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Asheville Charlie<p>I was just reading something about ghosts and it dawned on me that.. ya never see people finding ghosts that speak other languages.. and.. statistically speaking.. that's pretty unlikely..</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deepthoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepthoughts</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>Somebody stole the hamburglar toy at work. </p><p>Burgleception</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Peter West Carey<p>Is It An Aerial Photo When It Is This High?</p><p>Coming up with titles is sometimes hard. My brain's not awake right now. Sorry.</p><p>From the lovely fields north of Santa Barbara toward Solvang in California.</p><p><a href="https://thecareyadventures.com/blog/is-it-an-aerial-photo-when-it-is-this-high/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thecareyadventures.com/blog/is</span><span class="invisible">-it-an-aerial-photo-when-it-is-this-high/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AerialPhoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AerialPhoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NorthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PhotoOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Randomness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/aerial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aerial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AerialPhoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AerialPhoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CommercialCrops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommercialCrops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PhotoOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SantaBarbaraCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SantaBarbaraCounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Philo Sophies<p>Guest article by Dr. <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/Bernhard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bernhard</span></a> <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/We%C3%9Fling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weßling</span></a>: “<a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/Origin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Origin</span></a> of <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a>, <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a>, <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crises</span></a> and <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a>”</p><p>I like to put the <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/theses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theses</span></a> contained in his new book up for <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discussion</span></a> on my <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> blog. That's why I'm now looking forward to possible, even “coincidental” <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/resonances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resonances</span></a> and look forward to numerous <a href="https://earthstream.social/tags/comments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comments</span></a> on the topic.</p><p>More at: <a href="https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">philosophies.de/index.php/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/</span></a></p><p>or: <a href="https://www.bernhard-wessling.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bernhard-wessling.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Philo Sophies<p>Guest article by Dr. <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Bernhard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bernhard</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/We%C3%9Fling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weßling</span></a>: “<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Origin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Origin</span></a> of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/crises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crises</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a>”</p><p>I like to put the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/theses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theses</span></a> contained in his new book up for <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discussion</span></a> on my <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> blog. That's why I'm now looking forward to possible, even “coincidental” <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/resonances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resonances</span></a> and look forward to numerous <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/comments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comments</span></a> on the topic.</p><p>More at: <a href="https://philosophies.de/index.php/2025/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">philosophies.de/index.php/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/16/zufall-krisen-zeit/</span></a></p><p>or: <a href="https://www.bernhard-wessling.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bernhard-wessling.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>Somebody at work keeps getting happy meals and leaving the toys around and I don't mind lol</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worklife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worklife</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
LeonianUniverse😁<p>I thought about starting an <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Onlyfans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Onlyfans</span></a>, but seeing as I am not tall in the slightest at 5 foot 3 inches (160CM for the Europeans out there), nor am I muscular and am indeed a Mage in appearance having vertually almost no visible muscular structure of any sort, I don't think I will do it mostly because even though I am well-endowed as a man, I don't think it will make up for the rest of the mage-like form that I have. <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/FridayThoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FridayThoughts</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Randomness</span></a> <a href="https://caneandable.social/tags/Lewd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lewd</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>It appears reinforcements have arrived</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worklife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worklife</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/gaia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tippingpoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tippingpoint</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/blackswan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackswan</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/breakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breakdown</span></a> Have we just witnessed or witnessing one of those <a href="https://mas.to/tags/seismic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seismic</span></a> and totally <a href="https://mas.to/tags/random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>random</span></a> events that really do change the course of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>. It does kind of have that feel, but I've never lived through one before. ✊ 😎 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
JamalThe human condition.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/humans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humans</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/randomness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#randomness</a>
JamalNothing is more damaging than clinging to an identity. Any identity.<br> <br> Laugh now. Laugh later 😁<br> <br> Italy 2024<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/randomness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#randomness</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/italy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#italy</a>
JamalLife's too short to be taken seriously. Just smile and wave 🤠<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/randomness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#randomness</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spain?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spain</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a>
Asheville Charlie<p>Because why not</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>Randomly continuing my thoughts from 3am...</p><p>I want to trade this life for fortune and fame I'd even cut my hair and change my name..</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vaguepost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaguepost</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Knowledge Zone<p>What is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Randomness</span></a>: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mathematical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mathematical</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Scientific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientific</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Epistemological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epistemological</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dimensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dimensions</span></a> : Medium</p><p>Years After the Early <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Death</span></a> of a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genius</span></a>, Her <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ideas</span></a> Gain New <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> : Quanta Mag</p><p>Is there really a difference between <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Male" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Male</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Female" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Female</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brains</span></a>? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Emerging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emerging</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> is revealing the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Answer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Answer</span></a>. : Live Sci</p><p>Check our latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeLinks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/resources/</span><span class="invisible">bookmarks</span></a></p>
HoldMyType<p>Blazingly slow</p><p>🙏 Perfectly uniform distributions if you believe in it</p><p>🚀 Impure, unreproducible, and indeterministic</p><p>🔒 Cryptographically secure, perchance, I think?</p><p>⚡ Significantly more efficient than all known alternatives</p><p>Why ll you want something diagonally opposite to the goals of nix ?<br>__ <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/nix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nix</span></a><br>- rand-nix: github</p>
Asheville Charlie<p>So.. I guess if they're eating employees you need to keep track of it..🤪</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Jake in the desert<p>Fellow agnostics, freaks and weirdos rejoice-- loving uncertainty can have psychological benefits. Open-mindedness, trying weird shit, etc. Things I'm a big fan of</p><p><a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/learning-to-love-uncertainty-may-have-psychological-benefits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">discovermagazine.com/mind/lear</span><span class="invisible">ning-to-love-uncertainty-may-have-psychological-benefits</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/BeAlgorithmicallyIncoherent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeAlgorithmicallyIncoherent</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uncertainty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uncertainty</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/weirdness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weirdness</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a></p>
Asheville Charlie<p>Asheville Charlie's <br>Adulting Index</p><p>0-25 <br>It's ok, you needed a break </p><p>30-50<br>That'll do..</p><p>55+<br>Ice cream time </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adulting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adulting</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a></p>
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@CptSuperlative" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CptSuperlative</span></a></span> On randomness, <em>still</em> my favourite article of the past two decades, "If you can't choose wisely, choose randomly", by Michael Schulson:</p><blockquote><p>As moderns, we take it for granted that the best decisions stem from a process of empirical analysis and informed choice, with a clear goal in mind. That kind of decision-making, at least in theory, undergirds the ways that we choose political leaders, play the stock market, and select candidates for schools and jobs. It also shapes the way in which we critique the rituals and superstitions of others. But, as the Kantu’ illustrate, there are plenty of situations when random chance really is your best option.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-choose-wisely-choose-randomly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-ch</span><span class="invisible">oose-wisely-choose-randomly</span></a></p><p>Much more, and apparently heavy reliance on a couple of books I'd still like to read, by Michael Dove, Michael Stone's <em>The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making</em>, Robert Finlay's <em>Politics in Renaissance Venice</em>, and a few others. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fire.asta.lgbt/@aud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aud</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/MichaelSchulson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSchulson</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/randomness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>randomness</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/sortition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sortition</span></a></p>
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