@johncarlosbaez I don't blame him. I think he's been accelerating whatever trend is going on there, which is not where I want to be heading.
I adore this comic by by @elisegravel.
“So, yeah, YOU can be a scientist, too!” #science #art #education
The History of Debian https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/433726d2-b42f-43fe-a59a-e2d6718062a3
Did you know that there were artificially mummified bodies ~2k yrs before the #Ancient #Egypt?
In Northern #Chile, the Chinchorro people started mummifying their weakest: Children, babies, & the elderly.
Occuring after 5000 BCE, corpses were stripped of flesh & filled with fibre & clay.
These are the oldest examples of deliberate mummification.
That they mummified irrespective of social status is wholly unique.
Medieval Taxes: How Much Would You Have to Pay? https://www.medievalists.net/2023/08/medieval-taxes/ #tax #medieval #history
The sleekest, sexiest train ever? Might be the Pioneer Zephyr, now at MSI Chicago:
https://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2023/02/16/pioneer-zephyr-train-chicago/
#travel #transportation #railroad #RailFan #Chicago #history
@iddux I like the idea that programmers use either vim or emacs!
Friend's startup is looking to interview knowledge workers who have some #neurodivergence and use software tools from at least 5 different vendors to do their job. $100 incentive for those who qualify and complete an interview for this user research study. DM me if interested.
For the purposes of this study, neurodivergence includes #ADHD, #autism, #OCD, #PTSD, #longCOVID, #brainFog, #depression, #anxiety, #migraines, and/or #chronicPain.
These are my 4 latest paintings. Find them all on my website https://martinj.art and on Instagram https://instagram.com/martinjambon
I just had a bad cold, the worst since the before times. Here's a precise timeline:
- symptoms started 2 days after infection;
- I started to feel better 7 days after infection;
- symptoms are mostly gone 9 days after infection, i.e. they lasted 7 days.
I'm an idealist. This means I have a tendency to fall in love with my models because they work so well for predicting things in a simple and systematic fashion. Then, if I'm not careful, I may end up applying them beyond their domain of applicability with disastrous results. If you too are an idealist, it's good to keep it in mind and do reality checks with independent actors.
For example, don't make a big purchase without checking if others see any obvious problem with it.
This is why I never bought a pinball machine.
toot toot. This is:
L’impossible salut de l’âme mécanique (The Impossible Salvation of the Mechanical Soul), 2023.
Selling physical artworks makes no sense if you compare it to the software industry or even to real estate investing where most profits come in the form of rent, not ownership transfer. Leasing artworks instead of selling them appears to be the logical solution but it's not very practical yet. I'm looking for ways to standardize this practice. One aspect would be to use a well-known, battle-tested lease contract similar to the well-known free software licenses (GPL, BSD, ...). Any pointers or suggestions? I want to end artist exploitation.
Photo: "City Map", 2023 by Martin Jambon. Acrylic on wood panel.
#legal #art #artist #exploitation #gpl #fsf #freeart #rent #artiststruggle #painting
Google Maps is thanking me for leaving an excellent review for r2c https://www.google.com/search?q=r2c
mad scientist/artist
Interests: cognition, artificial cognition, epistemology, machines, history, understanding most things.
Academic and professional credentials: 3D structure of proteins (PhD), program analysis with OCaml, free software author.
Hobbies: trail running, mushrooms, art.
Location: San Francisco Bay Area, originally from Orléans, France
Ancien rameur à l'ACOO. Ancien élève du Lycée Saint-Louis et de l'École normale supérieure de Lyon.