{"generator":"GNU social 1.2.0-beta5","title":"Conversation","totalItems":6,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/index.php\/user\/157720","displayName":"Alexandre Oliva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-original-20211226170717.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-original-20211226170717.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-48-20211226171037.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-24-20211226173856.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"25805"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-original-20211226170717.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Free Software, GNU, FSFLA, 0G, Linux-libre, GCC, glibc, Libre-SOC, AdaCore","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/lxo","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"lxo","displayName":"Alexandre Oliva","note":"Free Software, GNU, FSFLA, 0G, Linux-libre, GCC, glibc, Libre-SOC, AdaCore","addresses":{"formatted":"Campinas, SP, Brazil"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"https:\/\/www.fsfla.org\/~lxoliva\/","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"heh, you've just beaten me at pedantry. I should have written mass rather than weight. still, you're right, there are various ways to change weight or mass. but there was no movement involved, the ball just got heavier or lighter, without any changes to size or speed, as you held it while pressing one of its buttons. I supposed it was modeled after e.g. https:\/\/produto.mercadolivre.com.br\/MLB-1240985918-medicine-ball-de-couro-de-1-kg-pista-e-campo-_JM<\/a> (this is not a recommendation, but there are pictures that may give you a clue of how it's supposed to be used), but I don't recall the looks any more; I watched Eureka several years ago. I guess the inspiration was from weight-lifting equipment that can have weight settings modified, but those invariably involve adding or removing actual weights","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-26:noticeId=10192099:objectType=note","object":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-26:noticeId=10192099:objectType=note","objectType":"note","content":"heh, you've just beaten me at pedantry. I should have written mass rather than weight. still, you're right, there are various ways to change weight or mass. but there was no movement involved, the ball just got heavier or lighter, without any changes to size or speed, as you held it while pressing one of its buttons. I supposed it was modeled after e.g. https:\/\/produto.mercadolivre.com.br\/MLB-1240985918-medicine-ball-de-couro-de-1-kg-pista-e-campo-_JM<\/a> (this is not a recommendation, but there are pictures that may give you a clue of how it's supposed to be used), but I don't recall the looks any more; I watched Eureka several years ago. I guess the inspiration was from weight-lifting equipment that can have weight settings modified, but those invariably involve adding or removing actual weights","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/notice\/10192099","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"tag:gs.jonkman.ca,2021-10-26:noticeId=1084716:objectType=note","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/notice\/1084716"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/user\/2"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=5b199b655914bbde","conversation_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/conversation\/6080826","notice_info":{"local_id":"1084718","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2021-10-26T08:01:22+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Jonkman Microblog","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/notice\/10192099"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/user\/2","displayName":"Bob Jonkman","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-300-20170904114939.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":300,"height":300},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-96-20170904114939.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-48-20170904122929.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-24-20170904122929.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"2"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-96-20170904114939.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Computer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administrator\u2026\nVolunteer at Radio Waterloo\nCo-founder of http:\/\/kwvoip.ca\nGnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/BobJonkmanGreen","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/bobjonkman","followers":{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/bobjonkman\/subscribers"},"portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"bobjonkman","displayName":"Bob Jonkman","note":"Computer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administrator\u2026\nVolunteer at Radio Waterloo\nCo-founder of http:\/\/kwvoip.ca\nGnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/BobJonkmanGreen","addresses":{"formatted":"Elmira, Ontario, Canada"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/bob.jonkman.ca\/blogs","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"Even with mass-energy equivalency, it is much easier to change mass into energy than the other way around. But as far as changing an object's *weight* by pressing a button, that should be possible. Weight is dependent on both on the mass and distance separating two (or more) objects, or the acceleration of an object. If pressing the button initiates something to accelerate that object away from another object then its weight will change...
(Note: Pedantic me has not yet watched Eureka, so I don't know how this weight-changing object is used)","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:web","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"web"}},"id":"tag:gs.jonkman.ca,2021-10-26:noticeId=1084716:objectType=note","object":{"id":"tag:gs.jonkman.ca,2021-10-26:noticeId=1084716:objectType=note","objectType":"note","content":"Even with mass-energy equivalency, it is much easier to change mass into energy than the other way around. But as far as changing an object's *weight* by pressing a button, that should be possible. Weight is dependent on both on the mass and distance separating two (or more) objects, or the acceleration of an object. If pressing the button initiates something to accelerate that object away from another object then its weight will change...
\n(Note: Pedantic me has not yet watched Eureka, so I don't know how this weight-changing object is used)","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/notice\/1084716","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-25:noticeId=10190904:objectType=note","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/notice\/10190904"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/index.php\/user\/157720"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=5b199b655914bbde","conversation_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/conversation\/6080826","notice_info":{"local_id":"1084716","source":"web"}},"published":"2021-10-26T04:47:50+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Jonkman Microblog","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/notice\/1084716"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/user\/2","displayName":"Bob Jonkman","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-300-20170904114939.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":300,"height":300},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-96-20170904114939.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-48-20170904122929.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-24-20170904122929.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"2"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/2-96-20170904114939.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Computer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administrator\u2026\nVolunteer at Radio Waterloo\nCo-founder of http:\/\/kwvoip.ca\nGnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/BobJonkmanGreen","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/bobjonkman","followers":{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/bobjonkman\/subscribers"},"portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"bobjonkman","displayName":"Bob Jonkman","note":"Computer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administrator\u2026\nVolunteer at Radio Waterloo\nCo-founder of http:\/\/kwvoip.ca\nGnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/BobJonkmanGreen","addresses":{"formatted":"Elmira, Ontario, Canada"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/bob.jonkman.ca\/blogs","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"RT @lxo<\/a> nah, it was entirely fictional AFAIK. Eureka was the fictional city of genius inventors in the series. no amount of internal motors could enable a ball to dynamically change its weight. though mass is energy, in day-to-day life you can most often assume it's conserved, which is why I found it so creative and amusing","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:web","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"web"}},"id":"tag:gs.jonkman.ca,2021-10-26:noticeId=1084715:objectType=note","object":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-25:noticeId=10190904:objectType=note","objectType":"note","content":"nah, it was entirely fictional AFAIK. Eureka was the fictional city of genius inventors in the series. no amount of internal motors could enable a ball to dynamically change its weight. though mass is energy, in day-to-day life you can most often assume it's conserved, which is why I found it so creative and amusing","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/notice\/10190904","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=5b199b655914bbde","conversation_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/conversation\/6080826","notice_info":{"local_id":"1084715","source":"web","repeat_of":"1084707"}},"published":"2021-10-26T04:04:13+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Jonkman Microblog","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/"},"title":"bobjonkman repeated a notice by 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Eureka was the fictional city of genius inventors in the series. no amount of internal motors could enable a ball to dynamically change its weight. though mass is energy, in day-to-day life you can most often assume it's conserved, which is why I found it so creative and amusing","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-25:noticeId=10190904:objectType=note","object":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-25:noticeId=10190904:objectType=note","objectType":"note","content":"nah, it was entirely fictional AFAIK. Eureka was the fictional city of genius inventors in the series. no amount of internal motors could enable a ball to dynamically change its weight. though mass is energy, in day-to-day life you can most often assume it's conserved, which is why I found it so creative and amusing","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/notice\/10190904","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=5b199b655914bbde","conversation_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/conversation\/6080826","notice_info":{"local_id":"1084707","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2021-10-25T22:50:16+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Jonkman Microblog","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/notice\/10190904"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/index.php\/user\/157720","displayName":"Alexandre Oliva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-original-20211226170717.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-original-20211226170717.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-48-20211226171037.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-24-20211226173856.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"25805"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/avatar\/25805-original-20211226170717.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Free Software, GNU, FSFLA, 0G, Linux-libre, GCC, glibc, Libre-SOC, AdaCore","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/lxo","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"lxo","displayName":"Alexandre Oliva","note":"Free Software, GNU, FSFLA, 0G, Linux-libre, GCC, glibc, Libre-SOC, AdaCore","addresses":{"formatted":"Campinas, SP, Brazil"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"https:\/\/www.fsfla.org\/~lxoliva\/","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"heh, that reminded me of the IMHO most memorable moment of the series Eureka: a training ball with buttons and a small display that enabled one to change its *weight*. I don't get why I find that so incredible and funny, compared with other stuff in the series, but I do","generator":{"id":"tag:status.net,2009:notice-source:ostatus","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ostatus"}},"id":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-25:noticeId=10186755:objectType=note","object":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-25:noticeId=10186755:objectType=note","objectType":"note","content":"heh, that reminded me of the IMHO most memorable moment of the series Eureka: a training ball with buttons and a small display that enabled one to change its *weight*. I don't get why I find that so incredible and funny, compared with other stuff in the series, but I do","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/notice\/10186755","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.net,2021-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=5b199b655914bbde","conversation_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/conversation\/6080826","notice_info":{"local_id":"1084655","source":"ostatus"}},"published":"2021-10-25T03:34:29+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Jonkman Microblog","url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.net\/notice\/10186755"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gs.jonkman.ca\/conversation\/551889","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}