Colin
@colinqu.bsky.social
S/w developer. Interested in literature, philosophy, history, rowing and food
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Today I was asked in an interview about folks who use the weirdness of ✨quantum✨ to hawk pseudoscience junk. I think that kind of grift proliferates because of a big misunderstanding a lot of folks have about quantum mechanics, which is not really their fault!
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January 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Today I was asked in an interview about folks who use the weirdness of ✨quantum✨ to hawk pseudoscience junk. I think that kind of grift proliferates because of a big misunderstanding a lot of folks have about quantum mechanics, which is not really their fault!
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I was watching one of those Tolkien video essays on most powerful beings in Middle-earth. Maiar? Ungoliant? Bombadil?
Anyway, it got me thinking. Who are the most powerful beings on the Discworld?
Anyway, it got me thinking. Who are the most powerful beings on the Discworld?
January 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I was watching one of those Tolkien video essays on most powerful beings in Middle-earth. Maiar? Ungoliant? Bombadil?
Anyway, it got me thinking. Who are the most powerful beings on the Discworld?
Anyway, it got me thinking. Who are the most powerful beings on the Discworld?
Ok, ok,ok, but what about a steak sandwich?!
December 13, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Ok, ok,ok, but what about a steak sandwich?!
He gets in more trouble when he tells the truth than when he lies
December 13, 2024 at 9:19 AM
He gets in more trouble when he tells the truth than when he lies
There is a significant overlap in the skills required for prompt engineering and praying to a mysterious and jealous deity
December 10, 2024 at 12:01 PM
There is a significant overlap in the skills required for prompt engineering and praying to a mysterious and jealous deity
How long until The Claims Adjuster has his own podcast and scam meme coin?
December 9, 2024 at 5:23 PM
How long until The Claims Adjuster has his own podcast and scam meme coin?
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Bonus #artAdventCalendar: Happy birthday to mathematician & computer scientist US Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper (1906-1992) who popularized the revolutionary idea of developing machine-independent programming languages based on English. 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬🧮 #histsci
She began teaching at Vassar in 31 & got PhD 🧵
She began teaching at Vassar in 31 & got PhD 🧵
December 9, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Bonus #artAdventCalendar: Happy birthday to mathematician & computer scientist US Navy rear admiral Grace Hopper (1906-1992) who popularized the revolutionary idea of developing machine-independent programming languages based on English. 🧪🐡👩🏼🔬🧮 #histsci
She began teaching at Vassar in 31 & got PhD 🧵
She began teaching at Vassar in 31 & got PhD 🧵
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George Boole, who died OTD 1864 in Cork, chose Spinoza's philosophy as a test case for his new logical system, as this blog post explains: www.newappsblog.com/2012/05/the-...
A wider look at Boole's life and philosophy: irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/08/o...
#IrishPhilosophy
A wider look at Boole's life and philosophy: irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/08/o...
#IrishPhilosophy
December 8, 2024 at 11:18 PM
George Boole, who died OTD 1864 in Cork, chose Spinoza's philosophy as a test case for his new logical system, as this blog post explains: www.newappsblog.com/2012/05/the-...
A wider look at Boole's life and philosophy: irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/08/o...
#IrishPhilosophy
A wider look at Boole's life and philosophy: irishphilosophy.com/2014/12/08/o...
#IrishPhilosophy
When The Simpsons first aired, I was the same age as Bart
Now I am older than Homer
Now I am older than Homer
December 6, 2024 at 11:21 PM
When The Simpsons first aired, I was the same age as Bart
Now I am older than Homer
Now I am older than Homer
In the novel Nightbitch, it's never clear what is externally real, which allows scenes to be imagined in many ways. I loved that, and I don't believe it could be replicated in film. Nonetheless, I look forward to watching it.
December 6, 2024 at 9:02 PM
In the novel Nightbitch, it's never clear what is externally real, which allows scenes to be imagined in many ways. I loved that, and I don't believe it could be replicated in film. Nonetheless, I look forward to watching it.
Seems like a really good time to carefully read this
December 6, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Seems like a really good time to carefully read this
Lots and lots and lots of bots
December 5, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Lots and lots and lots of bots
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Alright, I'm here for it. Let's go!
December 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Alright, I'm here for it. Let's go!
I'm seeing lots of Stone Henge pics on the timeline today. Truly beautiful, but what many may not realise is that it is also Turing complete
December 5, 2024 at 4:47 PM
I'm seeing lots of Stone Henge pics on the timeline today. Truly beautiful, but what many may not realise is that it is also Turing complete
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Socrates, 399 BC: "drinking this hemlock and dying is literally better than admitting that any one of you idiots were right about a single thing."
December 4, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Socrates, 399 BC: "drinking this hemlock and dying is literally better than admitting that any one of you idiots were right about a single thing."
May be of interest to entomologists and etymologists
Squished (sixteenth-century?) spider in a vast 11-volume edition of the works of St Augustine (Basel, 1506) @theulspeccoll.bsky.social (Peterborough.A.6.1-6). #spider #marginalia #saints #christianity #rarebooks #augustine #collecting #basel
December 4, 2024 at 11:01 AM
May be of interest to entomologists and etymologists
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Scorsese got these people dead to rights decades ago. It's just incurious behavior with xenophobic sentiments baked in. Remember it's not just that art films are boring, but they're Eastern European too.
December 3, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Scorsese got these people dead to rights decades ago. It's just incurious behavior with xenophobic sentiments baked in. Remember it's not just that art films are boring, but they're Eastern European too.
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People who say philosophy is useless usually still want to do philosophy, they just don't want to read books or have their ideas critiqued by people who have read books.
December 1, 2024 at 8:04 PM
People who say philosophy is useless usually still want to do philosophy, they just don't want to read books or have their ideas critiqued by people who have read books.
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Goal of the protagonist in:
French novel: "to fall in love"
British novel: "to get married"
Russian novel: "to become a great man"
American novel: "to kill that fuckin' whale, man. I want that GOD DAMN whale to die. FUCK, I hate whales so much!!"
French novel: "to fall in love"
British novel: "to get married"
Russian novel: "to become a great man"
American novel: "to kill that fuckin' whale, man. I want that GOD DAMN whale to die. FUCK, I hate whales so much!!"
December 3, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Goal of the protagonist in:
French novel: "to fall in love"
British novel: "to get married"
Russian novel: "to become a great man"
American novel: "to kill that fuckin' whale, man. I want that GOD DAMN whale to die. FUCK, I hate whales so much!!"
French novel: "to fall in love"
British novel: "to get married"
Russian novel: "to become a great man"
American novel: "to kill that fuckin' whale, man. I want that GOD DAMN whale to die. FUCK, I hate whales so much!!"
When I eat a madeleine...
December 1, 2024 at 5:58 PM
When I eat a madeleine...
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Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
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Choose 20 records that have stayed with you or influenced you. One record per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Records
#RecordSky
#RecordChallenge
#Records
#RecordSky
#RecordChallenge
November 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Choose 20 records that have stayed with you or influenced you. One record per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Records
#RecordSky
#RecordChallenge
#Records
#RecordSky
#RecordChallenge
This especially applies to the works of Roland Barthes
audio books are actually the most pure way to read because you get to hear the voice that the author intended. when you read manually, you run the risk of going wild with your imagination and putting yourself into the story.
November 29, 2024 at 6:17 PM
This especially applies to the works of Roland Barthes
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the sham legacy of Richard Feynman
youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc
youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc
the sham legacy of Richard Feynman
YouTube video by Angela Collier
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November 28, 2024 at 3:01 PM
the sham legacy of Richard Feynman
youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc
youtu.be/TwKpj2ISQAc