Off to visit my baby nephew for a few weeks in the sunny channel Islands. Not sure how my internet will be, so I am taking some maths with me to work on to pass the time. I'll try to check in if I can in any case, you guys are fun:)
I will be back though I promise! I love this place. Don't break it while I am away or I will sulk massively.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes: https://i.imgur.com/K7z0m3E.gifv
Yeah this shit hit me in the face with a dose of perspective. Even though we have come a long way we can't pretend the effects of slavery aren't just over the horizon if history.
NSFW Song. But, it is real..
The Chinese were solving 14th degree polynomials in 1303. Why?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17885100
#hackernews #tech
@Nyoei @socialskeleton Just because I have an ass that is best described as "lush" doesn't mean some no-meat bonehead is right! #LashingOutUnfairlyAtSkellyMan :cry:
#Intoduction love to join qoto.org after having experience on Twitter
Maersk installed 100-foot-tall rotating sails on one of its tankers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17885284
#hackernews #tech
Those microbes are quite interesting too. They're called haloarchaea, and they catch solar energy using a protein called bacterorhodopsin. It's made from retinal, one of the molecules which your eyes use.
Thing is, bacteriorhodopsin works *completely* differently to chlorophyll, and haloarchaea don't capture carbon dioxide like plants do. It's an entirely different kind of photosynthesis!
Convergent evolution is really cool. I love how nature finds multiple ways to do things.
@Nyoei @freemo @InvaderXan The dreaded HedgeShark circles before a feeding frenzy.
@freemo I'm afraid this is an artist's impression, pretty though it is.
This was Cassini's final view. I processed this version of the image myself.
Hello from Africa / Kingdom of Morocco! #introduction