Jan 

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Jan Mar 10
Kevin PayraviMar 10

Introducing WikiAsteroids, a classic arcade asteroids game powered by real-time #Wikipedia edits! ☄️

https://asteroids.wiki/

Each edit to an article on Wikipedia spawns an asteroid. The larger the edit, the larger the asteroid (and the more shots it takes to destroy). A newly created article spawns an extra life, while a newly registered user spawns a powerup.

WikiAsteroids - Real-time Wikipedia Space Shooter

A space shooter game powered by real-time Wikipedia edits. Shoot asteroids representing article changes and collect powerups from new articles and editors.

WikiAsteroids
Jan Feb 28
LLMs on your own computer really heat things up ... I don't think I've ever had so much fresh air in winter 😂 #LLM #rstats
Jan Feb 1
VolksverpetzerFeb 1
Die größte Lüge der derzeitigen Debatte und von Merz' Desaster ist eine, über die niemand spricht. Also machen wir es selbst. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbxTaJXI4h0&t=96s&ab_channel=Volksverpetzer
Die wahren Ursachen für Merz' Desaster

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Jan Jan 5

If you are interested in The Dark Eye RPG and you are an English speaker, the encyclopaedia of Aventuria has made great strides in recent months ... check it out https://en.wiki-aventurica.de/wiki/Main_Page

#TheDarkEye #RPG

Wiki Aventurica

Jan Jan 2
Lilith WittmannJan 2
Ihr findet meinen #38c3 Talk über Sicherheitslücken und andere technische und soziale Probleme in Knastsoftware jetzt auch auf Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOTllUBfR6U
Knäste hacken | #38c3

YouTube
Jan Dec 20
Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦Dec 20
Trump would be so upset if this image and hashtag went viral. Please do not boost. 😉
#PresidentMusk
Jan Dec 9
Project GutenbergDec 9

American admiral and computer scientist, (designed COBOL) Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906.

She created the first compiler, the A-0 System, in 1952. She was also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. Hopper popularized the term "debugging" in computing after discovering an actual moth causing a malfunction in the Mark II computer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

#computerscience #mathematics #womeninStem

Grace Hopper - Wikipedia

Jan Nov 22
Katharina NocunNov 22
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband verabschiedet sich nach 15 Jahren von X, ehemals Twitter, und empfiehlt Sendern, Verlagen sowie Journalistinnen und Journalisten, die Social Media-Plattform ebenfalls zu verlassen. @DJV https://www.djv.de/news/pressemitteilungen/press-detail/djv-verlaesst-musk-plattform-x/
DJV verlässt Musk-Plattform X

Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband verabschiedet sich nach 15 Jahren von X, ehemals Twitter, und empfiehlt Sendern, Verlagen sowie Journalistinnen und…

Deutscher Journalisten-Verband
Jan Oct 30, 2024
Cross correlations for #RStats - I recently updated my documentation of the ccf function. The man page doesn't really tell you how the function works and leaves many questions unanswered. This article fills in the gaps. https://medium.com/@jan.seifert/the-r-cross-correlation-function-f5f426006425?source=friends_link&sk=60e3a85df26d2eebd0c47ab84c3407c0 #datascience #statistics #opensource
The R Cross Correlation Function - Jan Seifert - Medium

There are quite a few things about the cross-correlation function in R that the manual does not tell us. This post will tell you.

Medium
Jan Aug 29, 2024
HartAug 29, 2024
Nazis wählt man nicht, sie besitzen keinen Anstand
#nazisraus #AFDnee #AFD GEHÖRT NICHT ZU DEUTSCHLAND
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Project GutenbergDec 9

American admiral and computer scientist, (designed COBOL) Grace Hopper was born #OTD in 1906.

She created the first compiler, the A-0 System, in 1952. She was also one of the first programmers on the Harvard Mark I computer. Hopper popularized the term "debugging" in computing after discovering an actual moth causing a malfunction in the Mark II computer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

#computerscience #mathematics #womeninStem

Show threadProject GutenbergDec 9

"I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. ... they carefully told me, computers could only do arithmetic; they could not do programs."

~Grace Hopper (9 December 1906 – 1 January 1992)

#computerscience #mathematics #womeninStem

Show threadFediThing 🏳️‍🌈Dec 9

@gutenberg_org

And yet there are still troglodytes claiming that women can't program 🙄

Show threadHein RagasDec 9
@FediThing @gutenberg_org Men only started programming when women like Grace Hopper had made it easy.
Show thread🐦‍⬛Dec 9

@gutenberg_org My favorite and most useful anecdote regarding admiral hopper, is that she would carry an 11-in piece of steel wire in her coat pocket when she knew she'd be meeting others for technical briefing. And one instance some high ranking feller was complaining about how long it took to send a message by satellite, "why can't we do it immediately?"

Admiral Hopper would pull out that 11-in piece of steel wire, hold it up, and say "this is a nanosecond." Brilliant.

Show threadCheshire Lunar KittenDec 9

@gutenberg_org I always thought "Debugging"came from actual bugs...never knew i was right and it was this lady...

Cool

Show threadMatthew MillerDec 9

@Chesi @gutenberg_org

The actual origin is unclear. It seems to have been used at least as far back as Thomas Edison. You can see from the text in the logbook ("First actual case of a bug being found") that she's making a joking reference.

Show threadnexDec 10

@mattdm @Chesi @gutenberg_org Is that log entry even hers? It's possible she originated that joke even if someone else wrote it down, but I wonder what a good source for finding out who did what would be. I've seen so many distortions of that story (“this is where the term ‘bug’ comes from” being the most annoying, of course) that now I'm like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ gotta double-check everything …

Ah, this cites some neat references: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_334663 (but haven't located the actual paper yet)

Log Book With Computer Bug

…

National Museum of American History
Show threadSu_GDec 9

@gutenberg_org

Never knew "debugging" was named by Admiral Grace Hopper after she had to get rid of an actual moth! Great story. 🙂

Show threadmarnanelDec 9
@Su_G @gutenberg_org well, popularised by her
Show threaddemi7en 🎗🇪🇺Dec 10

@Su_G @gutenberg_org This might be worth your time. It was for me.

Grace Hopper: Full lecture at the University of Tennessee, 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHdHCoeUbU4

Grace Hopper: Full lecture at the University of Tennessee, 1983

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Show threadHein RagasDec 9
@gutenberg_org @venite I highly recommend the videos of the lecture she gave in 1984. She was very insightful, correctly predicting the future of computing. But she is also a very good presenter with many an amusing anecdote!
https://youtu.be/si9iqF5uTFk for part 1 and https://youtu.be/AW7ZHpKuqZg for part 2.
Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part One, 1982)

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

YouTube
Show threadProject GutenbergDec 9
@heinragas @venite Thanks for sharing!
Show threadBeggar MidasDec 9
@heinragas @gutenberg_org @venite I caught that recently. Makes me think that maybe we should hit NSA with a salvo of FOIA for any other archival stuff they might have about before it decays on volatile mediums. She was a hoot, wasn't she?
Show threadHein RagasDec 9
@Beggarmidas @gutenberg_org @venite I don't think you need to be a programmer or "computer person" to appreciate her wit!
Show threadBeggar MidasDec 9
@heinragas @gutenberg_org @venite I've always appreciated her very pragmatic approach. Lots of folks today would be well served being inspired by her methodology. Neat lady. Can't sing her praises highly enough.
Show threadSofaFernsehFanDec 9

@gutenberg_org

I love using this picture and asking "who's the diversity hire?"

BTW: Univac came with a ashtray...

Show threadBeggar MidasDec 9
@SofaFernsehFan @gutenberg_org Eh, suspect that has more to do with mainstream value finding. The reason it was so inclusive was because the potential of the machines was dismissed by the mainstream value setters. As soon as they did see the potential it stopped being quite as diverse.
Show threadZoidberg, “M”DDec 10
@SofaFernsehFan @BernieDoesIt @gutenberg_org If I owned a Univac ashtray I think I’d take up smoking.
Show threadArnim Sommer 🇪🇺Dec 9
@gutenberg_org
The latest two episodes of "No Such Podcast" consisted of a speech held by Grace Hopper at NSA. What a woman!
#noSuchPodcast
https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/no-such-podcast/5309053 via @PodcastAddict
@OchmennoPodcast
No Such Podcast

Listen to No Such Podcast by National Security Agency (NSA) on Podcast Addict. No Such Podcast pulls back the curtain on the National Security Agency. NSA’s very existence used to be classified, leading to its nickname, “No Such Agency.” Now, we’ve got stories to tell, and they just might surprise you! Hear from everyone at NSA, from senior leaders down to new hires, talk about what it’s really like to work at one of the most secretive agencies in the government.

Podcast Addict
Show threadStumpy The MuttDec 9
@gutenberg_org One of my idols.
Show threadZoidberg For PresidentDec 9
@gutenberg_org Cool woman, despite being military. But poor alt text I have to say. ^^'
Show threadProject GutenbergDec 9
@ZoidbergForPresident Alt-text fixed, thanks!
Show threadZoidberg For PresidentDec 9
@gutenberg_org Fantastic! Thumbs up !
Show threadBruce HarryDec 9
@gutenberg_org Thank You, Admiral Hopper!
Show threadBeggar MidasDec 9
@gutenberg_org She was amazing, and deserves a greater place in the history books than her security clearance really allowed for. Her work was transformative in ways only a handful of people know.
Show threadStrange New Words (Adam)Dec 9
@gutenberg_org This woman is a delight. If you've never seen her on video, get thee to YouTube. (Her Letterman interview is a good place to start.)
Show threadGergovieDec 9
@gutenberg_org
Show threadMartin L. MartensDec 9

@gutenberg_org

The term “bug” in this sense goes back to the late nineteenth century.

But the moth is the source of applying the term to computers.

https://daily.jstor.org/the-bug-in-the-computer-bug-story/

The Bug in the Computer Bug Story - JSTOR Daily

Soon after a team of engineers discovered a moth in a machine at Harvard, the word "bug" became a standard part of the programmer's lexicon. Or did it?

JSTOR Daily
Show threadxinit ☕Dec 9

@gutenberg_org bugs existed well before Hopper, but she's the first one who appears to have caught one. She was a skilled professional and a great communicator.

https://www.computerworld.com/article/1537941/moth-in-the-machine-debugging-the-origins-of-bug.html

Moth in the machine: Debugging the origins of ‘bug’

Did Grace Hopper really invent the term 'bug' to describe software errors? Nope. Here's the real story.

Computerworld
Show threadahimsaDec 9

@gutenberg_org Thanks for this post! I always love reading about Grace Hopper.

I learned about her when I was in high school in the late 1970s. My father was in the Navy. He was an electrical engineer but was interested in computers (self taught) so he's the one who told me about her.

I ended up getting a computer science degree and worked as a software engineer for years 🤓

Show threadNefarious CeltDec 9
@ahimsa_pdx @gutenberg_org
Like me you probably curse her and other women of computer science all the way back to Ada Lovelace.
Bloody machines should not have been invented.
Now they are as prevalent as DNA.
Show threadahimsaDec 9
@NefariousCelt@mastodon.scot Your comment is both incorrect and rude. Blocked.
Show threadGeoff CoffeyDec 9
@gutenberg_org HTTP/2.0 512 MOTH IN RELAY
Show threadJeffrey D. StarkDec 9
@gutenberg_org cobol was painful to program using... I had to take 3 courses in it... and still have the shivers ...
Show threadAndré PolykanineDec 9
@JStark @gutenberg_org Here in France it's still used in banks, don't ask why.
Show threadJeffrey D. StarkDec 9
@menelion @gutenberg_org yup and in the tax systems back end...
Show threadJeffrey D. StarkDec 9
@menelion @gutenberg_org if I were willing to write systems or update systems in cobol I could make a lot of money... I just would have to cry every day I went to work... it's like coders Diarrhea
Show threadAndré PolykanineDec 9
@JStark @gutenberg_org I've never worked with Cobol, is it that hard?
Show threadJeffrey D. StarkDec 9
@menelion @gutenberg_org it's super easy to code in. But to do something simple takes like 100 lines of text in very verbose form
Show threadTiny Gamer AlecDec 10

@gutenberg_org

A true hero!

Show threadTrommelspeicherDec 10
@gutenberg_org I had an interview with a curator at the world's largest computer museum, the Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum (HNF) in Paderborn (Germany), to talk about the milestones of computer development. And the anecdote with Grace Hopper and a log entry that a bug had squashed itself into a relais and thus became part of the language used in code analysis was a funny contribution. Here is the podcast episode (sorry in German): https://www.trommelspeicher.de/podcast/die-meilensteine-der-computer-entwicklung
DT #064 - Die Meilensteine der Computer-Entwicklung

In unserer 64. Folge gibt es ein Interview mit dem Kurator Dr. David Woitkowski, aus dem HNF in Paderborn, zum Thema die Meilensteiner der Computer-Entwicklung.

Show threadtreelzebubDec 13
@gutenberg_org that photo always makes me double-take. it somehow looks like it could've been taken yesterday