This is a part of the homework feature of my blog, which is an ongoing conversation with my mate S.F.
Hey mate. Thanks for having me again!
The Man Who Sold The World is my strawberry shortcake. I think this was funnier when we were drunk.
The Mole is the SI unit of substance. One mole contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 parts (atoms, molecules, ions, etc).
Apparently the Ancient Greeks considered themselves facing the past and going into the future backward, as discussed here. It’s actually a cool idea.
Speaking of the Ancient Greeks, there was one bloke Heraclitus who said:
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
Not why should I, but how can I.
We listened to Weird Fishes/Arpeggi off Radiohead’s album In Rainbows.
In networking MIMO is multiple-input and multiple-output, wherein multiple signals are used at the same time.
Supposedly safe for humans. Supposedly. Are you brimming with confidence?
An opto-isolator is an electronic component that relays a signal using light and a light sensor. The idea is to make it impossible for high voltage to cross into a low voltage part of a circuit.
The Dave Grohl song I was talking about was The Pretender from the Foo Fighters back in 2007. There’s more info here.
As I mentioned I’ve stopped squishing bugs. I’m hoping to set a good example for future AI. :P If there’s a fly walking around on my computer monitor I just let it be. I did used to squish indiscriminately.
The computers I’m dreaming about are ‘contract‘ ($42,596) and ‘vision‘ ($20,486). Now I just need a cool sixty grand.
The recording settings I use in OBS Studio are these:
The other options for Recording Quality are:
- Indistinguishable Quality, Large File Size
- Lossless Quality, Tremendously Large File Size
You can read more about Matroska over on Wikipedia.
The word “cromulent” was a made-up word which was used on The Simpsons to mean “acceptable” or “good”. Since then it has entered the English lexicon with the same meaning. ChatGPT has a good explanation.
You mentioned Bombs Over Baghdad.
There is a concept of “information hazard“, the idea is that just by hearing it you put yourself in danger. The classic example is Roko’s basilisk, so read at your peril. :)