Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)P

partial_accumen

@ partial_accumen @lemmy.world

Posts
4
Comments
3993
Joined
3 yr. ago

  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX acquires xAI, merging his two most ambitious companies | CNN Business

    Jump

  • xAI must not have been getting enough investor interest and rather than admit it’s a stinker, he’s shackling spaceX with it.

    This is the same thing Musk did saddling Tesla (and Tesla public shareholders) with the debt of the failed company Solar City run by his cousin.

  • Can anyone explain the expansion of space to me?

    Jump

  • Full disclosure, I'm not a scientist just a person on the internet, but here is my understanding.

    The confusion starts with our use of units which are otherwise static and predictable in "close" cosmological terms, in this case:

    • the speed of light
    • a light year, a unit of measure of distance over which is light can travel in the time it takes Earth to orbit our sun one time.

    How do we measure a distant object and determine its distance? By measuring the light that is emitted by that object and seeing how much it has red-shifted (with the wavelength of that light being the underlying thing being measured) with an Earthbound observer as the relative point of measurement. A longer wavelength (into the red end of the spectrum) denotes the object traveling farther away from us. This last point is right in light with special relativity.

    However, what if there is another thing beyond special relativity's effects also increasing the wavelength of the measured light. Our measurement becomes polluted by this other variable. That other variable is the expansion of the universe further lengthening the wavelength of light. Essentially the distance the light is traveling is being extended causing the additional special relativity effects to our sample. So since our measurement of distance is based upon the behavior of light traveling over a distance, and we derive that distance from the parameters of the measured light, we can (and must) subtract out the speed of light from a measurement and the difference we see allows us to measure the expansion of the universe by itself.

    Its a spacetime effect. Take a partially inflated balloon. Draw a circle on it. Draw a line across the diameter of the circle. The diameter line represents the speed of light from one edge of the circle to the other. Starting from one side of the circle, measure 90% of the diameter across and draw a dot. Go from the other side of the diameter and again measure 90% across from to the other side of the circle across the diameter. Now blow the balloon up to twice its previous partial size. Both dots are still at their relative 90% of the diameter. So the length of the diameter line you started with is actually the combined value of both the speed of line as well as the expansion of the balloon. The place where this example falls apart is that if you were to instantly transport (impossible in our understanding of the laws of the universe) to that balloon light year section of space, you would not see the effects of the expansion of the universe. It would look like the original partially inflated balloon you stated with.

  • Celeb Doctor and CBS News Contributor Features 1700 Times in Latest Epstein Files Release

    Jump

  • CBS News contributor

    This surprised me that back 5 to 20 years ago a CBS new contributor was involved with Epstein. This is especially surprising to me because I'd never heard of this doctor before and I used to watch a lot of CBS news.

    His recent appointment as a CBS contributor

    ...oh after the MAGA capture of CBS. That tracks. Carry on. No wonder I've never heard of him. I stopped watching/trusting CBS after the MAGA capture.

  • My thousand dollar iPhone can't do math

    Jump

  • Under which rock does he live?

    Under the rock where reading comprehension exists apparently.

    Where he was prompting for "What is 2+2?" to the LLMs, the accuracy of the answer was immaterial. At that step he was comparing two systems and simply needed a static question to give both system to compare the internal processes to determine why they arrived at different outputs (or a what appeared to be race condition/infinite loop for one) when the result should be identical to both irrespective of how right or wrong the answer is to the prompt. The LLM answer from the LLM could have been "ham sandwich" and it still would have served his purposes.

  • Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft

    Jump

  • No paywall on Firefox desktop either with ublock origin either.

  • Quebec family forced to return to Mexico after mother says she failed French exam by 1 point

    Jump

  • That sounds similar to loan sharking. They are preying on vulnerable people

    They are foreign nationals that are trying to gain status in Canada. It sounds like the first language test was provided at no cost to them.

    What cost-free obligations do you believe a host nation has toward foreign nationals for living and working in that nation?

  • Quebec family forced to return to Mexico after mother says she failed French exam by 1 point

    Jump

  • While Colín Silva has the option of taking the exam again, she says it costs hundreds of dollars to complete and that is money she and her family cannot spare.

    Her family is currently struggling to find the means to pay their rent in Quebec City and to pay for plane tickets to return to Mexico.

    Out of money for the retake, rent, or plane tickets back. Sounds like they're just totally out of money.

    “I don’t want to speak poorly of a country that welcomed me, but I find this really inhumane,” she said. “It’s as though we are garbage.”

    I'm not seeing anything insulting about the government's position. There's a language requirement. They knew that. It sounds like the first test taking may have been free, but on failed tests, the followups have fee. Where are they being treated like garbage?

  • Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Trump says, after performers’ backlash

    Jump

  • I don't think this one is about Epstein, but instead an excuse to cover up all the artists canceling gigs there because of trump's illegal renaming.

  • Some people think because human history exists on a macro level they play some part in shaping it because they made a meme once.

    Jump

  • "Give me a meme and a message board on which to post it, and I shall move the world"

    -Archimedes

  • Superbowl @lemmy.world
    partial_accumen @lemmy.world

    Video: When A Barn Owl And Great Horned Owl Meet

  • Removed

    Musk's Starlink updates privacy policy to allow consumer data to train AI

    Jump

  • The policy includes new details stating that unless a user opts out, Starlink data may be used “to train our machine learning or artificial intelligence models” and could be shared with the company’s service providers and “third-party collaborators,” without providing further details.

    Its still shitty of Musk and Starlink to even approach user data they're paying for to train AI, but for those that have no other choice for connectivity, I wanted to call out the opt-out exists.

  • Removed

    Colorectal Cancer Becomes the Top Cause of Cancer-Related Death in People Younger Than 50

    Jump

  • Yes, colonoscopy prep sucks. I had to drink 4 liters of fluid, wait 6 hours, and do it all over again. I lined up 10 glasses and drained one every 12 minutes for 2 hours.

    There's also a version of the prep that is only 2 liters. Its more concentrated, but I can do that easier for me than the 4 liters.

    Another vote for getting colonoscopy screening. I had two precancerous polyps they found. Confusingly, precancerous doesn't mean they are cancer, but rather the type of polyps that turn into cancer. Both were removed during the procedure. With that there's no more actions or risk needed except a followup colonoscopy in 3 years. If they found no polyps its a followup in 10 years.

    Also if its a colonoscopy screening, and because of the ACA, the entire procedure is covered by insurance as its a wellness screening. If they are doing a colonoscopy because you're reporting problems, then its a "diagnostics" colonoscopy and you can get charged for it. The price tag on mine was slightly over $2500, but was 100% covered because it was a screening. Get your colonoscopy before you have problems and spend your $2500 on something else you want in your life!

    Call today and get an appointment for this. When I called the soonest appointment was about 5 months out. Call today to get yours booked.

    We lost a family member to colon cancer. She was 34 years old.

    Don't put this off. Get it done, people.

  • Deleted

    People named in the latest Epstein files s far

    Jump

  • In Lemmy, if you put two spaces after the last letters, THEN go the next line it will make the vertical list you want

    This text has two spaces afterThis text does tooThis text does not This text does not

    Odd markup, but here we are.

  • Who Is Anthony Kazmierczak? Ilhan Omar Attack Suspect Identified

    Jump

  • Also this gem: "In October 2021, he posted a political cartoon criticizing Omar’s security spending."

    He criticizes her security spending, then acts out showing exactly why she should be spending even more on her security.

  • The real meaning of those ICE masks, as blurted out in a WA hearing

    Jump

  • “I don’t recognize your authority to impose these controls over me.” There you go: “I don’t recognize your authority.” That’s the masked-up mentality, as bluntly put as can be.

    Here's the oath of office for Pierce County Washington where Swank is the sheriff. Presumably he took this oath when he took the position of sheriff:

    "I, (state name), do solemnly swear that I am a Citizen of the United States and a resident and registered voter of Pierce County; that I will support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Washington, and the Charter and Ordinances of Pierce County; and will faithfully, impartially, and honestly perform the duties of the office of (insert title of office), as such duties are prescribed by law, so help me God."

    source

    Bold is mine. Doesn't this mean the sheriff is admitting he will violate his oath of office?

  • Big Tech is racing to own Africa’s internet

    Jump

  • Mesh back haul can get some distance connecting some communities aa well.

    I don't think community driven mesh networks are a realistically sized solution for the entire continental connectivity .

    Ideally, to me, that would multinational orgnization building common infrastruture for the collective benefit.

    Certainly that would be best for the many nations of the continent. However, that hasn't happened and high speed internet as a basic utility has been commonplace as a utility in huge parts of the world already for decades. So without the ideal of a coalition of NGOs, are the under served nations on the African continent just supposed to go without instead of the tech companies building the infrastructure, and maintaining the ownership that comes with that, to bring these services as is detailed in the article?

  • Big Tech is racing to own Africa’s internet

    Jump

  • So WISPs and 5G networks address "last mile" access. According to the article Google and Facebook are building undersea cables which don't compete with last mile services, and in fact can help them as the existing backhaul circuits become saturated from continued new WISP and 5G users being added.

    I think its fantastic that there are community built efforts to bring people online. However, it sounds like these are small pockets of efforts instead of national or continental efforts. If the WISPs or 5G service area are only in pockets, is it fair that millions of people should go without access to the internet just because they don't live in one of the areas served by those existing community efforts?

  • Ewwww

    Jump

  • That morning, the man's wife safely gave birth to their first child. He was stopping by Whole Foods to get that expensive fruit drink that she loves so much, but won't buy for herself because she say's its too expensive. Everything he looked at he saw with a shine of promise for the happy future for his growing family. He lost his mother to cancer when he was 14, and worried about what kind of parent he would be without being able to grow into adult with his mom in his life. Today though, he had no doubts. He looked in his newborn's eyes and knew he'd move mountains with focus and determination just to make her dreams come true. For a moment he felt his mother's fleeting presence, and her pride in her now adult son with a child of his own.

    He was standing in line to pay holding two small bottles of overprice fruit juice and notice the woman in front of him sigh as she pulled out one credit card out of her wallet, pausing, and then put it back pulling out another instead. He could see in his minds eye that years ago this woman's father looked down at her on the day of her birth and felt that immense love that he did for his own newborn daughter. He wanted to tell her just how much her father had to have loved her on that day and still did to this day, and would until he left this Earth.

    "How are you doing?", he asked her. She glanced at him.

    "Ok. How about you?" she said slightly annoyed as she gave him a side eye. He wanted to gush about how beautiful life was, and how happy he was to be alive. He opened his mouth and closed it again, catching himself and slightly smiling instead.

    "It is beautiful in my soul today" he said. She paid for her purchase without looking back leaving the man to his joy of life. He never knew if she could sense his joy or the intense connection to humanity he felt in that moment.

  • Hi.

    Jump

  • Or I’ll go all out and redirect Youtube to lemonparty.cc for his account.

    I wouldn't go that far. The goal is to cause him to complain to other employees/managers that Youtube is too slow. You want the question forming in other people's heads "Why is he watching so much Youtube here at work that this is a problem?"

    Even better is if he is using the company internet/equipment to consume content that isn't safe and appropriate for work. If it can be shown his behavior is legal liability then the company may decide he's more trouble than he's worth.

  • Hi.

    Jump

  • He wants to sit on his ass and watch Youtube for another 5 years.

    Set up a bandwidth restriction policy against his devices. Choke it down to 100kps for video sites so that watchability is garbage with low resolution and constant buffering.

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    partial_accumen @lemmy.world

    How Many Phones Sport a 5 and 1/4 Diskette Drive? This One.

    hackaday.com /2025/09/27/how-many-phones-sport-a-5-and-1-4-diskette-drive-this-one/
  • Commodore 64 @lemmy.world
    partial_accumen @lemmy.world

    C64 spotted at Universal Studios Orlando

  • TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name @lemmy.world
    partial_accumen @lemmy.world

    Chief O'Brien has the most wholesome Holosuite programs