Can anyone point me to the research that the size of fish in European waters has been shrinking for at least a century due to overfishing? The recent paper on Baltic cod reminded me. #fishing #boostsAppreciated #ecology
Can anyone point me to the research that the size of fish in European waters has been shrinking for at least a century due to overfishing? The recent paper on Baltic cod reminded me. #fishing #boostsAppreciated #ecology
Is there any form of English where mortar is the right name for what comes out of the tube and goes bang or poof? Mid 20th century Canadian usage was "a mortar shoots mortar bombs like a howitzer shoots shells" but the CBC has the order reversed https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-kensington-hazardous-item-police-1.7585018 #boostsAppreciated
The #OpenStreetMap community of #Delhi invites everyone to our 19th mapping party - our first one in #Noida !
Date - Sunday, 27th of July
Time - 4 PM to 7 PM
Location - Noida Sector 18 Metro Station
https://osmcal.org/event/3907/
Visit the link to learn more, register, and add the event to your calendar.
The more the people, the greater our impact. Each mapper matters!
We invite people from all over India to join the monthly #OpenStreetMap #India online mapping party!
Learn something, map something, or just catch up. Whether you're totally new to #OSM or a veteran mapper, we've got something for everyone.
20th July
12:00-14:00
https://osmcal.org/event/3852/
Visit the link, click Attend, and add the event to your calendar.
The more the people, the greater our impact. Each mapper matters!
#BoostsAppreciated #OSMIndia
The #OpenStreetMap community of #Delhi invites everyone to our 18th mapping party - our first one in Vaishali!
Date - Sunday, 13th of July
Time - 4 PM to 7 PM
Location - Vaishali Metro Station
https://osmcal.org/event/3819/
Visit the link to learn more, register, and add the event to your calendar.
The more the people, the greater our impact. Each mapper matters!
The #OpenStreetMap community of West Bengal invites everyone to its 5th mapping party, this time in Jalpaiguri!
26th July, 4:30PM
Beguntary More
https://osmcal.org/event/3884/
Visit the link to learn more, and to add the events to your calendar.
We encourage you to attend, as well a bring a friend or two along. The more the people, the greater our impact. Each person counts!
#osmwb
#BoostsAppreciated
#WestBengal #Jalpaiguri #India #TomTom
We invite people from all over India to join the monthly #OpenStreetMap #India online mapping party!
Whether you're totally new to #OSM or a veteran mapper, we've got something for everyone.
6th July
11:00-13:00
https://osmcal.org/event/3852/
Visit the link, click Attend, and add the event to your calendar.
We encourage you to attend as many parties as possible, both online and in-person. The more the people, the greater our impact. Each person counts!
#BoostsAppreciated #OSMIndia
It's been awhile since I ran a poll like this.
What's your status?
Today, I have an update for you on an idea I've been thinking about for a long time: what does, and doesn't, need to be "authentic" for things to be "authentic Zen".
It's a smaller set than you'd probably think.
http://www.arcanalabs.ca/essays/2025/06/12/tim-hortons-ji.html
Inviting the #Fediverse to join another #Jabber / #XMPP channel I co-moderate - the Personal Protective Equipment channel. #PPE
Protect yourself from hazardous substances, #pollution, diseases ( #CovidIsNotOver !), #surveillance, police oppression, and other threats. Or maybe just look cool and cyberpunk.
Discuss cloth #masks, surgical masks, filtering facepiece (FFP) #respirators, reusable #elastomeric respirators (half-face or full-face), source control, powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs), and more!
Discussion of #EyeProtection, #HearingProtection, #HeadProtection and similar also welcome!
You can join without a client or an account. Just visit chat.queer-spark.org/#/guest?join=ppe@conference.queer-spark.org
But for the best experience, I recommend using a proper client. The easiest way is to install Quicksy or Prāv, if you don’t mind using your phone number.
Otherwise, install one or more of the following, and use them to register an account on conversations.im (see providers.xmpp.net or compliance.conversations.im/old for more server recommendations) -
…once you’re set up, open this link to join the channel - invite.joinjabber.org/#ppe@conference.queer-spark.org?join
If you’re new to Jabber/XMPP (e.g. coming from #WhatsApp #Matrix #IRC #Signal #Telegram #Discord etc), you may like to read The Quick and Easy Guide to Jabber/XMPP
The #OpenStreetMap community of West Bengal invites everyone to its 4th mapping party, this time in Siliguri!
22nd June
Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri
https://osmcal.org/event/3780/
Visit the link to learn more, and to add the events to your calendar.
We encourage you to attend, as well a bring a friend or two along. The more the people, the greater our impact. Each person counts!
#osmwb
#BoostsAppreciated
#WestBengal #Siliguri #India #TomTom
After close to 9 months, the #OpenStreetMap community of West Bengal invites everyone to its 3rd mapping party, this time in Jalpaiguri!
15th June
Kadamtala More, Jalpaiguri
https://osmcal.org/event/3779/
Visit the link to learn more, and to add the events to your calendar.
We encourage you to attend, as well a bring a friend or two along. The more the people, the greater our impact. Each person counts!
Does anyone have access to the following article? My library does not have issues before the 1980s and the mighty librarians of the steppes are failing me. If necessary I can use ILL.
Erdmann, Elisabeth (1973) "Die sogenannten Marathonpfeilspitzen in Karlsruhe," Archäologischer Anzeiger 1973 pp. 30-58
hey folks!
for people who have sought out #therapy and had problems with being present, what are the things you've learned from your sessions?
what's your preferred way or exercise to be present in the moment?
I am now taking funds for my new name as NeonKat! You can call me Neon in this case.
Go ahead and fund me for the cause: https://gofund.me/32b8d7cd
Please #boost for visibility, it would be appreciated to become an actual VTuber!
Another public #Jabber / #XMPP channel I co-moderate is the #LGBT / #LGBTQ / #LGBTQIA channel -
https://invite.joinjabber.org/#lgbt@conference.queer-spark.org?join
@maskedwitch - one of the most compassionate people I know of - runs this server and co-moderates all channels on it.
If you're new to XMPP (e.g. coming from #WhatsApp #Matrix #IRC #Signal #Telegram #Discord etc), this guide has everything you need to get started -
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html
I am looking for the best things to do in #Fukuoka
If you've been there, please reply with the spots you liked most, food or anything else that made into your memory.
I'm looking for good primers on perceptual hashing algorithms. Do you know any? Can you boost to help me find someone who does?
Context is that in #mediathing people may have the same content but with different encodings. E.g. 1080p and 720p copies of Amélie are still the same movie. I'd prefer not to ask people to maintain manual mappings of this (e.g. associating sha256 hashes) because even though spiritually it makes some sense, it's really just toil and media-thing isn't about toil. I think a perceptual hash is probably what I'm looking for because this isn't meant to be used for content identity. It's just to assist people matching their library overlap. But if there's a better technique I'd be very curious to hear about it!
#boostsappreciated #math #science #boost
Got to ask: What do you think is a better overall choice for a general purpose tablet form factor device: one that runs a mobile OS (and therefore is probably well familiar with the interface and hardware its working with), or one that runs a full, actual OS like Linux/Win (and therefore is far more flexible and customizable)?