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katharsisdrill@diaspora.freifunk-naila.net

The Froostixie reading on a summer night.

It has been a long time since I last published an artwork on my website. This is another digital painting of a creature reading a book - I call this one the Froostixie. Had a bit of fun doing hos paintings :)

As always made with Krita.

Here's the large file: https://katharsisdrill.art/gmedia/the_froostixie_reading_on_a_summer_night_700-jpg/

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uawatts@diasp.org

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Realia

Realia Book Cover

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Note: Apparently I'm not supposed to ask you to review this book in exchange for a free copy, at least not directly. That said, an honest review of this book would be very, very, very, very much appreciated.

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z428@loma.ml

Amazing. I just recently read the story of that typeface being sunk there and considered it lost. The older I get, the more fascination comes from old-school printing and writing facilities and the idea of keeping information on paper, no matter how much effort it takes compared to digital means.


Karen Strickholm - 2024-05-11 07:13:31 GMT

Interesting!!"Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Have Been Rescued From the River Thames"

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https://news.artnet.com/art-world/doves-typeface-2454807

claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social

Just don't make the mistake of calling it "predestination".


earthling - 2024-05-09 01:30:01 GMT

Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World by Tom Chivers, 2024A captivating and user-friendly tour of Bayes's theorem and its global impact on modern life from the acclaimed science writer and author of The Rationalist's Guide to the Galaxy.

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At its simplest, Bayes's theorem describes the probability of an event, based on prior knowledge of conditions that might be related to the event. But in Everything Is Predictable, Tom Chivers lays out how it affects every aspect of our lives. He explains why highly accurate screening tests can lead to false positives and how a failure to account for it in court has put innocent people in jail. A cornerstone of rational thought, many argue that Bayes's theorem is a description of almost everything.</p><p>But who was the man who lent his name to this theorem? How did an 18th-century Presbyterian minister and amateur mathematician uncover a theorem that would affect fields as diverse as medicine, law, and artificial intelligence?

girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net

#books #literature #cooking #hopi
I’m making Indian Fry Bread. Hopi Fry Bread. (Wequivi)
The balls of dough are under a towel now. I’ll roll them out, and fry in a cast iron skillet.
I’ll be traveling to the Hopi Reservation in Arizona in May - before it gets too hot here in the West.

hartwig@societas.online

#books #germany #corona
Ich habe übers Wochenende Über Menschen von Juli Zeh (DE 2022) gelesen und mich gut amüsiert.
Neuer Roman von Juli Zeh
Juli Zeh hat früher weniger literarisch geschrieben. Diesmal ist viel Satire in die Darstellung von Klima- und Corona-Hysterie geflossen und der Stil ist dichter.
Die Protagonistin wird von Corona aus Berlin vertrieben in ein kleines Dorf in Brandenburg.
Grosse Überraschung: Nazis sind Menschen!
Das macht sie nicht notwendig zu harmlosen Mitbürgern, aber es ist eher schädlich, sie aus der Kommunikation auszuschliessen.