pavowren @groundie@qoto.org
Joined Nov 2022
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Two beautiful old ash trees on a misty morning. I walk past this field most days when walking the dog #photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #trees #LandscapePhotography
This is a new #jazz album I'm listening to these days on Tidal.
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Desert Bighorn Sheep. Goler Wash, Death Valley National Park, 2021 I was off roading as it was a Sunday and no planes were flying. I decided to head up the wash to the Barker Ranch (where Manson was caught) and it took about 3 hours to go ten miles. Saw no life on the way there but was treated to these beauties. #sheep #DeathValley #wildlife #animals #photography
I've read that our bodies contain tens of trillions (10 raised to 12th power) of cells! Each one has a mind of its own and wants to survive badly. Of course, there are bad actors who go rogue and cause havoc.
Trillions enclosed within multi-layer cells called the skin. We are nothing but a sack of cells.
Oh, yeah, you guessed right, I'm just reading "The Song of The Cell" by Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Listen to his interview on Fresh Air.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/11/21/1137123838/a-cell-biologist-shares-the-headiness-of-researching-lifes-most-fundamental-form
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Somewhere, someone finally made this and I think it's beautiful: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4687836
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A sad day, indeed, one of the bright men died ... remember the quintessential book? The Mythical Man-Month....the author of it is Fred Brooks
https://twitter.com/Grady_Booch/status/1593478292341813248?s=20&t=rkaFAcbCVXG0lnPSr57xHQ
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://twitter.com/Grady_Booch/status/1593478292341813248?s=20&t=rkaFAcbCVXG0lnPSr57xHQ
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Just landed, and straight into the player:
Elvin Jones - Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub (Blue Note Records)
Elvin Jones-d, Joe Farrell-ts/fl, Billy Greene-p, Wilbur Little-b, captured live July 28-30, 1967 at Pookie's Pub in NYC. Larry Young sits in on piano on one track.
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#nowlistening #jazz #music #guitar
Ferenc #Snétberger #Romani #Hungarian
For My People with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
https://open.spotify.com/album/6yaBaw68d5ZcUjaEbFaCEY?si=LB-I4n0QSz-UAuB_k98raQ
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Semiconductor history
@groundie Thanks for the info. I interned at Intel in the mid-1980s but don't recall the 4004 being mentioned.
I was there when the 80286 (or just the "286") was the hot new generation, the 8086 and 8088 were the bread-and-butter standards (excluding microcontrollers like the 8041, 8042, and 8051 series). The 80186 and little-known 80188 were compatible with the 8086 and 8088, respectively, but included core motherboard features like the interrupt controller on the processor chip.
That was also the time of Intel's 432 processor, a microcoded CPU that directly executed Smalltalk bytecode for object-oriented programming (OOP). The 432 was an interesting idea but failed massively in the marketplace because its microcoded architecture on a CPU core of that era was simply too slow to be viable for real applications.
This may be old hat to the entire universe, but I just discovered "Horizontal Scrolling" just 'cause I've got many Mastodon columns (8 and counting).
The Shift key is the secret. With a thumb-wheel, it's downright fun!
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Close-up shots of a common yellow swallow tail (Papilio machaon) butterfly, photographed in Epirus, Greece. #photography #insects #entomology
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It's taking up to 10 seconds for qoto.org to load! Yes, I've checked and it is just qoto that is slow. Other sites load fine and the issue occurs with any browser.
I suppose it's the influx of new users.
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Wolfgang #Muthspiel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Muthspiel
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Muthspiel
Scott #Colley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Colley
Brian #Blade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Blade
Angular Blues
https://open.spotify.com/album/4wxLJpGmJetMtZHslJz3DR?si=VEppV5vKTomJ1wxPklw6Gg
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@groundie @obi Wow, if reading put me to sleep, I wouldn't be an insomniac! But reading to learn doesn't hold a candle to lively debates, in my experience. I read up on something to get started, but I don't really know something until I have to explain it to someone else. And have them pick apart and question my explanation, of course. Which tends to lead to more reading/research. It's what all my closest relationships are built on.
Qoto != Goto
Yet, when first I glanced at Qoto, I saw Goto, that infamous #Fortran statement responsible for mountains of spaghetti code. I then saw what it really stood for and immediately signed up.
Qoto, to me, means #reading to learn or teach ourselves. How else really? Watching or hearing do not quite measure up to reading, especially physical books that you hold. In bed, paperbacks are preferred; hardcovers can be dangerous if you’re drowsy.😩
The best way I found to see if I’ve learned something from reading is to write down a synopsis. Not so easy. How about writing something original? I have great admiration for all writers of: #novels, #short stories, #history, cook books, text books, technical specifications, how-to books, etc. etc. I’d go out on a limb and say, the art of writing is significantly more difficult than either creating a painting or composing a piece of music. Please note that I said art, not science.
In this internet age, much of our reading is in snippets. TL;DR
So, here’s a poll for the longest time you’ve spent reading in one sitting recently. (excepting this toot)
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I Would Recommend "NALA" | Frontend Of APT Package Manager | Parallel Download, History, Etc.. 🚀
https://youtu.be/oroSkR4Nn_w?t=141
Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://youtu.be/oroSkR4Nn_w?t=141
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