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Professor in computer science @UCLouvain Belgium, Department Head, Board member of Informatics Europe, conducts research on software languages, tools, development, maintenance and evolution and computer science education. Mostly harmless.
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UCLouvainhttps://uclouvain.be/fr/repertoires/kim.mens
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What was your first computer?

Please share if you remember the brand, model number, CPU or how great it was. Boost is very appreciated.

#Computer #History #Mastodon

PC
39.3%
Macintosh
8.1%
Atari / Commodore
28%
Other (PDP minicomputers etc.), please comment
24.5%
Poll ended at .
It's official: France bans short haul domestic flights ✈️ in favour of train 🚆 travel 👇👇
https://buff.ly/3gVzNUR
Short-haul flights are now banned in France thanks to new law

The idea for the ban originally came from a Citizens' Assembly.

euronews

I like this one:

> Objectivity is the delusion that observations could be made without an observer. – Heinz von Forster

via https://blogs.wright.edu/learn/johnflach/2022/12/02/playing-twenty-questions-with-nature/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playing-twenty-questions-with-nature

Playing Twenty Questions with Nature – Perspicacity

All the letters, large and small case. Quartz veins in stone. Molly Montgomery collects natural unedited rocks on the beach creating an alphabet that took her many years... #Design #Typography #Art #Ecodesign https://www.instagram.com/alphabetrocksalaska/
If the robots ever decide to exterminate us, it's because they conclude from all the shit they are asked to generate right now that we are deeply disturbed and need to go.
Decided to look at network stats again. There are 1M more people using #Mastodon today than there were on October 27.

Who can see your toots? Whose toots can you see? Found this clarifying graphic at https://axbom.com/mastodon-tips/

The best way to increase everyone's feed diversity is to go follow interesting accounts on other instances :)

10 quick Mastodon tips

There has recently been a huge rush of people trying out Mastodon. This is also noticeable in the number of people reading my earlier Mastodon Guide. I wanted to take this opportunity to provide a brief list of usage tips that I wish I had at hand when first setting

Axbom • My Next Heartbeat

There once was a spaceman called Musk,
Who hollowed the bird to a husk,
We migrated and flew,
To find friends old and new,
And now we are fans of the tusk 🦣

#VerseThursday

#PhD students of #Mastodon, I have created a Mastadon group for sharing PhD-related posts using @phdstudents when posting a PhD student toot. Let's help the group to grow and share our PhD student experiences.

#Students #postgraduate #research #connectivity #PhDStudents