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juandesant

@juandesant@astrodon.social

PhD in radio astronomy and VO; Joint ALMA Observatory Development Systems Engineer. Previously, Head of Software Product Management and Software Systems Engineer at SKAO (joined March 2014). I have worked for @iaacsic @ESO @almaobs @DataObsCL. He/him.

I try to boost only images with useful/meaningful alt-text. Might unboost after reviewing it…

Avatar: myself looking down, with a “crown” of lamps.

Background: Pen and paper sketch of ALMA by Olivia H. Wilkins.

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elb, to retrocomputing
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Does anyone know if a copy of the infamous Ken Thompson "50 bugs" tape for 6th edition #Unix has survived? I didn't find one on the #TUHS Unix Archive, which doesn't feel promising. #retrocomputing

juandesant,
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@elb i just learned what the “50 bugs” tape was from https://www.itreview.org/documents/2006/0616.html

Thanks for the trip!

juandesant,
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@elb much appreciated!

dansup, to random
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    juandesant,
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    @rysiek @dansup yes, it does not make any sense. If they are working on a Fediverse product, the interface is well known. They should be able to discuss openly what is in the standard.

    If they want to “embrace and extend" a la Microsoft, because there are certain features that are not supported, that is a risk.

    strypey, to random
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    #AskFedi Is there a general purpose front-end I can use to extract the text (and maybe images) from the pages of bullshit news sites like this that insult me with a tabula rasa when I don't let them run JavaScript in my browser?

    https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/350015943/dave-armstrong-time-to-put-the-kibosh-on-bilingual-road-signs

    #MakeJavaScriptOptional

    juandesant,
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    @strypey not sure if https://archive.ph would work…

    juandesant,
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    @strypey thanks, I did not know about this one!

    atomicpoet, to random
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    Apparently, Meta’s ActivityPub-enabled Twitter killer will officially be called Threads. Let that sink in.

    Threads.

    juandesant,
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    @maegul @atomicpoet it will be difficult to search about it, with si much literature about computing threads… but it is also how many people talk about series of toots, tweets, or other posts…

    akosma, to random
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    Just published a new blog post: "Memories of WWDC 2008" https://akos.ma/blog/memories-of-wwdc-2008/

    juandesant,
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    @akosma you made me read your master thesis post 1, any thoughts on whether it’s worth reviving it, versus using something like Graphviz or PlantUML?

    jbzfn, (edited ) to random
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    There's your "Desktop of the Future"
    Bunch of self-absorbed bullies disconnected from the users.

    But please, keep telling me to "contribute or stfu".

    Fuck Gs, wholeheartedly. It's one thing that no one wanted to touch that DE over a decade, (it was forked left and right for a reason).

    But they keep weaponizing their fanfic accessibility against any feedback and common sense requests.

    Not fun being "deprecated". But I guess with RH down the drain they'll remember soon about "community".

    juandesant,
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    @jbzfn for those not in, what is the context?

    gruber, to random
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    I spent about 30 minutes using/touring Vision Pro yesterday. Ask me anything.

    juandesant,
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    @gruber can you anchor different apps and tools on different parts of a room? Or even more than one room? What is the limit?

    paul, to random
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    The Education Apple Store is offering a $100 gift card/discount on M2 mini purchases.

    juandesant,
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    @paul what is the special offer?

    juandesant, to random
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    Ted Chiang: «[The] fact that LLMs are able to do some of that — that’s not exactly a resounding endorsement of their abilities. That’s more a statement about how much bullshit we are required to generate and deal with in our daily lives.”

    Amen to that…

    https://archive.is/2023.06.04-050658/https://www.ft.com/content/c1f6d948-3dde-405f-924c-09cc0dcf8c84

    juandesant,
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    @mansr I tend to agree with you. The most interesting things come directly from Chiang himself, anyway…

    vwbusguy, (edited ) to fediverse
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    Here's a #fediverse tip: You don't have to choose between #Mastodon, #Pixelfed, #Calckey, etc. Just like you might have had a Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook account before, you can have separate accounts on each platform. It's just that integrations between these things on the fediverse are generally easier by design.

    juandesant,
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    @vwbusguy that’s why I have @jdsantpix and @juandesant… and even @juandesant and @juandesant.

    Not to forget about @juandewyrm… or maybe I went too far? 😉

    glennf, to random
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    Thursday, again?!

    juandesant,
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    @glennf in some places, it is already Friday, if that is any consolation…

    ubiquity75, to random

    During the height of COVID, rental assistance, job assistance, food assistance and more were given to those in need. Student loan payments were paused. The US did not collapse due to these policies. In fact, consumer spending went up.

    So, given that these things are possible and even economically favorable, one can only conclude that ending them benefits some small but powerful portion of the populace who wants to keep the rest of us under control and in relative, if not full-on, poverty.

    juandesant,
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    @ubiquity75 well, most of the people losing jobs are not getting them back in the reinforcement part, or the data cleaning, or any other parts of the chain… for them is a displacement.

    But I take your point.

    juandesant,
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    @ubiquity75 oh, I had not understood it that way. And you’re most correct.

    timbray, to random
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    Ok, this is not about fascists or Covid or the environment and it is amazingly cool: How does your computer know what time it is? Think you know? Maybe you know part of the answer… https://dotat.at/@/2023-05-26-whence-time.html

    juandesant,
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    @timbray thanks! Even having worked on some of the timing requirements for the Square Kilometre Array Observatory with respect to software, I did not know a couple of things here… but I’m very glad I was well aware of most of the things in the talk!

    glennf, to random
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    Via @nickheer (via another site), Timeguessr. Welp, I guess I know how I'm spending the next 10 years. https://timeguessr.com/finalscore.html

    juandesant,
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    @glennf @nickheer got - 37000/50000… much better at the place that the year, but I guess getting good scores at Geoguessr fives you that 😉

    dansup, to random
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    About to start testing federation for Post Edits in @pixelfed!

    juandesant,
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    @dansup @pixelfed fingers crossed!

    AkaSci, (edited ) to random
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    A new Type II core-collapse Supernova SN 2023ixf was detected yesterday in the Pinwheel Galaxy (aka Messier 101, M101 and NGC 5457).
    At 21 million light-years distance and only 14.9 mag, it is too far and too faint to stand out in the night sky, unlike some other supernovae observed by humans over the past few thousand years.
    However, it is of great interest to the astrophysics community.
    Details at https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023ixf

    1/n

    juandesant,
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    @AkaSci Nitter link for those not inclined to share metadata with Melon Tusk… https://nitter.net/d_a_howell/status/1659709373080322048

    timbray, (edited ) to random
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    Mac Dock:

    juandesant,
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    @timbray to the right most of the time, unless that is problematic for the current application. Then, I'll move it to the bottom, then back to the right. Left does not work for me.

    maegul, to fediverse
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    Aahh … #mastodon.

    Just got blocked for telling someone “alt-text would be nice here” when they posted a picture of a sticker that was basically just text (without any alt text).

    I guess that’s easier than admitting you don’t care about #alttext (which is fine, I guess, just be open about it at least).

    Is there anything civilised I could do about this particular person?

    juandesant,
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    @maegul @torb I know one user who shall not be named who at the beginning tried to follow the practices that were imparted on them, and then it became too unbearable. They are happy now to block people… which they would not be doing if the tone/interactions were different.

    I’ve reminded this person of the need for CWs certain times, and then they have used them when they believed it was best. But it was far from my first interaction with them.

    juandesant,
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    @maegul another option that tends to work well is just tooting the descriptive text yourself, if it is something you’re interested in.

    seachanger, to random

    “Many people in the global north tend to think that it is their right and that it is normal to consume the amount that we consume today,” says Vivian Frick. “They often completely forget that the consumption level that we have depends on exploiting other countries, having cheap resources from other countries, and having cheap labor. Prices would actually be very different if they were fair.”

    Overconsumption, explained | Popular Science https://www.popsci.com/environment/overconsumption-sustainability-climate/

    juandesant,
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    @seachanger the replies to that article in the comments do not feel me with hope…

    lowqualityfacts, to random
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    Uh oh.
    https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

    juandesant,
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    @lowqualityfacts you're sure this is a "low quality" fact?

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