Norbert Preining
@npreining.bsky.social
Principal Software Engineer at arXiv.org
Mathematician, Logician, Computer Scientist, TeX Maniac, Linux Dev, Professional Mountain Guide
Mathematician, Logician, Computer Scientist, TeX Maniac, Linux Dev, Professional Mountain Guide
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With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.”
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October 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
With the passing of Jane Goodall today, we lost one of the most consequential voices in environmental science and animal behavior. In 2002, she said, “We have found that…there isn't a sharp line dividing humans from the rest of the animal kingdom.”
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When Values Eat Their Young: How Ideal-Driven Groups Drift into Their Own Shadow
thanks for writing this.
@debian.bsky.social you might want to try to read and understand ...
kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-...
thanks for writing this.
@debian.bsky.social you might want to try to read and understand ...
kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-...
When Values Eat Their Young: How Ideal-Driven Groups Drift into Their Own Shadow
Picture this: A Slack channel for an open-source project that prominently displays "Be excellent to each other" in its community guidelines. Six month
kennethreitz.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
When Values Eat Their Young: How Ideal-Driven Groups Drift into Their Own Shadow
thanks for writing this.
@debian.bsky.social you might want to try to read and understand ...
kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-...
thanks for writing this.
@debian.bsky.social you might want to try to read and understand ...
kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-...
Why on earth are SMS between Austria and Japan so unreliable??? It is 2025. My wild guess is of course Japan. Sunday out of order ...
September 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why on earth are SMS between Austria and Japan so unreliable??? It is 2025. My wild guess is of course Japan. Sunday out of order ...
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And for now, the Supreme Court has signed off on such dubious practices without an explanation. Every American, including those who want tougher enforcement of our immigration laws, should demand that ICE does its job in a way that protects the rights of all Americans.
Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And for now, the Supreme Court has signed off on such dubious practices without an explanation. Every American, including those who want tougher enforcement of our immigration laws, should demand that ICE does its job in a way that protects the rights of all Americans.
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Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
A U.S. Citizen Detained by ICE for Three Days Tells His Story
A conversation with George Retes, an Army veteran swept up in a California raid
www.theatlantic.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.
Wow ... that reads like the " History of #debian " in recent years - only that it is Nix
chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-nixos-...
> Meanwhile, the Nix moderation team became stuffed with ringers from the activism side [...] The moderation team became quite powerfully aligned with the activists...
chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-nixos-...
> Meanwhile, the Nix moderation team became stuffed with ringers from the activism side [...] The moderation team became quite powerfully aligned with the activists...
The NixOS Conflict in Under 5 Minutes
This is my effort to create a short summary of what has caused the Nix community to currently be in conflict.
chrismcdonough.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wow ... that reads like the " History of #debian " in recent years - only that it is Nix
chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-nixos-...
> Meanwhile, the Nix moderation team became stuffed with ringers from the activism side [...] The moderation team became quite powerfully aligned with the activists...
chrismcdonough.substack.com/p/the-nixos-...
> Meanwhile, the Nix moderation team became stuffed with ringers from the activism side [...] The moderation team became quite powerfully aligned with the activists...
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🗓️ The August 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.
Lots of pots are brewing in September...
Lots of pots are brewing in September...
🗓️ The July 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.
🗓️ The June 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.
September 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
🗓️ The August 2025 arXiv articles are now in ar5iv.
Lots of pots are brewing in September...
Lots of pots are brewing in September...
Germany and "Free Speech" - not a good combination lina.sh/blog/telefon...
A German ISP tampered with their DNS - specifically to sabotage my website
One of Germany's biggest ISPs changed how their DNS works, right after I exposed an organization that they’re part of.
lina.sh
August 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Germany and "Free Speech" - not a good combination lina.sh/blog/telefon...
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Exactly what a russian asset would do
August 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Exactly what a russian asset would do
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I wouldn’t say that open access has foundered. I think we’ll actually be very lucky if universities have the kind of success with language models that Cornell has had with the ArXiv. That’s arguably the most successful and influential publication venue in the world right now.
August 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I wouldn’t say that open access has foundered. I think we’ll actually be very lucky if universities have the kind of success with language models that Cornell has had with the ArXiv. That’s arguably the most successful and influential publication venue in the world right now.
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Uploaded (replaced) a paper to arXiv today for the first time in a while.. and discovered some new features! 🤩
✅ You can choose your compiler (incl. pdflatex)
✅ You can select the top-level TeX file
✅ There is a new "Review Files" stages that detects which files are unused!
🥰 and more: ... 1/3
✅ You can choose your compiler (incl. pdflatex)
✅ You can select the top-level TeX file
✅ There is a new "Review Files" stages that detects which files are unused!
🥰 and more: ... 1/3
June 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Uploaded (replaced) a paper to arXiv today for the first time in a while.. and discovered some new features! 🤩
✅ You can choose your compiler (incl. pdflatex)
✅ You can select the top-level TeX file
✅ There is a new "Review Files" stages that detects which files are unused!
🥰 and more: ... 1/3
✅ You can choose your compiler (incl. pdflatex)
✅ You can select the top-level TeX file
✅ There is a new "Review Files" stages that detects which files are unused!
🥰 and more: ... 1/3
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"War Is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength." -Orwell, 1984
June 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
"War Is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength." -Orwell, 1984
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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This image is now absolutely everywhere over European media lmao
June 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This image is now absolutely everywhere over European media lmao
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Hows them Trump/Kushner Middle East Peace Accords working out for ya? #Trump #Iran #Israel #iranisraelwar #JaredKushner #MiddleEast #War #Peace
April 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Hows them Trump/Kushner Middle East Peace Accords working out for ya? #Trump #Iran #Israel #iranisraelwar #JaredKushner #MiddleEast #War #Peace
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You'll also find a video that Recaps the entirety of TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY, the paid expansion DLC for Survival Mode.
youtu.be/7uTWSHWk2fo
youtu.be/7uTWSHWk2fo
TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY -- [Available Now!] -- Parts One to Six Recap
YouTube video by Hinterland
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 2:49 AM
You'll also find a video that Recaps the entirety of TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY, the paid expansion DLC for Survival Mode.
youtu.be/7uTWSHWk2fo
youtu.be/7uTWSHWk2fo
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RE: typesetting.
Wow.
I'm suddenly so sad that I was in Tokyo last month without knowing about the city's printing museum.
(Image enhanced from @npreining.bsky.social's blog, 2013)
Wow.
I'm suddenly so sad that I was in Tokyo last month without knowing about the city's printing museum.
(Image enhanced from @npreining.bsky.social's blog, 2013)
April 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
RE: typesetting.
Wow.
I'm suddenly so sad that I was in Tokyo last month without knowing about the city's printing museum.
(Image enhanced from @npreining.bsky.social's blog, 2013)
Wow.
I'm suddenly so sad that I was in Tokyo last month without knowing about the city's printing museum.
(Image enhanced from @npreining.bsky.social's blog, 2013)
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This post is for the night owls . . . #GivingDay is officially LIVE! 🦉🌜
The sun may not be up, but it's never too late (or too early) to support #openscience. And for the next 24 hours, our friends at @hf.co are DOUBLING your donations!
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The sun may not be up, but it's never too late (or too early) to support #openscience. And for the next 24 hours, our friends at @hf.co are DOUBLING your donations!
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March 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This post is for the night owls . . . #GivingDay is officially LIVE! 🦉🌜
The sun may not be up, but it's never too late (or too early) to support #openscience. And for the next 24 hours, our friends at @hf.co are DOUBLING your donations!
🤗❤️👉 https://givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/arxiv
The sun may not be up, but it's never too late (or too early) to support #openscience. And for the next 24 hours, our friends at @hf.co are DOUBLING your donations!
🤗❤️👉 https://givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/arxiv
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This is the way!
TeX is the way!
TeX is the way!
March 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is the way!
TeX is the way!
TeX is the way!
The New World Order: USA, Russia, Israel, North Korea, Sudan, Belarus, Hungary
What an apex of democratic dictator nations.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What an apex of democratic dictator nations.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US sides with Russia in UN resolutions on invasion of Ukraine
The UK and France abstain as the UN Security Council passes a text that does not criticise Moscow.
www.bbc.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The New World Order: USA, Russia, Israel, North Korea, Sudan, Belarus, Hungary
What an apex of democratic dictator nations.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What an apex of democratic dictator nations.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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