It's just like the way the Segway completely changed the way cities work.

The "AI changes everything" people rhyme remarkably well with the "blockchain changes everything" people.

Today we had the most unusual PhD defense of my career. Leon Houben fell 15 m in the Alps, landing on his head and loosing his memory while working on his PhD thesis. When he met me again, he had to google me. He had to re-learn everything and wrote two more […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ravebots Tech or Treat What If 2027 Sound Camp Fundraiser Join us for a night of beats, bass, and bots as we get the Vancouver Burning Man community warmed up for the season. This will be a taste of the Ravebots experience. It's a little treat before we reunite […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

A beautiful day for a ride around the seawall #Vancouver #biketooter

*Well, it looks like everybody is Jekyll and Hyde, not one brain but truly two different brains https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-brains.html

We're hiring at UBC CS in our tenure-track teaching stream. We're in search of systems expertise: our greatest needs are in operating systems and computer architecture; also networking, distributed systems, database systems, cloud computing, and systems security […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/116649615915296910 “Every ordinary decision now comes with a research burden.” omg, 1000% this

Having a little issue where we tie up our boat at the cabin.

Great video. Watch it!

a single corgi is called a corgus a single husky is called a huskus more than one chihuahua are called chihuahuae

UBC Computer Science invites applications for up to two full-time tenure-track positions with the following priority areas: visualization, robotics, reinforcement learning, data management, and data mining. Applications are due Wed Dec 10, 2025 […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

Calico in early summer. #caturday #photography

✨ Beeps, boops, and basslines await. Ravebots Fundraiser & Megan’s Birthday Celebration Sat May 31st, 8pm-2am 55 W 8th Ave, #Vancouver Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate love, life, and lasers - all in support of bringing the Ravebots sound stage back to What If! A night […]

For anybody who has read the Wess'Har series from Karen Traviss -- one of my 5-star all-time absolute favorites -- a thoughtful and intriguing discussion of her current take on the ethics of the major characters https://preview.mailerlite.com/c3n6s2m3a3/2734458169471276655/s5j0/ via latest […]

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Let me re-up this announcement about our exploratory user study on patient-client communication, we still have space for a few more people before we wrap things up! It's in person, on campus at UBC Vancouver. https://cosocial.ca/@tamara/113840825525955805

Tamara Munzner (@tamara@cosocial.ca)

Attached: 1 image Do you want to help shape the future of patient-clinician interactions? We’re looking for participants to share their experiences in a study led by Thrive Health and UBC researchers. This 60-minute interview will provide valuable insights into patient priorities, enabling better technology to support care experiences. - Conducted at UBC’s Vancouver campus - $30 honorarium - Support meaningful healthcare change If you’re interested, sign up 👉 https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3EPA677nwbgLruu #ThriveHealth #UBCResearch

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Breaking into Pantone headquarters in the middle of the night and cutting all the cage locks to let the colors escape

*Fetch, boy

2/2 “The Graphing Calculator Story”: https://www.pacifict.com/story/

1/2 Ever feel like writing a calculator app? That’d be pretty easy, right? Nope. This write-up is freaking awesome: https://chadnauseam.com/coding/random/calculator-app But wait, there’s more… #mathematics

Propublica is hiring a deputy data editor https://boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/jobs/4440737006 #Journalism #GetFediHired #Jobs #Propublica #Data

So I didn't know, but Europe already has a backup of PubMed, the database of biomedical research publications. The US PubMed broke down over the weekend. And here is our alternative: https://europepmc.org/ #pubmed #pmc

Europe PMC

Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.

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I suppose everyone else already knew this, but it turns out that the “Leopards eating people’s faces” meme has historical roots; Here’s a Roman-empire mosaic from what is now Tunisia, said to be of a leopard eating a condemned man’s face. Source […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

Hey #visualization #datavis folks - the DVS Outlier Conference call for speakers is now up, deadline is Mar 15! This year's theme: reimagining. This year's place: Miami + virtual. https://www.datavisualizationsociety.org/news/2025/2/21/outlier-2025-speaker-application-now-open

Outlier 2025 - Speaker Application now open

Outlier 2025 speaker applications are open through **March 15, 2025**. Talks can be delivered in Miami, Florida or virtually. Submit a talk related to our 2025 theme 'reimagining'—whether it's redefining your creative approach, uncovering new ways to connect with people, or developing unique methods to share ideas. We look forward to receiving your applications!

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Yes!!! The crucial script I finally found: how to *bulk* download my Kindle files from Amazon. Instead of 4 clicks per book, 25 books per page, 59 pages of hell, it was 1449 books downloaded in 8 minutes, as easy-to-DeDRM AZW or AZW3. https://github.com/treetrum/amazon-kindle-bulk-downloader […]

I already boosted this, but I want to add more emphasis. I think every Canadian citizen of the Fediverse ought to sign this petition to get the Government of Canada off Xitter: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-5359 Could anyone who has any Canadian followers […]