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Etienne Posthumus

@epoz.org

I like to make simple solutions to complex problems. https://epoz.org/ Senior Researcher at FIZ Karlsruhe NFDI4Culture ∴ Digital Art History ∴ Knowledge Engineering ∴ Yoga ∴

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Craig Reynolds@craigreynolds.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Boids Demo Reel” survived as a videotape cassette on my bookshelf for many years, then was digitized for a documentary around 2010. “Breaking the Ice” was on broadcast quality reel-to-reel videotape until 2023 when Tom McMahon and others worked on a remastering for the 50ᵗʰ SIGGRAPH conference.

Etienne Posthumus@epoz.org · last yr.

I just bought a 2nd-hand Volkswagen car, and I am gob-smacked that you can not download the user manual as a PDF anywhere. Been scouring forums, various sites, pages and pages of search engine links, but, nada. "official" VW position? You should order the dead-tree version from a dealer for €€€€

Ted Underwood@tedunderwood.com · last yr.

I'm reading Bartz v Anthropic, of course, from a very practical, interested perspective. ("What can libraries let me do, and how exactly can we stay out of jail?") The first thing I notice: I didn't realize Anthropic had rolled their own GBooks. Doesn't sound prohibitively $$$. 1/3

Instead, Turvey and his team emailed major book distributors and retailers about bulk- purchasing their print copies for the AI firm’s “research library” (Opp. Exh. 22 at 145; Opp. Exh. 31 at -035589). Anthropic spent many millions of dollars to purchase millions of print books, often in used condition. Then, its service providers stripped the books from their bindings, cut their pages to size, and scanned the books into digital form — discarding the paper originals. Each print book resulted in a PDF copy containing images of the scanned pages with machine-readable text (including front and back cover scans for softcover books). Anthropic created its own catalog of bibliographic metadata for the books it was acquiring. It acquired copies of millions of books, including of all works at issue for all Authors.2
Etienne Posthumus@epoz.org · last yr.

Trying Claude Code this evening, instead of going Tango dancing. #nerd It's just too tantalizing. First thing is trying to understand an existing codebase from an opensource project I wanted to read ages ago.

Etienne Posthumus@epoz.org · last yr.

Last weekend I was at a festival in Welkom, Vrystaat. Most of the people there would readily identify as "Afrikaners". Early afternoon, not many people there yet. The cover band plays the iconic "Pata, Pata" by Miriam Makeba, and the few people bop happily. Gave me the feels.

Dr Ella Hawkins@ellamchawk.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m currently on maternity leave. Biscuit-making opportunities are proving hard to come by, but I should have a couple of new sets to share soon. If you’d like to see more in the meantime: - ellahawkins.com - Instagram – @ellamchawk - Facebook – Ella Makes Cakes Happy National Biscuit Day 2025! 🍪

A mosaic of 15 small images of biscuits. Some of the biscuit sets pictured look like Elizabethan embroidery, and one is inspired by 18th-century trade cards. One square shows a close-up image of a biscuit being painted by hand.
Carolyn E Holmes@carolyneholmes.bsky.social · last yr.

The amazing thing is the way that the truth is blended with falsehood. True stories of crime, but with collapsed timelines and fake statistics, real rally clips assembled over 10+ years that make these songs feel ubiquitous.. This is lies through curation.

Etienne Posthumus@epoz.org · last yr.

Next week I will be in Johannesburg, and the following weekend in CT. Will be on vacation with two young adults and one old toppie. (who still likes to boogie) Any tips for cultural events, music venues, festivals etc. ?