The Simplest Math Problem No One Can Solve - Collatz Conjecture
posted to MetaFilter by Bottlecap at 10:13 PM on November 11, 2022 (33 comments)

Gallagher has passed. Comedian Gallagher, who tormented audiences with smashed fruit through many years, has passed. After making a solid career working his same act over and over again, then becoming a mean, right wing crank, he has died. "And there was much rejoicing".
posted to MetaFilter by Windopaene at 10:22 AM on November 11, 2022 (77 comments)

Kevin Conroy, known for his iconic performance as the Caped Crusader over a range of media starting with Batman: The Animated Series, has passed away at the age of 66.
posted to MetaFilter by NoxAeternum at 8:41 AM on November 11, 2022 (62 comments)

As Avenue 5 celebrates the birth of a space baby, Ryan and Billie try to identify the source of an incessant beeping, and Judd shares his latest grand idea at Karen's passenger-crew liaison meeting. In the nation's capital, Rav appeals to the President for rescue funds but, in exchange, is faced with an ethical dilemma.
posted to FanFare by filthy light thief at 5:16 AM on March 17, 2020

Leaks are closed, heroes are celebrated (and ignored), and a comedian is anxious. It's the halfway home party! Well, it would be, if ....
posted to FanFare by filthy light thief at 8:48 AM on February 18, 2020 (16 comments)

With Judd worried about his reputation, Iris arranges a meet-and-greet with several passengers in his luxury suite. Ryan and Billie bond with the engineers, before Ryan steps up and to earn the title Mr. Wetsuit. Matt encourages Frank to become the man he always wanted to be. "Fly safe!" "Fly drunk!"
posted to FanFare by filthy light thief at 11:08 AM on February 12, 2020 (3 comments)

With Avenue 5 staff slacking in their customer service, Ryan offers Karen the opportunity to channel her unique talent for speaking the passengers' language. Judd outlines a new plan and tasks Iris with organizing an effort to raise the money to fund it. Rav endures a barrage of messages from the ship and handles an unruly press conference. "Oh, come on. My door's always broken."
posted to FanFare by filthy light thief at 11:02 AM on February 12, 2020 (1 comment)

A group of people without a lot in common--only some of them are super, only a couple are friends--are asked to get together to deal with the oldest one's brother, who has stolen a cube.
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 11:15 AM on November 6, 2022 (4 comments)

Are you on twitter? What decisions have you made about your non-twitter social media? I am especially interested in replies from people who are Really On Twitter so it's not just a matter of spending a bit more time on Instagram instead.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Frowner at 6:51 AM on November 8, 2022 (42 comments)

Want to hate Tetris, or for Tetris to hate you? The answer may be Hatetris (which you can play here), an adversarial Tetris game (by MeFi's Own qntm) that tries to serve you the worst possible pieces you could ever not hope for. Here's a detailed writeup of understanding and breaking the high score record by David & Filipe, who just shattered their previous record with 148 whole points.
posted to MetaFilter by cortex at 1:45 PM on November 6, 2022 (22 comments)

A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.
posted to FanFare by Carillon at 12:22 AM on November 6, 2022 (4 comments)

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
posted to FanFare by Carillon at 12:22 AM on November 6, 2022 (12 comments)

Right now, Metafilter has two major costs. One is people time, mostly for moderation, along with a single part time developer. The people time, of course, is what makes Metafilter Metafilter. We want MORE people time, not less. The other is hosting costs. This, to me, is where the lowest hanging fruit is, because there is not a single member who will be sad if we send less money to Jeff Bezos every month. This is a thread for thinking about how to reduce AWS hosting costs in the timescale of days to weeks while retaining the existing code base and maintaining existing functionality.
posted to MetaTalk by rockindata at 5:20 AM on November 6, 2022 (42 comments)

"I spent the last couple weeks finally tackling a project I've put off for years: finishing a stained glass menorah project my grandfather started decades ago and left incomplete when he died." -- by Metafilter's own Josh Millard. (Related Twitter thread) [via mefi projects]
posted to MetaFilter by bondcliff at 1:21 PM on November 3, 2022 (33 comments)

It’s Metafilter’s annual fundraiser! Contributions from the community keep the lights on, and we’ve been asking you to help fund Metafilter. Here’s an update on MeTa about our first week of fundraising.
posted to MetaFilter by tavegyl at 12:35 PM on November 2, 2022 (19 comments)

Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve
posted to MetaFilter by Tom Hanks Cannot Be Trusted at 11:24 AM on November 2, 2022 (153 comments)

In preparation for the 2022 Fundraising Drive, the MetaFilter Steering Committee has been trawling through the site’s finances and fundraising history. Here’s what we’ve found - and why we’re asking you to contribute to funding the site.
posted to MetaTalk by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 12:10 PM on November 2, 2022 (166 comments)

Traveling to Detroit for a job interview, Tess (Georgina Campbell) books a rental home. But when she arrives late at night, she discovers that the house is double booked and a strange man (Bill Skarsgård) is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to spend the evening, but soon discovers that there's a lot more to fear than just an unexpected house guest.
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 12:39 PM on September 10, 2022 (22 comments)

Flynne and Wilf seek Aelita; Burton addresses a new threat.
posted to FanFare by Zonker at 4:59 PM on October 28, 2022 (15 comments)

@elonmusk says he has "bought Twitter" in a message to advertisers and that he hopes the site doesn't "become a free-for-all-hellscape". However, according to the Guardian, "despite his use of the past tense, he did not legally own Twitter at the time of the post" although "the final paperwork is expected to be completed on Friday afternoon". It's also not certain if a specific former President's banned account will be allowed to return to the site, an event the WSJ calls "a red-line for some brands".
posted to MetaFilter by autopilot at 9:19 AM on October 27, 2022 (1538 comments)

Mercenaries raid the family home. Seeking answers, Flynne returns to the headset and learns it is not a game ...
posted to FanFare by Zonker at 4:33 PM on October 21, 2022 (20 comments)

The Misremembered History Of The Internet’s Funniest Buzzer-Beater. Brian Feldman published an investigation into the origins of a classic viral video, identifying the kid knocked down by an errant full-court shot and talking to him years later. But then he kept digging—and ultimately revealed that memories, even when they're broadcast on national TV, can be faulty.
posted to MetaFilter by thecaddy at 7:53 PM on October 19, 2022 (13 comments)

Animator Mike Salcedo had created a project to animate the alphabet one letter a day in February - a project that got a bit out of hand. But it seemed like it was incomplete - until now.
posted to MetaFilter by NoxAeternum at 2:54 PM on October 23, 2022 (3 comments)

Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis (Bruce Campbell) as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then missed his chance to switch back. He must team up with JFK (Ossie Davis) and fight an ancient Egyptian mummy for the souls of their fellow residents.
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 8:40 AM on October 22, 2022 (10 comments)

Stuck in a small town without many prospects, Flynne Fisher is a brilliant gamer who works a dead end job to support her veteran brother and ailing mother. When her brother enlists her help playing an advanced video game known as a SIM , Flynne sees something she shouldn't, bringing real life danger to the family's doorstep.
posted to FanFare by Zonker at 4:32 PM on October 21, 2022 (25 comments)

Left heartbroken after Romeo begins to pursue her cousin Juliet, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy in this comedic twist of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
posted to FanFare by edencosmic at 5:58 PM on October 18, 2022 (5 comments)

A new street drug that sends its users across time and dimensions has one drawback: some people return as no longer human. Can two college dropouts save humankind from this silent, otherworldly invasion?
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 10:09 PM on July 29, 2014 (23 comments)

Janine is thrilled to help introduce a new beverage to the cafeteria, but it ends up causing unexpected consequences; Melissa clashes with her new aide, Ashley, who brings more disruption than help to the classroom.
posted to FanFare by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 8:47 PM on October 20, 2022 (7 comments)

A sequel to 2380's smash hit Crisis Point: The Rise of Vindicta, and this time... Boimler's directing! (I think that Boimler and Mariner have it in their contracts that they get equal time, or something.)
posted to FanFare by Halloween Jack at 9:11 AM on October 13, 2022 (12 comments)

What it says on the tin.
posted to MetaFilter by humbug at 6:16 AM on October 20, 2022 (357 comments)

As Avenue 5 sails on, there's optimism! And coordination! And a memorial. And advocacy. And marital counseling.
posted to FanFare by filthy light thief at 7:26 AM on January 30, 2020 (9 comments)

Space captain Ryan Clark of the Avenue 5 tries to get along with others in the space tourism industry. (HBO US broadcast premiere)
posted to FanFare by oh yeah! at 6:23 AM on January 20, 2020 (20 comments)

I HEAR THE BLUES A-KILLIN' (or: Frasier Meets Columbo), a 16-page comic by Joe Chouinard.
posted to MetaFilter by Pope Guilty at 1:23 PM on October 18, 2022 (18 comments)

Whisper, from OpenAI, is an open source tool you can run on your own computer that "approaches human level robustness and accuracy on English speech recognition"; "Moreover, it enables transcription in multiple languages, as well as translation from those languages into English." Instructions on how to download, install, and run it. (I have successfully used Whisper and the results were very good. However, it is not fast enough to run during recording of an interview and give you live captions/transcripts; it runs after the fact, on already-recorded audio.)
posted to MetaFilter by brainwane at 10:58 AM on October 13, 2022 (60 comments)

A TikTok by Alex Falcone
posted to MetaFilter by chavenet at 7:52 AM on October 17, 2022 (25 comments)

Someone improved my code by 40,832,277,770% - YouTube. A month of Python runtime down to 500 milliseconds. And it's Wordle! Which isn't as new as you think. It's a Matt Parker thing.
posted to MetaFilter by zengargoyle at 2:00 AM on October 17, 2022 (29 comments)

The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
posted to FanFare by DirtyOldTown at 2:09 PM on December 26, 2021 (8 comments)

After a longtime tourist attraction is compromised, the mayor of a seaside town is approached by Renaldo to create another; Tico eyes a fortuitous partnership after running into Renaldo's favorite director in Los Angeles.
posted to FanFare by the primroses were over at 2:58 PM on June 30, 2019 (13 comments)

A mysterious woman enlists Los Espookys to frighten five people vying to win a millionaire's fortune by staying through the night at his "haunted" mansion; a case of mistaken identity lands Tico in the spotlight of the art world.
posted to FanFare by the primroses were over at 4:17 PM on June 25, 2019 (2 comments)

In the series premiere of a primarily Spanish language comedy (with English subtitles), 4 friends use their love of horror to start a business.
posted to FanFare by the primroses were over at 6:54 PM on June 17, 2019 (9 comments)

When Gregory sends a disruptive student to Principal Ava's office, he learns that the students like spending time with Ava. Meanwhile, Melissa invites Janine over so she can learn how to cook, but Janine is hoping that Melissa and her sister can reunite.
posted to FanFare by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 11:57 PM on October 13, 2022 (4 comments)

How Quincy M.E. Changed Medical History For decades, Americans suffering from ‘orphan diseases’ struggled to get their voice heard. Then Pete and Jack Klugman used TV to make the world listen. - Medium article by John Bull, ht to altamira16 who recommended it to me.
posted to MetaFilter by dorothyisunderwood at 8:19 PM on October 14, 2022 (27 comments)

Earlier this week Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage to demonstrate that avatars would no longer be mere floating torsos, but would soon have legs. It was a very weird video existing in a very weird space. Zuckerberg was clearly seen jumping around in the video, giving everyone an early look at the tech. Or was he?
posted to MetaFilter by AlSweigart at 5:45 PM on October 13, 2022 (86 comments)

This will appear on the front page. #META She-Hulk smashes the MCU.
posted to FanFare by crossoverman at 2:17 AM on October 13, 2022 (63 comments)

How do you work through issues of parental abandonment, career failure, collapsing relationships, insecurity, and other traumas? If you're Rachel Bloom, Paul Reiser, Judy Greer, Johnny Knoxville and Keegan-Michael Key, you reboot an old sitcom, but make it edgy.
posted to FanFare by sardonyx at 6:25 PM on October 2, 2022 (19 comments)

After 33 years, Fletch gets a reboot, now 100% less Chevy Chase. Jon Hamm takes on the lead role with support from Roy Wood, Jr., Kyle MacLachlan, Marcia Gay Harden and John Slattery. Directed by Greg Mottola (Superbad).
posted to FanFare by wabbittwax at 3:26 PM on September 19, 2022 (16 comments)

A travelling storytelling troupe Jacob used to be in visits Abbott Elementary for a day of education and entertainment; Melissa struggles with the new normal of her combined second and third grade class.
posted to FanFare by the primroses were over at 8:45 AM on October 9, 2022 (6 comments)

Ten years ago this day, Mr. Autumn Man strode forth from the pages of The Onion. Earlier this year, Erik Adams reflected on his biggest claim to fame: being the face of Mr. Autumn Man.
posted to MetaFilter by Hypatia at 9:54 AM on October 10, 2022 (14 comments)

The Smiths dine at their favorite Chinese restaurant and read their fortune cookies aloud; pretty normal stuff, until Jerry reads his.
posted to FanFare by Etrigan at 11:08 AM on October 7, 2022 (5 comments)

How Literal Fuck Hats Saved the Peregrine Falcon
posted to MetaFilter by oulipian at 1:43 PM on October 8, 2022 (43 comments)