{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Pippa","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/philcowans@universeodon.com","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"245782","username":"philcowans@universeodon.com","bio":"Web technologies, keeping the internet open and promoting simple, distributed technologies for publishing, content discovery and communication.\n\nStrengthening (UK) democratic institutions, especially electoral reform and media bias. Pro-EU.\n\nQuantifying the climate crisis.\n\nComputer history, especially early (1960s) digital audio synthesis, the CTSS operating system and the IBM 700/7000 series.\n\nAmateur pianist and runner. Non-binary feminist.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":0,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://micro.blog/photos/200/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"89180020","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>manton</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://indieweb.social/@tg\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>tg</span></a></span> - really like this idea, exactly the level of simplicity and openness that the internet needs.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/116483193158127556","date_published":"2026-04-28T16:07:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 16:07","date_timestamp":1777392473,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"75378672","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://toot.wales/@alexisbushnell\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>alexisbushnell</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mas.to/@cubicgarden\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>cubicgarden</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mo-me.social/@MediaRevolution\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>MediaRevolution</span></a></span> - same for me - I'm a programmer and am happy to help if I can.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/115334843464810934","date_published":"2025-10-07T20:47:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-07 20:47","date_timestamp":1759870047,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72536364","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mefi.social/@MissConstrue\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>MissConstrue</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/@Psychonaut\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Psychonaut</span></a></span> - I think the other scale might be picas, so was the t-square originally used for something to do with typesetting?</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/115130802083225106","date_published":"2025-09-01T19:57:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-01 19:57","date_timestamp":1756756623,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72490812","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://one.darnell.one/@darnell\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>darnell</span></a></span> - they did this in the UK, and then issued a list of acceptable forms of ID which massively and obviously skewed towards items which older (i.e. more conservative) voters are more likely to possess.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/115127575493780936","date_published":"2025-09-01T06:16:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-01 06:16","date_timestamp":1756707389,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72443074","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mas.to/@mikegalsworthy\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mikegalsworthy</span></a></span> - isn't this well understood on all sides though? If you believe that it's desirable for the government to promote one group at the expense of everyone else, and that you're in that group then anything which limits their ability to do that will be seen as meddling.</p><p>IMO we need more discussion about why it's important for governments to protect everyone equally, which I think will only happen once the mainstream narrative becomes less fearful.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/115123550591195764","date_published":"2025-08-31T13:12:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-31 13:12","date_timestamp":1756645974,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72442711","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>neil</span></a></span> - consent-o-matic is  excellent, would definitely recommend too.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/115123508016182411","date_published":"2025-08-31T13:02:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-31 13:02","date_timestamp":1756645324,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71989972","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://social.coop/@luis_in_brief\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>luis_in_brief</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mas.to/@carnage4life\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>carnage4life</span></a></span> - I don't consider this to be waterfall - agile should work this way too, just with much smaller delivery units.</p><p>The result here seems plausible to me, but I wonder if the baseline also included the design and review phases. I guess it's arguable that those aren't viable if you're spending all of your time coding, which may have been the case before.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/115088000163825952","date_published":"2025-08-25T06:31:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-25 06:31","date_timestamp":1756103518,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71952588","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>nina_kali_nina</span></a></span> - I went for the guided tour ages ago, and I remember that the staff I interacted with then were very happy to go into more detail when I asked for it and told them about my background.</p><p>+1 for \"A Computer Called LEO\" too - it's a great book.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/115084673328355097","date_published":"2025-08-24T16:25:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-24 16:25","date_timestamp":1756052754,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71938857","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://tech.lgbt/@nina_kali_nina\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>nina_kali_nina</span></a></span> - there's more about this in the Bendix G-15 episodes from Usagi Electric too.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/115083640296423377","date_published":"2025-08-24T12:03:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-24 12:03","date_timestamp":1756036991,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71672190","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mas.to/@buffyleigh\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>buffyleigh</span></a></span> - I haven't done this seriously for years, but 2,000m was always the standard distance for indoor rowing.</p><p>For building fitness I'd go for longer times at lower intensities though - do whatever feels comfortable at first and build from there. I personally found with running that using a heart rate monitor to help me keep the intensity low enough to keep going for longer helped a lot.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/115062154599586349","date_published":"2025-08-20T16:59:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-20 16:59","date_timestamp":1755709146,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70511953","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/@danielgibert\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>danielgibert</span></a></span> - the tiles are the same size as the ones Leaflet uses, so it may be possible to load them as a tile layer in that if you wanted an online slippy map version.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/114973002811846982","date_published":"2025-08-04T23:06:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-04 23:06","date_timestamp":1754348797,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67821490","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@infosecdj\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>infosecdj</span></a></span> - if I've understood correctly you said you knew specific horizontal and vertical lines and wanted to preserve lengths, so you could pick one horizontal and one vertical line and make the intersection of those your origin. Measure one unit along the horizontal line from the intersection and call that (1,0) in the destination coordinate system, and the same for (0,1) along the vertical line. That's enough to solve for the affine transform.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/114762906925443284","date_published":"2025-06-28T20:36:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-28 20:36","date_timestamp":1751142988,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67821105","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>neil</span></a></span> - in this sort of context I keep coming back to semantic web ideas. If Mastodon etc. resulted in a FOAF style social graph and machine readable profiles were a bit more flexible then it could be a way to answer 'who do I know who worked at company x?' type questions, and I believe DOAC is a structured format for representing résumés - which could enable aggregators for people looking to hire or be hired. I'm sure that there were good reasons why they didn't work out last time, but I do wonder whether it might be worth revisiting them alongside ActivityPub.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/114762871513774857","date_published":"2025-06-28T20:27:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-28 20:27","date_timestamp":1751142448,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67600414","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@infosecdj\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>infosecdj</span></a></span> - do you know or can you calculate the mapping targets for a few specific points? If so then OpenCV can both compute the transform matrix and apply it to the image.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/114745850327840481","date_published":"2025-06-25T20:18:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-25 20:18","date_timestamp":1750882725,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"67296595","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://beige.party/@RolloTreadway\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>RolloTreadway</span></a></span> - thank you for the reminder - I have just gone and topped mine up.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/114722375573749960","date_published":"2025-06-21T16:48:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-21 16:48","date_timestamp":1750524529,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"61928862","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://masto.ai/@Nonilex\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> - That's really interesting. Basically the drivers are where Trump has destroyed demand? I was wondering why the markets don't seem to have reacted as I would have expected.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/114314636675660467","date_published":"2025-04-10T16:35:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-10 16:35","date_timestamp":1744302927,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"59392104","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@augieray\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>augieray</span></a></span> - I wonder if it's also related to the tradition of 'chicken pox parties' - where there's some logic as it's generally a milder condition in childhood, and I don't think there was a widely available vaccine until quite recently (at least not here in the UK). Neither of those apply to measles though.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/114133475491074839","date_published":"2025-03-09T16:43:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-09 16:43","date_timestamp":1741538627,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"59045220","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.org.uk/@rbairwell\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>rbairwell</span></a></span> - does it matter whether the battery is in the device or not? My understanding is that lithium ion degrades much more rapidly if kept at &lt;20% or &gt;80% charge, and my Lenovo laptop firmware has a 'battery conservation' mode which holds the charge close to 50% when plugged in. I believe some laptops allow you to set explicit charge limits.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/114109431119747257","date_published":"2025-03-05T10:48:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-05 10:48","date_timestamp":1741171739,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"58814652","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@kate\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>kate</span></a></span> - I think an art gallery can be a museum, but doesn't have to be. As an institution it would need to be involved with the study and/or conversation of the artworks, not just putting them on display, so a gallery which primarily sells the artworks wouldn't count.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/114092964110566374","date_published":"2025-03-02T13:01:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-02 13:01","date_timestamp":1740920472,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48807295","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Teri_Kanefield\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Teri_Kanefield</span></a></span> - this is excellent, thank you!</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/113415678082086031","date_published":"2024-11-02T22:18:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-02 22:18","date_timestamp":1730585908,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"48806581","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Sustainable2050</span></a></span> - so cheap relative to here in the UK.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/113415622862645910","date_published":"2024-11-02T22:04:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-11-02 22:04","date_timestamp":1730585065,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"46008527","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@Impossible_PhD\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Impossible_PhD</span></a></span> - just wanted to say that I enjoy your writing a lot, and it's important to me. Having a deeper, more academic understanding of trans issues, and gender in general, means that I don't feel like it's all just a matter of opinion, and that makes a big difference.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/113181577755492922","date_published":"2024-09-22T14:03:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-22 14:03","date_timestamp":1727013820,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"45524640","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@mhoye\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mhoye</span></a></span> - also interesting to think about the distributed nature of solar and the increased efficiency though avoiding transmission losses.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/113140698015967532","date_published":"2024-09-15T08:47:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-15 08:47","date_timestamp":1726390045,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"45524626","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@mhoye\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mhoye</span></a></span> - yep, I've been following RMI for years and I like their approach. The point about 'work' supply being more efficient for heat services is important - i.e. heat pumps are multiple times more than 100% efficient.</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/113140695455298505","date_published":"2024-09-15T08:46:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-15 08:46","date_timestamp":1726390006,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"44691709","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://tech.lgbt/@shunley42\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>shunley42</span></a></span> - try leaving the top button undone?</p>","url":"https://universeodon.com/users/philcowans/statuses/113070033168257792","date_published":"2024-09-02T21:16:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-09-02 21:16","date_timestamp":1725311785,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"16925743","content_html":"Yes, you can completely disable Web Push notification requests in Firefox. One of those things which I probably would have always assumed was possible, but for some reason never got around to. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox#w_how-do-i-stop-firefox-asking... <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109693037808934655\">universeodon.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109693037808934655","date_published":"2023-01-15T11:42:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-15 11:42","date_timestamp":1673782925,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925738","content_html":"Really interesting articles from @hildabast on #qt. I do hope that the #Fediverse becomes a place where more research can be done into which features enable communities to thrive.\n\nhttps://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2022/12/01/reflecting-on-twitter-white-flight-quote-tweet-tensions-at-mas... <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109689046927505903\">universeodon.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109689046927505903","date_published":"2023-01-14T18:47:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-14 18:47","date_timestamp":1673722029,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925735","content_html":"<p>There's plenty of discussion of using <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/tags/llms\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>llms</span></a> such as <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/tags/chatgpt\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> for <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/tags/informationretrieval\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>informationretrieval</span></a> and <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/tags/questionanswering\" class=\"mention hashtag\">#<span>questionanswering</span></a>, but I don't think I've seen a quantitative comparison with more traditional models using a standard benchmark. Is there a paper somewhere covering this?</p>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109660763470160470","date_published":"2023-01-09T18:54:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-09 18:54","date_timestamp":1673290458,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925730","content_html":"Back in 1998 I read an article about a new search engine called Google, so thought I'd give it a go. I clearly remember how impressed I was with the results relative to AltaVista. Few products have had that impact.\n\nGoogle nowadays is bad. I've recently tried Kagi.com, and so far I've b... <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109632974907653498\">universeodon.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109632974907653498","date_published":"2023-01-04T21:07:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-04 21:07","date_timestamp":1672866438,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925702","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@aurimas\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>aurimas</span></a></span> here's the re-plotted data zoomed in on 0-10%. I've also added the equivalent results when you use a narrower prior (alpha=23.7, beta=450.3 - I calculated these to give a particular standard deviation around a mean of 5%, but I forget exactly what).</p><p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F109%2F621%2F118%2F169%2F789%2F221%2Foriginal%2F55a59ac311fd1d54.png\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109621119254036116","date_published":"2023-01-02T18:52:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-02 18:52","date_timestamp":1672685535,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925698","content_html":"I've been looking at decision making accuracy with a beta/binomial model in a #bayesian analysis of #abtesting (e.g. in #productmanagement). The graph shows accuracy if you make a call at 90% posterior probability if the conversion rate for variant A is 5% with a flat (α=β=1). Averaged ... <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109601305487411351\">universeodon.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109601305487411351","date_published":"2022-12-30T06:53:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-30 06:53","date_timestamp":1672383201,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925693","content_html":"Also in programming, pyspark is something I use sufficiently infrequently that I get tripped up on the same things every time, so note to self: pyspark ships with an internal Hadoop installation, and if you load additional modules (e.g. to access Azure storage) you need to match version... <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109474368807171087\">universeodon.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109474368807171087","date_published":"2022-12-07T20:51:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-07 20:51","date_timestamp":1670446301,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925669","content_html":"My brother told me about Advent of Code, so I'm giving it a go this year. Have just done days 5 to 7, so am now up to date. I'm trying to refactor after I get them working so I'm happy with the code quality, although I'm a little further behind with that. At the moment I'm mostly just f... <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109474352367823456\">universeodon.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109474352367823456","date_published":"2022-12-07T20:47:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-12-07 20:47","date_timestamp":1670446050,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925639","content_html":"I'm probably the only person still using these tools, but it turns out that Ghostscript (and therefore ps2pdf) doesn't search the current directory first. Spent too long trying to figure out what it was about my handcrafted PostScript which was causing 'ps2pdf lines.ps' to generate 11 p... <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109391702967494532\">universeodon.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109391702967494532","date_published":"2022-11-23T06:28:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-23 06:28","date_timestamp":1669184920,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925628","content_html":"<p>It's Monday, so there's a new Usagi Electric episode: <a href=\"https://youtu.be/mu8O4cvKU5A\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span>youtu.be/mu8O4cvKU5A</span><span class=\"invisible\"></span></a>. I'm always impressed with how far they get with obscure, long forgotten systems.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109384016756107346","date_published":"2022-11-21T21:53:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-21 21:53","date_timestamp":1669067638,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925621","content_html":"I have a question about Mastodon: for my email I use a domain I personally own so I'm not tied to a mail service provider. Is there an argument for doing the same thing here? If so, how does one do it? Do I just need to host my own WebFinger service and point it at this Mastodon sever, ... <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109372863006968612\">universeodon.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109372863006968612","date_published":"2022-11-19T22:37:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-19 22:37","date_timestamp":1668897445,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"16925598","content_html":"Now that I'm in the fediverse I guess I should post something. I'm a strong believer in interoperability and open standards, so I'm looking forward to seeing whether this ecosystem can thrive and drive innovation, and I'm keen to see if it can demonstrate that non-advertising based comm... <a href=\"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109372734645992605\">universeodon.com</a>","summary":"","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans/109372734645992605","date_published":"2022-11-19T22:04:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Pippa","url":"https://universeodon.com/@philcowans","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.universeodon.com%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F371%2F649%2F299%2F725%2F940%2Foriginal%2Fab58d0a29fc76c91.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"philcowans@universeodon.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-11-19 22:04","date_timestamp":1668895487,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}