metapsyche @metapsyche@qoto.org

The Surprising Reason Zebras Have Stripes

By putting black-and-white coats on horses, a new study shows that the pattern discourages biting flies from landing.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/why-do-zebras-have-stripes-flies/583114/

#patterns

@beau yes there is a straighforward way. i even developed it using AWS SAM local. You can do it without using apollo and such. Plenty of ways out there. This is one: https://cloudacademy.com/blog/how-to-write-graphql-apps-using-aws-lambda/

i've begun to appreciate the art of Serge Pelle when i stumbled across Orbital. My one request is for Serge to design and draw Mechs. That would be wonderful. http://www.graphicine.com/serge-pelle/
#SciFi

i'm enjoying aircraft designs in Orbital (by Sylvain Runberg). Been reading the series for the past days.

Infoporn: 100 Years of Sci-Fi, Explored

Using data scraping, network analysis, and machine learning, the Science Fiction Concept Corpus includes more than 2,600 books written since 1900.

https://www.wired.com/story/infoporn-100-years-of-sci-fi-explored/

@snder lol https://imgflip.com/i/1rjgjj

@Surasanji
Totally agree

@Surasanji 'you sure you have a cat and not a dog? :)😜

Currently reading 'Lao Tzu: Tao te ching: a book about the way and the power of the way, by Ursula K. Le Guin'
I just remembered the #fediverse when I got to this part:
"The wise have no mind of their own, finding it in the minds of ordinary people. ....
they mix their mind up with the world."
Because I want to immerse myself with the #federati

"One of the most important forces in history is human stupidity. We should never underestimate human stupidity."
Yuval Noah Harari Is Worried About Our Souls
http://nautil.us/issue/67/reboot/yuval-noah-harari-is-worried-about-our-souls

"there are those people out there who are stupid and don’t realize they are stupid" Now don't be smug about it because "we see it in other people, and we don’t see it in ourselves." That is the Dunning-Kruger Effect. https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/31/18200497/dunning-kruger-effect-explained-trump

Man, this is so stupid.
$190 Million in Crypto Gone Forever after QuadrigaCX's CEO dies. Sheez.

https://www.ccn.com/190m-gone-how-canada-biggest-bitcoin-exchange-lost-it/

I believe that AI will ultimately become self aware, although not in the way we imagine (not in the same way as our brain implements consciousness)

https://www.techspot.com/news/78519-self-aware-machines-wont-science-fiction-much-longer.html

hmm..this is both good and bad.. google's effort to thwart phishing is good, but if google is the only one doing it, then it's not good. It should be a collective effort, not just google. https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-kill-url-first-steps/

just watched Roosterteeth's new #mecha series Gen:Lock and I like it so far. Their #mech designs are not unique but i appreciate the fact that they're mechanically sound. i await for their action figures to come out.

Gum disease–causing bacteria could spur Alzheimer’s Disease.

the bacteria that cause gum disease are present in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s, not just in their mouths.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/gum-disease-causing-bacteria-could-spur-alzheimer-s

My first #Diaclone came in today. I'm very happy with the quality!
Yup, I collect mechs and #mecha. I also make my own mech robots.

This spinning 'Ice Circle' is a pretty cool phenomenon: https://earthsky.org/earth/giant-spinning-ice-disk-discovered-in-maine-jan-2019

For those who are genetically- predisposed for getting Alzheimer's Disease later in life, this is good news! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-16/united-neuroscience-s-alzheimer-vaccine-just-might-work