Chris Wolff 

@Christian_Freiherr_von_Wolff@infosec.exchange
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Just some guy.

GED in 2011 at 17; no qualifications otherwise, at least literally on paper.

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#NewMexico 🇺🇸
#NixOS 
#NM (see #NewMexico (🌶️))
#Qtile 
#RustLang 
(^ learning, or trying to)
#Tor 
#TS (i.e., #TouretteSyndrome (😉))
#Unicycle 
#YouTube 

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PROFILE PICTURE ALT: me; respirator, earmuffs with built-in radio, safety sunglasses.

BANNER PICTURE ALT: new boots, lol.

"We have no elected government, nor are we likely to have one, so I address you with no greater authority than that with which liberty itself always speaks. I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally independent of the tyrannies you seek to impose on us. You have no moral right to rule us nor do you possess any methods of enforcement we have true reason to fear."
—John Perry Barlow, "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace"

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@wonderofscience

ALT TEXT (this is all off the cuff and I'm typing this on my phone; no ChatGPT, no Google, no nothing; please correct anything I may have wrong here, or worded funny, etc.):

The video shows by demonstration a really cool behavior of objects in motion, understood to the study of physics according to intermediate axis theorem—also called tennis racket theorem, or the Dzhanibekov effect. We see an astronaut spin a T shaped handle that is attached to a control panel, and it unscrews from the panel, as one would expect. Curiously, the handle—which is, unsurpisingly, floating due to this happening in space—continues to spin while facing the same way with respect to the panel as it did initially, only briefly; it then flips around 180° in said direction, such that the horizontal section where it's meant to be grabbed in order to use it, is then facing towards the panel instead of away from it. This orientation then reverses again, and then reverses again, and so on and so forth, repeatedly. Like that weren't enough, it just keeps spinning the same way it was already spun by the astronaut, while doing the other thing that was just described (taken into account that it turns itself around going the other way whenever it does, of course). The reason why this is called intermediate axis theorem is because all objects with mass, while in motion, will always rotate upon whichever axis provides the highest moment of inertia no matter what, unless otherwise acted upon by an outside force; this axis is, of course, the intermediate axis. The reason why this is also called tennis racket theorem is because it is observed while fully affected by gravity, by throwing a tennis racket end-over-end directly upwards: it is physically impossible for it to rotate upon said axis without also rotating upon the axis 90° perpendicular, and it will have already rotated upon the latter to such extent by the time whoever threw it has had a chance to catch it by the handle again, that the net will no longer be facing in quite the same direction it was when it was thrown. The author of this alt text assumes that Dzhanibekov is most likely who first discovered this, or something, although he doesn't remember offhand and doesn't feel like looking it up. He was taught K-12 at home by a former private school teacher and never went to school in a conventional sense, he earned his GED in 2011 at the age of 17, and he has precisely no qualifications otherwise.

#AltText #Alt4You

The unusual behavior of a handle spinning in space, suddenly reversing its orientation, a striking example of the tennis racket theorem (also called the Dzhanibekov effect).

Credti: NASA

#science #space #alt4me

yeah seen that happen a lot

To paraphrase someone way smarter than I am:
Bitching about politics, the economy, the weather, etc. is the background noise of a group of people with no internal crisis imminent.

As irritating as it can be sometimes, to look at the Fediverse and see a demonstration of the direction this world is apparently headed and why that is wrong, I don't find that alarming in its own right.

I will shit myself if the crickets ever stop chirping suddenly.

#ShowerThoughts #USpol #Politics #ClimateChange #Economy

@Em0nM4stodon

Divide and Conquer is not a new strategy by any metric. The United States of America has been perfecting this methodology for quite some time. Those in power (the oligarchy) own all of the main stream media and use it to try to create as many fractures in our society as possible. With full understanding that as long as we fight amongst ourselves we will not be focused on them. They divide us on every line conceivable and then we invent new ones to help them.

Via flickr https://flic.kr/p/111159BGU5 (Minette Layne-Worthey)
#Fox #Bot

#Random

Am I the only person who will wash whatever dishes are left in a communal sink? Am I violating some protocol?

(I always do, and have gotten comments... am I supposed to leave someone's molding grungy dishes in there for a few days out of principle?)

Via flickr https://flic.kr/p/2n2rgiA (Jim and Robin)
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@skeletor "You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to ignore it."

@skeletor

The warmest feeling in my heart this morning, thank you! 💪

@skeletor To the person who is helped, it will mean the world.

@skeletor

Every helping hand makes a difference. Even if you never see the results of your kindness, it does more good for the world than anyone will ever know. All it takes is holding out a hand and saying 'Can I help you up?'