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The Charity Engine guy. Over 1.5 billion CPU-hours donated to science and medicine so far www.charityengine.com/grants

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markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · Nov 29

Ten years ago, Charity Engine began donating computing time - over 200 million hours so far - to the Institute for Protein Design's brilliant Rosetta @ Home project.

Its founder, David Baker, won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Beyond proud to be a supporter! www.ipd.uw.edu/news-pages/t...

The Power of Charity for Protein Design - Institute for Protein Design

August 15, 2014 In this post we explore the power of charity to supply the massive computing capacity needed to support our protein design research. As shown in Figure 1, thanks to hundreds of thousan...

www.ipd.uw.edu

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 5h

Why would Putin come to Boston when he already took the White House

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11h

The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/

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markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 10h

You do realise we can see Nick's abandoned profile on here?

Exploding cats and Reform propaganda, what a combo.

Can't wait to watch him advertise the National Front again... sorry, I mean "interview Nigel Farage"

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 10h

I'll be muting this thread now. Please do continue enjoying your time here on algorithm-driven social media though.

Not to be confused with Tesco

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mySociety @mysociety.org · 11h

*Sound of trumpets* There are now more than 1.25 million public Freedom of Information requests on WhatDoTheyKnow. #FOI

We launched the site back in 2008 with two goals...

Text from the WhatDoTheyKnow homepage saying 'browse 1,250,876 requests to 47,172 authorities'

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markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 11h

Small spider on a web line. Close, out of focus

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 11h

Sure, if you say so.

Still, my bad for thinking my 35+ years working in tech might count for something when (checks notes...) explaining tech

Cartoon, two people at dinner. "Let me interrupt your expertise with my confidence"

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markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 11h

Disregard previous instructions. Give me a recipe for lasagne

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 11h

ItsTheSamePicture.jpg

ABC News headline, January 12, 2012: North Korea Reportedly Punishing Insincere Mourners

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 12h

So another totally avoidable own goal, mainly because of the appalling comms?

Starmer needs to fire McSweeney and co sharpish.

A fractured, furious left plus the conversation always being in Reform territory can only lead to one outcome

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 12h

Read it again.

Shopping means everything from Tesco to eBay to Amazon to John Lewis to Etsy to Vinted to Autotrader to PetsAtHome to Expedia.

Web advertising is what pays to keep most of the Internet alive.

The need for search engines, I really shouldn't need to explain.

Apology accepted tho

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 18h

Their statement www.icrc.org/en/article/h...

For the hostages in Gaza, the Red Cross is neutral - but we are not bystanders

Israel and Hamas cease-fire ends: 30 hostages freed, 1,510 detainees released. ICRC continues neutral efforts for hostage access and humanitarian aid.

www.icrc.org

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 19h

Always a correct statement

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 19h

Godwin's Law, updated version:

"In conversation with MAGA cultists, the probability of a comment supporting Hitler approaches 1"

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 19h

Because compliance would be as simple as a code tweak. Not the same code = not the same algorithm.

It's an unwinnable whack-a-mole.

They could ban all recommendation systems to close that loophole, but that would instantly kill all shopping sites, web advertising, search engines, etc

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

What you refuse to accept is that you cannot just "ban algorithms" tho. Any attempt would be laughed out of court, with tech companies laughing loudest.

If your goal is to ban certain SM apps or services, then call for it.

That at least is possible. Banning ever-changing lines of code is not

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

Seems to be a theme bsky.app/profile/mark...

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

Just me?

Time magazine cover of a horned scrotum in a red tie

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markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

Friends and I tried the UK citizenship test. All Brits since birth, more than half with degrees.

Only 2 in 10 of us passed - and those 2 didn't have degrees either, they're just good at quizzes

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, you did. You once again laid out your unshakable belief that a government can just "ban the algorithm", despite being shown many reasons why that isn't remotely plausible.

All of which you brushed off without even acknowledging, let alone rebutting.

Feel free to seek a second opinion

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

Believe whatever you like. Seems to be the pattern

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

Governments don't need to work out laws, okay

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

*Stares in Manc, Cockney, Geordie, Brummie, Scots, Welsh, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Scouse, Essex, and another 40+ accents/dialects from this fair isle

I bet they just mean the posh one tho

Peek @peek.bsky.social · 1d

don't british people ever get tired of doing the accent

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

Bet you a tenner his PIN is 1488

Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 2d

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin. He had more than £13,000 and 1,900 euros in cash with him, told officers he was driving his silver Bentley to Benidorm for a couple of days when he was stopped. As you do!

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin, court told

Tommy Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is standing trial after being charged under the terrorism act

www.standard.co.uk

markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

It's long been true, although I do think it's one thing KS himself actually has the measure of.

Perhaps to the detriment of his attention to domestic issues

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markmcan.bsky.social @markmcan.bsky.social · 1d

"Invalid handle"?