Nikola @nikola@mathstodon.xyz

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First snow o' the season @ Bled, Slovenia.

Can't say I missed shoveling snow off the car, but it was purdy.

I just found out that Microsoft is discontinuing its Academic website with Dec 31st: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/academic/articles/microsoft-academic-to-expand-horizons-with-community-driven-approach/

That's a damn shame. I much preferred their UI and their features to Google Scholar. I guess it's time to look into some alternatives listed in that article...

This is your periodic reminder that Cecil Taylor was a freaking bad-ass dude:

https://burningambulance.com/2021/11/02/cecil-taylor-november-1996/

@lapor @Fairphone Haha :) I've preordered one! I was in the market for a new phone & the timing was near perfect. I'll let you know when/if I find out anything about the case.

@uoou That's a lot of leap seconds...

@lapor @Fairphone Yeah, it sure seems like they aren't. Shame.

@Fairphone Hey folks, do you think the protective case for the Fairphone 4 will be available before the device starts shipping? I'd really like to have it shipped together with the phone rather than having to pay for shipping twice... Thanks!

I see the Bitcoin bros have rebranded themselves to "Web3"...

I guess it's only appropriate: we've lost Web 2.0's Yahoo! Pipes alikes and the semantic web, and instead got a non-trivial contribution to global warming and techbros reinventing capitalism from first principles.

Mazel tov!

@djsundog Well that's some nice news to wake up to! I had no idea they were working on one, but I'm a big big fan of Splinter.

It's on its way to the queue!

@bnjbvr I wholeheartedly support this attempt to bring to an end the hegemony of English in computing.

Liberté, égalité, sécurité (de la mémoire)!

@thor @eqe @technomancy Computers, pizza, tea, coffee. I'm not sure if there was ever a thread that was more relevant to my interests than this particular one.