h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

It seems (from the search on https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-chatbot-learning/) that my blog ranks slightly higher than @MCQN_Ltd in Google's C4 dataset.

@DoESLiverpool is in the top 600k websites in there.

#weeknotes

Boy #3 showing off an important feature of the calculator he definitely needed for his A Level maths studies

If you installed a Linux system with disk encryption more than a couple of years ago, there's a decent chance it's using a weak key derivation function and someone who cares enough would be in a position to brute-force it. https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/66429.html has more details and instructions on how to update to a better KDF.

In the April edition of Highways Magazine I ask for a reinvigoration of national research projects, with an independent commissioning body. We're missing out on spreading good practice.

The digital edition is free as ever.

https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=128bc491-e1cb-43fe-b578-6f0eb30c54f5

in an uncertain world, take comfort in the routinely reliable mundanity of functioning sewers.

Good news! Avian flu housing order to be lifted 18th April! (England and Wales)

Chrome just opted you into a load of ad tracking bullshit. Don't forget to go in and turn it all off, if you're a #Chrome user.

Happy CSS Naked Day to all who celebrate!
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/04/this-blog-strips-off-for-css-naked-day/

Happy Easter. Here’s an article where I interviewed the first programmer to ever hide an Easter Egg in software way back in 1968:

https://www.acriticalhit.com/make-love-not-war-first-software-easter-egg/

Newspeak House in that London are looking for resident fellows for their next cohort! If you're interested in tech and making things less bad, think about applying! Scholarships available: https://newspeak.house/residency

Now that WebGPU is shipping(!), I want to share some thoughts on the API.
Please note that as an editor of the spec, I'm literally as biased as you can get. So take my words with a massive grain of salt, but my intent is to encourage people to try the API for themselves, not accept my opinion verbatim. #WebGPU
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/webgpu-release/

They’ve figured out the secret of ancient Roman concrete’s durability! And it’s really cool! https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106

Open source software is free and enables people to do great things with it. This is the #opensource software/data I've been using to create maps, process images, make animations etc. related to #NASA's #Mars2020 mission:

#GIMP : https://www.gimp.org
#Geogebra : https://www.geogebra.org
#ImageMagick : https://imagemagick.org
#QGIS : https : https://www.qgis.org
#Stellarium : https://stellarium.org

@kevinmgill's and @stim3on's flats: https://github.com/kmgill/mars-raw-utils-data/tree/61a3b4477b541d4749c66b348c2098a931369d93/caldata

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