@freemo My favourite Aleister Crowley story is the time he bought a skeleton to try and grow the flesh back onto it and succeeded (somehow) in coating it in a layer of green slime.
Finally getting back into #Haskell
Here is some Haskell code I just wrote to implement a Multibimap
Chinese activist students posting videos saying they are afraid they will be disappeared by the government, and then they disappear https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/if-i-disappear-chinese-students-make-farewell-messages-amid-crackdowns-over-labor-activism-/2019/05/25/6fc949c0-727d-11e9-9331-30bc5836f48e_story.html
Still one of my favorite #Astrophotography shots I ever took. It shows the core details of The Great Nebula in Orion. You can even see the 4 separate stars in the trapezium.
Best one yet, GoT spoilers ahead...
"Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special, it’s not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment has not occurred. I meet a lot of people who think they are enlightened and awake simply because they have had a very moving spiritual experience. They wear their enlightenment on their sleeve like a badge of honor. They sit among friends and talk about how awake they are while sipping coffee at a cafe. The funny thing about enlightenment is that when it is authentic, there is no one to claim it. Enlightenment is very ordinary; it is nothing special. Rather than making you more special, it is going to make you less special. It plants you right in the center of a wonderful humility and innocence. Everyone else may or may not call you enlightened, but when you are enlightened the whole notion of enlightenment and someone who is enlightened is a big joke. I use the word enlightenment all the time; not to point you toward it but to point you beyond it. Do not get stuck in enlightenment."
~Adyashanti”
Black, Hot Ice May Be Nature’s Most Common Form of Water
Sooooo fricking cool:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/science/microbots-robots-silicon-wafer.html
More #Spritely Crystal docs updated: https://gitlab.com/spritely/crystal/blob/master/crystal/scribblings/intro.org
The narrative tutorial section of the spec is starting to be fleshed out. It involves two friends who play a pen-and-paper rpg together. So far, Alyssa has uploaded her enchantress' character sheet and Ben has been able to pull it down and take a look at it.
Jeffrey Phillips Freeman
Innovator & Entrepreneur in Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computing & Big Data. Avid SCUBA diver, Open-source developer, HAM radio operator, astrophotographer, and anything nerdy.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, USA, currently living in Utrecht, Netherlands, USA, and Thailand. Was also living in Israel, but left.
Pronouns: Sir / Mister
(Above pronouns are not intended to mock, i will respect any persons pronouns and only wish pronouns to show respect be used with me as well. These are called neopronouns, see an example of the word "frog" used as a neopronoun here: http://tinyurl.com/44hhej89 )
A proud member of the Penobscot Native American tribe, as well as a Mayflower passenger descendant. I sometimes post about my genealogical history.
My stance on various issues:
Education: Free to PhD, tax paid
Abortion: Protected, tax paid, limited time-frame
Welfare: Yes, no one should starve
UBI: No, use welfare
Racism: is real
Guns: Shall not be infringed
LGBT+/minorities: Support
Pronouns: Will respect
Trump: Moron, evil
Biden: Senile, racist
Police: ACAB
Drugs: Fully legal, no prescriptions needed
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