"Maps are to geography what notation is to music."
British writer, geographer, historian, journalist, cartographer, and inventor John Francon Williams died #OTD in 1911.
In 1881, Williams's seminal book The Geography of the Oceans was published. This book focuses on topics such as: General Geography of the Oceans, Physical Geography of the Oceans, the Geography of Particular Oceans. It was the first book to cover with such intensity the geography of the oceans.
#books #geography #oceanography
SteamFork is yet another Linux distribution aiming to be a SteamOS-like for handhelds gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/steaโฆ
SteamFork is yet another Linux distribution aiming to be a SteamOS-like for handhelds
Attack of the clones! Well, sort of anyway. We have Bazzite, ChimeraOS, HoloISO and now SteamFork as well. There's so much choice to get Linux on your handhelds.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Devour famous paintings in the classic Snake-ish game ART for Snakes gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/devoโฆ
Devour famous paintings in the classic Snake-ish game ART for Snakes
Remember the classic game Snake? Well this is ART for Snakes, a "snake-ish" game about eating the most expensive paintings you can before the time runs out.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Cosmic Call is basically Nuclear Throne as a rogue-lite boomer shooter gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/cosmโฆ
#Godot #FPS #IndieGames
Cosmic Call is basically Nuclear Throne as a rogue-lite boomer shooter
CosmicDev recently put up a demo for Cosmic Call, a very scribbly-styled retro boomer shooter that sees you fight through small arena levels as you keep powering up.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Forgot to actually post this on socials last night ๐ : Humble Choice for September 2024 has Guardians of the Galaxy, Coral Island, Stranded: Alien Dawn gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/humbโฆ
Humble Choice for September 2024 has Guardians of the Galaxy, Coral Island, Stranded: Alien Dawn
Looks like September 2024 is a pretty good month for Humble Choice, the subscription service from Humble Bundle that gives you a new set of games every month.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Open source evolution sim 'Thrive' adds sprinting, visual upgrades, more competitive AI gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/openโฆ
#OpenSource #Godot #IndieGames
Open source evolution sim 'Thrive' adds sprinting, visual upgrades, more competitive AI
I love watching Thrive continue to grow. A free and open source evolution sim where you start off life as a single microbe. The latest release version 0.7.0 is out now adding new gameplay features.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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My occasional invitation to anyone who might like to sign up to my newsletter on my artworks about networks: shanefinan.org/newsletter.html
It's where I structure a lot of thoughts. I send one every 3 months or so, and they're a little bit like blog posts. The most recent one is also at that link, for a taster.
#art #newsletter #subscription #network #moreThanHuman
periodical
Shane Finan assembles technology into art, collaborating with fungi, plants, humans and animals.shanefinan.org
LexicMap: efficient sequence alignment against millions of prokaryotic genomes
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20โฆ
'We introduce LexicMap, a nucleotide sequence alignment tool for efficiently querying moderate length sequences (> 500 bp) such as a gene, plasmid or long read against up to millions of prokaryotic genomes. '
Should be good for amplicons and #eDNA too???
LexicMap: efficient sequence alignment against millions of prokaryotic genomes
Alignment against a database of genomes is a fundamental operation in bioinformatics, popularized by BLAST.bioRxiv
Saw this band live a couple of weeks back.
youtube.com/watch?v=4PK7iiMYEwโฆ
#NowPlaying #NP #Avkrvst #ProgTuesday
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com
Desmond is good at giving me the bereft Victorian waif look. He sits a distance away from the door staring at me. His eyes are wide and his head tips to one side. "But why? Why, mumma are you leaving me all alone in the cold cold house?"
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I think he's very handsome. I like his hat, and his shirt. Perhaps he has sewn the knee patches on his jeans. It doesn't mean he's poor or homeless. He likes those jeans and is thrifty. My kind of guy. I would happily sit beside him.
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Heartbreak has turned to rage in Israel. Can Benjamin Netanyahu survive the biggest challenge to his rule?
"Israelis are once again venting their anger over the failure of the government to reach a deal to release the hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza.
"Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the country over the past couple days, with some gathering outside the homes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the US embassy. The first nationwide strike since last Octoberโs Hamas attack also brought the country to a standstill.
"The spark for the protests was the discovery of the bodies of six hostages who had been executed by Hamas shortly before Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) located them. On Monday, Netanyahu issued a rare apology to the families."
Protesters outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on September 2. Abir Sultan/EPA
Heartbreak has turned to rage in Israel. Can Benjamin Netanyahu survive the biggest challenge to his rule?
The mass protests are evidence that many in Israel feel abandoned by their government. Yet, Netanyahu is unlikely to shift course.The Conversation
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Help Us Build Ghanaโs First Worker-Owned Delivery Platform | Platform Cooperativism Consortium
Imagine working tirelessly, day in and day out, only to see your earnings diminish while the company you work for thrives. This is the harsh reality for many gig workers in GhanaโฆPlatform Cooperativism Consortium
Back to Biznass.
#AllCatsAreBeautiful #Dootsday #DootsToots #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #Cats #Cat #BusinessCat
MAรANA!
Jornada 1: ยฟSon las plataformas libres una alternativa para comunicarnos?
Jornadas "Comunicar mรกs allรก de la muralla".
Debatir y articular estrategias claras sobre cรณmo traspasar las barreras que hoy impiden la pluralidad de voces
Info: al.internetsocialforum.net/202โฆ
Harebrained (BATTLETECH / Shadowrun) announced GRAFT, a post-cyberpunk survival horror RPG gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/hareโฆ
Harebrained (BATTLETECH / Shadowrun) announced GRAFT, a post-cyberpunk survival horror RPG
Harebrained are back! After splitting off from Paradox, they've returned with a new game, and one Shadowrun fans might like to take a look at with GRAFT.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Make it so, engage or something for the Steam Space Exploration Fest gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/makeโฆ
Make it so, engage or something for the Steam Space Exploration Fest
Stardate 03/09/2024, the Steam Space Exploration Fest has begun so you better set course for the deals. Make it so, engage, hit it or whatever.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
๐ Youโre invited! ๐
Join us for the live premiere of Hub 9 on September 14th.
๐
What: Hub 9 Live Premiere
๐ When: September 14th, 10 AM CEST
๐ Where: Online โ link coming soon!
RSVP and stay tuned! ๐ฉ
#Hub9 #Nextcloud #LivePremiere
Nextcloud Hub 9 launch event
Nextcloud Hub 9 will be launched on September 14th in an online event. Register now to participate in the live presentation!Nextcloud
La fulminante privatizaciรณn de la investigaciรณn en inteligencia artificial
En 2010, las compaรฑรญas privadas poseรญan solo el 11% de los modelos mรกs potentes de IA. Una dรฉcada mรกs tarde ya estaban en sus manos el 96% de los grandes modelos de IA. Alrededor del 70% de los doctorados recalan en el sector privado
retinatendencias.com/analisis/โฆ
La fulminante privatizaciรณn de la investigaciรณn en inteligencia artificial - Retina
Me comentaba un investigador del CSIC, con tres dรฉcadas a sus espaldas en el campo de la inteligencia artificial, que necesitarรญa millones de euros en financiaciรณn para replicar un paper de DeepMind (subsidiaria de Google).Retina
Intel reveals their Core Ultra 200V 'Lunar Lake' available starting September 24 gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/inteโฆ
Intel reveals their Core Ultra 200V 'Lunar Lake' available starting September 24
Lunar Lake has launched now officially as the Intel Core Ultra 200V series, due out from September 24th for "AI PCs".Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A love letter to the Monster Tamer genre, Battle Gem Ponies is out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/a-loโฆ
A love letter to the Monster Tamer genre, Battle Gem Ponies is out now
After a successful Kickstarter back in 2021, Battle Gem Ponies from Yotes Games has officially released as a love letter to the Monster Tamer genre.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
PONIES!
*calms down and actually reads the rest
wow a pokemon-like game with ponies!? that's actually really cool
Cross-platform Nexus Mods app v0.6.0 out now expanding Cyberpunk 2077 support gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/crosโฆ
Cross-platform Nexus Mods app v0.6.0 out now expanding Cyberpunk 2077 support
The Nexus mod platform team continue building up their newer open source and cross-platform mod launcher, with expanded support for Cyberpunk 2077 modding in the new 0.6.0 version out now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A team of scientists from the University of Bristol recently released research that pushed the date of our Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) back to about 4.2 billion years ago.
This suggests that the life that is in each of us, and in each of the organisms that make up our very large extended family, runs in an unbroken chain backward for 4.2 billion years.
Thatโs a pretty considerable investment by the universe in every living thing.
Perhaps we should reflect on that a little more as we continue to muck around on this planet.
It might be time to start fitting in.
#sustainability #philosophy #ClimateChange #biodiversity #nature #politics #economics #religion #Science
Shifting the Paradigm | Aspen Proposal
The Aspen Proposal provides a description of a sustainable human civilization 200 - 500 years in the future. This is a goal that will focus our efforts, allow us to backcast and provide hope for those working for change.Aspen Proposal
Saying the quiet part out loud
futurism.com/the-byte/openai-cโฆ
OpenAI Pleads That It Canโt Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
New maintenance update 29.0.6 (Nextcloud Hub 8) is available ๐
Upgrade to a new version for better and even more secure Nextcloud experience. The updating process is designed to be and smooth - always keep your server up to date!
nextcloud.com/blog/new-maintenโฆ
New maintenance update for Nextcloud Hub 8 is available - Nextcloud
Maintenance update 29.0.6 for Nextcloud Hub 8 is here! Read an update summary here and access full changelog on the website.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
FASCINATING how Nature Springer has this WHOLE editorial that fails entirely to mention self-archiving
"just beg your coauthors and institution and editors for money and waivers"
Or put it in a repository. FOR FREE.
How can I publish open access when I canโt afford the fees?
nature.com/articles/d41586-024โฆ
How can I publish open access when I canโt afford the fees?
To avoid the restrictions of paywalls, researchers must often pay an article-processing fee. Nature explores ways to offset the cost.Forrester, Nikki
Some material experiments with mycelium substrate growing in sawdust and flour, to make fungi sculptures from moulds.
I am using a proprietary mix from the Dutch company Kineco kineco.bio/, although I know I can potentially make this myself with some spores and sawdust.
Will report back in about 7 days with whatever comes of these.
#art #fungi #mycelia #sculpture #experiment
3 September 1925 | A Polish man, Bronisลaw Pragลowski, was born in Robczyce.
In Auschwitz from 27 July 1942.
No. 53302
He perished in the camp on 15 October 1942.
Yes, our phones are โlisteningโ to what we say.
โIn Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phoneโs Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mentionโ
futurism.com/the-byte/facebookโฆ #tech #AI
In Leak, Facebook Partner Brags About Listening to Your Phoneโs Microphone to Serve Ads for Stuff You Mention
One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
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@Gargron This article is based off of information that was originally making rounds in 2016. In 8 years since, there was never **any concrete evidence** showing that they can actually do this. None.
Considering that adtech is rife with fraud (to the tune of $billions swindled from advertisers annually), a more likely explanation is that this is just a bunch of grifters with a pitch deck looking to score off of gullible advertisers.
The SplitsTree App: interactive analysis and visualization using phylogenetic trees and networks
nature.com/articles/s41592-024โฆ
The SplitsTree App: interactive analysis and visualization using phylogenetic trees and networks - Nature Methods
Nature Methods - The SplitsTree App: interactive analysis and visualization using phylogenetic trees and networksNature
Square Enix invests in Playtron for their Linux-based PlaytronOS - first Alpha out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/squaโฆ
Square Enix invests in Playtron for their Linux-based PlaytronOS - first Alpha out now
Playtron are quietly building up their Linux-based PlaytronOS behind the scenes, and not only have they released their first Alpha but they've pulled in another investor too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
What is this marketing though?
Like gtfo, you're building off of Valve's work, you even reference Lutris and Heroic Games Launcher and claim that SteamOS is 'Compatible with Steam only' and 'Locked to the Valveverse' like what?
I'm not even saying that a gaming distro not tied to Valve's ecosystem is a bad thing, but the desperation to paint SteamOS as on par with Windows is absurd.
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 43: Demons and Angels gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/builโฆ
Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 43: Demons and Angels
The Spanish game development scene does not get much attention paid to it, especially when compared to some of its other European counterparts, but sometimes you encounter polymaths like รngel Ortega that deserve to be highlighted.Hamish (GamingOnLinux)
Risk of Rain creators Hopoo Games join Valve gamingonlinux.com/2024/09/riskโฆ
#Steam #Valve #HopooGames
Risk of Rain creators Hopoo Games join Valve
Exciting times ahead for Valve and Steam as most of Hopoo Games, the creators of the Risk of Rain series, have now joined Valve.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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in reply to Muse • • •There is , as you say, nothing wrong with the process being easier or harder for an individual.
A person with the 'gift' of being able to put words to the page, especially for something like a writing challenge, is to be admired. But it does seem like showing off, more than 'intentional writing'.
Using AI ( or just another persons work ) to generate the required number of words to complete the challenge is not the same. It's almost like seeking the participation award is the point.
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in reply to Muse • • •More from me in the discussion:
NaNoWriMo is about getting writing practise. It's about writing so fast that you don't care about spelling errors or plot holes. You just do it! And it's totally okay if it's a mess. No one really expects greatness, just fun and getting past self censorship.
People using certain AI tools are trying to skip steps. They let the AI take the chances for them, and how much do they learn by doing this? I have worked in more than one type of creative art. I know people who think others should love their singing, without their bothering to do the work of singing scales everyday. I know others who think telling a machine what kind of painting they want makes them an artist, but they spent no time thinking about what colours to use, how to compose the work, what lines will bring the most expression. All they have done is behave like a commissioning editor who says, "I want a cover for this book that looks like this".
NaNoWriMo's argument that it is classist to disapprove of AI use because not everyone can afford to pay an editor is spurious,
... show moreMore from me in the discussion:
NaNoWriMo is about getting writing practise. It's about writing so fast that you don't care about spelling errors or plot holes. You just do it! And it's totally okay if it's a mess. No one really expects greatness, just fun and getting past self censorship.
People using certain AI tools are trying to skip steps. They let the AI take the chances for them, and how much do they learn by doing this? I have worked in more than one type of creative art. I know people who think others should love their singing, without their bothering to do the work of singing scales everyday. I know others who think telling a machine what kind of painting they want makes them an artist, but they spent no time thinking about what colours to use, how to compose the work, what lines will bring the most expression. All they have done is behave like a commissioning editor who says, "I want a cover for this book that looks like this".
NaNoWriMo's argument that it is classist to disapprove of AI use because not everyone can afford to pay an editor is spurious, because not everyone can afford Grammarly or even a computer. Calling it ableist is spurious because no one says a person can't use a spell checker. What we are worried about are people who are using AI to do the storytelling for them. You cannot charge someone with copyright infringement if they "stole your idea". The courts are only interested in the execution. If you have an idea that a large language model AI uses to create a story from having scraped many other people's works on the internet, then your idea is worthless. Other people's skills at execution made the resulting novel possible.
Some people want fame and fortune to be delivered to them on a platter, with no real respect for the art.
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