What I saw on the web on 2020.9.4

[reblogarythm]

1. an expanded map of the US
   by [unknown, attribution appreciated]
   https://i.redd.it/8agcgsbt9d951.png
   A longish piece about what Britishness is perceived to be, and what it is.
   via FB
   
   
2. Allligator pursues laser pointer
   by Gators Daily, blogged by Rob Beschizza
   https://boingboing.net/2020/09/04/allligator-pursues-laser-point.html
   not only cats like laser pointers
   via rss
   
   
3. David Graeber in conversation with Cory Doctorow
   by the two of them
   https://www.c-span.org/video/?446716-2/bullshit-jobs
   two interesting people chatting
   via Cory Doctorow
   
   
4. Fun home experiments with supercooled water
   by Andrea James
   https://boingboing.net/2020/09/04/fun-home-experiments-with-supe.html
   what it says on the tin
   via rss
   
   
5. Lamb Truck
   by T K
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3A8XRAb5BY
   another way to exercise a dog?
   via boing
   
   
6. Expert archers show how to hit a target that's behind something
   by Andrea James
   https://boingboing.net/2020/09/04/expert-archers-show-how-to-hit.html
   this explains how some feats in d&d work
   via rss
   
   
7. Watch this superhero chef use her incredible superpowers to make Mooncake
   by xiaoxiaodou, blogged by David Pescovitz
   https://boingboing.net/2020/09/04/watch-this-superhero-chef-use.html
   so that's why they're called mooncakes!
   via rss
   
   
8. The Trump Era Sucks and Needs to Be Over
   by Matt Taibbi
   https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-trump-era-sucks-and-needs-to
   as he says, we deserve (or, at least, some of us dearly desire) slow news days again
   via rss
   
   
9. How the Henday expansion gobbled up a country greenhouse in Edmonton's northeast
   by Tanara McLean
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/how-the-henday-expansion-gobbled-up-a-country-greenhouse-in-edmonton-s-northeast-1.5711696
   probably better to say enveloped, rather than gobbled up?
   via rss
   
   
10. Ew, what is that? Photographer captures gross, beautiful slime moulds around Yellowknife
    by Jay Legere
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/slime-mould-yellowknife-1.5709358
    I think they're kind of cute.
    via rss
    
    
11. Lacrosse's Olympic dreams
    by Colby Cosh
    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/colby-cosh-lacrosses-olympic-dreams
    in which I discover that the World Games are a thing
    via rss
    
    
12. The Rocket Equation: Mathematician vs Astronaut
    by Stand-up Maths
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_brZ-KWY3g
    mathematician derives the equation, astronaut talks about flying
    via rss
    
    
13. Fight the Power (2020 Remix)
    by Public Enemy via Channel ZERO
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNUl8bAKdi4
    still relevant
    via Cory Doctorow
    
    
14. The Incredible Proof Machine
    by Joachim Breitner
    http://incredible.pm/
    a rather addictive chance to revisit the joys of symbolic logic
    via Cory Doctorow
    
    
15. Hamming codes, h■w to ov■rco■e n■ise.
    by 3blue1brown
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8jsijhllIA
    on the idea of hamming codes and error correction
    via rss
    
    
16. Hamming codes part 2, the elegance of it all
    by 3blue1brown
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3NxrZOu_CE
    how to code hamming codes
    via rss