mc ☕ @mc@social.cleverlibre.org

"...
What defines any bog-standard crystal—such as a diamond, an emerald, or even an ice cube—is that the crystal’s atoms are somehow arranged in repeating patterns in space. There’s three dimensions of space—and a fourth dimension, time. So physicists wondered if a crystal’s atoms could be arranged in repeating patterns in time.

In practice, that works something like this. You create a crystal whose atoms start in one state. If you blast that crystal with a finely tuned laser, those atoms might flip into another state—and then flip back—and then flip again—and so forth, all without actually absorbing any energy from the laser.

If you step back, what you’ve just created is a state of matter that’s perpetually in motion, indefinitely, without taking in any energy.

That’s no small feat. It beats against one of classical physics’ most sacred tenets: the second law of thermodynamics. ..."

#physics #time #entropy #quantum #computing #math

https://www.popsci.com/science/what-is-time-crystal-physics/

Watch the #Perseids tonight.
As soon as it gets dark look #North a little above the horizon.

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-perseid-meteor-shower/

More detail according to your location:
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/perseid.html

#astronomy #meteors

> A #quick and easy Thai style #chicken stir #fry with plenty of basil and cashews! 😋
#recipe

https://www.closetcooking.com/thai-basil-chicken/

Imagine

https://youtu.be/464Ux-B_5uY

How #magicthegathering has become!
(Repeat until it makes sense.)
#PassSanitaire

> “Any nitwit can understand computers and many do.” In 1974 computers were the province of a priesthood: holders of arcane knowledge who communicated with one another in cryptic language and controlled great power. The mission of his book he wrote in all caps:
COMPUTERS BELONG TO ALL MANKIND. COMPUTER POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

> Xanadu would be a world of interconnected text, graphics, sound, and video. Like the World Wide Web, which didn’t exist, but with bidirectional links that didn’t break, version management, transparent compensation for authors, and deep support for expression that recognized the nonlinearity of thought. In short, the Web done right (and conceived long before.)

https://medium.com/pragmatic-programmers/ted-nelsons-unfinished-revolution-49f2632811bc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu

Today... 🙀

I spun 3x... 3x I spun...
Yet I couldn't install nginx on the VM.
Okay. I'll stick with apache.

If you like old style cyberzines:

http://legowelt.org/golemXIV/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Order-Of-The-Shadow-Wolf-CyBeRzInE-Issue-4.html

This 2016 issue seems to be the last one they published, in spite of what they state there:
"The order of the SHADOW WOLF Won't stop and we are going to be back
in 2017. BiGgEr AnD mOrE EvIl ThEn EvEr!!!!!!!!!"

#zine #rescue

Sometimes I wonder why people tend to spend so much time on virtual social networks.
I may have found an answer:

"Above the sphere of the elemental cravings and necessities, the soul of man is in a perpetual vacillation between two conflicting impulses: the desire to assert his individual differences, the desire for distinction, and his terror of isolation. He wants to stand out, but not too far out, and, on the contrary, he wants to merge himself with a group, with some larger body, but not altogether. Through all the things of life runs this tortuous compromise, men follow the fashions but resent ready-made uniforms on every plane of their being. The disposition to form aggregations and to imagine aggregations is part of the incurable nature of man; ..."
- H. G. Wells, A Modern Utopia

#programmer #humor

https://www.monkeyuser.com/2021/fill-in-the-gaps/

Do not try this at home.

#balletdancer #impossible #position

#manet #monet #monday

_The Penrose-Hameroff theory of quantum consciousness argues that microtubules are structured in a fractal pattern which would enable quantum processes to occur._

_If quantum measurements are one day taken from the human brain, they could be compared against our results to definitely decide whether consciousness is a classical or a quantum phenomenon._

_By investigating quantum transport in our artificially designed fractal structures, we may have taken the first tiny steps towards the unification of physics, mathematics and biology, which could greatly enrich our understanding of the world around us as well as the world that exists in our heads._

https://singularityhub.com/2021/07/25/can-consciousness-be-explained-by-quantum-physics-new-research/

"Crispy golden brown roasted potatoes: HELLO yes.
Tender baby broccoli with a little crunchy char: check check.
Baked salmon, simply salted, peppered, brushed with olive oil, and baked to flaky perfection: absolutely.
And enter -> the herby, creamy, lemony lemon sauce. Yes, yes, and y-e-s. Everything else is delicious, but if we’re being honest, it really just serves in the supporting role for this sauce."
#food #recipe #yum

https://pinchofyum.com/baked-salmon-with-amazing-lemon-sauce