Arthur Elsenaar

@artelse
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ArtScientist caught between. Electric contortionist. Rebugging specialist. Workaround artist.
https://artifacial.org
@th @holly Beware of the Stendhal Syndrome while being in Florence ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stendhal_syndrome
#florence
Stendhal syndrome - Wikipedia

Just came across a random unknown; the process of demagnetizing or deperming of a ship.
Now, more than ever, I find myself contemplating the last two sentences from this page of Acton's "Numerical Methods that (usually) Work".

Excited to announce that the @EUCommission has updated it's follow buttons on the website footer!
What's that first platform there? Could that be #Mastodon?
And where did the link to #X go?
All the posts and comments here on Mastodon calling for this, trust me we read them!

#SocialMedia #EU #EuropeanCommission #FollowUs

Decided to try a little experiment - zooming in from 15x to 100,000x in smooth progression. The SEM isn't particularly well calibrated so the result is only ~30-40nm resolution, but I think it's still pretty neat. Working on making SEMs so affordable you could have one at home :)
Better quality in reply.

@hrifeu @waag @bitsoffreedom
@sidnfonds

Nog iets meer dan 10000 handtekeningen nodig voor de #petitie tegen overname van #Solvinity door #Kyndryl of stoppen #DigID contract. En nog minder dan 1 dag te gaan!!!

Haalbaar??? Teken de petitie: https://actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/stop-de-amerikaanse-overname-digid

Stop de Amerikaanse overname DigiD!

Onze privé-gegevens zijn bij overname door een Amerikaans bedrijf niet veilig! Dit lijkt ons niet de veilige manier nu president Trump in Amerika aan het roer staat. Dit kan misgaan! Als de Nederlandse overheid iets doet wat Trump niet leuk vindt, kan hij met een druk op de knop onze overheid uit zetten.  Dat is dus echt wel een groot gevaar! 

DeGoedeZaak

I had to code this one myself to convince myself it was real. The yellow and blue "busses" are moving smoothly at exactly the same speed.

from https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/04/28/the-stepping-feet-illusion/

It is also available as open-access pdf:

https://campus.de/endosymbiotische-komputation/CAM46423

Endosymbiotische Komputation

Um die multiplen Krisen der Welt zu bewältigen, braucht es neue Formen des Zusammenlebens zwischen Menschen, Maschinen und ihrer Umwelt. Einen solchen Weg bietet die endosymbiotische Komputation: eine Theorie darüber, wie Computer, Maschinen, Lebewes...

Beltz

Last week learned from a student at the IMD dept. at the KABK in The Hague that the Icelandic word for computer is tölva.

This term is a portmanteau coined in 1965 by the linguist Sigurður Nordal, combining the words tala ("number") and völva ("prophetess" or "seeress").
Consequently, the word literally translates to "number prophetess" or "number witch," reflecting the device's ability to process vast amounts of data and predict outcomes.
[Description AI generated by Brave search ;-]

Waterlooplein score of the day. Puzzled what the hard wooden cone was used for.
#fleamarket #mystery