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@minutephysics has posted a video partly based on my article on orbital mechanics.
https://smorgasb.org/orbital-speed-paradox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtRtdg67PU
it's an honor to contribute! MinutePhysics is a superb channel.
See the Earth Actually Turning:
Zenith - a live, realtime view of the stars passing over your head.
if you see the sun slipping visibly below the horizon & think “I’m actually watching the earth turn”, this planetarium app is for you.
To make the earth’s rotation visible, we zoom waay, in. Zooming not only magnifies things but also their motion. We show a tiny Field of View - ~10' x 5'
tech details:
https://smorgasb.org/zenith-tech
@10MARC
I'm the one who found the haikus in your amiga haiku video transcript.
This is my vibecoded tool for finding haiku in any text-
https://mastodon.social/@smorgasborg/116613593157844268
(youtube transcripts don't generally work well since they don't have punctuation.)
I used to teach basic programming on vic-20's for an after school program.
a new discovery tool: Haiku Reveal
paste in any text, or give it a link to an RSS feed, and it surfaces the accidental 5-7-5's hiding in the prose. some writers' rhythms produce a lot of them.
cassettes are the worst
way to listen to music
ever invented
-found in the wild, on a tech blog
@matdevdug
your prose has a notably haiku-friendly rhythm — my haiku finder pulled 13 from your RSS feed. my favorite-
cassettes are the worst
way to listen to music
ever invented
full harvest:
https://smorgasb.org/haiku-reveal/?url=matduggan.com%2Frss%2F
“The single thing worse than being stuck in a bodycast for a year, would have to be: getting stuck in a body cast for a year, studying Haftorah.”
https://smorgasb.org/bad-backs
#scoliosis #JewishHumor #memoir #nyc #pediatrics #FamilyHistory #orthopedics
What do olfactory hallucinations and a mic feeding back have in common? If you're an audio engineer trying new meds, a few things, in fact: A small trigger threshold, a persistent output even after the input stops.
