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Eseniia Mikheeva


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Forming close contacts with individuals from "out-groups" can help overcome biases. Two #transgender state reps in Montana recently convinced colleagues to vote against anti-trans bills by making the issue personal: theconversation.com/the-psycho…
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What do the actual experts think? LLMs have peaked. No path to AGI just from scaling.

“Systems proclaimed to be matching human performance – such as on coding problems or mathematics problems – still make bone-headed mistakes”

No surprises here, then.

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To VPN or Not VPN


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Importing an image into KiCad isn't a new feature. But it's super handy for reverse engineering a design. 🐍

Would be handy if it was a touch easier to calibrate the exact image size I just adjusted scale until parts started lining up, then locked the image.

in reply to Greg

I haven’t installed it yet, but the KiCad 9 release notes mention a new “image reference points” feature


A few practical tips, combined with a cautious outlook, can help you avoid many phishing attacks. ssd.eff.org/module/how-avoid-p…
in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation

I was reading about phishing scammers, and what I learned is that they send urgent emails pretending to be a trusted source to steal personal information. You shouldn't share your personal details through unsolicited messages and if you do, contact things like your financial institution and credit bureau


In a bit of good news, we may have a cure for sickle-cell anemia.

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#GoodNews



Hoping this ends up with EU twice as big as now, including Canada and a returned UK. (You’d think in light of all that’s happened, Labour could make the case that Brexit was a Putin plot to weaken UK & EU.)

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in reply to Medium Dave

To be honest, I think the UK is too busy dealing with their own shit at the moment - and I don't think the EU is very eager to negotiate with the UK either, given what happened last time.

I think a full generation needs to pass before readmission is even an option.

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Repairing a Kodak Picture Maker Kiosk

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Eros and Magic in the Renaissance #OmniumGatherum library.hrmtc.com/2025/03/15/e…



The Trump regime is now taking money directly from bank accounts after the DOGE team seized control of the American ACH system. There’s no doubt in my mind that they will steal money from political opponents. If anything were to lead to the mass secession of US states then this would be it. The US is about to collapse. #uspol #fascism #trump rollingstone.com/politics/poli…


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Superman's origin story mirrors that of Moses, reflecting the Jewish heritage of his creators. The comic book industry's roots are deeply intertwined with Jewish American history and culture. An immigration historian and a lifelong comics fan explains:
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If you’ve ever wanted a Visual Studio Code for Nintendo Switch, definitely check this out. Supports USB keyboards (!), write your own games, great for the kids nintendo.com/us/store/products…

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Art of Microscopy at Artisans Asylum day 2! Gary did a great job instructing how to mod microscopes for colorful pics of crystals.


Dr. Rasha Alawieh, 35, a researcher at Brown Medicine on an H-1B visa, was detained at Boston-Logan airport for unknown reasons upon returning from visiting family in Lebanon. Immigration officials deported her in defiance of a federal court order. 1/
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Fabian Schmidt, a German electrical engineer, was detained at Logan for unknown reasons upon arriving from Luxembourg. He's in Mass General after (mother claims) being pressured to surrender his green card, “violently interrogated,” stripped & put in a cold shower. 2/#
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Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for these Fruits and Veggies Dog Squeaky Toys. Corgis are natural farmers, and they will go insane if you don't give them an outlet to express their agricultural desires.
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I should make a thing that plays a different song depending on how the cable is rotated.

in reply to Kevin Santo Cappuccio

Might be cool for an escape room prop, providing you can also buy the matching jack.


Lately, I've been messing around with adding modern 3D elevation relief to historic maps. This is the original GLO survey from 1859-60 of the Grand Marais, Minnesota area.

Learning how to do this has been challenging. I've been using QGIS > Photoshop > Blender > Photoshop as the workflow.

#Minnesota #Cartography

in reply to Bryan Hansel

That is actually really cool! I imagine aligning the coordinate systems of the original map with modern terrain maps would be one of the (many) challenging parts. Your result is amazing, and since you mentioned blender, I imagine you could draw this out from any perspective? Very neat!
in reply to Curt Olson

@clolsonus Thanks. As best as I can figure, these were American Polyconic using a datum that isn't available in any gis program. Maybe something prior to but based on the New England Datum. This is before NAD. I've been using NAD27, but it's usually off. I just fix it in Photoshop after I get it close in QGIS.

With Blender anything seems possible. I like this view and the overhead views the best so far. Here's an example 3d view up Devil Track River Canyon.




Risotto is the greatest. If you’re not making chicken stock* and then risotto tonight, what are you even doing?

*if you’re able to decant the fat the same night, you came out better than me. (I usually just decant after cooling overnight. I’ll get that tomorrow.)

in reply to Emily Velasco

@MLE_online I’m always evangelizing for it. My unsolicited tips are:
-use your own stock
-all the pressure to stir constantly is bullshit

I can give more, solicited tips too if ever requested.



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