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gregeganSF, to random
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A Besicovitch set is a subset of the plane that contains a unit line segment in every possible orientation.

An equilateral triangle of unit height certainly meets that description, but Abram Besicovitch devised a clever method to construct sets of much smaller area.

Besicovitch's construction was later simplified by O. Perron.

If you carve up the original triangle by dividing one side into n segments, each of which becomes the base of a new triangle, then you can slide these triangles together to reduce the total area while still covering one third of the possible orientations for a unit line segment. If you repeat the same trick for all three sides of the original triangle, then you can cover all orientations.

The version shown, where n = 8, doesn't decrease the area much, but there is no lower bound on the area you can achieve, and with a slight variation on the method you can construct a Besicovitch set of measure zero!

An equilateral triangle has each side divided into eight segments, which form eight triangles with the vertex opposite that side. These sets of eight triangles then slide closer together, overlapping, producing a spiky shape with a smaller equilateral triangle in the middle.

roytoo,
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@gregeganSF
Interesting maths aside, That graphic is beautiful and mesmerizing. Excellent choice on the colors.

grimalkina, to random
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Annie Dillard has this bit in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek about how we don't think about how we go our whole lives on this planet carefully angling our faces so we don't look at the sun.

To me, that is how we are with the vast majority of the social forces we are using and getting used by as we shape our sociocognitive world.

roytoo,
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@grimalkina
Great imagery from you and Annie both.
I'm going to consciously use yours to remind myself to stop looking away so much.

MarkRuffalo, to random
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Kudos to Sarah Silverman! This will most likely become a landmark case.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sarah-silverman-copyright-suit-chatgpt_n_64ab2ce5e4b02fb0e6f94a1b

roytoo,
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@MarkRuffalo
I see Richard Kadrey is part of the class action suit too.

GrimmReality, to random
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I ate a few bites of my leftover salad with a spoon earlier because that was the closest thing at hand, just in case anyone was wondering if it possible to be both profoundly lazy and super-badass at the same time.

roytoo,
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@GrimmReality
Pretty badass indeed.
Super badass would have been eating your soup with a butter knife. 🙂

mekkaokereke, to random
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This is an important PSA for folks looking to make any place more inclusive. Do you want to be liked by everyone? Or do you want to make progress?

I don't know anyone that has both been successful in transforming a non-inclusive place, and hasn't been accused of sounding hostile.

It takes a huge amount of energy to dance on eggshells, and I don't have time to do it. So I don't. I'm a big boy. I crack sidewalks when I walk. So eggshells would have no chance anyway. 🤷🏿‍♂️

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/110676207295654527

roytoo,
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@mekkaokereke
Very well said and appreciated.

ben, to random
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I seem to have lost the ability to post photos to my self-hosted instance, and also the energy to care to try and fix it.

roytoo,
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@ben
Hope you get it corrected without extreme effort.

I have been in that spot before:
Welp it's broken and I'm out of give a damn to fix it at the moment.

esther, to random

I'd rather work for a hopeless cause than succumb to apathy and cynicism.

Even a slight chance that what I'm doing is somehow useful is a better outlook on life than believing that nothing can ever be worth doing.

roytoo,
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@esther
Thanks for an interesting and thought provoking post.
I'd forgotten that a nihilist position was that human values were baseless which is not necessarily the same as the shallow "life is meaningless" usually associated with nihilism.

After thinking on it, I think I'm in that philosophical group these days.
There are lots of areas of life I sign high value or meaning to without having ot being able to tie that meaning to some fundamental basis. And that's fine by me!

dgoldsmith, to random
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If businesses pull the kind of bigoted moves that the Supreme Court seems to want to encourage, boycott the living shit out of them.

roytoo,
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@dgoldsmith
Definitely. If they out their bigotry then spend money elsewhere.

grrrr_shark, to random
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It is FRIDAY.

Fuck yeah.

roytoo,
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@grrrr_shark
Yeah!

Piglet leaning out the car window waving a pinwheel. Captioned: It's Friday!!

grammargirl, to random
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I just saw my vocal folds for the first time! (They’re fine.)

I strained my voice recording my LinkedIn Learning courses back in January and have been struggling ever since.

Now I get to go to speech therapy. I’m actually pretty excited about it from a speech-language perspective! I’m imagining I’ll learn all sorts of fascinating things. 🤓

roytoo,
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@grammargirl
Ugh, very sorry to hear that.
I enjoy an afternoon cup of decaf Earl Grey several times a week and would miss it too.

rysiek, to random
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"typing speed"?

I prefer the term: "terminal velocity"

roytoo, (edited )
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@rysiek
(Updated with Iceland photo and fixed spelling)
This came to mind immediately:

roytoo,
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@rysiek
Updated!
😁

roytoo,
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@oblomov
Yeah, that is an awesome touch by the original artist.
@rysiek

roytoo,
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@andrewfeeney
Yeah, can't risk damaging those blue eyes!
@rysiek

hazelweakly, to random
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What an incredible self own: I ate my emergency protein bar and forgot to refill my emergency protein bar stash so now I am hungry and sad

roytoo,
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@hazelweakly
I feel your pain. I often shake my fist at my past self for eating the last protein bar and not buying more.

boardgamebreakdown, to books
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Onward to Book 2!

roytoo,
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@boardgamebreakdown
I really enjoyed the series, hope you're liking it too.

dancinyogi, to random
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Did you ever wake up, and a song you didn't even like when it was popular plays non-stop in your head?

This morning, it's "Everything She Wants" by Wham!

Somebody, please, give me another earworm. 😬

roytoo,
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@dancinyogi
I give you All I Wanna Do
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7OwfGDbJ7wQ&feature=share9

roytoo,
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@dancinyogi
Order now and get this limited time offer of "Wham! Sheryl Crow" for just $8.99!!!!

If you call within the next 5 minutes we'll throw in an album from supergroup Counting Sheryl Crows for free!!!!!!

ben, to random
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I'd like to think positively and assume that only a tiny minority of people hear Ron DeSantis speak and think, "that's who I want to lead this country!"

Like, we can have disagreements over tax policy and whatever. But this isn't real democratic discourse; it's bone-chilling stuff.

roytoo,
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@ben
I would like to think that as well but unfortunately know better.
I was raised in the culture of fear that DeSantis (and Trump) are tapping into and there are way too many folks who do want a leader saying this garbage.

Just like some folks think the allegations that DeSantis was even peripherally condoned prisoner torture is a badge of honor instead of shame.

roytoo,
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@ben
For some the answer is a flat "No" because they are convinced that democracy and a pluralistic society are evil because they don't "follow god's will".

It isn't enough for that group of folks to live their lives as they believe. Instead they've been taught it is a sin to not strive to make everyone live the same beliefs. Some really are convinced that they are foot soldiers in a war against "forces of evil".

chuckwendig, to random

TODAY'S QUESTION: cake vs pie, and then what kind of cake or pie is superior

FIGHT

roytoo,
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Hi @greenback
That sounds interesting and good!
Do you have a recipe that you're willing to share?
@chuckwendig

gregeganSF, (edited ) to random
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Amazon will increase charges for POD books in June (details at https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/GPGVYM9KWTYLD2GD#newcosts; typically US$4/pbk, US$10/hbk).

Like many authors, I’ll have no choice but to pass these increases on to readers. So if you were thinking of buying any of my POD editions, sooner is cheaper.

[Edit: Aargh, my apologies; I overstated the increases!

I thought the table of new printing costs was showing how much the costs would increase, when in fact they were showing the new total printing costs.

Happily, the actual increases are about US$0.15 per book.]

roytoo,
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@johncarlosbaez
Try checking if your local public library has a POD capability.
Ours does in Frisco, Texas under the name Trailblazer Press but as Greg noted it looks more expensive than Amazon POD:
https://friscolibrary.com/pricing/
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GWillow, to random

Twitter somehow gets worse week by week--right now it is an unusable swamp of right wing conspiracy theory, wave after wave of racism (there is currently an "invasion" underway at the southern border that must be stopped by lethal force) crypto bros, and bots selling high-follower accounts. Amazing really.

roytoo,
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@GWillow @PeterClines
I'm glad both of you are in the fediverse but wished it didn't suck so much for folks that need publicity professionally.

So, as one of the folks it really works for in an individual level:
Thanks for your posts and interactions here, but I completely understand if you find that it doesn't work for you professionally. If you find you need to leave the fediverse I'll find some way to keep up with you. (Peter has a blog and G. Willow has Patreon.)

roytoo,
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@GWillow
Thanks for sharing updates about Bluesky. I'm pleased so far with the fediverse and the slower pace as an individual. But it is nice to learn what is happening on other new platforms.

allenholub, to random

When I talk about releasing on Friday, many ppl respond with "why not wait 'till Monday." That's missing the point, which is that your code should be high enough quality that you feel confident releasing whenever it's convenient, even on Friday (and no, that's not a "fantasy").

roytoo,
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@gdinwiddie
I hear "We aren't confident in our changes and don't want to get on a critical incident call to support issues on the weekend."
Which is just longer way of saying customers really do the testing.
@allenholub

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