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Kamil 'RioT' Świątek
Zbigniew 'Emill' Pławecki ♿️🎮
Jacob
Anka Adamczyk
Max Meltser@riot So this is where the library stacks overflow
alastair87 (old account)@riot I was trying to create a Python script for personal use to get an idea of the pixelation of images as I had a very large number of them to sieve.
I found a function I'd apparently created or copied months ago whilst trying to do the same thing that generates some number from the image. I decided to try this, and it turns out it is indeed a very good proxy for what I want.
I still don't know what the number is, or what the code in the function means, but it works with lower numbers indicating its likely to be 'bad' . . .
I found a function I'd apparently created or copied months ago whilst trying to do the same thing that generates some number from the image. I decided to try this, and it turns out it is indeed a very good proxy for what I want.
I still don't know what the number is, or what the code in the function means, but it works with lower numbers indicating its likely to be 'bad' . . .
Moose Jolly Holcomb@riot
Me hitting the compile button: I Want To Believe.
Me hitting the compile button: I Want To Believe.
Steve@riot that was always my favourite section of the library as a kid
Atomic Orbitals@riot The heX-Files!
Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️@riot this is actually why I'm a programmer today. I was at the library trying to look up ESP and UFOs and Bigfoot and it was right next to all these books on how to use a computer and I read them too and got interested
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Urda@riot @codinghorror Me when I’m submitting a pull request to my team
Stuart Gray@riot I spent a lot of time in this section of the library as a kid, and thanks to the surrounding books in this one, I picked up a habit of checking the categories adjacent to the one I was look at.
Not exactly scientific in nature, but I browsed a lot of topics over the years that I'd never have thought to look at, or in many cases at that age, knew existed at all.
Klaudia (aka jinxx)@riot @Gargron And this is, why I never dared to become a programmer. So I became an author to make up my own explanations and get away with it. #Autorenleben #writerslife #indieauthor
Kamil 'RioT' Świątek (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image #software #unexplained
Synkr3tyk@riot I certainly try to avoid explaining my actions.
Francesco <frag> Gadaleta@riot lol the category seems right
Josh Justice
MatthewThe ghost in the machine
- Tron
- The Computer That Wore Tennis Shoes
- Freakazoid!
- Lawnmower Man
- Johnny Mnemonic
- The Matrix
Frank Krüger@riot Nice! Do you have a source for the image?
@frankkrueger found on some Telegram group 🤷🏻♂️
Jeff GriggIt's been shared widely!
But it seems fake.
The actual numbers:
000 Computer science, knowledge and systems
000 Computer science, information and general works
001 Knowledge
002 The book (writing, libraries, and book-related topics)
003 Systems
004 Data processing and computer science
005 Computer programming, programs and data
006 Special computer methods (e.g. AI, multimedia, VR)
@JeffGrigg @frankkrueger depends on library :)
Oh, so there are some variants:
001.9 Unexplained, UFO’s, Bigfoot, etc.
004 – 006 Computers
Jay Cruz@riot Accurate
Dizzy@riot oh is this where all my bugs come from
Weekend EditorAren't "unexplained phenomena in software" just called "bugs"?
Or possibly this is next to the entomology section?
💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱
Bartek Ogryczak@SmartmanApps @riot the Witcher is literally debugging.
Very Human Robot@SmartmanApps @riot it's the same section!
John McChesney-Young@StompyRobot @SmartmanApps @riot My thought exactly! The books should be integrated. "Add 3 Python scales to one dram of ground Perl..."
Faraiwe
recursive 🏳️🌈@SmartmanApps @riot I think @foone has a story about how this got her interested in computers as a kid.
Antonio Páez 🇲🇽🇨🇦
stevenray
Shadow Heart@SmartmanApps @riot technomancy!!!
Klaus Baldermann 📜@SmartmanApps @riot the section to the left of the "Computers" section is also interesting: invented knowledge, superstitions, Nephilim, supernatural...
En3pY - Sebastian Zdrojewski@SmartmanApps @riot seems about right!!
Lev Petrovitch
Mark Lynch@riot @SmartmanApps or “last Thursday” as I prefer to call it
David Mankins@SmartmanApps @riot @cstross not only that, but the run-up to compete includes titles like "Superstition", "Invented knowledge"' and a book on conspiracies.
E. Murphy, the name you know@SmartmanApps @riot
"pixel, n.: A mischievous, magical spirit associated with screen displays. The computer industry has frequently borrowed from mythology: Witness the sprites in computer graphics, the demons in artificial intelligence, and the trolls in the marketing department."
(attributed to one Jeff Meyer)
"pixel, n.: A mischievous, magical spirit associated with screen displays. The computer industry has frequently borrowed from mythology: Witness the sprites in computer graphics, the demons in artificial intelligence, and the trolls in the marketing department."
(attributed to one Jeff Meyer)
Brad Evans@SmartmanApps @riot Same in my library.
funnzl 
@riot you'll definitely find some php in there...
Malfunction54@riot I agree with this organization decision
Max@riot Toronto library?
Michael Dexter@riot
Putting the Decimal in Dewey Decimal?
Putting the Decimal in Dewey Decimal?
Huh@riot explanation: REALITY IS AN ILLUSION THE UNIVERSE IS A HOLOGRAM BUY GOLD BYE
Andreas K@riot Why the redundant labelling?
Jean Luc am Grimmsten@riot Our local library files esotericism under psychology. I'm still thinking about that ...
Puschel@riot Dewey decimal classification?
Charismatic BatmanTHE LIBRARIANS KNOW
anonimno@riot I actually think this fits, no joke. This is what a lot of big tech is basically saying to their end users: „Coding is hard, it‘s black magic, even we do not know what these nerds are doing in their basement … but we look after you, come use our app … it‘s fueled on AI and mines crypto!“
Chalkllate 
Joshua Byrd@riot Where you can find me in any library
νι∂αк 🌱
Jeff MOVED > @riot my entire youth wasted in this section. Explains so much. :)