Surfboard Peace Mailbox
Half Moon Bay Area, California

Blue Beach Song © Martie Hevia
#Photography #PhotographyIsArt

October 30, 2012. Oulu, Finland. Olympus T-100.

Collection box for landline telephones at University of Oulu. Times change and technology changes and all that nonsense.

#photo #oulu #finland #technology #telephone

I will be hosting a live stream to address the problems with the current standards of poll analysis - why they are unscientific - and how to fix them

Saturday at noon Eastern

Feel free to join, ask questions, or argue. Invite anyone you think needs to talk about it, or would enjoy it

@aaporonline
@6newsau
@statsocaus
@abcnews_au @europeelects @fivethirtyeight

open.substack.com/live-stream/…

LIVE SOON: How to Make Polling a Respectable Science

Starting May 17 at 12:00 PM EDT

^{open.substack.com}

Il Centro trasfusionale del San Luca riceve fiori e un biglietto di ringraziamento
Il messaggio: "Siete state umane, mi avete donato speranza e coraggio. Non smettete mai di essere così speciali"

luccaindiretta.it/dalla-citta/…

Il Centro trasfusionale del San Luca riceve fiori e un biglietto di ringraziamento - LuccaInDiretta

^{LuccainDiretta}

Sounds like Loreen.

#Denmark #Eurovision

I licenziamenti di Microsoft hanno colpito soprattutto i programmatori, poiché l'IA scrive fino al 30% del suo codice.

Per Bloomberg, tra i 2.000 dipendenti licenziati il 40% lavorava nell'ingegneria del software, il che la rende di gran lunga la categoria più numerosa, secondo quanto rilevato da Bloomberg sulla base dei documenti ufficiali. Sono state colpite relativamente poche posizioni di vendita o marketing, ha aggiunto Bloomberg

techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/prog…

@lavoro

Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft's layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its code | TechCrunch

Microsoft's Washington layoffs hit coders hardest as the tech giant embraces AI.

^{Charles Rollet (TechCrunch)}

#israel #palästina : #krieg / #gaza / #zivilekriegsopfer / #humanitärehilfe / #ngo

„#Interview mit Riad Othman von #medicointernational über die humanitäre Katastrophe in Gaza.“

rosalux.de/news/id/53417/gaza-…

Gaza: «Das Recht auf Hilfe ist nicht verhandelbar» - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Interview mit Riad Othman von medico international über die humanitäre Katastrophe in Gaza

^{www.rosalux.de}

HUGO UPDATE:

Rebecca, his carer wrote:

"10 days after his surgery, Hugo is doing well and has upgraded from a plastic cone to a much more comfortable donut 🤍 If his progress continues he will be ready to return to the office and start greeting guests this weekend [at The Pines Cottages, Asheville]."

Here's how Hugo greeted me at check-in (February). ❤️

Why haven’t any of his aides schooled him on this?

#Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."

#IdiotInChief #idiocracy #grocery #groceries #moron

Was Frau v.d.Leyen versucht an der Öffentlichkeit vorbeizudrücken ^^ ....
#neoliberalismus
#Urteil
#eu

netzpolitik.org/2025/gerichtsu…

Gerichtsurteil zu Pfizergate: Von der Leyen hat bei der Transparenz geschummelt

Während der Covid-Pandemie verhandelte EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen per SMS mit Pfizer-Chef Albert Bourla. Journalisten forderten Transparenz, doch die EU-Kommission weigerte sich, die Nachrichten offenzulegen.

^{netzpolitik.org}

「Mojo Hand（モジョ・ハンド）」は、著名なアメリカのブルースミュージシャン、ライトニン・ホプキンスによるクラシックなブルース曲です。この曲は1960年に初めて録音され、その後彼の代表曲の一つ

monumental-movement.jp/Lightni…

Lightnin’ Hopkins – Mojo Hand

「Mojo Hand（モジョ・ハンド）」は、著名なアメリカのブルースミュージシャン、ライトニン・ホプキンスによるクラシックなブルース曲です。この曲は1960年に初めて録音され、その後彼の代表曲の一つとなりました。

^mmr

🏛️ ■ Eco de una amistad rota: el duelo legal entre Juan Carlos I y Revilla llega al acto de conciliación ■ Dicen que del amor al odio hay un paso, que el tiempo no evita traiciones o desencuentros, que la amistad tan solo es la otra cara de la moneda de la rivalidad. Este viernes 16 de mayo ambos podrían encontrarse en los tribunales.
huffingtonpost.es/politica/eco…

#politica

The rebrand that went full circle: HBO Max to New HBO Max
https://theconversation.com/the-rebrand-that-went-full-circle-hbo-max-to-new-hbo-max-256777?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Culture & Society @culture-society-ConversationCA

The rebrand that went full circle: HBO Max to New HBO Max

The branding saga of the name of HBO Max offers a clear lesson for marketers: when a rename threatens familiarity, consistency and clear messaging, customers will push back.

^{The Conversation}

#cameratree

#cityscape #photography #Budapest #fotografie #photographie #streetphotography

Árvores antigas ‘conversam’ com as mais novas antes de eclipse, diz estudo
https://www.tecmundo.com.br/ciencia/404533-arvores-antigas-conversam-com-as-mais-novas-antes-de-eclipse-diz-estudo.htm?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into TecMundo @tecmundo-TecMundo

Árvores antigas ‘conversam’ com as mais novas antes de eclipse, diz estudo

As árvores mais velhas não apenas se comunicam com as mais jovens, mas mostram ter uma memória antiga de outros eclipses do passado.

^{Jorge Marin (TecMundo)}

Paper routes nixed for younger kids in New York, though teen carriers have mostly faded away
https://apnews.com/article/child-labor-new-york-paper-routes-750cf163bdd27a2956f8bb422e5621b2?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-AssociatedPress

この曲は、愛、旅、そしてモジョ・ハンド（ブルースの伝説では運を呼び寄せると信じられている魔法の護符）を求めるテーマを伝えており、伝統的なブルースの本質を捉えています。

youtu.be/sJbnR_uKfC4

Cost to Ship Goods From China Jumps as Tariff Truce Spurs Demand
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/pacific-container-rates-jump-most-this-year-on-us-china-deal?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Economics @economics-bloomberg

🦨the "Help Us Pay Down Credit" sale is now active! Get Blobun at 20% off from now through May 31st on Itch and help us pay on debt we owe. You'll get 140 puzzles where you have to touch every tile, as well as access to custom player puzzles!

itch.io/s/153094/the-help-us-p…

#indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker

Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft’s layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its code
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/programmers-bore-the-brunt-of-microsofts-layoffs-in-its-home-state-as-ai-writes-up-to-30-of-its-code/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Artificial Intelligence in 2023: News and Updates @artificial-intelligence-in-2023-news-and-updates-Techcrunch

Programmers bore the brunt of Microsoft's layoffs in its home state as AI writes up to 30% of its code | TechCrunch

Microsoft's Washington layoffs hit coders hardest as the tech giant embraces AI.

^{Charles Rollet (TechCrunch)}

Nia Impact Capital CEO's Market Outlook
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-15/nia-impact-capital-ceo-s-market-outlook-video?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Bloomberg Television @bloomberg-television-bloomberg

IPhone Supplier TDK Readies Batteries Geared for Thin AI Gadgets
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-15/iphone-supplier-tdk-readies-batteries-geared-for-thin-ai-gadgets?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Tech @tech-bloomberg

250K views in less than 24 hours. Seems our frustrations with Apple Intelligence are shared by many! Be sure to check out the video if you haven’t yet!

RE: threads.com/@cinebenjamin/post…

Benjamin O'Carroll (@cinebenjamin) on Threads

In one of my heaviest graphics episodes yet, we explore the failure of Apple Intelligence and the drama that unfolded inside of Apple.

^Threads

NFTs in sports: What to know about the dangers of fraud and counterfeiting
https://theconversation.com/nfts-in-sports-what-to-know-about-the-dangers-of-fraud-and-counterfeiting-255753?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Listen to these articles @listen-to-these-articles-ConversationCA

NFTs in sports: What to know about the dangers of fraud and counterfeiting

In the sports industry, non-fungible tokens offer fans, clubs, and athletes unprecedented opportunities for interaction and monetization.

^{The Conversation}

Mark Carney’s cabinet: A course correction on gender, but there’s more work ahead
https://theconversation.com/mark-carneys-cabinet-a-course-correction-on-gender-but-theres-more-work-ahead-256541?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Listen to these articles @listen-to-these-articles-ConversationCA

Mark Carney’s cabinet: A course correction on gender, but there’s more work ahead

Mark Carney has restored gender parity in the federal cabinet. But upon closer look, men hold five of the six most powerful positions while only one — foreign affairs — was awarded to a woman, Anita Anand.

^{The Conversation}

Improving human beings to make them perform better: Why is transhumanism so harmful?
https://theconversation.com/improving-human-beings-to-make-them-perform-better-why-is-transhumanism-so-harmful-255696?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Listen to these articles @listen-to-these-articles-ConversationCA

Improving human beings to make them perform better: Why is transhumanism so harmful?

The technoscientific ambition to improve human beings, as promoted by transhumanists, is the ultimate expression of the political refusal to change our world.

^{The Conversation}

#schweiz #israel #palästina : #krieg / #gaza / #kultur / #musik / #eurovisionsongcontest / #ausschluss / #kommentar

„Soll der European Song Contest Israel wegen der in Gaza verübten Kriegsverbrechen sanktionieren? Das kann man gut so sehen.“

woz.ch/2520/esc/ausschluss-for…

ESC: Ausschluss­forderung ist legitim

Vor der Eröffnung des Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) wurde ein Bedrohungsszenario heraufbeschworen. «Am Rhein droht ein Nahost-Konflikt», titelte der «SonntagsBlick».

^{Genossenschaft Infolink}

In what experts are calling a novel legal outcome, the 22-year-old former administrator of the cybercrime community Breachforums will forfeit nearly $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit from a health insurance company whose customer data was posted for sale on the forum in 2023. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, a.k.a. “Pompompurin,” is slated for resentencing next month after pleading guilty to access device fraud and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

From the story:

"Jill Fertel is a former prosecutor who runs the cyber litigation practice at Cipriani & Werner, the law firm that represented Nonstop Health. Fertel told KrebsOnSecurity this is the first and only case where a cybercriminal or anyone related to the security incident was actually named in civil litigation."

“Civil plaintiffs are not at all likely to see money seized from threat actors involved in the incident to be made available to people impacted by the breach,” Fertel said. “The best we could do was make this money available to the class, but it’s still incumbent on the members of the class who are impacted to make that claim.”

krebsonsecurity.com/2025/05/br…

Edit: Corrected spelling of law firm.

This is may really be just news to me, but today I learned that @dubroy's and @marianoguerra's book "WebAssembly from the Ground Up" has actually been available for a while and the topics look super interesting...

wasmgroundup.com/

Top level topics (quoting from their website):

- What exactly WebAssembly is, and what makes it unique.
- How to instantiate a WebAssembly module in JavaScript and run its functions.
- The binary module format, and how to hand craft a module from scratch.
- How to create a simple compiler with Ohm.
- The instruction set: numeric instructions, memory access, control flow, etc.
- How to interact with the outside world.
- The WebAssembly security model: what makes it safe?

(Ps. If you're looking to combine this new knowledge and are interested in building hybrid JS/TS/WASM apps, also check out my extensible thi.ng/wasm-api toolchain...)

#Book #WebAssembly #WASM

WebAssembly from the Ground Up

A book about WebAssembly — learn Wasm by building a simple compiler in JavaScript.

^{WebAssembly from the Ground Up}