Bibliolater 📚📜🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
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7 Books to Help You Understand Modern A.I. (plus a quick history & overview)
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Read #Reading #NonFiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon #BookRecommendation @bookstodon
The hidden risk of letting AI decide – losing the skills to choose for ourselves
"Making thoughtful and defensible decisions requires practice and self-discipline. And this is where the hidden harm that AI exposes people to comes in: AI does most of its “thinking” behind the scenes and presents users with answers that are stripped of context and deliberation."
#Psychology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #CriticalThinking @psychology
Over 33,000 near-Earth asteroids have been detected since 1990
The Tragic Etymology of “Nostalgia”
"The word “nostalgia” first described homesickness and likely PTSD symptoms experienced by Swiss soldiers and mercenaries who fought abroad in the 1700s."
https://uselessetymology.com/2024/04/30/the-tragic-etymology-of-nostalgia/
#Word #Words #English #Latin #Greek #Language #Languages #Linguistics #Etymology #C18th #18thCentury @linguistics
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@bibliolater @histodon @histodons @medievodons medieval gyroscopes!
"They discuss the mathematics of gravity, including the work of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, gravitational waves, black holes, and recent developments in the field."
https://zencastr.com/z/rRvdO2Xn
#Maths #Math #Mathematics #Podcast #Gravity #BlackHoles #Science #STEM @science
"Incense spheres discovered in Tang hoards, which are the earliest artefacts found to date, reveal multicultural origins upon close examination. Persian and Sogdian silversmith elements, Buddhist ideas and Syriac Christian liturgical practices, may all have left their traces on the making of the object."
Fang, F. X. (2024). Scent, Art and Astronomy: New Light on Tang Incense Spheres and Their Global Connections. The Medieval History Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09719458231226000
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Medieval #Medievodons #History #Histodon #Histodons #Asia #China #India #Iran #CentralAsia #Academia #Academic #Academics @histodon @histodons @medievodons
"The text describes how Plato, suffering from a severe fever on his deathbed, listened to music played on a flute by an enslaved Thracian woman. According to a written dialogue in the text, Plato had just enough energy to critique the musician for her lack of rhythmic abilities."
Snow, Emily. "Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours" TheCollector.com, https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-papyrus-reveals-platos-final-hours/ (accessed April 30, 2024).
#Ancient #History #Histodon #Histodons #Plato #Philosophy @histodon @histodons
"How did Asia come to be represented on European World maps? When and how did Asian Countries adopt a continental system for understanding the world? How did countries with disparate mapping traditions come to share a basic understanding and vision of the globe? "
Hostetler, L. (eds) (31 Jan. 2024). Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: The East Asian Legacies of Matteo Ricci's World Map, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004684782 [Accessed 30 April 2024]
#OpenAccess #OA #Brill #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #EarlyModern #Asia #Map #Maps #Cartography #Culture #Read #Reading #Academia #Academic #Academics #NonFiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon @histodons @earlymodern @bookstodon (80)
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@bibliolater @archaeodons 12-sided dice for playing ancient Roman tabletop rpgs
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Emissions of substances that deplete the ozone layer have fallen by more than 99% since 1989
‘Resurrection’ to be release in April 2025
"According to Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register, the film will cover the events leading up to the Resurrection, but will also follow the intrigues that took place in Herod's palace and conclude with the events that took place in Jerusalem on Easter Sunday."
https://evangelicalfocus.com/culture/26391/resurrection-to-be-release-in-april-2025
#Cinema #News #Film #Films #Movie #Movies #MelGibson #Jesus #Religion #Christianity #Culture @religion
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@bibliolater @archaeodons
I drew one of these 25 years ago, they still haven't figured it out. Lots of theories, but no real consensus. Fun to illustrate though.
Mystery of ancient Roman dodecahedron baffling experts as it goes on display in UK
"Experts said they were ‘no closer’ to finding out what the mysterious Roman object actually was"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-object-mysterious-uk-b2536326.html
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READ THE ABSTRACT. Especially the last few lines. That's the problem we need to consider....
"Studying texts from the cities and countryside and tracking developments over time, Alstola shows that there was notable diversity in the Judeans’ socio-economic status and integration into Babylonian society."
Alstola, T. (19 Dec. 2019). Judeans in Babylonia, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004365421 [Accessed 29 April 2024]
#OpenAccess #OA #Brill #DOI #Ancient #History #Histodon #Histodons #Judaism #Religion #Babylonia #Read #Reading #Academia #Academic #Academics #NonFiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon @histodons @bookstodon (79)
"We specifically study how a severe climate disaster, Hurricane Ian, shaped public opinion in the Republican-dominated American South. Our study focuses on attitudes in four Southern swing states, where climate-skeptic and anti-migrant politics intersect and where voters are cross-pressured by climate change and migration."
ARIAS, S.B. and BLAIR, C.W. (2024) ‘In the Eye of the Storm: Hurricanes, Climate Migration, and Climate Attitudes’, American Political Science Review, pp. 1–21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055424000352
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Politics #Migration #Climate #ClimateChange #Hurricane #PoliticalScience #Academia #Academic #Academics @politicalscience
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Augustan, Newtonian, physician, mathematician, satirist, John Arbuthnot, was baptised 29 April 1667
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/to-break-a-butterfly-upon-a-wheel/
Not a bot just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containg #videos may also find their way into the #timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect many typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
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Joined Nov 2022
