What I saw on the web on 2022.2.20

[reblogarythm]

1. SF CHRONOPHYSICS
   by JBR
   http://jbr.me.uk/chrono.html
   reminded of by Ted Chiang talking about time travel
   via memory
   
   
2. Not splintered. Not equal sizes. Majority worked together. Flag illustrates:
   by Ardoise16
   https://twitter.com/Ardoise16/status/1495243833042522114
   good to keep in mind
   via Ada Palmer's rewteet
   
   
3. Tesla’s 3-6-9 and Vortex Math: Is this really the key to the universe?
   by Mathologer
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZrO90AI0c8
   in which a mathematician takes a serious look at some crank-math, and comes up with much nicer stuff than the cranks do
   via rss
   
   
4. Introducing the Chalumeau
   by Katharine Spencer et al
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIpboxWv3U
   what a lovely ancient single-reed instrument
   via random googlery
   
   
5. FANTASTIC STATISTICS
   by JBR
   http://jbr.me.uk/sfstats.html
   what happens when a radical Scottish linguist with a collection of speculative fiction texts in .html format gets bored? statistics happens!
   via first link