Tag: nature
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Links van 10 tot 19 februari 2026
Why is the sky blue? The internet’s default answer to “why is the sky blue?” is “Rayleigh scattering”. And that’s not wrong, but it’s also not very useful. Simply knowing the name of something is very different from understanding it. But if names don’t constitute understanding… what does? My answer: having a model that allows…
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Links van 22 tot 27 januari 2026
Isometric NYC isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC 3D, map Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season One (part 2) – re:View Best friends Rick and Morn talk about the remaining episodes of season 1 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. As of this writing, the new show Star Trek: Starfleet Academy…
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Links van 27 januari tot 6 februari 2025
The leading AI models are now very good historians The headaches that LLMs have caused in the classroom are (I believe) more than counterbalanced by what they can offer as tools for research and self-directed learning. For this reason, I’m now even more optimistic about the long-term impact and utility of AI tools for historical…
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Links van 9 november 2017 tot 10 november 2017
IBM TypeThanks for your interest in IBM Plex, IBM’s new corporate type family. IBM Plex is open source, and should be used by IBMers for all typographical situations, replacing Helvetica Neue, whenever possible. Why This Fungus Has Over 20,000 Sexes – D-briefOne species of fungi, Schizophyllum commune, really shines when it comes to gender diversity.…
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Links voor 1 juni 2011
yog-blogsothto draw EVERY creature Lovecraft ever describes from Elder Things and The Great Race (who are described in immense detail) to Vooniths and Wamps (who are only mentioned). YouTube – There’s no such thing as a jellyfishBy all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take…