Hey now, I actually loved the back third of that book ;)
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Hey now, I actually loved the back third of that book ;)
Funny story.
Two decades years ago, when I first started working in arctic exploration, we were limited to how much weight we could take with us to our exploration camps. Most of us would decided on a couple of books to bring with us. But I didn’t want to bring books I wouldn’t like, because then I’ve wasted my weight allowance. So I brought that gold-coloured LotR copy with me and read it over and over, year over year. Probably read it at least once a summer for seven consecutive years. Sometimes in environments even more desolate than Mordor. Imagine reading it here.
Later, I got a kindle and the weight problem sort of went away.
Neufeld’s von Braun book is great! It doesn’t pull any ethical punches – it’s almost clinical in the treatment of his early career opportunism within the Nazi regime.
The bottom shelves are dedicated more to rocket science than human spaceflight, generally, which is why I don’t have Hadfield’s book. I met him once though. I did grad school in Planetary Science and got to meet quite a few astronauts and have a few beers.
Forward slash doesn’t throw a mental syntax error? ;)
What is the plural of mail? ;)
The current version is in C++
But if you check the link above, the older C and Fortran editions are free to read. This is the gold standard for numerical algorithms and scientific computing, without getting into things like GPUs and such.
That’s a good idea. Better than my other ideas. Cereal box full of cereal and the modem.
For a moment I considered putting in a bucket with resin and letting it solidify, then removing the bucket and just shipping them a modem encased in resin. But they’d probably charge me for the modem they’re just going to send to the landfill anyway. Maybe I should do that and turn it into a modem bowl on the lathe…
Electron for physics apps? Yuck! that’s basically just web dev with local hosting. Like, try six million datapoints and plotting them in electron.
Well, she certainly planned this. Snowmobile to location. Big winter boots in the hole with her. Insulated liner to lie down on. Hole deep enough to hide from the wing. Probably just outside the frame is a snowmobile, shovel, and her snowsuit.
Source: lived in the arctic for almost a decade. This doesn’t seem that foolish in May when the sun is nice and warm but the snow is still out.
Making a web app is a mistake 9 times out of 10, particularly when dealing with larger datasets. Because you’re in physics, you probably want to skills you’re learning to be transferable into physics and data science in general.
I recommend starting with python (if you know it already, awesome), then checking out pyqtgraph – there’s a bunch of demo apps that come with the package and you can use those as launch points. This will be your gateway into pyqt/pyside and legit desktop application development. Later, if you learn C++, you can transition into Qt (and still use all the power of the toolkit and the skills are transferable), or into raw C++ which is amazing for numerical computing.
Well, you kind of can actually. It just replaces KWin
Loved the first book and then stopped. Very fun and some interesting concepts too :)
Does links count? ;)
links --gui
Or old school Konqueror.
I use Firefox on my phone, and Chrome on my work computer.
Canada only has appointed judges, and their appointments are almost uniformly meritorious. It’s so much better than elected judges and keeps politics out of the Rule of Law. I think Mexico is making a mistake here. But perhaps it suits their specific needs.
The coastline there is receding, due to isostatic rebound. Actually this is true of most of the north. It’s ironic in the context of global warming that sea level rise won’t affect the north much as it melts.
This sounds like the sort of infrastructure project the Linux Foundation should be supporting.
We should also be able to see their eyes and mouths, no? ;)
Eh, maybe? It’s part of the fantasy-world-is-real trope. A spiritual successor to Narnia, but with adult characters. Or a predecessor to something like The Magicians. If you like these sorts of books, where the real world is part of the setting, then it may appeal. It’s almost Isekai.
Honestly though, I’ve forgotten most of it. It’s a “read once” book.
Read “Fred the Vampire Accountant” instead ;)