Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

@mpanhans @carlrichell Hi, this research could point to who… https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

Happy π Day! And Albert Einstein was born #OTD 147 years ago!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

Isaac Newton used infinite series to compute π to 15 digits, later writing "I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_note-Newton-60

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

Einstein at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1630

#books #mathematicsDay

Mastodon, you are a influence...

Since I joined I have ditched most subscription stuff like Spotify, Amazon and Netflix.

Made the swap to Linux.

Started painting.

Now I am considering whether or not I could be a Person Who Bikes Places.

Historians, do you have a preferred resource for digital access to historical newspapers? I have library access to a limited version of ProQuest, but it is missing a lot; other newspapers have been digitized, but access is sold by genealogy sites of varying shadiness and opaque pricing #history #econhist #economichistory #socialhistory #histodons

Manet's famous painting Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère never appealed to me. But now I realize its genius and my spine tingles every time I see it.

The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view!

But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible!!! To prove it, he did a photographic reconstruction of this scene. Check it out in my next post.

This blow my mind.

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It's the first sunday of March and it's Digital Independence Day again.

If you would like to spend some minutes to install an independent messaging app and get a cool indie messaging address, you might have a look at:
https://imday.de/en/

And don't panic: It's easier than you might expect.

#did #didit #xmpp #whatsapp #diday