Lightning strike so close that I couldn't count between seeing the bolt and hearing it. Better get my washing in once my heart climbs down out of my throat.

**Mike Lynch** · Dec 01, 2020, 13:15

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**Bob Burton** @gravidum_cor@oulipo.social · Dec 01, 2020, 13:15

Dec 01, 2020, 13:15

Bob Burton @gravidum_cor@oulipo.social

"I hid with him thy frictic' lift thy bright with him,
My mirth thirty yirm, which much blimbri gly,
Thy lift imit it immirit, thick, clymbur, light,
Thirty-twithdrum, light,
Thick drivil'll my lift, thick,
Thick drivilgity, frightly, friviy'd, livid,

**Mike Lynch** @mikelynch@aus.social · Dec 01, 2020, 22:07

**Mike Lynch** @mikelynch@aus.social · Dec 01, 2020, 22:07

Dec 01, 2020, 22:07

Mike Lynch @mikelynch@aus.social

Morning link: art / underwater / 19th century

En Pleine Mer: The Underwater Landscapes of Eugen von Ransonnet-Villez

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/underwater-landscapes-of-eugen-von-ransonnet-villez

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**Mike Lynch** · Dec 01, 2020, 03:26

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**GLOSSATORY** @GLOSSATORY@botsin.space · Dec 01, 2020, 03:26

Dec 01, 2020, 03:26

GLOSSATORY @GLOSSATORY@botsin.space

a neural net defines OBJECT-ORIENTED RITE

OBJECT-ORIENTED RITE: a social science for which the principal deliberate appeal to do something

**Mike Lynch** · Dec 01, 2020, 16:37

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**josef** @jk@mastodon.social · Dec 01, 2020, 16:37

Dec 01, 2020, 16:37

josef @jk@mastodon.social

every day for the last week i have thought about this hare that lived 518 years ago

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**Mike Lynch** @mikelynch@aus.social · Dec 01, 2020, 20:14

**Mike Lynch** @mikelynch@aus.social · Dec 01, 2020, 20:14

Dec 01, 2020, 20:14

Mike Lynch @mikelynch@aus.social

LB: as the proud father of a trans son AND gay daughter, I’m expecting this news to result in a lot of impassioned text messages today

**Mike Lynch** · Dec 01, 2020, 17:41

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**Shy bunny** @porsupah@lgbt.io · Dec 01, 2020, 17:41

Dec 01, 2020, 17:41

Shy bunny @porsupah@lgbt.io

"Elliot Page, the Oscar-nominated star of 'Juno' and Netflix’s 'The Umbrella Academy,' has announced he is transgender."

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/elliot-page-transgender-ellen-page-juno-umbrella-academy-1234843023/

**Mike Lynch** · Dec 01, 2020, 01:00

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**how to do anything** @wikihow@mastodon.social · Dec 01, 2020, 01:00

Dec 01, 2020, 01:00

how to do anything @wikihow@mastodon.social

How to Clean Epoxy Floors

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**Mike Lynch** @mikelynch@aus.social · Nov 30, 2020, 22:19

**Mike Lynch** @mikelynch@aus.social · Nov 30, 2020, 22:19

Nov 30, 2020, 22:19

Mike Lynch @mikelynch@aus.social

Morning links, neural networks, computational biology

DeepMind seems to have cracked* the protein folding problem

*predictions are accurate on the order of experimental methods

https://deepmind.com/blog/article/alphafold-a-solution-to-a-50-year-old-grand-challenge-in-biology

https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/11/30/protein-folding-2020

**Mike Lynch** · Nov 29, 2020, 01:15

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**Nick Montfort** @nickmofo@mastodon.social · Nov 29, 2020, 01:15

Nov 29, 2020, 01:15

Nick Montfort @nickmofo@mastodon.social

Please enjoy 1001 BASIC Games, A Novel #NaNoGenMo https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2020/issues/73

The generating code is a one-line Apple //e or //c program of maximal length:

20DATAALL,WORK,AND,NO,PLAY,MAKES,NICK,A,DULL,BOY:FORI=0TO9:READA$(I):NEXT:?:?"1001 BASIC GAMES":?:FORI=0TO999:FORJ=0TO999:NEXT:?N$"DEAR READER:":?:?" 10 REM";:FORJ=0TO4:?" "A$(RND(1)*10);:NEXT:LIST:?:N$="NEXT, ":NEXT:?"LAST:":?:?" 0 GOTO