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sohkamyung

@sohkamyung@mstdn.io

Exploring one universe at a time.
Interested in #Nature, #Photography, #NaturePhotography, #Science, #ScienceFiction, #Physics, #Engineering.

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KelsonV, to random
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I've been using the Poke3 as my main ebook reader for a couple of years now, mainly because it's a convenient size, has a clear e-ink display, and can run the Android app for any eBook store. I just wish the touch screen was a bit more responsive.

https://hyperborea.org/reviews/products/onyx-boox/

There is a newer model -- and another similar-sized reader that's added back physical page-flip buttons -- but it still feels too early to replace the one I have.

sohkamyung,
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@KelsonV Nice. I'm using a Kobo Clara HD which has Pocket and Overdrive support.

Something like an Onyx that can read ePUB, and work with Overdrive and Pocket (and maybe Wallabag) would be great.

I presume the Android OS version is old, but maybe that isn't much of a problem for an eReader.

rakyat, to random
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If you think stray cats begging for food are annoying, wait till you encounter the hornbills of Pulau Pangkor:

(Adding a photo I took one and a half decade ago)

https://youtu.be/S20NUjjnitQ?si=cSxN69FWNYjmHfjm

sohkamyung,
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@rakyat Do the Pangkor hornbills snatch pet birds also, like cats?

That has happened in Singapore.

https://mothership.sg/2021/04/hornbill-eat-pet-bird/

sohkamyung, to technology
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Rest well, you magnificent Martian flying machine.

"NASA’s history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. [...] [I]magery of its Jan. 18 flight sent to Earth this week indicates one or more of its rotor blades sustained damage during landing and it is no longer capable of flight."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/after-three-years-on-mars-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-mission-ends

#Mars #Ingenuity #Helicopters #Technology #Engineering

SteveBellovin, to random
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For copyright lawyers: https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrotclassics/2024/01/25

sohkamyung,
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@SteveBellovin Maybe time for @billamend to update that comic. 🙂

cydonian, (edited ) to random
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What The…. 16-year-old Singaporean kid got radicalised with white supremacist views via the Internet and wanted to travel to US to participate in a massacre. https://mothership.sg/2024/01/radicalised-student-restriction-order/

sohkamyung,
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@cydonian "Despite being ethnically Chinese, the boy "strongly identified as a white supremacist and pro-white sympathiser" at the time when the ISD launched an investigation."

The supremacists would have also expressed racists views against Chinese-Americans also. So I'm puzzled why would he identify with the supremacists.

sohkamyung, to eggs
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Cool.

"Recently, micro-CT scans of the egg case revealed not only that it was millions of years old, but also that it was most likely made by a grasshopper. [...] This newly documented knowledge paints a clearer picture of that ancient ecosystem, confirming that grasshoppers were present and thriving there — and that some types of grasshoppers were burying their eggs underground."

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/16/world/fossil-grasshopper-nest-eggs-scn/index.html

#Insects #Grasshoppers #Fossils #Eggs #Palaeontology

sohkamyung, to random
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"According to the paper, the two events [gravitational wave and another type of astrophysical signal] may have originated from two black holes colliding while inside of the extreme environment surrounding a much larger supermassive black hole known as an active galactic nucleus, triggering a bright electromagnetic flare."

https://astrobites.org/2024/01/20/black-holes-all-the-way-down/

gregeganSF, to random
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Just bought a Cambridge University Press book from Amazon Aus. No ebk was available, so I thought I was buying a pbk printed by CUP.

But when it arrived: “manufactured by Amazon Aus.” So it was print-on-demand! The quality is fine, but I didn’t realise POD was so mainstream now.
I have POD editions of my own self-published titles, and I've seen them for some small press books, but this is the first time I’ve come across it for a book from a major publisher.

sohkamyung,
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@gregeganSF Did the Amazon Aus page say it would be a POD book?

sohkamyung, to ArtificialIntelligence
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"Today we have released a series of rare and never-before-seen images of Colossus, in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the code-breaking computer that played a pivotal role in the Second World War effort.
[…]
The release of these images sheds new light on the genesis and workings of Colossus, which was over two metres tall and considered by many to be the first ever digital computer."

https://www.gchq.gov.uk/news/colossus-80

KelsonV, (edited ) to discworld
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    sohkamyung,
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    @KelsonV Sadly, "DRM" and "Region Restricted" put me off getting it.

    gregeganSF, to random
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    Wireless keyboards shouldn’t need to be charged, they should just power themselves by trapping and metabolising spilt crumbs.

    sohkamyung,
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    @gregeganSF Funny you should say that. This was shown off at CES 2024. 🙂

    https://liliputing.com/lenovo-mechanical-energy-harvesting-keyboard-mouse-concept-never-needs-to-be-plugged-in/

    sohkamyung, to Malaysia
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    Lovely.

    "An inclusive publication for birdwatchers and bird photographers to share their field observations and expertise"

    https://malaysianbird.report/

    @g33k5p34k

    sohkamyung, to singapore
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    "SINGAPORE: By the end of the century, Singapore could experience more weather extremes under a worst-case climate change scenario, with more frequent very hot days, more extreme daily rainfall as well as longer and more frequent dry spells."

    https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/very-hot-days-nights-climate-change-singapore-study-end-century-4020401

    Climate projections at [ https://www.mss-int.sg/V3-climate-projections/ ].

    #Singapore #ClimateChange #Temperature #Rainfall #Humidity #Projections

    sohkamyung, to macrophotography
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    Lots of amazing macro shots. By Nicky Bay.

    "2023 went by in a flash, but not without a bang. I managed to document lots of amazing lifers and did field trips in Borneo and Thailand as well."

    https://www.nickybay.com/macro-highlights-the-best-of-2023/

    sohkamyung, to Cosmology
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    The distances involved are still mind-boggling. By @startswithabang

    "What if we shrunk everything down, however, so that the Sun were merely the size of a single grain of sand? From our Solar System to stars in the Universe to galaxies and more, here's what the cosmic story would look like if everything were shrunk down billions of times in scale."

    https://bigthink.com/start
    s-with-a-bang/sun-grain-of-sand/

    #Cosmology #Astronomy #Space

    sohkamyung, to Malaysia
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    Seafood by the riverside at Kuala Sepetang: yummy! 🙂

    "Taiping is only accessible by road or railway. [...] However, it is an easy hour’s drive from Penang and Ipoh, and offers a small-town charm that deserves a side trip, particularly if you are already visiting either city."

    https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/travel/what-eat-do-shop-taiping-perak-malaysia-379926

    sohkamyung, to singapore
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    A document prepared by various Singapore organizations to guide action to preserve the Critically Endangered Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus).

    "This body of work by the SHBWG [Straw-headed Bulbul Working Group] will guide local conservation actions in the years ahead that will benefit both the Straw-headed Bulbul and other local biodiversity."

    PDF link: https://www.nparks.gov.sg/-/media/shb-sap-final.ashx

    #Singapore #Documents #Nature #Biodiversity #Conservation #Birds

    loke, to singapore
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    It's the 26'th already and the grocery store isn't playing that chinese new year song. Am I looking at the calendar wrong?

    sohkamyung,
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    @loke I've seen Lunar New Year goodies already on the shelves in supermarkets. 🙂

    sohkamyung, to singapore
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    This has being causing quite a stir in the Singapore birding community. A King Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) spotted recently in the forest. Native to New Guinea, it is probably an escapee.

    Photo taken by sebastianow on iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194641409 ]

    #iNaturalist #Singapore #Birds #NewGuinea

    sohkamyung, to ukteachers
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    Amazing. And the college is a liberal-arts college.

    "What’s unusual too is the diversity of the students who operate the reactor.

    Virtually all Reed students receive their reactor operator licences before they are legally permitted to drink (21 in Oregon) and many before they have even learned to drive a car."

    https://physicsworld.com/a/reed-college-the-only-place-in-the-us-where-students-get-to-run-a-real-nuclear-reactor/

    #Education #NuclearReactors #Colleges #LiberalArts

    cheeaun, to random
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    Oh wow, Firefox 121 can now force links to always be underlined 🤔 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/121.0/releasenotes/

    sohkamyung,
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    @cheeaun Also works for Firefox on Android. But have to go view about:config and toggle layout.css.always_underline_links

    sohkamyung, to singapore
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    A look at how this nature bridge, which reconnects two nature reserves in Singapore, has grown and being used over the years.

    https://mothership.sg/2023/12/10-years-eco-link-bke/

    #Singapore #Nature #Conservation #Environment

    sohkamyung, to books
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    Nice. My BookWyrm Year 2023 in books. :-) My BookWyrm account is @sohkamyung

    http://bookwyrm.social/user/sohkamyung/2023-in-the-books?key=b64cad31c8be4774a004ebfe3e1b3849

    sohkamyung, to Japan
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    Cool look at the Pokemon Fossil Museum.

    "One of my must sees was to visit the Pokemon Fossil Museum, a traveling exhibit that showcases fabricated life-sized skeletons and models of prehistoric Pokemon alongside casts of the real dinosaurs and other prehistoric animal fossils they're based on."

    https://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2023/12/pokemon-fossil-museum.html

    @jgeekstudies

    #Museums #Japan #Pokemon #Dinosaurs #Prehistoric #Fossils

    sohkamyung, to singapore
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    After all the rain yesterday, this morning was nice and sunny, with the sun shining through the mist among the trees. Photo taken at one-north Park, Singapore.

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