RupertSalt

I was running Minix and OpenBSD at home, but in 1999 I began using Linux, and that was because it was mature, no longer only a toy for experimenting, but mostly that it was the only PC Unix OS that supported the "ftape" Floppy-Tape interface for a QIC backup drive.

https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Ftape-HOWTO.html

An LLM citing sources is linking you to stuff that it recently found that kind-of matches its answers. I don't believe it is possible for an LLM to cite original training materials, and it wouldn't be desirable if those are unavailable to the end-user, anyway.

This is an added nuisance for webmasters beyond automated AI-training scrapers. When users query an LLM like Grok or Gemini, it will go search a list of websites and "browse" them to glean information, and though that seems like a contradiction to what I just wrote, it is not "LLM" activity, not really "agentic", but sort of a smart proxy.

Trust me.

I suppose it is not worth debating a metaphor written by BBC reporters for the general public, without even reading the research.

But I was edified to learn that Dr Edward Jenner was a vaccine pioneer even without the honors of knighthood.

> intestinal flora

> gut fauna

May I be excused? My macrophages are full of slime molds!

Some groups of people have evolved to believe that, anyway.

This article is from the UK, so it's more like: evacuate the children, Keep Calm and Carry On, but fight them on the beaches.

No, "Red Alert" is called when there is an attack imminent, incoming weapons detected, enemies sighted.

So a macrophage on "red alert" would be reacting to an active infection or disease.

It is a media franchise for children, and there are many elements, and trademarks in addition to copyrights. I think most fans understand the bright line that stops them copying an entire book or film work, unless their dad has a Roku at home.

But there are over 34,000 images uploaded to the Fandom.com site alone. There are character bios and generous quotes from films and books. Countless fans are using elements in memes and avatars and social media posts.

Fan-fiction abounds, where the characters and scenarios are endlessly remixed and mashed up with other fandoms.

Quidditch... simulated... is a collegiate sport, but they had to rename it.

Even on the official Wizarding World site, you can make custom downloadable stuff. Not long ago, freely download wallpapers. Get free clips and trailers on any video site.

News outlets had a difficult time explaining the "Public Domain" status of Mickey Mouse and Betty Boop with the new years. Because Mickey Mouse and Betty Boop, the characters, aren't the things which are copyrighted, and the characters' status didn't change with the new year.

I would bet that the typefaces in the official books have their own copyrights, and the book binding processes are patented.

So that distance implies a higher volume of stuff that you're standing on top of, but the mass of the stuff is what counts for gravitational attraction.

Does the influence of the Moon make this a three-body problem?

Now, why did dowsing rods suddenly pop into my mind?

Perhaps "Defcon 02" would be better understood?

> positive reinforcement in lifestyle patterns, habits, and changing environments ... can radically alter someone's mental health and outlook for the better.

Edited out the least important step

Yeah, but those Reels are getting Thousands of Likes and Shares!

I believe that we have witnessed the ultimate in prescriptivism.

HTTP Referer

https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/HackernewsEffec...

What kind of room?

Consider the source of the idiom: rolling your own cigarettes.

Which involves taking some rolling papers, a pouch of loose tobacco (or whatever), and perhaps a little device if you're rich. As opposed to manufactured cigarettes, you're just doing some manual assembly for the end-product.

You don't need to cultivate the plants or pulp any trees to roll your own.

It may be troublesome to maintain so many distinct clients. Moving everyone possible to E2EE may present some challenges for web access.

The mobile apps will be fine. The shutdown will affect the PWA/web access and also the "desktop app" such as Windows or macOS.

If you have a FB account, then that URL they give will work in your web browser. If you don't have an FB account or you deactivated it, and you only use Messenger, the mobile apps will be the only way forward.

I was in a group who began pronouncing the dashes in command-line options as "tack" and they said it was military lingo, but I cannot now find any connection to dash, hyphen, "minus", or Morse code "dah".

I have some kind of mental block that prevents me from figuring out the state of touchscreen controls.

"Is that a Play button because it's currently playing, or because it is paused/stopped, and will play when I tap it?"

"Is Bluetooth on or off? That depends if Dark Mode on?"

I end up tapping the control 3 times or so. The latter dilemma could sometimes be worked out by surveying the state of every surrounding control, but tunnel vision and impatience keep winning.

YouTube is still offering all five seasons for sale (not including "The Gathering" pilot.)

There is a choice of Standard Defintion and High Definition. Usually that only means a change in resolution, not different conversions.

The original episodes were all recorded in wide aspect ratio, even though they were destined for broadcast TV. They were touted as future compatibility. So the original broadcasts were "pan & scan". Then, when the wide-aspect disc formats arrived, it turned out that converting them was not a simple matter of going back to the originals and plopping them on disc.

https://b5remasterissues.wordpress.com/the-good/

The hosting channel is called "Clipzone: Beyond Infinity" https://youtube.com/@czbeyondinfinity?si=Vhn1LH1TjJzxNyLZ

"The Gathering" was uploaded on January 22. Currently available are episodes 1, 3, and 4, (Thursdays), and assorted five-minute clips. I could not find them bundled in a playlist here.

The episodes are in broadcast order. "Midnight on the Firing Line", a missing episode, is listed as Episode 1 in Wikipedia, because "The Gathering" was a pilot.

Steve Grimm's "Lurker's Guide" is still online since 33 years, and updated with 2023's releases: http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/us/eplist.html

In the context of my childhood, feds were everywhere:

From the founder of Costco, FedMart was a department store chain and the predecessor to Target

Federal Express Corporation was founded in the early 1970s and, of course, shortened up their name. Don't miss the arrow in their logo!

There were some consumer electronics stores named "Federated" and their commercials featured a mascot named "Fred Rated"

Institutions such as banks sometimes took names like "First Federal" which could give an impression of being a government agency, but probably referred to their organizational structure or nationwide presence. Different from the Federal Reserve and the Federal Reserve Banks.

This is my complaint about many types of YouTube pundits.

I had tuned in to some channels for analysis and insightful commentary, for example, film and TV series.

But every one devolved into “Worst episode ever!” and “<studio> has RUINED <franchise>!”

So to sum up, the YouTube recommendations algorithm has ruined independent criticism and there is nothing on anymore. Join my Patreon, “UnJustLikes” for the deep dive!

Daily Struggle over two buttons labeled "RECOVER LOST PUPPY" and "DEPORT NEIGHBORS"

I had to refresh my memory about the hybrid use of AC and DC current in telephone networks.

The Alternating Current signals could be used over longer distances and were effective at making the bells ring, moving the clapper back and forth. This back-and-forth is exactly what makes AC so deadly in the body, should it cross through your cardiac muscles, for example, and set the muscles twitching at 50 or 60 times per second.