Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 19hThe cutoffs at field boundaries in the top left suggest something that's really there. Old artillery craters would be interesting, but they're not very round, so that's probably not it. 210
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Somehow just remaining honestly funny about regular things seems like an act of defiance in itself. Plus the fact it gives a bright spot in the week and an easy check off the holiday list, that part is good too 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 12/10/2026@manmademoon.bsky.social "Ukraine. You are AWESOME." No u lol. Good post. 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Headline that encapsulates the nonsense of the past ~2 years: 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 10/10/2026heh, signed 8 bit (=> 7 bit) rollover of a temperature measured in *C? 010
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The almost fluorescent lowland greens may be a factor too, since they're so much more prominent than the blues of the mountains 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The right gives a sense of "more" from the stronger contrast (with the exception of the dark blue area, as noted elsewhere) On the left, the Andes don't register as "more" as much - the contrast against ocean is stronger, but the low brightness of the dark colour seems to work against that 100
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The main practical effect seems to be a reaffirmation that his sympathies are with Russia, not Ukraine. 1150
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Just noticed today that Martin Isenberg's webpage on the University of North Carolina CS server is gone. The last read on archive.org is from March 16th of last year. He had his problems but his contribution to lidar can't be denied. www.cs.unc.edu/~isenburgcs.unc.edu 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I know exactly what you mean - it may be fake, but you still feel like a jerk. 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I do wonder how much the old defence of animal welfare on the basis that the effect on people of mistreating animals is corrosive to people's morality applies to chatbots. No analogue to 'pain' with chatbots, but normalization of bullying behaviour by people is still wrong. 120
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026That is a very nice folder structure. Kind of inspiring to see almost 50 years recorded, too 110
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Settings -> Appearance -> Browser Theme is good too, if you mainly want to change the colour theme. Other than that, it seems OK (so far, for me at least) 100
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I love that bucket hat. Looks so dignified but also unassuming. The informal tophat. 010
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There was a moment during the pandemic when I heard Coldplay come on over the speakers in a supermarket and my first thought was 'what a pleasant song'. That was the point at which I knew the lockdown was really starting to affect me. 021
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026They don't make clear if they're adjusting for water content - cheese hardness. If they did, my belief is that the UK would win based on the firm, sound grounding of high cheddar consumption. 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It would be wonderfully nerdy if a SUN SPARCstation was used in some capacity when the system runs, if only for data readouts. 110
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And when the plan fails, send a detailed note to the map author and wait for the response :) 010
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Small thing, but there's a typo: "After failing to acquire the German Type 214 fuell cell " 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Listen, if you dare! m.youtube.com/watch?v=-gPu...m.youtube.comThe Most Unwanted Song (FULL VERSION)YouTube video by FraKctured 110
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026See here for a (tongue in cheek) attempt at statistically-driven music. Unsurprisingly, the song that best matched the predicted optimal style is boring, while the song that best matched the predicted undesirable style is hilarious. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peo...en.wikipedia.orgThe People's Choice Music - Wikipedia 331
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Isn’t it also sort of taking one for the team, otherwise the rock might have hit us.. 040
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Very cool, I imagine that's the kind of thing the image analysts live for. 010
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Very nice to see, and a happy surprise that the term ‘associate member’ was used. 020
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026What's odd to me is that the benefit seems really small (who actually needs or wants recaps of conversations), while the cost is so high - their privacy reputation is one of the main reasons to like the company. 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It would reduce to zero the number of people adversely affected by global warming & other environmental problems. The social goals would definitely take a hit, though. 100
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The original Zork is under the MIT license, so the creator's consent doesn't seem relevant 010
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I _really_ hope the JPL store puts out a nice coffee mug for the occasion. They had one for the 45th anniversary, the 1-light-day mark is even more worthy. 010
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The relative value of a good test dataset / test suite is only going to go up, I think. 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Amazing, thanks. It really seems like we're moving into a mode of computer interaction more and more like what Heinlein talked about in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, where programmers/techs are people who are skilled at 'talking' to computers rather than people who enter discrete commands. 100
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Very impressive. How much time on your part did it take for directing the llm/ reviewing the results? Was much manual editing of the results needed? 100
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seeing this just makes me think about how angry I would be if another country attacked me and my neighbours in the same way. Much love to Ukraine and Ukrainians, victory will be yours, and right will win. 151
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Let me get this straight, the min with the max votes wins? 010
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Reminds me of the Oi Polloi song “What have we done”, from the album In Defence Of Our Earth. Not pleasant how the animals are treated or what they’re trained to do. 160
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Huh, that's the data service I used to use for correction of aerial survey data (knowing the air temperature / humidity helps when computing lidar range data). Having the single source where ground stations across CONUS could be fetched was very useful. 000
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"shouted threats at men beyond threatening" is pretty good writing 010
Chebucto @chebucto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Absolutely. There's also the population / power difference, and close association during the cold war. Both countries have also sought close ties with the EU. It makes one wonder whether a Trump-like figure in the US would use that as a casus belli were Canada to seek membership. 020
