2026-08-25T12:06:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae doboprobodyne https://nostr.ae/npub1jh3pszlz7hc9rk0tnjat7fau84rj73v8uc5neweyvkgrr065v0yq4tpafg https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/109/316/016/206/413/958/original/045e08876d0584d4.png https://media.mathstodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/109/316/016/206/413/958/original/045e08876d0584d4.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2qf3cgd2xzrd3wmccpl3sc0c2jhmvn4yzerw3mzjsqwvydnwzp4gzyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233uspmwmsv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswt53snxq0pkhddhaq6cjyc204lvxwh73udxjzjg4ehrf95a4pahql3pgt7'>nevent1q…pgt7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Interesting you should mention restaurants. I&#39;ve read of public review sites for universities catching on. To be sure I&#39;m not suggesting they&#39;re a perfect solution; going solely by users&#39; reviews of any specialist service usually has the catch that the user purchased the service because they themselves are not subject matter experts. They may struggle to fully understand what they see. The classic medical example is a surgeon with a higher mortality rate might look bad to the public, but a specialist might realise that surgeon is willing to offer the chance of surgery to frail or sick patients that other surgeons would turn down.<br/><br/>Anyway, interesting times!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.terminalfour.com/blog/posts/tripadvisor-for-universities-a-new-trend-in-showcasing-external-student-reviews.html">https://www.terminalfour.com/blog/posts/tripadvisor-for-universities-a-new-trend-in-showcasing-external-student-reviews.html</a><br/><br/>#measuring #metrics #universities #education #capitalism #funding #politics #higherEducation 2026-01-15T09:01:26+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgeynwfkmgvefnpaz9x4gqsft9gzvehy3memryjf37ejcq8zv0e2gzyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233usp9dss4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgl46ugjxp2gm08em9f6uppp0chpce2rrlaqqpmcqlsh92q0klrfgjlmll3'>nevent1q…mll3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I follow <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1szz2a5n67z8nfx2s5z87xqk5znexu3kfdmprq5cqva8g0gdd8snq07t4fx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Graham Sutherland / Polynomial</span> (<span class="italic">npub1szz…t4fx</span>)</a></span> who sells amusing warning stickers, including - my favourite - one with an (I assume crypto or radar maths?) equation in a yellow warning triangle, and under it the text to the effect of: &#34;Caution: this sticker is classified as a munition under US export law&#34;.<br/><br/>Absolute genius.<br/><br/><a href="https://unsafewarnings.etsy.com/">https://unsafewarnings.etsy.com/</a><br/><br/>#law #lawfare #policing #sillyLaws #warnings #whatWouldSirRobertPeelDo #healthAndSafety 2025-06-27T19:50:04+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstgc6vyr87pswtm3g7sd2leyvmghenxw5e6vhhgjyp4n9c67ehdugzyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233usjrvg30 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflc65fqhs230xce283hlrtrsm8znqrcehw0fdxqryj46df8jw9rqdga69x'>nevent1q…a69x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s a huge problem to my mind; the author of the page to which you link highlights it, and it is that passing this sort of stuff as terrorism means we need a new name for actual paramilitary groups like ISIS or (at a push) the Provisional IRA.<br/><br/>I write this as someone who is against protest that blocks other people&#39;s free movement or damages property. I will do my protesting in my purchasing choices, with my vote, holding a placard, and if I can think of it, chanting (or otherwise publishing) something witty. And in spite of this I am aghast to have read about that royal marine who petitioned parliament being detained using terror laws, and of Palestine Action being declared a terrorist group. I think we have come to measure the quality of policing by how severe the Crown has been, and I think those who run the police would do well to consider Goodhart&#39;s Law.<br/><br/>I have no objection to Palestine Action being called ideologically driven criminal actors, but to call them terrorists, on the basis of their actions to date, seems beyond the pale.<br/><br/>Despite disapproving of their methods, I am somewhat tempted to donate to their legal fees!<br/><br/>#Palestine #UK #policing #law #lawfare #antiTerrorism #Israel #whatWouldSirRobertPeelDo 2025-06-26T00:04:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqpj74dehce9fpwy7v772278jveg545ygh4cqajwshxjlgamvd24szyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233us5a58gs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9npyd5za07kypfacsh0dgq9nrukd50sltgslnuaf8gz9qywwhdcjeem7j'>nevent1q…em7j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Just a thought, from a knuckle-dragging biology scientist. TL;DR: I believe there is scope to make the hosting of a peertube instance even more lightweight in the future.<br/><br/>I read some time ago of people using #webAssembly to transcode video in a user&#39;s web-browser. <a href="https://blog.scottlogic.com/2020/11/23/ffmpeg-webassembly.html">https://blog.scottlogic.com/2020/11/23/ffmpeg-webassembly.html</a><br/><br/>Since then, I believe #WebGPU has done/is doing some clever things to improve the browser&#39;s access to the device&#39;s GPU.<br/><br/>I have not seen any #peertube capability that offloads video transcoding to the user in this way.<br/><br/>I imagine, though, that this would align well with peertube&#39;s agenda of lowering the bar to entry into web-video hosting, so I cannot help but think that this will come in time.<br/><br/>My own interest is seeing a #Piefed (activitypub) instance whose web-pages could #autotranslate posts into the user&#39;s own language using the user&#39;s own processing power... One day, maybe!<br/><br/>Thank you again for all your hard work; it is an inspiration.<br/><br/>#mastodon #webVideo #HLS #transcoding #video #decentralization #edgeComputing #webGL #W3C #activitypub #AI #ffmpeg #selfhosted #degoogle #mathstodon 2025-06-24T15:22:10+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszzadva4eueszzhjqq2shn0f4dp37r0y2uglvwpy24dxv0mfdpj9czyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233us20nmk4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv0qwuj6tu8lfh50a7t0dcr27tnepnznrvh2et6fvckk7672kcklqy2qwxu'>nevent1q…qwxu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Rather! I&#39;d far prefer to be policed in a regional population and by a regional force. If the Israelis chose the Met, that to me rings alarm bells to the same degree as the Met officers accepting the offer 🤣<br/><br/>#police #policing #WhatWouldSirRobertPeelDo #lawfare #civics 2025-06-23T15:48:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg77j5ztlk3k5x0ethezyj042fev5h242q6felmtdnmnnjyx5gjxszyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233usvk0rna In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszadjuz96fzpazl3my4y4l9rtsfluwk44wk8d37a5wy9kcuvn3e6g2nktc4'>nevent1q…ktc4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was a bit surprised... I would be fascinated to know what police forces outside the Met thought about such things. 2025-06-23T12:22:51+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8m8jna7mdgga7y6zxjf9v2e68quzp6kmc4l6as2szpp9tytzcmnszyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233us7jca3e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsycuj4tfzywe5c5w4fyzzu7cugnnsf5p7w3fy3wdlf8v04mm22yycspyzy7'>nevent1q…yzy7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah shoot, I missed that - thank you! Yes I think you have the right of it - a lightweight version for text-only use is probably the answer if someone wanted to go down this route (or swap file magic). 2025-06-19T11:19:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs82xza72dvef7zxq0u7n24ra3s5jjvq63w20f6z2vhk3jv6fvw7ugzyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233usp8djvr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz2ve3f76a3ag94gqckcdkmzxfqwkd20rgwrkmeakxz72a2zh0ezc96p8uw'>nevent1q…p8uw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was just reading about #frugalComputing and found myself thinking of #Precursor <br/><br/>It feels to me like it would be a good fit for something like #deltaChat <br/><br/><a href="https://vimeo.com/473293886">https://vimeo.com/473293886</a><br/><a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor">https://www.crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi/precursor</a><br/><br/>#security #fpga #privacy #selfHosted 2025-06-19T00:39:59+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2rkt476d8c2ymz05ef8e4xpjjel2lwcu02x3g4nv85kv824wyz2qzyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233usjlfwc8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsqex54kpw93qt0mz2m83kksqzwr3rw4whtlc79grjuce9ja6ggs8edjk6'>nevent1q…djk6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I admire anyone who puts this much diligence into a chat-up line.<br/><br/>#physics #math #pickupArtists 2025-04-14T22:25:21+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp570gjyrcx25rhgkpgrnvfa3ax7c2yulqu9w4l6h0rujavw5v8gczyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233usf5tn8v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0agjal3j632a327527ze7kffdht5js3wypf779vg03w25gknshrg55ylll'>nevent1q…ylll</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m always deeply wary of anyone that isn&#39;t the Roman Empire trying to start a new salute (or reappropriate an old one).<br/><br/>There are a variety of perfectly acceptable options (handshake, touching elbows, namaste) depending upon how socially distanced one wishes to be.<br/><br/>I wonder if there&#39;s merit in making anyone wishing to start a new salute use one from the #ArnoldRimmer character in #RedDwarf.<br/><br/>#SciFi #comedy #BBC #military #paramilitary #brownShirts #Fascism<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.mathstodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/114/280/158/868/030/952/original/e15ba514e841e20f.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-04-04T16:34:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9afna0mevm9dx3xta2edzxn563qc2pn2yqcmnl9quzu2sk6uac0czyz27yxqtut6lq5weawwt40e8hs75wt69slnzj09my3jeqvdl233usrp2wqu Okay I&#39;m not sure if politics is a safe topic, so I&#39;m going to try to stick to viewpoints that I&#39;m modestly sure are pretty defensible. Wish me luck!<br/><br/>#ukraine #russia #princessBride #ethics #chernobyl #news #war #geopolitics #meme #memes #nuclear<br/> <img src="https://media.mathstodon.xyz/media_attachments/files/114/222/643/093/079/349/original/5f25fb68771b0356.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-25T11:45:03+01:00