2026-08-03T12:24:46Z https://nostr.ae Dave Tabb https://nostr.ae/npub1ycehn7aqzfxh7yxdg7um4g5mx7em37h75l3v6aqh7h049cescwps8580c3 https://cdn.mastodon.africa/accounts/avatars/110/354/858/772/384/366/original/3e14d9b02c21cfc7.jpg https://cdn.mastodon.africa/accounts/avatars/110/354/858/772/384/366/original/3e14d9b02c21cfc7.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr5amz0hzf5g5grp4u7tjvuzwd3fr70953wfqw6c2vc6n3szycejszyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx5rfcem My Ubuntu #Linux workstation updated its kernel to version 7, and now I feel like I am living in the future! 2026-07-22T21:15:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspdsneslzszphmutcwsquu4wxqmsa4ndrvc00y83gw54hvav82mrczyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx74p828 Last night I #dreamed that my mother started using her ancient laptop with the duct-taped, broken hinge instead of the new one I&#39;d bought her. 2026-07-22T04:08:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgdrlmn67gzpzap3h2tht7scvm9qrv7pxadrs95q8k22rfg5jmnaqzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxlf634c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfvn9aeech79q2dv84fgxj7fd8dq2qugp3ll0ehkgry6rtp70dc9ckdy0lk'>nevent1q…y0lk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love board games, and Settlers of Catan is wonderful one! What is the sheep trading joke, though? There are so many ways to pull the wool over my eyes! 2026-07-13T16:45:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd7g69s4t6pjjegdzaw6xtgjkhrlfntd44jzggr8p3rug9a2y54zszyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx30gk86 Somewhere beyond the veil, Handel is laughing along with me at &#34;All we, like sheep.&#34; Is there any chorister on earth who can sing anything other than &#34;Oh, we like sheep!&#34;<br/>#Messiah 2026-07-13T16:14:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswhw08lnyhhklfkvwmm3k38fh2v4vmkqry40v4m0405clgzt55uxgzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx4d0n7r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00jdz4yc8c09atvcgldqfrvflhdf68ugntderypw0ezklttc8ehcgsy477'>nevent1q…y477</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If I remember correctly, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17x47t64ds83pr9rt44wuhx8fv6y3jnzs875pn9t24fzdmjegjz9sycu7yh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Martin Rundkvist</span> (<span class="italic">npub17x4…u7yh</span>)</a></span> has specialized in Neolithic axes, so I would be curious about his take on these, too! 2026-05-15T16:34:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd0h4dtqtxvyktsy6uem38eknyazfkpsdtffu28qmw3ursdklwv7qzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx52ck99 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyzslf66x4xmu73070jzcev2ww2ydq78jpfzvhvq8rk94ckada7qg8c2tqx'>nevent1q…2tqx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, I am a bit unclear what year the Odyssey represents. I believe these axes are between 1900 B.C. and 1700 B.C. They are Minoan rather than Mycenian. 2026-05-15T16:27:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszrzemp8ljp94qlq9rr6h0ft34vnep8gtwx33k205xl7wyau4psdczyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx3hed26 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspg6lfn5mxhrhtxv8pt30jkgsm7pheagx5jy47n3jhnnyxxpk88zczk7p5k'>nevent1q…7p5k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They really are! I cannot imagine that anyone ever swung one of these. 2026-05-15T16:22:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsya03dsp96856fyeuummxyt0q3lucumusts4h3muk5fkzwg092g5szyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxzexrg7 My wife captured this gloriously silly image of me at the Museum of #Archaeology in Heraklion on #Crete.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.mastodon.africa/media_attachments/files/116/579/479/541/342/184/original/20c183d2e237f31c.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-05-15T16:17:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp3sxfxsuuptrx4k3uj7rdz2pq3cvga6cw09r4hwn47x0s0l0m9wczyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxsaja9l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrsyrspqpd7l7qhtydq7rju3sclmafnvjpmxyl7xp35ftnclmq5ygcdv0wx'>nevent1q…v0wx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wrote the first draft of my quality control paper for top-down proteomics while I was unemployed throughout 2023! I often think about that when I read arguments about Universal Basic Income. 2026-04-29T16:27:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8j8syrpp9yxp498psftfphygxyjqjvxq094acg5afarud7uhwxrqzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxfqtutz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswed6a0el4h6ct0rpgxm70plmfa5pc5eg2lt5amw087py5y25w6mqj0tucs'>nevent1q…tucs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Today I must organize slides for a class down south, and then I teach a software demo in the afternoon. 2026-01-19T07:42:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfrgw4rs8c7zuu3fk38sdwn4nf9xjcuszra5qlknkpqtrq3sp9nwszyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxxdef3v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkrx6xamj429vajg69ssltemdy3tae7wcjx5t9kpf5w68wqk28vgmej3n2'>nevent1q…j3n2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I believe the xpdf command line tools can extract the entire text of a pdf to a separate text file. I have primarily used the pdfimage tool in this set for lossless extraction of bitmaps from pdfs.<br/><a href="https://www.xpdfreader.com/">https://www.xpdfreader.com/</a><br/><br/>If the pdf stores only images of text, you would need optical character recognition instead. That is a more involved type of processing, but even free OCR tools are pretty good now.<br/>#OpenSource 2026-01-12T21:18:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0qmf6kegfmnwk2lqvltcc3hsm5jfwjp9ddypykdv3uhsecemqd0gzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx095752 I may have cried a few tears as I completed my rewatch of the more recent #BattlestarGalactica TV series. 2025-12-28T16:27:51Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxy22envu2deff3twwdk0w6mfedl7wmguu53sr22de3vnpwec46eczyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxqtuut4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdsyrdazyr046tnzhh3s385kcwyv6udyqeutjpsg4vxd8a7p3vqnqqjt7rc'>nevent1q…t7rc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have been putting it off for two weeks, but I really need to write that quality control talk for next week. I also need to prep for the hands-on training I lead tomorrow. <br/><br/>I like your idea of planned tea breaks with loved ones. ☕️ 2025-09-18T06:50:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx95chsw7vrh4s7yjumw0dzd99dm24nn8xxpya3wwv45rcaevcjvgzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxpe5ezr Bart and Daisy #kittens have discovered the joy of a walk-in closet!<br/> <img src="https://cdn.mastodon.africa/media_attachments/files/115/108/204/421/622/414/original/a168808cf8d7d937.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-28T20:12:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstvlg7qaw8nf9svs33xraryte0j2zy38llqfuq567z2vsfj0zztkgzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx4tcx3q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvelcj8fnrd5zhma0u7a3nf3h86pjqw2nnlh4s99q4tmql6ewkj9s0eafad'>nevent1q…afad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am confused that Windows 11 wouldn&#39;t run on your computer since I have run it on a Ryzen 3600. Is the Trusted Computing stuff disabled in your BIOS? 2025-06-03T05:19:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrnxcprvfspxv6cgd7xl8rreanywfa7mg3sv6jscqe4u74t0326qgzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxyuepaz The &#34;Empire Strikes Back&#34; is nearly the ideal length for the train from Schipol to #Groningen.<br/>#StarWars 2025-03-09T11:00:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfgsfkqh43aq9wd9x3nd4ctg3pxmqp5875fl9ex98h68px4fj3hygzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxm463kq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgrv5qa3eu0h24km47echexf9805t38ztep4u0lp2klpk6xc5e5rgscl48e'>nevent1q…l48e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was able to connect to PubMed and perform a search for an old paper of mine. Maybe DNS is playing up? 2025-03-01T22:50:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspzh6gc8hawsxktcmv2gqgkjd0l2ujtgsld7lpc9awxqtkg905scszyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx05hdke Among systems updates on five workstations, two laptops, and an Android phone, I seem to be uninstalling Copilot at least twice a day.<br/>#AIRubbish 2025-01-23T21:52:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfrec5yclygkk25l0ugde60pcttx65uaugr3nugpms0u6srqw34kszyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxdq9kde In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswc7afsvmkqzv3j2l3nqanmfw3vmmlehr8ajyuv0kvdgvfq309tpcklqmxd'>nevent1q…qmxd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, how terrifying! May tonight&#39;s dream be more pacific! 2025-01-05T20:03:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst53kszxa4y5fjue7uxkxvqq8zuyg7qcha33zla4vxvjjxyddq7dszyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxpvllhp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzreu7pt9xqgl4nt8aymvywusdt59ngwksw2cxpq5p2hq6m3ummsg0yju2'>nevent1q…yju2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Worryingly, the axe was to cut through the ice and to defend against snakes! I realize in the light of day that snakes would not be much of a problem in weather that would freeze running water... 2025-01-05T07:59:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswn2ywk4gc878pzccjsz7t9l44e3v66yzl4e06snkrvzl7rfk6xugzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx20syv0 Last night I #dreamed that my brother and I were sent into the woods at night with an axe and a bucket to collect water from the stream. 2025-01-05T07:32:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsw8uk0lu8t2nen95exfdymmuy04dyx997dlkc8hhdx3grxz43rsxczyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxj57vqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnxypdac7cx2psg59mu4egu7yz4zhpxe95xava2fvv6lx98gf47c5rh7sq'>nevent1q…h7sq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I decided after more than a decade of hype that I should try programming for GPUs to speed up a slow algorithm. I bought myself a new graphics card and a couple of books that arrive soon! 2024-11-07T15:24:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs22u473pnmndq58ppcql5vqz023t2nkhekae3xl2rftpwytala6sgzyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcx9ayspq Last night I #dreamed that I was part of the crew for a space station, but somehow that didn&#39;t sit quite right with me. It was much later that I came to realize that I was a fake me, and my real self was being stored somewhere. 2024-10-09T04:33:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxymvzj7yame2kzw4ahe7m8dvnvamwpdq3xxly8s553vp5tttnlaczyqnrx70m5qfy6lcse4rmnw4znvmm8w86l6n79nt5zl6a75hrxrpcxdslavy #NotMyCat<br/>This vocal gentleman jumped the wall into our back patio to insist on a treat. We petted him and offered water, but he must go back home for food!<br/> <img src="https://cdn.mastodon.africa/media_attachments/files/112/950/326/606/701/875/original/397ffdb0bdcfcc3f.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-12T17:54:38Z