Bibliolater πππ @bibliolater@qoto.org
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Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containg #videos may also find their way into the #timeline.
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Royal Society exhibition revives 18th-century debate about shape of the Earth
“Some members of the French Academy of Sciences interpreted measurements taken in Paris by scientists including Jacques Cassini as supporting the idea that the Earth was elongated at the poles, resembling a lemon or a melon.
By contrast, Isaac Newton had proposed that the centrifugal force caused by the Earthβs rotation would result in the planet being flattened at its poles, thus having a similar shape to an orange.”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/26/royal-society-exhibition-shape-of-the-earth
#News #Science #History #HistSci #France #Europe #C18th #18thCentury #UnitedKingdom #UK #Britain @science
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The Index itself is designed to always appear to be going 'up.' Stocks selected for the Index that have stopped improving are replaced with better performing ones. The rare times the Index drops are usually economic disasters. Slow down turns have less effect.
It's purpose is to get people to 'invest' seeing only the 'winners.'
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Huge deal right now on my book, The Three Ages of Water, over at Amazon (which probably means zero royalties for the author, but hey...).
Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (Abusir, Old Kingdom)
“Our research reveals that remaining in a cross-legged sitting or kneeling position for extended periods, and the repetitive tasks related to writing and the adjusting of the rush pens during scribal activity, caused the extreme overloading of the jaw, neck and shoulder regions.”
Brukner HavelkovΓ‘, P., DulΓkovΓ‘, V., BejdovΓ‘, Ε . et al. Ancient Egyptian scribes and specific skeletal occupational risk markers (Abusir, Old Kingdom). Sci Rep 14, 13317 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63549-z
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Anthropology #Science #Genetics #Ancient #Egypt #Writing #Academia #Academic #Academics @science @archaeodons @anthropology
The problem with long term investments
“If, in 1970, you invested $100 in a fund tracking the S&P index, then by 2023 the investment would have grown to $22,000, far more than it would have in other assets such as real estate or government and corporate bonds. Case closed, right? Put your money into an index fund and simply leave it there.”
https://blog.datawrapper.de/long-term-investments/
#Data #DataViz #Chart #Graph #Investment #Finance #Business #Economics #Economy @economics
How To Think Like a Philosopher
“Throughout history, philosophers have tackled a number of questions, but on the side they have provided something almost as valuable - an implicit guide on how to think like some of the brightest minds in history. And that is what we shall be exploring today.”
π₯ #Video length: twenty five minutes and forty one seconds.
Finance Theory I
“Topics include functions of capital markets and financial intermediaries, asset valuation, fixed-income securities, common stocks, capital budgeting, diversification and portfolio selection, equilibrium pricing of risky assets, the theory of efficient markets, and an introduction to derivatives and options.”
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-401-finance-theory-i-fall-2008/
#Finance #Business #Economics #MIT #OpenCourseWare #Course #OpenCourse #Academia #Academic #Academics @economics
The Invisible Workers Behind AI: Exposing Underpaid Tech Labor
“Meet the invisible workforce behind tech giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Uber. These underpaid and disposable workers label images, moderate content, and train AI systems, often earning less than minimum wage. Their work is essential yet remains in the shadows, unacknowledged by the companies that depend on them.”
π₯#Video length: fifty two minutes and forty one seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSZFUiElls
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Technology #Tech #Documentary #Internet #Corporations #Labour #Labor @ai
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"In sharp contrast, a fundamentally different economics is needed for widespread sustainability transitions based on agroecology, circular economy models, and re-territorialised food systems."
Arabic Loanwords in Hebrew
“The influence of Arabic, both spoken (in innumerable dialects, including those spoken by Jews) and written, took place in the mediaeval and modern periods of Hebrew; its vocabulary forms more than half of the Hebrew lexicon, according to the renowned dictionary of Abraham Even-Shoshan (Rosenstein, 1906β1984). The approximately 8,000 lexical items in the Bible are not sufficient to entirely meet the needs of either a written language or a spoken one.”
Shehadeh, H. (2011) βArabic Loanwords in Hebrewβ, Studia Orientalia Electronica, 111, pp. 327β344. Available at: https://journal.fi/store/article/view/9316 (Accessed: 25June2024).
#OpenAccess #OA #PeerReview #Language #Languages #Linguistics #Arabic #Hebrew #Loanwords #Levant #MiddleEast #Asia #Academia #Academic #Academics @linguistics
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How to use a table of sines and cosines of angles 0Β° to 45Β° to calculate sines and cosines angles outside the range and beyond the resolution of the table.
Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines
“Our analysis suggests that this genetic distinction is due to a European-related gene flow introduced in Ashkelon during either the end of the Bronze Age or the beginning of the Iron Age. This timing is in accord with estimates of the Philistines arrival to the coast of the Levant, based on archeological and textual records (2β4).”
Michal Feldman et al., Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines. Sci. Adv.5, eaax0061 (2019). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax0061
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #DOI #Anthropology #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Science #Archaeogenetics #Ancient #DNA #Genetics #IronAge #BronzeAge #Philistines #Ashkelon #NearEast #Levant #MiddleEast #Asia @science @anthropology @archaeodons
Indigenous Arabs are descendants of the earliest split from ancient Eurasian populations
“The Arabian Peninsula was the initial site of the out-of-Africa migrations that occurred between 125,000 and 60,000 yr ago, leading to the hypothesis that the first Eurasian populations were established on the Peninsula and that contemporary indigenous Arabs are direct descendants of these ancient peoples.”
Rodriguez-Flores, J.L. et al. (2016) ‘Indigenous Arabs are descendants of the earliest split from ancient Eurasian populations,’ Genome Research, 26(2), pp. 151β162. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.191478.115.
#OpenAccess #OA #Reserach #Article #DOI #Science #Genetics #Genome #Ancient #DNA #Arab #Arabs #MiddleEast #Asia #Eurasia #Eurasian #Academia #Academic #Academics @science
Geological archives predict our climate future
“By analysing 56-million-year-old sediments, a UNIGE team has measured the increase in soil erosion caused by global warming, synonymous with major flooding.”
https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2024/des-archives-geologiques-predisent-notre-avenir-climatique
#Future #News #Geology #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Environment #Flooding @climatechange @environment
I knew this week would not be easy and we are only on Monday.
Are there any new developments regarding #QOTO?
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My fantastic colleague Daria Zhornik is on the newest episode of the podcast "A Language I Love Is..." talking about Mansi! Enjoy! #uralic #languages #linguistics #siberia #mansi #language https://shows.acast.com/a-language-i-love-is/episodes/mansi-and-daria-zhornik
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AI is exhausting the power grid. Tech firms are seeking a miracle solution.
As power needs of AI push emissions up and put big tech in a bind, companies put their faith in elusive β some say improbable β technologies.
The Futureβs Building Blocks | FT Rethink
“Every week, a new area the size of Paris is being built - so how can we choose greener materials to build with? Will they stand the test of time and how efficient are they?”
#Video length: three minutes and three seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X9V9_nekXU
#FT #Building #Construction #Sustainability #Environment @environment
5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
“Gerardus Mercator is perhaps well-known for all the wrong reasons. His last name evokes the infamous Mercator projection, which depicts the world in a distorted way. The projection has been criticized for putting Europe at the center of the world and favoring the northern hemisphere by making countries there appear bigger than they are in reality.”
Perpuli, Francisco. “5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About” TheCollector.com, https://www.thecollector.com/famous-cartographers-know-about/ (accessed Jun 24, 2024).
#History #Map #Maps #Cartography #Histodon #Histodons @histodon @histodons
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.
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