ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

Margaret Hamilton ❤️

#margarethamilton #womeninstem #womenengineers #nasa #programming

Did you know that when the tops of trees grow enough to touch over a street or sidewalk, that’s often nick-named a “kissing canopy?” It creates a beautiful, comfortable & cool street condition, but it ONLY happens when the right design decisions are made. Trees need to be prioritized, not thought about last. #StreetsAreBetterWithTrees #trees #cities #urbanism #KissingCanopies

How is 2022 already almost over?

want steel to build a particle detector? you have to source low-background steel—manufactured before contamination from mid-20th century nuclear testing. want to build a text or image generator AI? you’ll have to source low-background training data—collected before 2022.

Ok, that one made me laugh. And cry a bit.
#twitter #ElonMusk HT @SpockResists

What's your favorite piece of hardware on your workbench?

A trusty soldering iron? An oscilloscope that always gets you out of trouble?

Sound off below!

This one makes me laugh every year… because it is so very true.

dots = [ ];

for (i = 0; i < NUM_DOTS; i++) {
theta = rand() * 2*PI;
phi = acos((rand() * 2) - 1);

/* create [x,y,z] dot coords */
x = RADIUS * sin(phi) * cos(theta);
y = RADIUS * sin(phi) * sin(theta);
z = (RADIUS * cos(phi)) + CENTER_Z;

dots.push({x, y, z});
}

Here a list of #FOSS projects on mastodon that are worthwhile to follow
@inkscape vector drawing
@openproject project management
@ownclouders content collaboration
@nextcloud remote collaboration
@GIMP image editor
@thunderbird communications center
@libreoffice office suite
@joplinapp notes&ToDo
@RocketChat chat
@signalapp encrypted messaging
@Matomo analytics platform
@Krita painting
@Blender 3D creation
@kdenlive video editing
@matrix decentralized messenger
@miniscript scripting language
1/3

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Interesting stuff!! 👀

"Back-to-back #meetings are messing our brains.

Here's some cool #research from #microsoft

Microsoft’s Human Factors Lab measured the #brain activity of 14 individuals.

For those *with breaks* b/w meetings:
- Their brains were steady and experienced "coolness."

For those *without breaks* b/w meetings
- Their stress increased with time, suggesting a "buildup of stress."

It's almost 2023. Either we need to fix meetings or kill them."

Via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6996865804457693184/

My first posting on mastodon but as I have no followers nobody is likely to see it.
I am a pencil artist based in the West Midlands and this is one I did recently just for a bit of fun and called it Emmy Emu..

RED ALERT, please boost! We got word this morning that Senate leadership has cut a deal to include #JCPA in the must-pass #NDAA.

This is a terrible, Rupert Murdoch backed bill that essentially creates a "link tax" and would make Big Tech and big media cartels even more intertwined. AND, apparently what Schumer "traded" for it was ... the vaccine mandate for the US military. I kid you not.

@team has a contact-congress tool here, please contact your Senators!

https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/tell-congress-protect-our-access-to-credible-news

"Have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I let it roll straight over you? ... None at all,” said Mr. Prosser
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

By a strange coincidence, "none at all" is how much long term damage the planet will suffer if climate change wipes us out

We're Johnny-come-lately apes with anxiety- this planet shrugged off the dinosaurs. Let's be real

Climate activism isn't an attempt to "save the Earth"- it's an attempt to save OURSELVES

I have literally waited all my life for this moment.

how to make over 2000+ commits a year. Start FLOSS based project aka Linux kernel and stuff https://github.com/torvalds

in Norway, "up and not crying" is a not uncommon response to "how's it going" type questions, and I feel like that's a very reasonable standard to hold oneself to nowadays

The only things on this map are railroads!
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/lj4wqt/the_railroads_of_the_world_oc/

The Moon last night from the Los Angeles area. Composited with unilluminated side and cranked-up color.

#Moon #astrophotgraphy #Space #Science #Astrodon