NicePoint 🐋 @NicePoint@octodon.social

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At 0609 UTC (30 min or so from now) the Cassini space probe will make its final close flyby (T-126) of Saturn's moon Titan. In September it will plunge ito Saturn's atmosphere and be destroyed

why boost when you can

Rare footage of my toots vs. your toots https://mastodon.xyz/media/ZA-DYTt6S9Dt9HYbl4U

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Oh, holy shit.

That could be used like bread in the water, to gauge the speed of a ship -- but in 3d, with visualization, if the network wasn't lagging so hard sometimes -- you could SEE things spread out, see the messages glowing until they die and where they stopped

and I can imagine it, it'd be like shooting stars

and it's beautiful

so thank you for this post :) it is both informative and, twee as it sounds, it was inspiring

<3

Fun fact: The number of #mastodon users now exceeds the population of #iceland.

specifically the trouble I have is getting beginners from the "I understand the syntax and can modify examples" stage to the "I can model problems as programs and apply my knowledge of the language to build these programs" stage. the first stage is pretty easy and most tutorials for beginners are oriented toward that kind of literacy... the second is harder to achieve and harder to teach, and it seems like most people only reach that stage with self-directed practice

ass.construction

The Stunning Early Infographics and Maps of the 1800s — http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-stunning-early-infographics-and-maps-of-the-1800s (via https://seenthis.net/messages/590685)

There is never any shame in admitting "I don't know." It's the beginning of wisdom and all inquiry.

I admit it's not easy to lose face in a debate by admitting this. I mean, I've tied myself in knots before. To err is human. Or, well, fox. 🦊

I know I just boosted this link but we need to talk about this PowerPoint Turing Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdkxWqsk17c&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be

The video is five minutes and thirty seconds long, and by minute five, I was crying. I'm not exaggerating. It's so horrifying and amazing, and I'm completely terrified of the person who made this.

I really wish there was a #mastodon plugin that could on-the-fly translate toots of a different language, allowing me to switch between "original" and "translated".

This is a big win.

Facebook commits that it won't punish employees & contractors who take time off to join protests on May 1. Encourage your employer to do the same!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-18/facebook-gives-staff-green-light-to-protest-trump-on-may-1

#mayday #labor

Computer! tell me more about this.. "spaghetti"