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I just accidentally tripped over the Anglo-American Code and it’s hilarious.

I got to say, the ipad’s been snorting juice off the battery like a tech exec at the chalk 😔

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Kapitän Clownfeuer boosted:

Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95

She navigated segregation to become an esteemed mathematician — and today, her work helps billions of people navigate the world.

By Bill Chappell

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/23/nx-s1-5685027/gladys-west-gps-mathematician

#science #technology #womeninstem

Air Force Space Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. DT Thompson delivers presents Dr. Gladys West with an award as she is inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame during a ceremony in her honor at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2018.

West was among the so-called "Hidden Figures" part of the team who did computing for the U.S. military in the era before electronic systems. The Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame is one of Air Force's Space Commands Highest Honors.(Photo by Adrian Cadiz)

The image shows Lt. Gen. DT Thompson, Vice Commander of Air Force Space Command, presenting Dr. West with her award. Dr. West appears dignified and elegant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#/media/File:181206-F-DT527-136.jpg

Nice! ✊🏻

Innumerable weird dreams last night, but the only remnant that remains with me is this slice of mangled lyric: "Flash Bang Wallop what a shitshow.. what a shitshow, what a fucking laugh..."

This is me in the office. Just ask anyone.
From: @art
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@art/115946940123689820

Google Play email: “This is a friendly reminder to spend some of your remaining balance between now and February 2nd 2026 to avoid Google having to escheat these funds to the government” - give my 3 chf to the US Gov?? That idea can go get bent - it’s 3 more than they deserve 🤨

“The posession of Michael King” absolutely bonkers film. 10/10 would watch again.

hmm, bit of a double-edged sword, that idea, especially these days. :/

So, no anonymity then?
From: @afouxenidis
https://mastodon.world/@afouxenidis/115943164930158179

s/capitol/capital (if you can edit! ;) )

Kapitän Clownfeuer boosted:

I hereby coin the term "Ptolemaic Code" to refer to software that appears functional but is based on a fundamentally incorrect model of the problem domain. As more code is generated by AI, the prevalence of such code is likely to increase.
1/7

#TheGeneralTheoryOfSlop

Kapitän Clownfeuer boosted:

Image stolen from LinkedIn, too good to not share with Fedi.

Caption: It's important to note that most global unrest in the past 5 years has been caused by three 70-something white boomer losers desperate to stay out of prison. Images of Putin, Trump and Netanyahu.

@jaystephens "Cowgirl" v.v.v. loud 🤘🏻

Kapitän Clownfeuer boosted:

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

The Power of Poetry

with things falling apart
and anarchy let loose,

it was only poetry, he found,
which had any use,

so he reached for his copy
of The Complete Works of Yeats

and bludgeoned the President
of the United States

Brian Bilston

@lritter I've been moving most of my stuff away (except for the things that can't/won't let me change my email address :/), but... I'm warming to this idea, I've got to say. 👍🏻

From: @ttscoff
https://hachyderm.io/@ttscoff/115935342493175069

If it wasn’t for the US, we’d all be speaking Walliserdeutsch here 🤭

Thanks for some good news in amongst all the horror going on ❤️

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