micron-resolution covert #3D scanning of #Nefertiti’s bust at the Neues Museum; scan is released as a torrent.
#3D #photogrammetry of #Nefertiti’s bust
the micron-resolution covert #3D scan of #Nefertiti’s bust
#3D scan of Michelangelo’s David and other statues
#BitTorrent’s DHT can apparently be successfully reused to provide an RSS-like facility; "PeerTweet" uses this facility to replace Twitter
Discussion of #PeerTweet includes a list of other #decentralization platform things: Telehash, Toc Messenger, Datt, matrix.org, RemoteStorage, Kinto, Swarm, Replikativ, GunJS, IPFS, secure-scuttlebutt, Twister, and ZeroTier, with a short overview of each one.
a blog formatted like an insane person talks about how Davos indicates an unsustainable future
A probability assessment calibration test using 150 000 Jeopardy questions in order to calibrate your personal sense of probability or confidence. This is a test of recall, not prediction or estimation, so it may not be all that useful.
the famous letter about being hungry while working at Yelp after which Talia Jane was fired.
Nadim is taking #CryptoCat offline and discontinuing its smartphone apps.
The #Wikimedia Foundation (that runs #Wikipedia) is running into difficulties.
Krav Maga academies in Argentina.
An article from Stan Cox, research director at the Land Institute, criticizing #vertical-farming.
#pdf #paper analyzing costs and benefits of #vertical-farming.
“I’m tired of watching people turn into pretentious assholes who think their activism makes them better than everyone else”
#photovoltaic and other renewable #energy sources are now adding capacity (?) faster than other sources of electricity.
Critical Making is “a handmade book project by Garnet Hertz that explores how hands-on productive work ‐ making ‐ can supplement and extend critical reflection on technology and society. It works to blend and extend the fields of design, contemporary art, DIY/craft and technological development.”
Heather Henderson tels Talia Jane the world doesn’t owe her a living.
Discussion of #decentralization with #IPFS
discussion of quantitative #finance and Jane Street