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Since I posted it on LinkedIn, a good time to post here as well:

I am currently looking for full-time roles (I will be graduating in December) in cutting-edge data management work. I have experience with storage and SSDs, kernel development, C, Rust, NVMe, data management, data analysis, and many other things; please reach out; happy to discuss in detail. My LinkedIn profile or website (sincerely.dev) has more details about my work.



It's #HubbleFriday time!

This week's new image shows the globular cluster NGC 6652. Globular clusters are roughly spherical groups of stars held together by their mutual gravitational attraction.

NGC 6652 is about 30 million light-years away: go.nasa.gov/3Oi5MLD
#Hubble


in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum

but you don't understand, we can't breathe because of the pronouns!!!!!!! 😡😡


All that glitters ...✨
Is a glorious globular cluster! @NASAHubble spied NGC 6652 in our own Milky Way galaxy in the constellation Sagittarius, just under 30,000 light-years from Earth. Globular clusters contain tens of thousands to millions of stars. go.nasa.gov/3YkIBou
#NASAExoplanets


I've always thought the GOP had no policy positions other than seizing power, enriching themselves, and destroying effective government.

I was wrong. They're developing a policy focused around destroying the planet.

A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy nytimes.com/2023/08/04/climate…




@Friendica Support

I just ran on #mastodon into the fact that #webP has issues to be uploaded.
There was a general problem giving 500 errors that apparently was fixed recently, even tho not all servers have updated this problem.
github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i…

Actually I wanted to upload animated webP and that still doesn't work. The software extracts the first pic and serves it as webP.

So I tried to publish via #friendica into the fediverse the animated webP but at least the squeet.me friendica version (2023.09-dev) extracts the first pic and serves it as jpg image. 2021.01 and 2019.12 doesn't accept webP at all.

I guess this is known?

Any changes on this to expect?

I'm kinda astonished as I created the webP with GIMP and can display it in firefox, all free source software and animated webP is definitely higher quality than gif and way smaler size.

in reply to …ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ jesuisatire bitPickup

@…ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ jesuisatire bitPickup I assume it depends on the underlying installed gd or ImageMagick extension version.

We also create resized versions of all uploaded images to add as a preview in posts, but the original should still be shown when clicking on the preview.

WebP support isn’t put of reach as we are able to display Mastodon-generated WebP clips from remote accounts.



The answer is Windpark Fryslân, the largest freshwater wind farm on Earth!

The array of 89 wind turbines, located in Lake IJssel in the Netherlands, produces enough electricity to power about half a million homes. ⚡🏠 go.nasa.gov/3DJubVC
#NASAEarth



Charming street #art by David Zinn zinnart.com/about-the-artist/
#art


Blockchain financialization, neo-colonialism, and Binance

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

in reply to Nathan Schneider

in Africa mpesa works fine there is zero need for crypto in Africa.
What we need to do is spread mpesa to S America!

Its essentially an organically backed currency that has extremely low latency and overhead



Get some racing sims and party games with these two big bundles gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/get-… #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck


Automate a kitchen with programmed robots in Neon Noodles out now gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/auto… #IndieGame #Linux #SteamDeck


Louisiana Students to Hear from NASA Astronauts Aboard Space Station nasa.gov/press-release/louisia… #NASA
#NASA


since the NY Times is doing it's thing again – quoting anti-trans groups to make gender-affirming care for trans youth seem dubious – I will re-up this essay, which includes over 100 peer-reviewed studies and reviews:
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-… #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #science


Ready for a puzzler? 🤔🧩

Tell us where this is, what we’re looking at, and anything interesting about this satellite image. We’ll share the answer at 3pm ET.
#NASAEarth



Good evening, Türkiye. 🌃

An astronaut aboard the @Space_Station took this nighttime photograph of the coastal Mediterranean city of Antalya, Türkiye in September 2022, showing the sharp contrast between urban infrastructure and natural areas. go.nasa.gov/3q5u43v
#NASAEarth



#Tecnoafecciones Para mitigar los efectos adversos de los residuos tecnológicos hay que cambiar el paradigma de desarrollo dominante.

¿Qué podemos hacer?

✅ Co-responsabilizarnos de nuestro consumo tecnológico y apostar a reducirlo. Por ejemplo, podemos empezar por no consumir lo que no necesitemos.

✅ Promover la transparencia en el ciclo de vida de las tecnologías: conocer dónde se producen, dónde se consumen y dónde se desechan.

✅ Promover el desarrollo tecnológico participativo y abierto.

in reply to Sursiendo

✅ Promover una cultura de la reparación y el diseño de productos duraderos y reparables, además de modulares que permita a las personas usuarias sustituir fácilmente los componentes defectuosos.

✅ Exigir a empresas y gobiernos la adopción de principios de sostenibilidad, justicia ambiental e igualdad social en el desarrollo tecnológico.

Acciones para (re)conectar y transformar las tecnologías 🌿🤳

¡Súmate y comparte nuestra campaña!
👉 sursiendo.org/tecnoafecciones

in reply to Sursiendo

habría que evitar desechar lo que aún funciona y rescatar lo que se dice "obsoleto".


Ben Sargent's latest Loon Star State cartoon, from the July/August 2023 issue of Texas Observer magazine: texasobserver.org/issues/july-…

#TexasNeedsAnObserver! Become a member and get our magazine, six times per year: texasobserver.org/join

#politics #news #USpol #Texas #GregAbbott #HB2127 #democracy #journalism #comics



⚡ We would love to hear your lightning talk at the Nextcloud Conference!
Call for speakers is open, and topic include:

* privacy-focused projects, apps, ideas.
* novel uses of Nextcloud's ecosystem
* software or hardware!
* ...more!

nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-c…




Space Station Assignments Out for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Mission nasa.gov/press-release/space-s… #NASA
#NASA


#ICYMI: @NorthropGrumman's #Cygnus space freighter was captured with the Canadarm2 robotic arm at 5:52am ET today then installed on the station at 8:28am for three months of cargo activities. More... go.nasa.gov/3rS5raN

[Video embedded in original tweet]
#ISS



Hello! Going to play some "ΔV: Rings of Saturn" and then try to wrap up Beautiful Desolation over at cast.samsai.eu/ starting in 15 minutes. See you in the chat!


Oxygen Not Included has a new animated short and free content upgrade gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/oxyg… #IndieGame #Linux #SteamDeck


Phoenix is so hot! 🔥

The Phoenix Mars Lander that is. #OTD in 2007, Phoenix was launched to the Red Planet on a mission to investigate the biological potential in Mars's icy far North. @NASAMars @NASAJPL

Dig in to its chilly findings: go.nasa.gov/459vyZb
#NASAhistory



My favourite Tower Defense game Bloons TD 6 is free on Epic gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/my-f… #Bloons #TowerDefense #Gaming
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

my favorite is GemCraft - Chasing Shadows. It has a bit more serious theme with wizards and magic gems.

Have you played that as well?



The first in our series of social events for the project 'waking the land' saw artist Cróna Gallagher bring the spirit of a hare from Benbo Mountain into our space. The event led to a community gathering and a collective wake for the critter.

#art #event



Scientists discover how parasites of #viruses drive #superbug #evolution.

#phages #gene_transfer #lateral_transduction

phys.org/news/2023-08-scientis…



Ever wondered why your #TRIS-buffered solutions turn turbid on the shelf so quickly? Look no further, it’s #pseudomonas. new study from our lab out as a preprint describing a complete TRIS degradation pathway in #bacteria biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20… #microbiology #HGT #biorxiv
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GE-Proton 8-11 is out now for Linux desktop and Steam Deck gamingonlinux.com/2023/08/ge-p… #Proton #SteamDeck #Linux
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

is there any easy way to keep getting the latest GE builds other than going into Desktop mode and manually pulling them down ?


.@NorthropGrumman's #Cygnus space freighter, loaded with over 8,200 pounds of science and supplies, was installed on the station at 8:28am ET today for three months of cargo activities. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
#ISS


Live now on @nasa TV, mission controllers are commanding the Canadarm2 robotic arm to install @NorthropGrumman's #Cygnus space freighter to the space station for three months of cargo activities. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNGa…

[Video embedded in original tweet]
#ISS



Mission controllers have taken command of the Canadarm2 robotic arm and are now installing @NorthropGrumman's #Cygnus space freighter to the station live on @nasa TV now. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
#ISS


We've got the data to prove it: @nasa has the right stuff when it comes to #ArchivesScience!

📷 In 1949, human computers obtain data from rows of manometers below the 18x18-inch Supersonic Wind Tunnel at @NASAglenn. #ArchivesHashtagParty
#NASAhistory



Moonrays of August apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230804.ht… #APOD
#APOD


This is lovely: Sheila E. runs across someone playing her song The Glamorous Life on a portable speaker at the mall and something surprising happens that I do not want to ruin... instagram.com/reel/CvaLth7trIF…
in reply to kottke.org

@john_chu I don’t know what that dude’s plan was when we woke up this morning, but he definitely checked all the boxes.


LIVE: Watch the @Space_Station’s robotic arm – Canadarm2 – attach the #CRS19 cargo spacecraft to one of the space station’s Earth-facing docking ports. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yNGa…

[Video embedded in original tweet]
#NASA



for this month’s bandcamp friday, go buy other people’s stuff; our new thing is free

shannoncurtis.bandcamp.com/alb…

remix by @controlfreak; original song by @shannoncurtis; edit and mastering by me

:perfect: :perfect: :perfect:



Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam Deck (1.0 release video)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqkto37…

#SteamDeck #BaldursGate3 #BG3

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
@jasdemi has been fine for me personally, no problems reading it haven't looked to see if you can increase as haven't needed to
in reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

I'm not on Steam Deck but the performance has been light-years better than the Early Access was just a couple months ago. Idk if the EA was a separate build that wasn't getting all the improvements or what, but I've had no issues on Linux. I did have the cloud sync saving issue but I just exited and disabled it, only lost like 5 minutes of gameplay.


.@Astro_Woody commanded the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture the @NorthropGrumman #Cygnus space freighter at 5:52am ET today. Mission controllers will soon install it to the station. blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/20…
#ISS

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