IBM to offer access to a dual-processor quantum system in 2027
The company plans on linking two 520-qubit chips before next year is over.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/11/ibm-to-offer-access-to-a-dual-processor-quantum-system-in-2027/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
I wouldn't dare post Run Around... that song is such an earworm and so overplayed I probably wouldn't be able to get it out of my head for days
The youtube stream this generated is really reminding me I'm from a different generation... like, Blues Traveler? I'm sure most young people have never heard of them. But in the 90's they were so big https://youtu.be/pdz5kCaCRFM?si=euZzAqYYi1GB1k-p
11/11/2026I can't help but laugh at the people who say "I don't care if the code is bad or slopped, so long as what I interact with looks & feels good" - my dude, you're obviously the kind of person who is to blame for almost all consumer products getting worse by the year; shiny outsides and fragile garbage inside. The bits you can't see *matter*, it's how the product works & how long it lasts! Personally I always try to buy things where people paid attention to the bits you don't see
The mysterious entrance.
Léon Benett, from "The Begum's fortune" by Jules Verne, Philadelphia: n.d. #illustration #art https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/mysterious-entrance/
More nostalgia: https://youtu.be/VUb450Alpps?si=Pc-sa3nqHYuaJGDI
11/11/2026Die FAZ ist immer wieder erstaunlich. Die müssen dort irsinnig viel Geld bekommen für die ganzen KI/AI booster posts. Da vergeht kein Tag ohne 1 bis 2 pro-AI Artikel
Toyota resurrects Scion... with right-hand drive Kei trucks
Does this herald the start of a small car revolution, or is it a meaningless distraction?
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/11/toyota-resurrects-scion-with-right-hand-drive-kei-trucks/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
11/11/2026RE: https://mastodon.social/@danigm/117594636540457349
it's so cunning. "helping out" by making public a "security issue" (coin toss if it's valid, you figure it out lulz) and blackmailing you into free labour+advertising for them.
Born #onthisday in 1821, Fyodor Dostoevsky. Celebrate with a look at his 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥 birth, how he survived the pantomime of his own execution to be “reborn into a new form” — @alex_christofi with a “reconstructed memoir” https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/reborn-into-a-new-form
I don't understand what the big deal is, they'll just replace Jensen Huang with AI, right?
11/11/2026AI companies want to convince us their products can do anything, so they obscure the millions of data workers who *actually* power their "AI" tools.
But data workers are pushing back. They’re stepping out of the shadows, speaking out, and organizing.
Join our launch event, hosted by data workers themselves, to learn more.
Register on Zoom: https://bit.ly/4sNfI3m
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11/11/2026I'm not old enough for this, but am I right in assuming that mobile operating systems kinda killed bookmarks? On the desktop, bookmarks make a lot of sense because everything has a website, but once websites are moved to apps you're kinda moving the paradigm to in-app bookmarks instead.
Actually, now that I'm looking at the sidebar of my Mastodon instance while typing this, I'm also seeing a "Bookmarks" page. Did we go full circle where web-apps now also have internal bookmarks? Makes you think huh.
11/11/2026We are tracking the current Ubuntu outage here:
https://ifin.network/t/ubuntu-sites-are-down/979
If you have information, please consider sharing!
Very soon the UK internet will have banned everything except one website with a picture of the flag and the words "God Save the K▮ng" (censored because it might be construed as a reference to drag kings)
brings up a lot of memories... in my late teens I was planning to move to Portland before I ended up moving to Tulsa... I can't imagine what a different path that would have been
Man, this song came up the other day, and honestly I don't think I've heard it in 20 years... woke up with it in my head this morning. It hits really hard right now https://youtu.be/MUfgAbFY4CA?si=wYi9UqEciqB5zecH
And if this is the first time you've heard of iPhanpy, here's a helpful link to check it out: https://apps.apple.com/app/iphanpy-for-mastodon/id6755365082
