metapsyche @metapsyche@qoto.org

9 Tricks for Kickass #JavaScript Developers in 2019

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/9-tricks-for-kickass-javascript-developers-in-2019-eb01dd3def2a

Big Crowds Flow Like Water in Amazing (and Terrifying) Ways

Hydrodynamic theory helps to explain how large human crowds flow like water.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-athletes-way/201901/big-crowds-flow-water-in-amazing-and-terrifying-ways

#patterns

And this is why I love #scifi.

Early Predictions of the Internet Date Back to 19th Century #Sci-Fi

Science fiction writers are professional future-dreamers, imagining worlds far beyond their own. With technology advancing at astronomical rates, real life feels more and more like sci-fi every day (for better or worse). So it’s fun to look back at those writers who, decades and even centuries ago, imagined what life would be like now—and some of their predictions were surprisingly accurate.

https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/early-predictions-of-the-internet-date-back-to-19th-cen-1831319970

Potential #scifi books to add to my reading list for 2019

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/29/18131076/best-new-sci-fi-books-2018-science-fiction

#ScienceFiction predictions, right and wrong, about 2019

The future is now. Back in the early '80s, we were wondering what the distant future had in store, what it would be like. Well, that #future -- 2019 -- is almost here.

https://triblive.com/business/technology/14448704-74/science-fiction-predictions-right-and-wrong-about-2019

#scifi

A Single Amoeba Cell Hints at a Solution to the Biggest Problem in #ComputerScience, The Travelling Salesman Problem #math #mathematics

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a25686417/amoeba-math/

New Horizons sees world beyond Pluto, "Ultima Thule", as it readies for historic flyby ringing in the New Year!

https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-spacecraft-sees-world-beyond-pluto-as-it-readies-for-historic-flyby/

For some reason, this brings me back to the question: How do we know if we're living in a simulation or not? :) https://petapixel.com/2018/12/17/these-portraits-were-made-by-ai-none-of-these-people-exist/

ok #Federati, i hope you can answer this question for me: What if #twitter joins the #Federation? How easy is it for them to join? And What's stopping them from spinning up an instance with their "brand"? etc
What are your thoughts, #Fediverse? Do share. Thanks!