Human folly for 02015-09-01

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• To predict turbulence just count the puffs RP (nautil.us):

  Turbulence’s critical Reynolds number is about 2040, according to experiments with “puffs”.

• Convex hull (algorithmist.com):

  A new wiki about #algorithms.

• Evento (uade.edu.ar):

  They’re dissecting an engine on Thursday at 18:00, second story below ground, UADE Labs.

• Generics under attack (handsoff.msf.org):

  MSF is trying to save #India’s patent law exemptions that have stoppped the #AIDS epidemic from pressure by the US and other related countries. #patents

• Argentina (openborders.info):

  reflection on the #humanrights situation in #Argentina with respect to #immigration and our Law 28.571.

• Filtops (homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk):

  An #ebook on #DSP filtering operations for #computer-vision.

• Spline %28mathematics%29 (en.wikipedia.org):

  oh hey, “The most commonly used #splines are cubic spline, i.e., of order 3—in particular, cubic B-spline, which is equivalent to C2 continuous composite Bézier curves.” #math

• Zero phase filters even impulse (ccrma.stanford.edu):

  explanation of #DSP zero-phase #filters in the “Introduction to Digital Filters with Audio Applications” #ebook.

• Safety with salt sodium chloride safety information (msdsonline.com):

  MSDSOnline is a disinformation site, as evidenced by this page that recommends wearing gloves to handle sodium chloride and treating ingestion as follows: “If person is conscious, rinse mouth with plenty of water and give several glasses of water to drink.” #toxicology

• Bsplbasic (cs.unc.edu):

  a 34-page #pdf #introduction to #splines, by Carl de Boor. “‘B-spline’ refers to a certain spline of minimal support and, contrary to usage unhappily current in CAGD [computer-aided geometric design], does not refer to a curve which happens to be written in terms of B-splines.”

• Convolut (csse.monash.edu.au):

  Creating and Rendering "Convolution Surfaces", McCormack and Sherstyuk 1997. #3D #rendering #math #paper.