Seamus Blackley

You look amazing. 👊❤️

This is your semi-regular reminder that IBM’s “supercomputer” Deep Blue had a grand total of 30GB of RAM in 1997.

With that “strength” it could calculate 200 million chess positions per second, which placed it about 8-12 moves ahead of any Grand Master on the planet.

BUT…

Portrait of physicist and chemist Richard Chace Tolman. He is seated, in coat and tie, with someone standing behind him. Tolman is middle-aged in this photo.

Physicist and chemist Richard Chace Tolman was born #OTD in 1881. He showed that electricity in metal is the flow of electrons, developed relativistic applications of thermodynamics, and served as science advisor to General Leslie Groves during WWII. 🧪 ⚛️

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Bow before Genius. (Via @graemedevine.com)

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Bow before Genius. (Via @graemedevine.com)

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I saved this to watch whenever I got a little overwhelmed today. I made it to 10am. I may need to watch it several times www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AVY...

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

This is a nice contrast to all the awful behavior confirmed through the Epstein files. Proud of @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social & @seanmcarroll.bsky.social for picking up on the sexism & charlatanism right away.

@ottoenglish.bsky.social bravo Otto. Thank you.

The truth is not the average of a fact and a lie.

Funny how the huge excitement about counting geometrical things using ideas from string theory is being described now:

"aside from a brief resurgence in the 1990s, enumerative geometry seemed to have been set aside for good."

Fact is, good hard problems never die.

Mary Beard – Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old Join one of the world's most acclaimed classicists as she discusses whether – and why – the classics still matter.

Join @wmarybeard.bsky.social at the British Museum as part of her #TalkingClassics tour as she discusses ancient history and its enduring relevance, from politics to pop culture.

📍 The British Museum
📅 Friday 1st May
🕡 6:30–7:30pm
🎟️ Via link below

Macron says France will increase its nuclear warheads for the first time in decades | CNN French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday that France will increase its number of nuclear warheads from the current level of below 300, but did not give a figure for the increase. It will be t...

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The Fermi paradox expressed as performance art.

Also when you pour off make sure to scrape anything off the sides of the jar during feeding. That’s typically where I’ve seen a mold issue.

You’re pouring off half twice a day and feeding sterilized flour for the first week?

Macron says France will increase its nuclear warheads for the first time in decades | CNN French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday that France will increase its number of nuclear warheads from the current level of below 300, but did not give a figure for the increase. It will be t...

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The Fermi paradox expressed as performance art.

This is objectively terrifying.

What goes wrong?

Well done event Steve!

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March 16, 2025. Broiled salmon steak. Dry-rubbed with yaji (suya spice). Always have significant amounts on hand. I buy from the experts in Nigeria. However, for people who want to make theirs, here’s a recipe: youtu.be/TetSOSOEsyc?...
Kulikuli made from peanuts. Roasted peanuts are good substitute.

Also thank you- I meant what I said to Dean in the context it was asked. Thanks for helping make that clear.
I wrote the proposal for a project and got the guys together to get it started. I emailed a presentation to Kevin one night and it stated the journey of a lifetime. I don’t want it to end.

You know the brand is in severe trouble, sales are down and there’s a tidal change in management. That’s a crisis. This is what I mean. It heartbreaking!

😂🤮

This solid gold horizontal oval signet ring shows signs of wear from frequent use as a seal. It is inscribed down the center with Tutankhamun's prenomen, Neb-kheperu-re (the solar disk of Ra atop a scarab with three bars underneath, and a basket); on either side the king is referred to as "beloved of Amun, lord of eternity." The sun disk in the word for "eternity" appears with the pendant sign for "life," which was a common writing of the sign during Akhenaten's reign. This ring would certainly have belonged to Tutankhamun or used on his behalf to seal important documents. It was purchased in Cairo in 1921, the year before Howard Carter's discovery of the boy king's tomb, and was one of the pieces of evidence of his reign. Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1336–1327. Met Museum, New York (22.9.3)

This ring at the #MetMuseum caught my eye, because I know the hieroglyphs for #Tutankhamun's throne name (prenomen) ... and there it was in the center of this cartouche. Neb-kheperu-re, 'Lord of the Forms of Ra'. Purchased in Cairo in 1921, the year before Tut's tomb was discovered. 🏺 1/

📸 me

And talented and kind.

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When you have the chance, please take the time to watch Harrison Ford's remarkable, beautiful Life Achievement Award acceptance speech. #ActorAwards

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I wrote a proposal for a game console and showed my friend Kevin. Now all this fucking mess (waves hands around wildly).

Can you adopt me and train me?

I have been asked 59 times now, due to this @deantak.bsky.social article, if I believe @xbox.com is dead.

No.

I love Xbox as my own flesh and blood. It’s the most wonderful thing to me. The distress it’s in kills me, haunts me.

But progress requires introspection and realism. Learning is pain.

Super cool.

I am getting lots of happy ultima underworld nostalgia. 👊❤️