What I saw on the web on 2024.2.24

1. Let's talk about a weird development in satellites....
   by Beau of the Fifth Column
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wmFE1BKshY
   what a neat idea!
   via rss
   
   
2. The Lord of the Rings - The Epilogue
   by John Ronald Reul Tolkien (with a bit of preamble from godkingreiss)
   https://www.tumblr.com/godkingreiss/84263385430/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-epilogue
   for those of you who contend that the Lord of the Rings is too short
   via memory
   
   
3. Simple yet 5000 years missed ?
   by Mathologer
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRV4WsM40AE
   nice to see some recent work on ordinary euclidean geometry. triangles, even
   via rss
   
   
4. yeep
   by Zach Weinersmith
   https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/yeep
   hard same, Zach
   via rss
   
   
5. Moon Spoon
   by Vi Hart
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGSz8v33IT4
   in case you're wondering how to operate your moon spoon™
   via rss
   
   
6. Terry Pratchett interview in The Onion, 1995
   by Terry Pratchett, not killing speaking to The Onion
   https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/743232327364329472?source=share
   what an excellent answer
   via discord
   
   
7. Guest Post: What's a Diaeresis?
   by Mary Norris
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/mary-norris-diaeresis
   a discussion of that essential diäcritic mark
   via discord