Simon @spoltier@social.cleverlibre.org

Une publication absolument remarquable du philosophe Patrice Maniglier, qui apporte une contribution très poussée au débat relatif à ce que la journée du 17 octobre dernier doit à l'histoire de France. Et à ce que l'on est en droit d'attendre d'une démocratie.

https://lestempsquirestent.org/fr/numeros/numero-11/a-l-ecole-du-17-octobre-insurrection-et-democratie-1

Patrice Maniglier nous le rappelle : contrairement à ce qu'affirment nos dirigeants, la vitalité démocratique ne tient qu'au fait que le "peuple" (notion mobilisée souvent à tort et à travers et au mépris tant de l'histoire que des opinions exprimées) doit demeurer en mesure de contester les décisions prises par les détenteurs d'un mandat temporaire, aussi "univsersellement" élus qu'ils soient. Et que le durcissement du mépris auquel sont confrontées les voix contestataires ne pourra se traduire que par une intensification de la dite contestation.

L'auteur illustre son texte avec de nombreuses photos de pancartes souvent aperçues dans nos rues depuis plusieurs semaines, qui démontrent à quel point la jeunesse a su se réapproprier avec justesse les symboles les plus forts de notre histoire démocratique, redonnant leur véritable sens aux mots, aux concepts et aux moments historiques.

an American rando spitefully called me a "eurodork" for unclear reasons. this will look great on my inburgering application :neodog_glasses_3c:

(As the prices of rent and food go up, and the "% of wealth" numbers start to look stranger [1% of the population owns 50% of the wealth, that sort of thing], if trends continue unbounded eventually you hit a point where the *only* way to get money to live is to do something that makes an already-wealthy person happy. More and more industries change from making products to sell, over to some sort of "storytime" where a billionaire is delighted by the way you dance and gives you "investment".)

i want my software to serve end user needs. i want my software to not cause needless misery. these things could be achieved—could be solely achievable—by being either fast or slow depending on what it is and where it's used

Awhile back on Bluesky there was discourse when someone made the (verifiably false) claim "cyberpunk" was coined before "punk" was redefined from "criminal"/"delinquent" to "cool"/"artistic".

I am still thinking about how this claim, if true, would change the word "Solarpunk". What does it mean to be a solar-powered criminal. Not an ecoterrorist but a small-time hood. Do you steal batteries from Flock cameras to power mesh networking? Layer solar panels atop other solar panels to steal sunight?

Guide to understanding Amsterdam news:

“400 cobras found in shed”: they mean fireworks, it’s fine (it’s not fine)

“Python in console”: no, programmers fleeing PHP, don’t stick your hands in there, it’s a literal snake.

It’s getting a little bit crowded
#SavageGarden #carnivorousplants #bloomscrolling

@whitequark I'm working on a lightning talk about how automated code formatters remove an important signal from your code, making it all look the same, and making reviewing it harder. And also how running automated tests on the gate trains contributors to make subtler bugs.

This paper titled "Methodological Irregularities in Programming-Language Research" does not mince its words.

> Substantial industry and government investments in software are at risk due to changes in the underlying programming languages, despite the fact that such changes have no empirically verified benefits. One way to address this problem is to establish rigorous evidence standards like those in medicine and other sciences.

ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7999115

@elmine you can't even get tech people to shift from WhatsApp to Signal. The alternative needs to be way way way better, visibly, before anyone changes their ways.

Its a rare pleasure to have the time and good reason to help some ppl doing a project you like pay down some technical debt. Its like social grooming, sometimes its more fun to eat the bugs out of someone elses fur.

Regarding AI *in* Firefox, this has brought us a built-in translator that does not outsource the work to the cloud. That's amazingly good work. I'd love to see the browser do more of that kind of thing. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/translate/

If the U.S. will play a smaller role in European security going forward, we need to have a conversation about nuclear weapons. The current UK and French arsenals are not sufficient to deter Russia, but the big question is if the solution is to grow their stockpiles, or if more countries need to join the nuclear club.

(The fact that this is now a discussion just goes to show the shortsightedness of American isolationalism.)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/uk-europe-nuclear-shield-donald-trump-germany-nato-deterrent

From Oliver Burri via #ImageJ mailing list:

SwitZerland’s Image and Data Analysis School #ZIDAS2024

At ETH Zurich from June 23th (Yes, Sunday!) to June 28th 2024.

Are you a life scientist working with microscopy images?
Do you feel like you could use a nudge in the right direction in order to dive into quantitative image analysis ?
Want to learn to program in ImageJ macro language, use novel deep learning tools, discover best practices in image processing all while working on your own data?

The program will focus on hands-on work using the best open source tools available to the BioImage Analysis community.

Registration is open until 2024-03-16.

https://2024.zidas.org
#BioimageInformatics #ImageProcessing

Edmondma wiggles.

If this flame is beautiful, ⭐ or boost this post to improve its chances for future breedings.
#fractalArt

Criminal that Emily Oster has a clothing line and Gavin Yamey doesn't.

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/04/an-economist-walks-into-a-fashion-website

Indeed, Git provides us with powerful commands and workflows to tackle these pesky issues. However, instead of getting good at Git, we should remember that nearly all the need for advanced Git tactics stems from insufficient working methods.