What I saw on the web on 2022.4.22

[reblogarythm]

1. To a neurotypical extrovert, social interaction -- and meetings and face-to-face conversations are social interactions -- are 90% positive and fun.
   by Charlie Stross
   https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2022/04/holding-pattern-2022.html#comment-2143748
   hard agree on the whole comment
   via reading the comments (well, his comments) on his blog
   
   
2. Firing Canon: Finding Authority in Middle-earth
   by Daniel Stride
   https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/2022/04/23/firing-canon-finding-authority-in-middle-earth/
   i broadly agree — i think i probably want a little more faithfulness in adaptations than mr.Stride does
   via rss
   
   
3. New Proof Illuminates the Hidden Structure of Common Equations
   by Leila Sloman on the work of Manjul Bhargava
   https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-proof-reveals-the-hidden-structure-of-common-equations-20220421/
   i hadn't been aware of the conjecture previously, and now it's not even a conjecture any more! good work, sir!
   via reddit