Study proposes explanation for how cephalopods see color, despite black and white vision
http://m.phys.org/news/2016-07-explanation-cephalopods-black-white-vision.htmlMaybe chromatic abberation detected by altering focal distance of eye (via schneieronsecurity)
https://github.com/robertmeta/nofrils
https://github.com/robertmeta/nofrilsnonbeard 2016-07-06 21:11:55
CloudABI for Mac OS X, part three: thread-local storage
https://nuxi.nl/blog/2016/05/10/cloudabi-for-mac-part-3.htmlThe depressing state of fs register setting from userspace on Mac OS X. I wonder if hypervisor.framework would be a better way of handling this..
Amour-propre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amour-propreAmour-propre (French, "self-love") is a concept in the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that esteem depends upon the opinion of others.
Mappings for Squaring the Disc - 1509.06344.pdf
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1509/1509.06344.pdfJust a lovely paper with different methods for representing points on a circle in a square and vice versa. Pictures, proofs if you want them, several choices of mapping function, analysis of what it means and desirable properties.
Cortex Amiga Floppy Emulator
https://cortexamigafloppydrive.wordpress.com/wip
The Flying Frog Blog: Disadvantages of purely functional programming
http://flyingfrogblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/disadvantages-of-purely-functional.htmlnonbeard 2016-06-05 16:05:00
Language Log » The mysterious Interchange Level
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=26094Yay! My "Use all available doors" nerdview bitching has been legitimised by Language Log!
Oh, I'm such a happy Chewbacca! - vidme
https://vid.me/5WoZthis is a beautiful thing.
‘Ode to Joy,’ Followed by Chaos and Despair - The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/opinion/24zizek.html?_r=0Zizek (or his editor) has a knack for a headline.
Antanaclasis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antanaclasisthe stylistic scheme of repeating a single word or phrase, but with a different meaning.
Schizotypy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SchizotypyIn psychology, schizotypy is a theory stating that there is a continuum of personality characteristics and experiences ranging from normal dissociative, imaginative states to more extreme states related to psychosis and in particular, schizophrenia.
Subjunctive Mood
http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000031.htmIf love *were* a crime, then we would be criminals.
The Pigeons Nesting, Mating and Feeding Habits
http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Pigeons.htmlThe nesting habits of these birds are a bit unique. The male chooses a site in view of the female, selecting one stick and bringing it back, lays it in front of his mate. The female who stays at the nesting site accepts the sticks the male brings to her and places them underneath her.
Dual-phase evolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual-phase_evolution"Dual phase evolution (DPE) is a process that promotes the emergence of large-scale order in complex systems." There's something odd about this. It gives the example of people socialising and alternating between "local phase" (only interacting with people they know) and "global phase" (interactive with new people). But these phases are usually intermingled. So in what sense are they phases? Really all we are saying is that people interact with other people, and those other people are previously unknown with a certain (I guess low) probability.
Ansatz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansatznonbeard 2016-05-11 14:56:53
Coracle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoracleThe coracle is a small, roundish shaped, lightweight boat of the sort traditionally used in Wales but also in parts of Western and South West England, Ireland (particularly the River Boyne), and Scotland (particularly the River Spey).
Partial and Semipartial Correlation
https://web.archive.org/web/20070711175222/http://luna.cas.usf.edu/~mbrannic/files/regression/Partial.htmlnonbeard 2016-05-07 13:33:47
How to Quantize Neural Networks with TensorFlow « Pete Warden's blog
https://petewarden.com/2016/05/03/how-to-quantize-neural-networks-with-tensorflow/They treat it like a compiler pass, unwrapping and wrapping around each operating and then removing redundant stages as a separate phase.
AdBlock Plus teams up with Flattr to help readers pay publishers
http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/03/adblock-plus-teams-up-with-flattr-to-help-readers-pay-publishers/Very interesting. The problem is pervasive tracking!
Study: Elite scientists can hold back science - Vox
http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2015/12/15/10219330/elite-scientists-hold-back-progress"Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time"?
The Right Way to Practice
http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/not-all-practice-makes-perfectThe lesson I'm getting from this is: be very specific about your success criteria for practise. "Get this section right" isn't good enough. "Get this section note-perfect and to tempo three times in a row" is better.
Qur’an Memorizers Who Don’t Speak Arabic Learn Grammar from Statistics Alone | Mental Floss
http://mentalfloss.com/us/go/78823Surprisingly, the memorizers with no classroom Arabic did better than those who had had lessons, suggesting that a “top-down approach” that explains the rules of language “may negatively impact learners’ sensitivity to the bottom-up statistics of a language.”
Khaju Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaju_BridgeKhaju Bridge is a bridge in the province of Isfahan, Iran, which has been described as the finest in the province.
Aposematism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AposematismAposematism describes a family of antipredator adaptations in which a warning signal is associated with the unprofitability of a prey item to potential predators.
ElgensRepairs: Homemade 1MB Chip RAM Expansion for Amiga A600
http://elgensrepairs.blogspot.cl/2012/10/homemade-1mb-chip-ram-expansion-for.htmlI, for some reason, am doing this.
How to Build the CMoy Pocket Amplifier
http://tangentsoft.net/audio/cmoy/Simple, popular, and extensible headphone amplifier
Raymarching
http://www.iquilezles.org/www/articles/terrainmarching/terrainmarching.htmSimples!
Make your own RJ45 dongle for many PCMCIA network cards
http://labs.cexx.org/dongle.htmAmiga networking
The pebble component-based operating system
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1268728Pebble is an OS which generates specialised code to improve the speed of cross-domain transfer. I studied it ten years ago and am bookmarking it now before every pebble-related link on the Web points to the Pebble smartwatch.
A Guide to Men’s Hat Styles | Articles of Style
http://articlesofstyle.com/60664/a-guide-to-mens-hat-styles/Really reinforces the point that if you want to wear a hat (or at least a formal hat) then you have to dress appropriately.
amitools « Lallafa's Blog
http://lallafa.de/blog/amiga-projects/amitools/Amiga disassembler
British Shorthair breeds info, Temperament, kitten names, Price
http://www.catbreedslist.com/all-cat-breeds/british-shorthair.htmlHere, or to alert master hair bulb, cat useful tongue self cleaning habits, but also eat a lot of maomao, so feed it to eat a little spit on a regular basis the bulb creams
Aminet - dev/src/ScrollingTrick.lha
http://aminet.net/package/dev/src/ScrollingTrickAmiga scrolling
5th tutorial, Horizontal scroller - English Amiga Board
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=68751Amiga horizontal scrolling with the blitter
Hard Drive SMART Stats
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-smart-stats/Primarily interesting because it shows that quite a few / most SMART stats aren't indicative of anything much.
plipbox « Lallafa's Blog
http://lallafa.de/blog/amiga-projects/plipbox/amiga networking via parallel port
Amiga ATX Adaptors
http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/Amiga/designs/Amiga_ATX_Adaptor/amiga_atx_adaptor.htmlnonbeard 2016-02-05 01:22:36
Cheap RGB to VGA converter – Amiga – Retro Commodore
http://www.retro-commodore.eu/2014/03/11/cheap-rgb-to-vga-converter-amiga/Looks like a good option
Trippy spinning optical illusion
http://kottke.org/16/02/trippy-spinning-optical-illusionA take on the spinning ballerina illusion
Boron Nitride Products: Wurtzite Boron Nitride (WBN)
http://www.ukabrasives.com/boron-nitride/wurtzite-wbn.htmlWurtzite Boron Nitride is a new superabrasive material that is manufactured by detonation.
LONDON CHEESECAKE | Recipes | Nigella Lawson
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/london-cheesecake-147I want this cheesecake so much.
John Barton (engineer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barton_(engineer)Barton's engraved metal buttons, mentioned by Babbage as a curio to amuse people he met whilst travelling.
An overview of gradient descent optimization algorithms
http://sebastianruder.com/optimizing-gradient-descent/2016-01-20 14:31:57
backdoor in IRC code · Issue #1 · alerj78/lucky7coin · GitHub
https://github.com/alerj78/lucky7coin/issues/1holy shit, people
Inside the Eye: Nature’s Most Exquisite Creation -- National Geographic Magazine
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/evolution-of-eyes-textnonbeard 2016-01-16 03:36:55
Sock and Buskin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sock_and_BuskinSymbols of the theatre
Arduino/boards.md at master · esp8266/Arduino · GitHub
https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino/blob/master/doc/boards.md#minimal-hardware-setup-for-bootloading-and-usageesp8266 arduino ide
How to C (as of 2016)
https://matt.sh/howto-cDreadful title, good advice
How to Make an Ethernet Cable - Cat5, RJ45 Connectors - VSAT Installation Training
http://www.groundcontrol.com/galileo/ch5-ethernet.htmManipulate a specific ordering of 8 wires which are constantly moving and/or under tension in unexpected ways into a space about the width of a pinky fingernail, and then ensure that the resulting wires, which were previously in a circular shape and are now flattened out in a line, are all the same length.