ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

@mattmcirvin @robinhouston - the Greek mathematicians Nicomachus (c. 100 AD) and Iamblichus (c. 250-325 AD) did not consider 2 to be a prime number, apparently because primes are obviously odd. Modern work on algebra confirms the view that the even prime is different from all the rest. Euclid earlier had said 2 was a prime... but not 1, because for him 1 was not even a number.

Here's an excellent article on this stuff:

http://math.furman.edu/~mwoodard/fuejum/content/2012/paper1_2012.pdf

#introduction

I'm a PhD student in #computational #NeuroScience in Barcelona studying distributed working memory and the likes. Excited for the #neuro community moving away from the bird app but still trying to find everyone on here!

I realized I never did an #introduction!

I'm Grace Lindsay. I'm a new Asst. Prof in #Psychology and #DataScience at New York University. I wrote a popular science book on how & why we use #math to study the #brain.

In my research in my lab I hope to model how #attention works in the brain. I'm also separately working on applications of #MachineLearning to #ClimateChange!

Find out more here! 👉 https://gracewlindsay.com/

"The Internet Archive just put 565 Palm Pilot apps in your web browser / Dope Wars, Space Trader, Graffiti, memos, calculators and more: the Internet Archive’s instant Palm Pilot emulator is an app store before the App Store."

go @internetarchive ! go @textfiles !

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/25/23478396/internet-archive-palm-pilot-emulation-games-apps-dope-wars

Apparently we had an earthquake here on Vancouver island a few hours ago. I didn't realize that's what it was at the time. I just thought the dog was shaking the bed. 😀

To those putting your amateur radio callsigns in your username or bio: The station address you registered with the FCC is public information. It's in the ULS database, like any other radio license.

This is how I was originally dox'd and it's why I haven't renewed my license. #opsec

if you've ever messed up a dimension or a hole position on something you're building, don't be too hard on yourself.

at least you're not the Cisco design engineer who caused an entire product line recall by placing the mode button (which resets the switch if held) directly above an RJ45 port.

A haiku about being an adult:

I am so tired
Where did all my money go?
My back is hurting

Mt. Rainier casting a shadow upwards across the sky.

(I can't for the life of me figure out how to add alt text after posting. So instead, I'll put the text in the body of the post. I hope that's okay.)

"When people travel to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small. Few people think that they can radically change the future by doing something small in the present."

Explosions of hot water (geysers) coming from under the thick ice of Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn.

@internetarchive OMG wow. It's been almost 25 years since I wrote this to manage my #diabetes on a #palmpilot. I wrote it in Metrowerks CodeWarror C, and the amount of work to draw a pie chart on a system without floating point OR math libraries was nuts. And flood fills? Good lord

Univac removable disk cartridge for Univac computer models 1004 and 1005.
Provided removable random access storage and the possibility of adding up to five slave reader devices.

Mesures: 40x40x1,6 (cm).

Searching in the web I found that it had a 2,2 MB capacity, but the brochure states one million characters (a bit less than 1 MB) and the seller text in the back of the brochure claims 16.896.000 (a bit over 16 MB).

Brochure: https://archive.org/details/TNM_Univac_1004_and_1005_computers_Unidisc_random_20171120_0007

#picture #ComputerHistory #HardwareHistory

Could I tempt you to boost this post, or get involved in a project to customise Linux for users with special needs/learning difficulties? I have two such children. Adults now (18). I want to do something for my boys and for people like them. 🙂❤️

I've already done a bit, using Ansible, with AlmaLinux and Ubuntu: https://github.com/robpomeroy/BrightOS

Please spread the word - I'm sure someone out there would love to get involved!

#SpecialNeeds #Linux #Education #NonProfit

Email translations:

“I was under the impression”
Translation: I’m furious

“As per my email”
Translation: I’m furious

“With respect”
Translation: I’m furious

“Whilst I appreciate”
Translation: I’m furious

“As I’m sure you’re aware”
Translation: I’m furious

How about a Mastodon client inside Minecraft?

Apparently, it's been done!

Here's the source code. https://github.com/AwesomewareInc/Mastodwarf

Updated - Journalists on Mastodon List - CLICKABLE VERSION

Clickable version of: Journalists on Mastodon and Fediverse (Responses) >>>
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14vfonxtyy0JFDxu5dZOZo-yAJrRXcu2lZ33atkFb7GM/edit?usp=sharing

- Updated through 2/3/2023

@tchambers original >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit#gid=1320898902
Form >>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdYK1kHueUKXUytwn4TXUupc3X9Q2cahL5rfaAA9rTgLNd8gA/viewform

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#twittermigration #journalists #list #mastodonmigration #Fediverse #mastodontips #journalistList #NewUsers

New version of my mini Mp4 dissection visualisation.