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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jul 18, 2026

Would any of my friends here recommend a good phone-based 3D scanning software that works well with Blender? My kid is planning to make a costume for me and I’d like to scan my head to help.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jul 17, 2026

What Makes Humans Stupid https://nautil.us/what-makes-humans-stupid-1282459

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jul 17, 2026

This is a new level of institutional corruption.

Trump Media to sell fast feed of 'market-moving' posts to Wall Street https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79gw4lj89eo

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Trump Media to sell fast feed of 'market-moving' posts to Wall Street

Trump Media is launching a fast, paid feed to its most influential posts for Wall Street traders.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jul 17, 2026

Competing speech streams are simultaneously represented in the human cortex during attention switching | PLOS Biology https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003876

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Competing speech streams are simultaneously represented in the human cortex during attention switchi

How the brain rapidly switches attention between competing speech streams in complex listening environments is not fully understood. This study shows that neural tracking of a new speaker emerges befo

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jul 16, 2026

42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support—there are no 'bad guys' here, says financial therapist https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/16/42percent-of-adults-rely-on-their-parents-for-financial-supportthere-are-no-bad-guys-here-says-financial-therapist.html

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42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support—there are no 'bad guys' here, says financi

Parents can maximize the impact of their support by ensuring their gifts alleviate financial stress or help their kids move closer to their long-term goals.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jul 16, 2026

“The Odyssey” Movie Review | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/27/the-odyssey-christopher-nolan-movie-review

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jul 15, 2026

C Strings: A 50-Year Mistake - by Trần Thành Long https://longtran2904.substack.com/p/c-strings-a-50-year-mistake?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jul 15, 2026

Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations? | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/will-we-ever-find-alien-civilizations-20260709/

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · May 04, 2026

Higher memory corruption rates means you need to run with more spares in your cluster.

[2503.11901] Story of Two GPUs: Characterizing the Resilience of Hopper H100 and Ampere A100 GPUs https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11901

arXiv.org

Story of Two GPUs: Characterizing the Resilience of Hopper H100 and Ampere A100 GPUs

This study characterizes GPU resilience in Delta, a large-scale AI system that consists of 1,056 A100 and H100 GPUs, with over 1,300 petaflops of peak throughput. We used 2.5 years of operational data

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · May 04, 2026

Higher memory corruption rates means you need to run with more spares in your cluster.

[2503.11901] Story of Two GPUs: Characterizing the Resilience of Hopper H100 and Ampere A100 GPUs https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.11901

arXiv.org

Story of Two GPUs: Characterizing the Resilience of Hopper H100 and Ampere A100 GPUs

This study characterizes GPU resilience in Delta, a large-scale AI system that consists of 1,056 A100 and H100 GPUs, with over 1,300 petaflops of peak throughput. We used 2.5 years of operational data

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · May 04, 2026

So, the cat figured out how to remove the tag from her collar. I wonder how long it’ll take for her to develop opposable thumbs.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

Who needs ghost train scares when Windows is such a fright? • The Register https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/01/ghost_train_bork/?td=rt-3a

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

[2509.00462] AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00462

arXiv.org

AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights

As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become widely adopted, large language models (LLMs) are increasingly involved on both sides of decision-making processes, ranging from hiring to content moderatio

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

Replying to @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social

@NanoRaptor It's a good thing that now we can 3D-print it.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

Replying to @rl_dane@polymaths.social

@rl_dane @NanoRaptor At this point in history, I'd say a print of the PDF qualifies as an original. It's just a self-printed reissue.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

Replying to @bhaugland@mastodon.social

@bhaugland @NanoRaptor Convergent Technologies was at least a decade ahead of its time. A shame they didn't make a bigger mark.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

Made something for my mainframer friends: Add EBCDIC support to inspector by rbanffy · Pull Request #598 · microsoft/vscode-hexeditor https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-hexeditor/pull/598

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Add EBCDIC support to inspector by rbanffy · Pull Request #598 · microsoft/vscode-hexeditor

EBCDIC support has been requested before, and, in many contexts, it's an important feature. Being able to inspect a binary file the editor isn't able to immediately make sense of is a small...

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Left a Trail of Methane in its Wake - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/articles/interstellar-comet-3iatlas-left-a-trail-of-methane-in-its-wake

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

New Generation Systems' MicroShell https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/new-generation-systems-microshell

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

NEO Semiconductor's revolutionary 3D X-DRAM for AI processors has passed proof-of-concept validation — company secures funding to develop next-gen memory HBM alternative | Tom's Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/neo-semiconductors-revolutionary-3d-x-dram-for-ai-processors-has-passed-proof-of-concept-validation-company-secures-funding-to-develop-next-gen-memory-hbm-alternative

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Apr 25, 2026

Trump fires NSF's oversight board | Science | AAAS https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Apr 20, 2026

Replying to @valenting@fosstodon.org

@valenting @jdm_ @servo don’t kink shame retrocomputing enthusiasts.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Apr 19, 2026

Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop

@cstross All those AI clusters will be able to do HPC for climate models and other kinds of simulation (their FP64 performance isn't that great, but the capacity deployed is unprecedented)

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Apr 18, 2026

Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop

@cstross the legendary Florida Man strikes again.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Apr 12, 2026

Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop

@cstross it's nice to know our species might survive after all.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Mar 10, 2026

Replying to @NanoRaptor__dup_1737@bitbang.social

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social I love it.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2026

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross that seems correct.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Feb 11, 2026

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Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross@wandering.shop as a descendant of a prominent Transylvanian family, I am deeply offended by the notion Peter Thiel could be a vampire. Thiel is a monster and a blood sucking parasite, but he's no vampire.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 23, 2026

Replying to @Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social

@Enema_Cowboy I usually love the creative abuse of technology, but I'm uncertain here.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 22, 2026

Replying to @Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social

@Enema_Cowboy I am very sorry for you. Isn't there a way to mechanically translate it to C# at least?

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 22, 2026

Replying to @Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social

@Enema_Cowboy I write mostly Python, so the good choice would be PyCharm (I actually have a license)

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 22, 2026

Replying to @edcrypt@mastodon.coffee

@edcrypt for the past few weeks I've been using EDIT.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 22, 2026

Replying to @Enema_Cowboy@dotnet.social

@Enema_Cowboy but then I'd need to write C#

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 22, 2026

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Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop

That's it. I'm going back to Emacs. Threat Actors Expand Abuse of Microsoft Visual Studio Code https://www.jamf.com/blog/threat-actors-expand-abuse-of-visual-studio-code/

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 20, 2026

Replying to @resuna@ohai.social

@resuna @mirabilos would you use different colors for the borders? I believe the challenge here is playing only with character geometry and not colors.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 17, 2026

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering https://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-rendering

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 14, 2026

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross@wandering.shop I like to hear "tories" and "wiped out" in the same phrase.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 09, 2026

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross@wandering.shop This might make me actually want to watch reality shows.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 05, 2026

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross@wandering.shop Women will save us all

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 02, 2026

Replying to @rhialto@oldbytes.space

@rhialto I thought it was "LIST". When did CMS get DIR? Is LIST an abbreviation of LISTFILES?

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Jan 02, 2026

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross@wandering.shop @pluralistic@mamot.fr I almost passed out laughing with "Dilbert Stark". Very well done!

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Dec 30, 2025

Boosted by

Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop

I finally decided to start my series of "fun things to do with Hercules" with a page on things to do with a VM370ce machine. Suggestions, corrections, and ideas of other fun things to do are more than welcome. The page is at https://github.com/rbanffy/vm370/wiki/fun-with-vm370

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Dec 29, 2025

Replying to @bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot

@bodhipaksa I used the built-in option. I'll try Ice Cubes.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Dec 29, 2025

Replying to @bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot

@bodhipaksa thank you - I was short on time. It'd be interesting to have some AI-based automation, as it might be more consistent as for the accessibility aspects and how screen readers would interpret it.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Dec 28, 2025

Boosted by

Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Dec 26, 2025

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross@wandering.shop This was peak usability: https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor/115777027891065543

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Dec 23, 2025

Replying to @mattblaze@federate.social

@mattblaze@federate.social @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange @cstross@wandering.shop @Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social I will wait for the first research papers on this to be published. There will be a lot of cutting-edge translator work being made - and a lot of new training data for better AI models.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Dec 23, 2025

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross@wandering.shop I think the goal is very aggressive, but they are planning to use AI heavily as a force multiplier. Consider this a research project in a real-life environment - they'll try to develop useful AI augmented workflows to help with the migration and make humans generate more training data until the AI is doing almost all the work correctly.

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Dec 21, 2025

Boosted by

Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop

New mathematical framework reshapes debate over simulation hypothesis | Santa Fe Institute https://www.santafe.edu/news-center/news/new-mathematical-framework-reshapes-debate-over-simulation-hypothesis

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Ricardo B�nffy @rbanffy@mastodon.social · Dec 21, 2025

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross@wandering.shop Nanoraptor is a treasure of humanity.

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Trump Media to sell fast feed of 'market-moving' posts to Wall Street

Competing speech streams are simultaneously represented in the human cortex during attention switchi

42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support—there are no 'bad guys' here, says financi

Story of Two GPUs: Characterizing the Resilience of Hopper H100 and Ampere A100 GPUs

Story of Two GPUs: Characterizing the Resilience of Hopper H100 and Ampere A100 GPUs

AI Self-preferencing in Algorithmic Hiring: Empirical Evidence and Insights

Add EBCDIC support to inspector by rbanffy · Pull Request #598 · microsoft/vscode-hexeditor

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