Paul Abbott
@paul-c-abbott.bsky.social
Sharing my passions: math, physics, computation, modern art, politics, history, photography, music, cycling and AFL
The Suzuki House—a five-story tower in the heart of Tokyo—was designed by the Australian architects duo Bolles + Wilson. An impressive build on a tiny plot:
divisare.com/projects/333...
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BOLLES+WILSON · Suzuki House
Goldmedal from Japanese Architects Institute 1994
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April 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The Suzuki House—a five-story tower in the heart of Tokyo—was designed by the Australian architects duo Bolles + Wilson. An impressive build on a tiny plot:
divisare.com/projects/333...
divisare.com/projects/333...
April 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Read a very positive review of ‘Black Bag’ and then watched the trailer. Looks interesting!
youtu.be/yROsx6EGizY?...
youtu.be/yROsx6EGizY?...
‘Black Bag’ official trailer
YouTube video by Nu Metro
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Read a very positive review of ‘Black Bag’ and then watched the trailer. Looks interesting!
youtu.be/yROsx6EGizY?...
youtu.be/yROsx6EGizY?...
After reading an excellent review, I want to watch FLOW!
FLOW Bande Annonce VF (2024) Nouvelle
YouTube video by FilmsActu
youtu.be
March 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
After reading an excellent review, I want to watch FLOW!
A friend pointed me to this very interesting post by Edward Teller’s grandson…
Innovation chief says ”pressure test” your pet hypothesis. It‘s guaranteed to be wrong.
His grandfather, a member of Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb team, foresaw the potential of nuclear energy to power cities – not destroy them. Today, Astro Teller is on a mission to harness innovation for g...
www-freethink-com.cdn.ampproject.org
March 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A friend pointed me to this very interesting post by Edward Teller’s grandson…
105,263,157,894,736,842, which is Dyson's Number, is the smallest integer that doubles its value when you move its last digit into first place.
To obtain this number consider the repeating decimal digits of 2/19 (and 4/19)—which also explains why it has 18 digits, since 19 is prime.
To obtain this number consider the repeating decimal digits of 2/19 (and 4/19)—which also explains why it has 18 digits, since 19 is prime.
March 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
105,263,157,894,736,842, which is Dyson's Number, is the smallest integer that doubles its value when you move its last digit into first place.
To obtain this number consider the repeating decimal digits of 2/19 (and 4/19)—which also explains why it has 18 digits, since 19 is prime.
To obtain this number consider the repeating decimal digits of 2/19 (and 4/19)—which also explains why it has 18 digits, since 19 is prime.
Important igNobel research: "Evaluation of the Relationship Between Cats and Dogs Living in the Same Home."
Our cat turns a majestic 19 this year, while our dog is only an 8 year old puppy…
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our cat turns a majestic 19 this year, while our dog is only an 8 year old puppy…
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Evaluation of the relationship between cats and dogs living in the same home
The number of cats and dogs kept together in many parts of the industrialized world is increasing, but we know little about the typical interactions t…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Important igNobel research: "Evaluation of the Relationship Between Cats and Dogs Living in the Same Home."
Our cat turns a majestic 19 this year, while our dog is only an 8 year old puppy…
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our cat turns a majestic 19 this year, while our dog is only an 8 year old puppy…
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In my view, this house rivals Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater.
I wish it was open to the public…
I wish it was open to the public…
Tirranna, John and Joyce Rayward House, - Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
savewright.org
March 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
In my view, this house rivals Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater.
I wish it was open to the public…
I wish it was open to the public…
An interesting idea, especially If coupled to “symbolic regression” packages…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symboli...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symboli...
PhysLean: Digitalizing Physics in Lean 4
A project to digitalize results from physics into Lean 4.
physlean.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
An interesting idea, especially If coupled to “symbolic regression” packages…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symboli...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symboli...
A very interesting essay on #technofeudalism from a deep thinker. The behavioural modification produced by Alexa or Siri—which we train to train us to train it to determine that which we want—then sells to us, directly, bypassing markets…
Cloud serfs, cloud proles and cloud vassals of the world, unite! We have nothing to lose but our mind-chains! www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2024/02/04/t...
March 8, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A very interesting essay on #technofeudalism from a deep thinker. The behavioural modification produced by Alexa or Siri—which we train to train us to train it to determine that which we want—then sells to us, directly, bypassing markets…
This post—mentioned on LinkedIn by @vitaliykaurov.bsky.social—reminded me of the Mathematica Journal article by @flipphillips.com on Sim City 3000, with algorithmic design and editing saved XML game levels programmatically to create whole new cities…
community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t...
community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t...
Designing Townscaper town on computable base-grid - Online Technical Discussion Groups—Wolfram Community
Wolfram Community forum discussion about Designing Townscaper town on computable base-grid. Stay on top of important topics and build connections by joining Wolfram Community groups relevant to your i...
community.wolfram.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:14 AM
This post—mentioned on LinkedIn by @vitaliykaurov.bsky.social—reminded me of the Mathematica Journal article by @flipphillips.com on Sim City 3000, with algorithmic design and editing saved XML game levels programmatically to create whole new cities…
community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t...
community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t...
The 23-year-old who used AI to decode the word “purple” on an Ancient Greek scroll—possibly a harbinger for the Dockers in 2025–has gained entree to federal agencies including Medicare and Medicaid, where he has been seeking access to sensitive databases: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/a...
Scrolls That Survived Vesuvius Divulge Their First Word (Published 2023)
Experts hope that the techniques used to retrieve hidden text on delicate papyrus could lead to the recovery of lost classic works.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The 23-year-old who used AI to decode the word “purple” on an Ancient Greek scroll—possibly a harbinger for the Dockers in 2025–has gained entree to federal agencies including Medicare and Medicaid, where he has been seeking access to sensitive databases: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/12/a...
An informative explanation!
February 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
An informative explanation!
Flashover: a new immersive artwork in Melbourne.
Watching this I thought of @flipphillips.com and his Fire animation Notebook—which, IIRC, was included as an example on the installation disks for Mathematica version 1.0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvsE...
Watching this I thought of @flipphillips.com and his Fire animation Notebook—which, IIRC, was included as an example on the installation disks for Mathematica version 1.0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvsE...
What it's like inside a bushfire | 7.30
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
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February 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Flashover: a new immersive artwork in Melbourne.
Watching this I thought of @flipphillips.com and his Fire animation Notebook—which, IIRC, was included as an example on the installation disks for Mathematica version 1.0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvsE...
Watching this I thought of @flipphillips.com and his Fire animation Notebook—which, IIRC, was included as an example on the installation disks for Mathematica version 1.0
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvsE...
“The Mini” in todays NYT:
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 AM
“The Mini” in todays NYT:
A most remarkable video of the urban destruction of Oakland to build a freeway, with the website covering an interesting—and to me mostly unknown—history of similar projects in North American cities…
www.segregationbydesign.com/oakland
www.segregationbydesign.com/oakland
Oakland — SEGREGATION BY DESIGN
www.segregationbydesign.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A most remarkable video of the urban destruction of Oakland to build a freeway, with the website covering an interesting—and to me mostly unknown—history of similar projects in North American cities…
www.segregationbydesign.com/oakland
www.segregationbydesign.com/oakland
H/T Mike Honeychurch: Outrageous deep-fakery…
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January 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
H/T Mike Honeychurch: Outrageous deep-fakery…
Just received my copy of this most amazing book (a slightly delayed Christmas present)!
Apollo Remastered - The Ultimate Photographic Record
The ultimate photographic record of humankind's greatest adventure. Remastered from the original flight film, the Apollo photos are the highest quality ever produced and feature in a book and exhibiti...
www.apolloremastered.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Just received my copy of this most amazing book (a slightly delayed Christmas present)!
A few gems from Srinivasa Ramanujan using Wolfram Mathematica on the occasion of National Mathematics Day in India:
Gems from Srinivasa Ramanujan
YouTube video by Devendra Kapadia
youtu.be
December 23, 2024 at 4:33 AM
A few gems from Srinivasa Ramanujan using Wolfram Mathematica on the occasion of National Mathematics Day in India:
Genesis includes:
* a universal physics engine
* a user-friendly robotics simulation platform
* a fast photo-realistic rendering system
* a generative data engine that transforms user-prompted natural language descriptions
* a universal physics engine
* a user-friendly robotics simulation platform
* a fast photo-realistic rendering system
* a generative data engine that transforms user-prompted natural language descriptions
Genesis
genesis-embodied-ai.github.io
December 23, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Genesis includes:
* a universal physics engine
* a user-friendly robotics simulation platform
* a fast photo-realistic rendering system
* a generative data engine that transforms user-prompted natural language descriptions
* a universal physics engine
* a user-friendly robotics simulation platform
* a fast photo-realistic rendering system
* a generative data engine that transforms user-prompted natural language descriptions
In November, al-Assad’s elder son, Hafez, was defending his doctoral dissertation on “Arithmetic Questions of Polynomials in Algebraic Number Fields” at Moscow State University.
Its dedication reads “To the martyrs of the Syrian Arab Army, without whose selfless sacrifices none of us would exist.”
Its dedication reads “To the martyrs of the Syrian Arab Army, without whose selfless sacrifices none of us would exist.”
Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime in Syria
President Bashar al-Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a fake political address.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 6:06 AM
In November, al-Assad’s elder son, Hafez, was defending his doctoral dissertation on “Arithmetic Questions of Polynomials in Algebraic Number Fields” at Moscow State University.
Its dedication reads “To the martyrs of the Syrian Arab Army, without whose selfless sacrifices none of us would exist.”
Its dedication reads “To the martyrs of the Syrian Arab Army, without whose selfless sacrifices none of us would exist.”
Enjoying Echoes Beyond the Night!
blackwellcomau.wordpress.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Enjoying Echoes Beyond the Night!
H/T @hossenfelder.bsky.social An interesting idea…
Undecidability in Physics: a Review.
arxiv.org
December 15, 2024 at 4:40 AM
H/T @hossenfelder.bsky.social An interesting idea…
A 13-year-old girl goes into the bedroom where her father was sleeping and reaches for a box on a shelf above the bed, accidentally knocking it over.
A .380 caliber handgun falls with the box and discharges, shooting her father through the head.
Police believe it was a “freak accident.” Hmmm…
A .380 caliber handgun falls with the box and discharges, shooting her father through the head.
Police believe it was a “freak accident.” Hmmm…
How Childhood Tragedy Shaped the Doctor Trump Picked for Surgeon General
At the age of 13, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat said she accidentally knocked over a box in a darkened room. A handgun went off, leaving her father dead.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:03 AM
A 13-year-old girl goes into the bedroom where her father was sleeping and reaches for a box on a shelf above the bed, accidentally knocking it over.
A .380 caliber handgun falls with the box and discharges, shooting her father through the head.
Police believe it was a “freak accident.” Hmmm…
A .380 caliber handgun falls with the box and discharges, shooting her father through the head.
Police believe it was a “freak accident.” Hmmm…
25 years of SpongeBob—overlapping almost perfectly with the life and times of my daughter…
December 8, 2024 at 9:03 AM
25 years of SpongeBob—overlapping almost perfectly with the life and times of my daughter…