X.Org Server’s “Master” Branch Now Closed With Cleaned Up State On “Main”
This Valentine’s Day there is a lot of red on the screen for the X.Org Server with the code delta as a result of renaming of their main Git development branch and in the process selectively dropping questionable patches to the prior “master” codebase… ⌘ Read more

tch, “loss of functionality”, talking to a native Delta Chat user isn’t that hard

I was spared the use of chatmail relay Python thing for Delta Chat, and rightfully enough, my mail server is confused

** Delta chatting **
I’m trying out delta chat. If that’s your jam, feel free to say“hi.” ⌘ Read more

1.5x to 2.2x GB/s decoding throughput for delta, delta-of-delta and xor-with-previous codes
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@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz I have absolutely no idea, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it uses the closest full image after your cut point and not the one before. Hence, the deltas between the two full images have nothing to really refer to. So, the video player just shows the first full image it finds and “freezes” the image until the video stream actually hits it.

Let me try to visualize it, | represent full images, . just subsequent deltas:

Original start of video
↓
|......|.....|........|......|..
   ↑                      ↑
   Cut point      Cut point

Resulting video:

   ....|.....|........|....
   ↑↑↑↑
   This is where it freezes         

Could be complete bullshit, though. Wouldn’t be the first time that I’m wrong. :-)

I’m just curious, what exact command line do you use to cut the video?

Simplifying and Isolating Failure-Inducing Input (Delta Debugging)
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Priced out of Hong Kong, young home buyers look to Greater Bay Area for space and value
Twenty-five years after the handover, home ownership in Hong Kong is further out of reach than ever for first-time buyers, some of whom are finding value in Dongguan and other cities in the Pearl River Delta. ⌘ Read more

US urged to plan minelaying campaign to halt mainland Chinese attack on Taiwan
A US navy commander suggests that laying mines in the Yellow Sea and Pearl River Delta could help bring Beijing to the negotiating table. ⌘ Read more

China manufacturing: fresh lay-offs in the Pearl River Delta add to worries over economic slowdown
In the Pearl River Delta, factories are laying off workers and young people are struggling to find casual jobs as China’s export machine slows amid multiple headwinds. ⌘ Read more

of course I try to be hot, but within reason — I don’t want the playing field to be the Kronecker delta

Phew the weather here keeps oscillating. 3-5C deltas every day.

Bad idea of the day: Replace each word with another with maximum delta in word vector space but minimum edit distance, or vice versa. Tune weights until result is interesting.

Bad idea of the day: a full-sized hand crank on the side of your keyboard that acts as a scrollwheel with large (page per click) delta

Band name of the day: they crave those deltas

How does #delta seperates their chat mails from my other mails? Does it show me all new mails as chat messages?