proud of all of you
deeply proud of all of you
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Ya no se escriben libros de aventuras como los de antes
June 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Ya no se escriben libros de aventuras como los de antes
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malts, not shakes, should be the standard
June 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
malts, not shakes, should be the standard
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Many years later, as he faced the editorial board, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani was to remember that distant afternoon when his father told him to abolish ICE
so I have a lot of complicated thoughts about the specific issue at hand, but I have to point out that’s not what “magical realism” is
June 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Many years later, as he faced the editorial board, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani was to remember that distant afternoon when his father told him to abolish ICE