Matt Gallagher

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Lawyer; Dad; Chair, Offshore & Technology Division US Sailing; photographer; licensed pt 107 drone pilot; Chicago
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And finally, this fun little bit from his book “Gravitation and Cosmology.”

A great book, but a common complaint is that it is maybe not the best place to learn GR.

On the other hand, does your favorite GR textbook tackle the really big questions like “Is Middle Earth flat?”

I’ve been thinking about trusses a lot lately.
It's #TravellerMayday! Perhaps the greatest resource for the #TravellerRPG, or possibly ANY science fiction RPG, is the @TravellerMap
at https://travellermap.com/
The Traveller Map

An interactive map of the universe of the Traveller role playing game, incorporating official data and fan submissions. The site also provides services for generating custom maps and APIs for incorporating maps into other sites.

The Traveller Map

Hear the Earliest Recorded Customer Complaint Letter: From Ancient Sumeria 1750 BC

https://www.openculture.com/2021/05/hear-the-earliest-recorded-customer-complaint-letter-from-ancient-sumeria-1750-bc.html

Hear the Earliest Recorded Customer Complaint Letter: From Ancient Sumeria 1750 BC

Three-thousand, seven-hundred, and seventy-one years ago, in the city of Dilmun, near Ur in Mesopotamia, there was a merchant named Ea-nasir. His business was in selling metal ingots that he purchased in the Persian Gulf. Was he a good merchant? Not according to one of his customers, Nanni.

Open Culture

If you’ve used Twitterrific and/or Tweetbot and have a subscription — then this is your chance to be awesome and support awesome indie developers.

Here’s what to do: get the latest versions from the App Store, launch the app, and then tap the “I Don’t Need a Refund” button.

What is only a few dollars to you ends up, in aggregate, meaning a ton to these folks who work so hard and bring so much to our computing lives.

I found this taped to the door of the geography department at GWU today and it brought me so much joy. A guide to figuring out when a map was made based on features. Zoom in. It’s amazing.
Tesla announces that only Tesla Blue subscribers will have access to brakes.
#TeslaBlue
RT @mhdksafa
The 7 year old girl who kept her hand on her little brother's head to protect him while they were under the rubble for 17 hours has made it safely. I see no one sharing. If she were dead, everyone would share! Share positivity...
When you are using Mastodon, how often do you visit the Federated timeline?
Every time.
5.8%
Most of the time.
10%
Less then half of the time.
25.4%
None - rarely
58.8%
Poll ended at .
Please boost poll. There’s a reason I’m asking this question. I’ll let you know why once more people have answered. I don’t want to sway the results.