"designer spacetimes" yesss http://cognitivemedium.com/qc-a-science
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Robin Sloan
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I'm sure I'm projecting here, but I'm a bit overwhelmed imagining the potential melancholy of someone like Susskind who, at 78 years old, is still pushing a field forward, but can be certain now that there are deep new kinds of understanding—some surely derived from his own contributions!—that he's going to miss. 💀
This stuff is so mind-bending and—well that's not actually true. My mind can't bend this way; it's more like I am considering the possibility that other minds might, and THAT's what's impressive. Anyway it's also very well-conveyed in Quanta Magazine. Talk about an organization that's Doing the Dang Thing. https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-black-hole-interiors-grow-forever-20181206/
ranjit*slaps roof of 120 foot statue of self* this bad boy will lead so many mighty to despair
The real e-book hasn't been invented yet
There, I said it!
I rather enjoyed watching this millisecond-scale video of plasma flowing inside a fusion reactor (set to a chill soundtrack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtf-1JibORg
Wendelstein 7-X plasma video
Well isn't this brain-tingling https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/576484/
She was good. She is good. https://kottke.org/18/10/the-quotable-ursula-le-guin
Yo can I entice some other nerds to get in on this buy? I want to use this light spectroscopy chip to analyze olive oil https://groupgets.com/campaigns/460-sparkfun-as7265x-spectral-triad
SparkFun AS7265x Spectral Triad
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I was very, very nervous about soldering surface-mount components but… it's not that hard! All about the tweezin' 🦀