Ronald McCollam

@mccollam
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Itinerant geek. Inveterate tinkerer. Aspiring wastrel.
Ronald McCollamApr 16, 2019
zalandocalrissianApr 16, 2019

https://twitter.com/grouchybagels/status/1117852841530368000

"I know this doesn't help, but we have exquisite 3D laser maps of every detail of Notre Dame, thanks to the incredible work of @Vassar art historian Andrew Tallon. Prof Tallon passed away last November, but his work will be absolutely crucial"

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150622-andrew-tallon-notre-dame-cathedral-laser-scan-art-history-medieval-gothic/

#notredame

Hannah Groch-Begley on Twitter

“I know this doesn't help, but we have exquisite 3D laser maps of every detail of Notre Dame, thanks to the incredible work of @Vassar art historian Andrew Tallon. Prof Tallon passed away last November, but his work will be absolutely crucial https://t.co/YJl3XXUZTg”

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Ronald McCollamApr 16, 2019
Paul CullApr 15, 2019
In 2387...
Ronald McCollamJan 22, 2019
Ten Thousand Hours in MS PaintJan 22, 2019
why don't poor people just buy more money?
Ronald McCollamJan 21, 2019

#scifi often thinks about what makes aliens unique while treating humans as "normal". It's at least as interesting to think about what might make humans unique in an alien context and make for fun storytelling.

E.g. maybe the patience to catalog data in extreme detail is unique to humans. This gives us certain benefits (ability to deduce structure/laws from observation of phenomena over time) as well as oddities (obsessive decades-long analysis of TV shows that lasted a single season).

Ronald McCollamDec 27, 2018
I'm an adult and that means I get to eat water chestnuts straight out of the can if I want to, dammit
Ronald McCollamJun 30, 2018

"I thought ALL lives mattered" #boston #protest

https://mastodon.social/media/sq9uWFQOZyWYogoD-I4

Ronald McCollamJun 30, 2018

#Boston ICE and immigration #protest

https://mastodon.social/media/G7aG78MK2yK5XfA51Y

Ronald McCollamMay 7, 2018

I'm sitting in a bar with about 45 different sports broadcasts all doing at once.

If aliens ever receive television broadcasts, they'll probably conclude that humans hate spheres. We're constantly throwing spheres away from ourselves, hitting them with sticks, or otherwise knocking them away.

If we get invaded, it will be in the form of a giant sphere.

Ronald McCollamMay 4, 2018
https://mastodon.social/media/DBQWHROj4FstHXh5qUM
Ronald McCollamApr 5, 2018
Mi estas en Germanio. Mi ne parolas bone la lingvon Germanan, sed mi aĉetas bieron! (Kaj bieron, kaj bieron, kaj bieron...) La homuloj Germanoj estas amikaj :)