@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukI got lost in Wikipedia Transistor articles, and found out about two of the old types; Grown Junction and Alloy Junction; The Grown Junction in particular sounds quite fun in changing the molten source as you pull the crystal out of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grown-junction_transis…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA look at AARoads, a dedicated US roads and highways wiki site started by a group of Wikipedia editors, after years of frustration over Wikipedia's rules (Thomas Germain/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/competing-wikipedia-editors-only-about-roa…
@danyork@mastodon.social
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA look at AARoads, a dedicated US roads and highways wiki site started by a group of Wikipedia editors, after years of frustration over Wikipedia's rules (Thomas Germain/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/competing-wikipedia-editors-only-about-roa…
@mesirii@chaos.socialThe swifts (Mauersegler) are back. We’ve been waiting for them for some days now. Today my wife and I were talking about it and then spotted the first scouts. We love their joy, play and acrobatics in the sky. Soon there will be hundreds around. But hard to photograph because they are so fast.
https://de.m.wikiped…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioIf you think it’s impossible that large, established, publicly traded companies can be massive frauds you really need to read the Wikipedia article about Enron.
The alarm signals right now from Tesla (multiple senior people stepping down, massive axing of entire departments, rumored pivot to software/AI only) are bonkers.
https://
@DrYohanJohn@FediScience.org“Even a potato in a dark cellar has a certain low cunning about him which serves him in excellent stead. He knows perfectly well what he wants and how to get it."
Just read Samuel Butler's 'Book of the Machines', from 1872 (!). Brilliant. And funny!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_among_the_Machines
@rose@linuxrocks.onlineDid you follow the story of John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian-born USA citizen initially accused of being "Ivan the Terrible" and extradited to Israel to stand trial. He was convicted, but - to their credit - the Israelis became aware of evidence that called the identification into question and repatriated him to USA. The old Israel wasn't all about hatred and revenge - there was also room for integrity.
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsAs you probably know, I'm living under a rock. And from reading "The Experience Machine" by Andy Clark (I've only started, but I suppose it's already worth recommending), I've just learned about "The Dress".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dress
It's just wow. And the best part? When I looked at it on the phone, in the bright sunlight outside I've perceived different colors than when I look at it on the TV screen, inside.
[EDIT: Just repeated the experiment. Looked on the phone inside the room first, then went out and look in the sun — and I've perceived different colors. It's worth noting that I have a crappy phone with glossy screen.]
@design_law@mastodon.socialRIP Richard Serra. I decided to go to law school after reading about the Tilted Arc controversy.
#ArtLaw
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialDiplomacy is a profession , an art maybe. Scholz is not mastering it and doesn't think about deterrence and deliberate/strategic ambiguity etc. Instead he makes absolutely clear Russia does not need to fear NATO troops and weapons in any context in Ukraine. True maybe, but why make Putin more secure and confident ?
Maybe he should agree a pact like in the Molotov-Ribbentrop days (being cynical here).
@Lucy@social.linux.pizzaA poem by a monk about him and his cat written in the 9th century: #PangurBan
@DrYohanJohn@FediScience.org“Even a potato in a dark cellar has a certain low cunning about him which serves him in excellent stead. He knows perfectly well what he wants and how to get it."
Just read Samuel Butler's 'Book of the Machines', from 1872 (!). Brilliant. And funny!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_among_the_Machines
@greeneralia@masto.aiIf you are at all interested in politics at an international level, even of the armchair variety, I highly recommend '#Article370, the film now on Netflix about recent events in #Kashmir.
There is a good wiki piece about the historical/political background -
@tml@urbanists.socialTIL about Armand Schulthess.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Schulthess
@codinghorror@infosec.exchangeToday in chemicals, let's learn about the wonders of EA-3167! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA-3167
@pbloem@sigmoid.socialCropfields in Kansas. The circles come from the use of center pivot irrigation.
This is not a particularly sustainable form of agriculture, but there's something fascinating about the regularity displayed at such a scale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center-pivot…
@tezoatlipoca@mas.toMy son asked me if I knew about the #Chicago #Rat hole - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_rat_hole…
@danyork@mastodon.socialIf you are looking for a summary of what is happening with the terrible Baltimore bridge collapse, the #Wikipedia page about the event is being constantly updated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_…
@design_law@mastodon.socialRIP Richard Serra. I decided to go to law school after reading about the Tilted Arc controversy.
#ArtLaw
@risottobias@tech.lgbtoh, oh my
so like, the entire state of israel is based on bein' all denialist about what they did...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_denial
@j12t@social.coopAbout the E series of resistors: “For unknown historical reasons, eight older industry values (shown in bold) are different from the calculated values”
That’s pretty funny.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_series_of_preferred_numbers
@egallager@social.treehouse.systemsEnjoying this Wikipedia deletion discussion about my colleague Michael O'Brien: #NHPolitics
@jae@mastodon.me.ukI will never forget about the short-lived Some Good News show. That was then bought by ViacomCBS and immediately fizzled out. :(
Such a good show and I remember how much it made us all feel good.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Good_News
@ruario@vivaldi.net@… A nice article on Wikipedia about pre-decimal money using the "pounds, shillings and pence" system. Much better than anything than an AI will come up with.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%A…
@trochee@dair-community.socialokay I've always thought the Giving Tree was more than a little effed up
https://noc.social/@todayilearned/112340026908808103
did anybody ever do an intervention with Shel?
@tezoatlipoca@mas.toMy son asked me if I knew about the #Chicago #Rat hole - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_rat_hole…
@danyork@mastodon.socialAny people knowledgeable about the "Security BSides" event who are also #Wikipedia editors?
Or any #Wikipedia editors looking for an article to improve?
#BSides has become a glo…
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsHonestly, I love reading Stephen Jay Gould's essays on #evolution, #biology and other topics. Some of them are almost 50 years old, many of them are outdated (sometimes corrected by later essays), many of them state things that are obvious to people living today.
Nevertheless, they're not only written in great style, but reading them is like witnessing history in the making. It's not like dry facts you learn a school, or historical accounts made by people with future perspective (though Gould often did such accounts as well, and tried to put ideas in context of their era) — it's about witnessing them as exciting new ideas.
The first collection is #book
