peter sibley

@petersibley
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Developer. Formerly @Mental_Canvas, @FiftyThree, @microsoft, @NVIDIA & @mathworks. Studied @BrownUniversity & @ClarkUniversity
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There's a new Boards of Canada album coming out for the first time in 13 years and I have rarely been so hype for something that promises to be so chill.

https://youtu.be/6bghDcbzfEU

Tape 05

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Homeric Literature and Gold Covered Mummies Discovered in Egypt

An extraordinary archaeological discovery has been made in Egypt's Minya Governorate, where a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues has been unearthed at the historic site of Al-Bahnas

Ancient Origins
A Powerful New ‘QR Code’ Untangles Math’s Knottiest Knots | Quanta Magazine

With a newly discovered mathematical tool, researchers are hoping to gain unprecedented insight into the structure of complex knots.

Quanta Magazine
Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive -- listen now | TechCrunch

Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he goes to since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes.

TechCrunch
Is math big or small?

Elliot Kienzle

Modern Art Was Used As a Torture Technique in Prison Cells During the Spanish Civil War

https://www.openculture.com/2014/10/when-modern-art-was-used-as-torture-during-the-spanish-civil-war.html

Modern Art Was Used As a Torture Technique in Prison Cells During the Spanish Civil War

We've all got those friends or family members who consider 'modern art' a form of torture.

Open Culture
Banksy, Satoshi & The Unmasking Impulse

First Banksy and then Satoshi. Something about their unmasking is not sitting right with me. I am bothered by it. I am annoyed by it. And even more annoyed with myself because as a former journalis…

On my Om

"Researchers Break a 150-Year-Old Math Law"

Well I hope the math judge sentences them to what they deserve.

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-break-a-150-year-old-math-law-with-a-surprising-donut-discovery/

Researchers Break a 150-Year-Old Math Law With a Surprising Donut Discovery

A 150-year-old geometry rule has been overturned after mathematicians found two different torus surfaces with identical metric and curvature.

SciTechDaily

What I'm listening to today: "Mixed Emotions", Bebe Barron

In 1956, experimental electronic musicians (and married couple) Bebe and Louis Barron composed the score for Forbidden Planet, inspiring a generation.

In 2000, Bebe visited the music lab at UCSB and recorded a new piece. It is *sick*. It seems to be inventing entirely new emotions. It sounds exactly like the music 60s electronic artists would have made if not held back by the friction of contemporary recording.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Biqz1r2d_xY

Mixed emotions, by Bebe Barron

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