Different setup for a bit due to home repairs, but the work continues.

New Roll Out just landed.

This week: an egg in every basket, how choice and flexibility build resilience in software and business.

Plus:
- Digital sovereignty
- Basket map exercise (1 main lane, 2 support lanes)
- It’s FOSS: Ubuntu hate, and a modern Synaptic-style package manager.

Read: https://rolandixor.pro/blog/post/the-roll-out-16

#adaptability #strategy #business #ubuntu #open-source #opensource #synaptic #debian #linux

Spike-timing-dependent #plasticity (#STDP) is a core rule in #ComputationalNeuroscience that adjusts #synaptic strength based on precise pre- vs. postsynaptic #spike timing, enabling #TemporalCoding and #learning in #SNN. In this post, I summarize its mathematical formulation, functional consequences for learning and #memory along with a simple #Python example:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2026-02-12-stdp/

#CompNeuro #Neuroscience #SNN #NeuralDynamics #NeuralPlasticity

Hm 🤔 Laut Paketauskunft bei #Devuan soll es vorhanden sein und beide Quellen sind bei #synaptic eingetragen. Doch dort wird das Tool nicht gefunden. "apt" sagt, dass es von einem anderen Paket referenziert wird, aber selbst nicht vorhanden ist. Da scheint die Datenbank bei Devuan möglicherweise nicht auf den neusten Stand zu sein. Schade, ist ein häufig verwendetes Tool.

#Debian #Linux

Aprendi a usar o Synaptic quando eu usava Ubuntu Gnome. Instalei no Linux Mint Cinnamon porque de vez em quando preciso dele para achar uns pacotes.

#Ubuntu #LinuxMint #Synaptic #Gnome

Also wenn bei #Debian Updates anstehen, dann aber gleich richtig – 2,6 GB Downloads 😱

Anschließend will #Synaptic nicht mehr starten (nur übers Terminal). Kaputt machen kann nicht nur #Arch 😞

#Linux #Devuan

Incorporating structural #plasticity in #SpikingNeuralNetworks (#SNN) enables dynamic #synaptic connectivity, reflecting the #brain's adaptability. By modeling synaptic growth and pruning based on #calcium concentration, we can simulate processes such as #learning and #MemoryFormation. In this post, I reproduce the #NESTSimulator tutorial on structural plasticity, demonstrating its impact on network stability and #homeostasis:

🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2026-02-01-structural_plasticity/

#CompNeuro #Neuroscience #NeuralNetworks

🧠 New preprint by Zhong et al. proposes a #synaptic mechanism for #chunking in #WorkingMemory.

Using short-term #plasticity and synaptic augmentation, their model shows how items can be temporarily suppressed and later retrieved as chunks, increasing effective capacity w/o increasing simultaneous activity.

🌍 https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.109538.1

#Neuroscience #CompNeuro #SynapticPlasticity

#Synaptic is a PITA when you want to downgrade a package.
Try from the terminal:

sudo apt install <package name>=<version>

instead.

#linux #tech #ubuntu #debian #packages #conquerthecommandline #shell

🧠 New pre-print by Wiesner et al. (2025) shows non-#synaptic #exocytosis directly from the #axon shaft, regulated by the submembrane periodic skeleton. Using #superresolution #imaging and live assays (#HiLo (VAMP2-pHluorin), #SIM, and correlative two-color #SMLM/ #STORM) they reveal that #axons can release vesicles outside classical #synapses, expanding how we understand #neuronal communication and #AxonalSignaling.

🌍 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.17.676728

#Neuroscience