mc ☕ @mc@social.cleverlibre.org
Describe myself in 5 tag words:
#mathfolk #programmer #reader #traveller #researcher
header: Cobalt Mirror (Lake Louise), photo by Paul Zizka
Joined Apr 2021
"DR Congo orders Goma evacuation after Mount Nyiragongo erupts
Thousands flee their homes as lava from Mount Nyirangongo approaches Goma airport."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/22/dr-congos-nyiragongo-volcano-erupts-triggering-panic
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#Math is not quite like riding a bike: you forget how to do it if you don't practice. My geometry was a bit rusty from my student years. I thus greatly enjoyed reading this nice bunch of stories and elegant problems about elementary #geometry.
📄 Acheson D (2020) The wonder book of geometry. Oxford University Press, New York https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-wonder-book-of-geometry-9780198846383
Is this the reason why kids don't like #math at school?
#arithmetic #humor
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So apparently John le Carré has a new novel coming out which he supposedly finished before he passed away last year. It's called Silverview. I'm keeping my expectations low, but I'll read it. It won't be worse than any other contemporary novel. That's going to be an interesting reading experience for me knowing that it's the last goodbye.
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Looks lovely, both the book and the images.
"NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope team has released a new edition in the Hubble Focus e-book series called “Hubble Focus: The Lives of Stars.” This e-book highlights the mission’s recent discoveries and observations related to the birth, evolution, and death of stars."
La mission pour sauver Sci-Hub est lancée
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Il existe 850 fichiers torrents de SciHub contenant chacun 100 000 articles scientifiques, soit un total de 85 millions d’articles scientifiques à sauvegarder. Cela représente 77TB de données. Pour arriver à leur objectif, les internautes ont prévu d’agir en 3 étapes :
Étape 1 : Trouver 85 « datahoarders » pour stocker et disperser chacun 1 To d’articles, soit 10 torrents au total. Ils proposent ensuite aux internautes de télécharger 10 torrents aléatoires de cette collection puis de les charger dans un client Bittorrent et de les laisser en diffusion aussi longtemps que possible.
Étape 2 : Les volontaires doivent ensuite contacter 10 amis pour leur demander de récupérer un seul torrent aléatoire (100 Go). Cela représente 8 500 seeders.
Étape finale : Une fois la donnée sauvegardée, les initiateurs du projet souhaitent le développement d’un Sci-Hub open source afin de décentraliser le service et rendre celui-ci intouchable. Il existe des projets de ce type ici sur GitHub.
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Archivists Are Trying To Save Sci-Hub
"... Sci-Hub is built out of 850 separate torrents housing 100,000 articles apiece, making the site’s entire database take up a whopping 77TB of data. While there’s a handful of torrenters working with Library Genesis to catalog as much as they can, the collective is trying to recruit at least 85 more data guzzlers to store 10 torrents apiece, adding that they should “reach out to 10 good friends” and ask them to torrent what they can. With enough people on board—the goal is 8,500 torrenters total—they’ll be able to siphon off the entire library.
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https://365newschannel.com/archivists-are-trying-to-save-sci-hub/
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@jnktn_tv has just started streaming on their #owncast server! Check them out at:
https://owncast.jnktn.tv.
Jnktn.tv is an online streaming platform which makes use of and promotes open-source software. Running every Saturday, we host a variety of shows from a variety of people. Come say hi!
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How Astronomers Use Gravity as the Ultimate Camera Lens
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Describe myself in 5 tag words:
#mathfolk #programmer #reader #traveller #researcher
header: Cobalt Mirror (Lake Louise), photo by Paul Zizka
Joined Apr 2021
