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In 1966, Mark Kac published a paper in the American Mathematical Monthly called “Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?”. A drum head has a set of resonant…
Bibio & Dorian Concept – “Shame” Jason Calhoun – “what we deserve” Eric Angelo Bessel – “Pathways” The post Visual Velcro 58 first appeared on Palms Out Sounds.
It took several months, but a copy of Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young, the autobiography of Zayd Ayers Dohrn, the son of late 1960s Weathermen Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, found its way to me via the local library consortium this...
I still don’t know exactly what “A Long December” by Counting Crows was meant to evoke in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, but I can tell you what it did for me: instantly took me back to that window of time in the early-to-mid...
I may not have the guts to share this, but I now have an…inconvenient medical condition. At first it was a “watch and wait” issue, but now it's a “need to see a doctor” one. Thankfully it's not cancer, but it could become an ER...
1. Have a setting, as to write the rules around it. Do not be as lame as to make a generic ruleset and then put a setting over it. 2. Evoke the setting. Make it as tangible as possible through description, implied descriptions, tables,...
A mystery! While this thing has the appearance and size of a fish decoy, it’s metal of some sort with a circular copper “medal” or sign on the side. A gun turrent atop! It even has fins and a lead sinker on the underside. My only guess...
I spend a fair bit of my life reviewing code. Even if you discount the increase in code review that comes from increased usage of the output from Large Language Models, I'm still doing a lot of code review. Not only am I doing internal...
In a case with serious repercussions for U.S. national security and for Brazil, a Clinton-appointed U.S. federal judge concluded that an immigration record entered in the Customs and Border Protection system during the Biden...
Pei-Jeane: The only way out is through. I know this. ~ Link: Sitting in My Discomfort, by Pei-Jeane, Pretend Typewriter
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Players Capt. Minnow Blux (Oldhawkeyes) Castrucci Frankfurters (Jay_zer0) Dr. Aarav Papadopoulos (Epistellar) Laszlo "Lazer" Llewellyn (Mistuh) SummaryIn the aftermath of the zero-G cage match, the Krongu brand was a hit. Several...
For me, libraries are about books. Worlds undiscovered, ideas to devour. But they are so much more. For others they offer a lifeline. A place to learn, to connect with the community, to access vital resources. They have meant all these...
bandwagonFirst of all, throw out the common knowledge.False cognates are good. "Herpys" is an excellent elf name. Glancing at my list, I have "Odd" and "Snorri" on it; you best BELIEVE those bastards will be strange and sleepy...
A few days after posting Getting lethal with things, I did follow my own advice. I had written Getting lethal after a petty bank transfer of 186€ from my account with online bank A to my account with online bank B. Bank A sent the money...