oddlyqueer
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- Comment on Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74 2 days ago:
eventually this image will be cut, copied, and pasted until it has faded into a rectangle of white noise overlayed with layer upon layer historical image hosting watermarks, and then, when its meaning has finally passed beyond all human recollection, will Larry finally be able to rest.
- Comment on I think I 'm witnessing the beginning of a wasp nest in the wall of my living room? 2 weeks ago:
Hard to tell from the picture but it may be a mud dauber, which is not a very aggressive wasp (to humans) and is useful for controlling spider populations. if they’re getting up into your ceiling near the light fixture, blocking it off may prevent it from trying to nest there. if it’s building on the fixture itself, knocking down the nest might convince it to relocate to a safer area. I’ve never had a mud dauber sting me even while knocking down nests, but I would still wait until it’s off gathering mud to make an attempt on the nest.
- Comment on Make it make sense 2 weeks ago:
Here’s the (abstract of the) paper I was thinking of pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/…/opre.4.1.42
Appalling that I can’t find a free version of a 70 year old paper. You might be able to find the full text somewhere… I would of course never encourage anything that might run afoul of the scientific publishing protection racket.
- Comment on Make it make sense 2 weeks ago:
I couldn’t find the paper I was thinking of that described the phenomenon of traffic propagating as a pressure wave, but I did find this paper (new to me) that describes a model for simulating how congestion spreads in urban environments (as opposed to an isolated highway, which IIRC the paper that most people reference models). It does have the full text available though, and it looks like a good read and has references that should get you going on the history of congestion research.
I am not an expert; I just found this with a few minutes of searching. If there are experts with better papers I’d be happy to hear from ya!
- Comment on 👁️🐽👁️ 3 weeks ago:
Unfun fact: Rabbits actually can scream, I have had the misfortune of hearing it. It’s not a sound you forget.