Notices by Blake C. Stacey (bstacey@icosahedron.website), page 21

@tom @garbados jackers (jean hackers)

"Avoiding meat and dairy products is the single biggest way to reduce your environmental impact on the planet, according to the scientists behind the most comprehensive analysis to date" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/31/avoiding-meat-and-dairy-is-single-biggest-way-to-reduce-your-impact-on-earth

I've developed lactose intolerance in adulthood, so dairy is already out. I bet I can excise mammal from my diet if I actually get organized about it.

This is educational: https://www.livescience.com/62669-musk-nano-nanotechnology-real.html

@JordiGH @pzmyers YouTube needs a "fuck off" button.

@natecull IBM guy: "We foresee a global market of perhaps five giant central computers."

Roomful of CEOs: (nods)

now that's just unfair

"Physics has one of the largest gender gaps in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) according to an analysis of more than 36 million authors of academic papers over the last two decades" https://physicsworld.com/a/gender-gap-in-physics-amongst-highest-in-science/

If I wanted to program my Atari 400, I could plug in the orange Basic cartridge, turn the TV to channel 3 and switch the Atari on. Computers have grown more powerful and languages more sophisticated, but barriers to entry have not improved. In many respects, they have if anything gotten worse.

https://retro.social/@ajroach42/99882571926573176

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kentucky-official-override-governor-veto-school-funding

"Kentucky lawmakers have completed an override of Gov. Matt Bevin’s veto of a more than $480 million tax hike that helps pay for increases in public education spending.

"The Senate voted 20-18 Friday to override the GOP governor’s veto of House Bill 366. The final vote followed a 57-40 House vote in favor of the override. Both chambers are controlled by Republicans."

"More than one woman is going to be quiet while the rest of you praise Hawking to high heaven. Listen to that silence, please. ... if you praise Hawking as a great *man* as well as brilliant physicist, you won't get universal agreement." https://mobile.twitter.com/DrMRFrancis/status/973897504285773824

"A federal judge has ruled that Idaho must provide birth certificate changes to transgender people reflecting their gender identity. The decision recognizes that transgender people are entitled to heightened protection under the law because of their history of discrimination." https://thinkprogress.org/idaho-transgender-birth-certificates-2a15fa9ad51d/

"Thaaaat's Hivewang!"

1. Our housemate who doesn't like cats is away for several weeks.
2. We're having a mouse problem for the first time since we've moved here.

Is there a ... rent-a-cat service?

General, open-ended questions:

Do you have a favorite book about your job, area of study, hobby, or home town?

Is there a book that doesn't exist, but you wish it did?

General, open-ended question: Do you have a favorite book about your job, area of study, hobby, or home town?

@natecull tired: Scroll Lock

wired: Gimbal Lock

attention attention

my Erdős number has decreased to 3

this is not a drill

~~~ ambient emotional support ~~~

~~~ ambient emotional support ~~~

full stack engineer, like I'm gonna engineer a full stack of pancakes

this is obviously a joke

I'm a theoretical physicist

so I'll make spherical pancakes in simple harmonic motion