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Update: See my daily math streak progress here 👈 I recently passed 100 days of practicing math every single day 💯 I’ve wanted to beef up my math chops for a while, but I needed a good reason that would justify the time investment. Plus, it’s always easier to learn when you have a clear goal and…
[epistemic status: speculative] I. Millgram et al (2015) find that depressed people prefer to listen to sad rather than happy music. This matches personal experience; when I'm feeling down, I also prefer sad music. But why? Try setting aside all your internal human knowledge: wouldn’t it make more…
I’m just so angry. It’s been boiling and bubbling (and toiling and troubling) for awhile now. Not just since a spoilt, sadistic emerald heir stole—and yes, I am using that word; I’m using it deliberately and with fury aforethought—Twitter out from under the people who created it and made it the…
Künstliche Intelligenz ist seit 1½ Jahren in aller Munde. Die Meinungen gehen von «KI wird uns in ein goldenes Zeitalter führen» über «KI ist vollkommen nutzlos» bis zu «KI wird unsere Welt zerstören». Das liege daran, dass wir alle Anwendungen und Entwicklungen in denselben Topf werfen würden, es…
Wandering hand-in-hand through the medieval streets of Bologna, my boyfriend and I were in awe of the sweeping porticoes and distinctive rust-red brickwork of the city. It was our first holiday together. We’d wanted to find somewhere beyond the obvious that would marry our respective interests in…
Buttons feel magical. You press here, and invisible connections make something happen elsewhere. But “magical” is probably not how I’d describe most public drinking fountains. In today’s digital age, it sometimes feels like hardware has taken a back seat to the software that drives our devices.…
Most days, this column looks at controversies unfolding on other tech platforms. Today, let’s take a look at the one that hosts this publication: Substack. On Tuesday, I told subscribers that we are considering leaving the platform based on the company’s recent statement that it would not demonetize…
Regular readers of this blog know that i have in the past pointed out repeatedly and with strong emphasis that map design is a vital component in the cross cultural communication within the OpenStreetMap community. Accordingly the ability to further develop and innovate in that field in a self…
«Absolut deckungsgleich mit der Jungen Tat» – wie sich die Junge SVP der rechtsextremen Szene annähert Interne Whatsapp-Chats zeigen: Innerhalb der Jungen SVP wird heftig über die Nähe zur Jungen Tat gestritten. Ein Parteipräsident findet, man vertrete zu Recht «exakt die gleichen Inhalte» wie die…
NewsBooks & CultureFiction & PoetryHumor & CartoonsMagazinePuzzles & GamesVideoPodcastsArchiveShop Newsletter Subscribe » InsideNorth Korea's Forced-Labor Program Workers sent from the country to Chinese factories describe enduring beatings and sexual abuse, having their wages taken by the state,…
There are only a few opportunities to make a living by getting good at creating tables to facilitate high-frequency math that end-users will find entertaining but will have predictable statistical properties at scale. One of them is designing roleplaying games. Seems like an interesting topic but…
2019 noch Nachwuchs-Polittalent im Jungfreisinn, 2023 vernetzt mit Rechtsextremen aus ganz Europa: das ist Nicolas Rimoldi. Radikalisiert durch die Pandemie, watet er durchs Milieu der Verschwörungsideologie, bis ihn schliesslich einer der bekanntesten Rechtsextremisten Europas entdeckt und gezielt…
Konservative bis rechtsradikale Burschenschaften, die traditionelle Gesellschaftsvorstellungen in prachtvollen Villen zelebrieren, verwirklichen sich sportlich anders als linksprogressive Studierende, die in kleinen, pflanzenreichen Wohngemeinschaften das Miteinander…
Alle reden über die Kontakte der Jungen SVP-Strategiechefin Sarah Regez zur Jungen Tat. Doch sie ist nicht die einzige Politikerin, die mit den Mitgliedern der rechtsextremen Gruppierung die Hände schüttelt. Wer das alles ist und warum das ein Problem darstellt, wird im Folgenden aufgezeigt.…
With Microsoft’s rollout of the new Outlook for Windows(new window), it appears the company has transformed its email app into a surveillance tool for targeted advertising. Everyone talks about the privacy-washing campaigns of Google and Apple as they mine your online data to generate advertising…
Between 2010 and 2020, iO Tillett Wright photographed 10,000 queer and trans people in all 50 states for a series titled “Self Evident Truths.” This is a selection of people on the trans spectrum from that work. Photo: iO Tillett Wright This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s…
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It shouldn’t be hard to empathize with the pain of the Israeli victims, or the pain of the Palestinian ones. But paradoxically, it seems almost impossible to empathize with both sides at the same time. Why is that? This question, apparently is not exclusive to this conflict. In a study focusing on…
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Mayerowitz.io Step on the Front Line and Beat your Friends Written by Antoine Mayerowitz 0 0 0 0 In Mario Kart 8, choosing your driver, kart's body, tires, and glider isn't just about style — it's as crucial as your racing skills to win a race. Ever wondered how to truly find the best ones? For each…
Vorgeschichte – eine Chronologie Im August 2007 fand in der grossen Halle der Reitschule in Bern das 2. „Antifascist Festival“ statt. Vor Ort waren bis zu 1500 Besuchende. Mitten in dieser Menschenmenge platzierte ein Neonazi unbemerkt einen Sprengsatz in einem Rucksack. Da sich in diesem unter…
I was getting an MRI the other day (much to the surprise of my fiancée I do in fact have a brain — and a remarkably uninteresting one at that) and I started thinking about the headphones that I was wearing For those that haven't been for an MRI before, they are pretty uncomfortable affairs that can…
Admiral Cloudberg 42 min read· Dec 9, 2023 -- Officials observe damage to the engine of a Qantas A380 after it made an emergency landing in Singapore. (Reuters) On the 4th of November 2010, a Qantas Airbus A380 was rocked by a catastrophic engine failure minutes after takeoff from Singapore, hurling…
Marco Musy, EMBL Barcelona I2K 2022 | GatherTown Workshops Q&A Session #5 | May 10th vedo (vedo.embl.es) is a python library for scientific analysis and visualization of three-dimensional datasets. The module is useful for the analysis of any type of data having spatial and/or temporal structure,…
New! Discord Server: https://discord.gg/Kuz7QkN7w4 Please support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/machinethinking This is the first video in a series of recreating the first micrometer. Before I introduce the project, I look into where precision comes from. Please Like, Share and Subscribe One…
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When you’re using an online map as a consumer, one of the things you will undoubtedly do is search for places — or as the mapping industry likes to call them ‘places of interest’, ‘points of interest’ or ‘POIs’ 1. In performing these searches there are generally two factors: one factor is almost…
One of my favorite civil engineering projects! 🌌Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/Practical-Engineering 🚆Watch "The Logistics of X": https://nebula.tv/thelogisticsofx?ref=practical-engineering The lean isn’t just a fascinating oddity; it is integral to…
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On satellite imagery, we spotted a village inside a strange crater in Madagascar. We set out to learn how it got there. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Right in the center of the island nation of Madagascar there’s a strange, almost perfectly circular geological structure. It covers a…
To experience Paperlike 2.1 for yourself head to https://paperlike.com/nevertoosmall Set in Tokyo’s Suginami-ku neighbourhood, home to many manga artists, Open Sky House is home to artists and architect Zajirogh, his wife, and their three children. Having always dreamed of living in a camper or a…
FOSS4G 2023 Prizren Presenter: Logan Williams At Bellingcat, a non-profit investigative organization in the Netherlands, we research war crimes, find tiger smugglers, monitor environmental degradation and track extremist hate. To do this, we use "open sources", including public databases, social…
“AI” companies and “AI” influencers love to argue that the space is so new and unregulated, that we quickly need new regulation to give business a foundation to thrive on. This argument is very dishonest. There is regulation, just not the one they like. Data protection law, copyright law, anti…
The political Europe is very busy currently: Having passed the GDPR a few and the DMA even fewer years ago its currently in the process of debating the so-called “AI Act”, a piece of legislation aimed at the developers of so-called “AI” systems trying to enforce “European Values” (I don’t wanna get…
Putting your phone in airplane mode when boarding a flight feels like common sense. You wouldn’t be crazy for thinking your phone signal could interfere with an airplane’s navigation systems, potentially causing a disaster. However, the necessity of airplane mode is largely a myth, and there’s…
Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video! Download unlimited stock media at one set price with Storyblocks: https://storyblocks.com/DanielSteiner Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DanielSteiner Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/danielsimssteiner The map of Salt Lake City…
In a minivan with the rear seats ripped out, John is chasing one of his 250 electric scooters down a California highway. He finds it 10 miles away, hiding in a bush—a run-and-dump tactic that he says thieves use to test whether anyone will come after them before they take a scooter home. John, not…
Als im Juni 2013 der britische «Guardian» die Aussagen von Edward Snowden publik machte, stand die Welt für einen Moment still. Die Enthüllungen von Snowden, seines Zeichens Ex-Dienstleister des US-amerikanischen Auslandsgeheimdienstes NSA, bestätigten die schlimmsten Befürchtungen: Die…
The conversation about the “dangers of AI” is full of weird little tidbits that show only marginal connection to the real world. Is stochastic parrots becoming Skynet really a thing? Will some future “AI” lock us in a torture VR environment for not helping it emerge fast enough? You know probably a…
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