An Interactive Map of 530 Female Composers from Across the Globe https://www.openculture.com/2021/08/an-interactive-map-of-530-female-composers-from-across-the-globe.html
MSU's Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building received a first-of-its-kind upgrade with the installation of transparent solar glass panels. https://go.msu.edu/R2p5
Dear followers,
we get a lot of questions lately and its really nice to see you are interested in the project! Sadly we can't provide answers here, as we are all busy working on #Funkwhale, private things or enjoy the summer. So for now the best place to ask questions is our #forum, where everyone can answer your questions. Give it a chance! https://forum.funkwhale.audio
We have a "DebConf 2021 Program" Android app, made by Tobias Preuss @tbsprs - Thanks! Available in F-Droid and other app stores https://f-droid.org/packages/info.metadude.android.debconf.schedule/
Space telescope mirror comparisons
The most important component of a telescope is its primary mirror. Webb’s mirror has an area more than 5 times greater than Hubble’s!
We can't wait for it to be launched!
(Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/The Planetary Society) https://twitter.com/universal_sci/status/1430600401271808000/photo/1
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Powerful text features in the next version of Inkscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmC3tFnFUJM
I haven't done a feature video in a while. But this one's great! (thanks to xkcd for the CC-NC art)
Google Pay team reportedly in major upheaval after botched app revamp https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/google-pay-team-reportedly-in-major-upheaval-after-botched-app-revamp/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social by @RonAmadeo
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To those unaware, everyone should know about and check out
The Internet Archive 😍🤩🙂
#Internet #Archive #Books #Movies #Audio #Downloads #TheInternetArchive
Today is the deadline for our funded call for white papers to address Copilot, copyright, machine learning, and free software. Submit yours now: https://u.fsf.org/3fi
Hate your job? Come work at EFF! We’re hiring for a writer/manager to join our fundraising team. Applications due by Sept 4. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/08/new-writing-and-management-role-effs-fundraising-team
Game developer business sim City Game Studio gets a big update and releases August 24 https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/08/game-developer-business-sim-city-game-studio-gets-a-big-update-and-releases-august-24 #GodotEngine #Simulation #NewRelease #IndieGame #Steam
Interesting!
Can The Human Body Handle Rotating Artificial Gravity?
Artificial gravity for spaceflight is a concept older than spaceflight itself, but we've only ever seen one small scale test ever flown in space. However decades of research have been performed to show that the human body can adapt to the conditions required for rotating artificial gravity.
RG3D (Rust game engine) feature highlights
https://rg3d.rs/general/2021/08/21/0.22-feature-highlights.html
(submitted by adamnemecek)
Epic Court Documents Show How Google Pays Competitors to Not Compete https://gizmodo.com/epic-court-documents-show-how-google-pays-competitors-t-1847527694
we are a young couple of scientists who moved to the countryside to live in a more sustainable way and to realize our dreams.
We offer beautiful apartments in an historical tower in #Tuscany. We want to avoid platforms like Booking.com, Airbnb or Google for advertising.
We have also a big vegetable garden at guests' disposal where we experiment #permaculture.
Check us out on https://morgiano.it/
@Gargron is this the right way to introduce an isolated instance?
Amazing: In the center of star-forming region 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster of the largest, hottest, most massive stars known.
Credit: NASA, J. Trauger (JPL), J. Westphal (Caltech) https://twitter.com/universal_sci/status/1429134970837159941/photo/1
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The Beauty of Bézier Curves
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