This fascinating timelapse of an orb-weaver spider building her web is even more remarkable considering she removes it before dawn each day and constructs a new one every night to avoid daytime predators.

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Source: https://www.tiktok.com/@dinaoren0/video/7001678707005852933

Blocking Threads won't be enough to protect privacy once they join the Fediverse

https://privacy.thenexus.today/just-blocking-threads-isnt-enough/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://privacy.thenexus.today/just-blocking-threads-isnt-enough/

I couldn’t believe this was true, so I verified it. Musk did remove a Community Note critiquing China over their Uygur genocide.

Free speech my ass. This is about protecting Tesla.

‘Nederland heeft een ereschuld’ is de harde conclusie van de enquêtecommissie aardgaswinning Groningen. Behalve aan de staat, is het ook aan de oliebedrijven. Om te beginnen moeten Shell en ExxonMobil ophouden compensatie te vragen voor het overige gas.

Lees het hier. https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/parlementaire-enquete-gaswinning-conclusies-oliemaatschappijen?&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=EnquetecommissieShellExxonmobil

I've cleared out a storage unit and am going through old papers, etc. Happily, I found an extensive letter from Edsger Dijkstra to my 19 year old self. The scan is here: https://levien.com/dijkstra-letter.pdf

This is in response to my somewhat juvenile ideas of explicit continuation passing style and lambda lifting with a sprinkle of communicating sequential processes thrown in. That paper, for reference, is https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/70931.70934

I'm still amazed at how generous Dijkstra was with his time.