What I saw on the web on 2020.10.2

[reblogarythm]

1. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” Is An Inapplicable Parable For Our Time
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-ones-who-walk-away-from-omelas-is-an-inapplicable-parable-for-our-time/
   in which it's suggested that complicity is not optional
   via rss
   
   
2. So what do they call a Cuban sandwich in Cuba?
   by camilomarin
   https://steemit.com/food/@camilomarin/so-what-do-they-call-a-cuban-sandwich-in-cuba
   in case you're wondering
   via irregular webcomic
   
   
3. The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats
   by Veritasium
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48sCx-wBs34
   a nice intro to Penrose tilings
   via boing
   
   
4. Nine Secrets of DnD Dungeon Design
   by Questing Beast
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tpRLEfKCTs
   haven't done this in a while, but some good ideas in here (some of them topological)
   via boing
   
   
5. Sci-fi short story idea
   by Scott Alexander
   https://slatestarscratchpad.tumblr.com/post/630892364054085632/sci-fi-short-story-idea-scientists-experimenting
   might work - any fictionalizer wanna take it up?
   via rss
   
   
6. Halloween during COVID-19
   by the government of Alberta
   https://www.alberta.ca/halloween-during-covid19.aspx
   I like the Candy Catapult idea
   via cbc news
   
   
7. Cultural Revolutions: how dub reggae's beats conquered 70s Britain
   by Rob Walker
   https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/27/soundtrack-of-a-city-how-dub-reggae-shook-and-shaped-london
   who was it who said that dub is the light at the end of the tunnel?
   via reddit
   
   
8. Small and Large Gaps Between the Primes
   by Terry Tao
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp06oGD4m00
   more details than the nonmathematicians will want to know about the distribution of prime numbers
   via googlery