4sphere

@4sphere@mathstodon.xyz

Just moved accounts from https://kolektiva.social/@4sphere. If I'm not following you now, I didn't move properly and would like to get back in touch.

Interests include #math and (social affordances of) technology. Also #NaturalLanguageProcessing

I like not being an asshole. If, for whatever reason, I don't manage that, please point it out to me and I'll do my best to fix it!

Header: an LCD screen through a polarizer showing a pattern that vaguely reminded me of a Hopf fibration
Avatar: hyperbolic surface I crocheted

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4sphere, to random

For many reasons, this week has been especially unpleasant for me; I'd like to recover some of the feeling of living in a universe that's capable of ✨Beauty✨ (the capital/emojis aren't necessary, but they help).

If you have a moment, please respond with your favorite X that gives you what you judge to be an analogous feeling, and an explanation of what's cool about it.

Suggestions that have worked for me before:

beautiful theorems, proofs, or visualizations/intuitions;
neuro-spicy special interests;
scientific discoveries (all fields: fundamental physics to animal behavior);
clever puzzle solutions;
a historical event that's happy for more than just bigots;
a difficult to translate word or phrase and some of the best ways it can be used;
an unusual grammatical feature of some language you know (of) or culture you're a part of that just makes sense.

Things you just think are neat and what you like about them.

Thank you

4sphere,

I guess I can give one to start with. I've noticed that some communities have themes for certain days.

There's the Internet mandatory #caturday
But I've also seen

#MardiPatisserie
#FensterFreitag
#nakeddiefriday

I like the posts themselves, but I also like how they play with language: consonance and rhyme feel like an important part of the genre, as does evoking the subject and the proper weekday.

I have no idea what these are called -- maybe @becauselangpod would know? Anyway, they are a fun bit of linguistic and cultural play, and it always brightens my day a little when I find a new one.

4sphere,

@becauselangpod

Thanks to the people who responded plus a little searching through this bot's posts ( https://mastodon.social/@trendytoots ) I have extended the list. Please feel free to respond with any more you know and can comfortably share, maybe with a description of what it's for, and a suggestion for what to call this kind of practice (or maybe it has an official name?). I'd really love to see examples from a broader variety of languages!

Note: if I'm bothering the people who use these hashtags, please let me know! I can remove the "#" or the whole hashtag from the list

#MossMonday
#mondog
#Fotomontag
#tunetuesday
#tilingTuesday
#MardiPatisserie
#meermittwoch
#whiskerswednesday
#thicktrunkthursday
#FungiFriday
#FensterFreitag
#WindowFriday
#bandcampFriday
#nakeddiefriday
#vendredilecture
#karfreitag
#Caturday
#ScreenshotSaturday
#SilentSunday

rusto88, to random
@rusto88@mastodon.social avatar

. @universalhub Flock of helicopters over Harvard/Harvard Business School area… just Head of the Charles pre-game or a visiting VIP?

4sphere, (edited )

@rusto88 @universalhub

Protest? https://www.youtube.com/live/PPKU_w_4qOI?si=xIJwwCbEISc8ojo6

Jewish protesters calling for a ceasefire. Signs in the building read "Not in our name", but I can't see if homeland security arrested the last of those. Still a good presence outside, though.

Edit: I can't find the stream anymore, and the link is just a recording that ends way before the point where I stepped out. I don't suppose anyone knows how to find it again?

ZachWeinersmith, to random
@ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social avatar

So, I spend a lot of time reading weird books and occasionally I post bits of what I find. Lately I've been thinking about having some kind of site for Zach Reads Books, e.g. reviews, jokes, maybe readings? What's the format for this today? Youtube?

4sphere,

@ZachWeinersmith

I like the blog idea that's already been mentioned.

I like having the option for audio, with visual aids.

Podcast with extensive notes might be nice

Peertube might be interesting if you want video?

ct_bergstrom, to random

I'm happy to report that the third edition of my textbook Evolution, coauthored with @LeeDugatkin, is now available from W. W. Norton and Co.

The new edition features expanded coverage of anthropogenic evolution as well as a strengthened focus on data literacy and data reasoning.

If you're an instructor in this field or training to become one, drop me a DM or email, and I can get you an evaluation copy.

More about the book: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324033714

4sphere,

@ct_bergstrom @LeeDugatkin

This looks great! When my book-fund gets funded, I'm going to have to grab this one!

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online avatar

Happy Enshittification Day! 💥

July 1, 2023: Reddit cuts off API access, Twitter requires login, Youtube may ban ad-blockers, Meta & Google block news in Canada...

A half-year since Cory Doctorow's seminal thesis on , how corporate platforms die (https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys), and every corporate site seems hell bend on its own destruction.

Celebrate by going to [instance address]/about, find the donations link, and make your contribution to open social media!

4sphere,

@mastodonmigration @pluralistic @Shine_McShine

Calendar updated! I assume celebrations will consist of ripping out coax cables and exchanging public keys?

4sphere, to random

Making some cookies with a cutter my sister got me.

#monotile

gvwilson, to random
@gvwilson@mastodon.social avatar

OH: "So basically our choices are Plan A or... not Plan A. Any questions?"

4sphere,

@gvwilson

Can we do both?

4sphere, to random

There is a dialect of English spoken in fields like business and project management that uses terms like "action item," "pivot," "user stories," and favoring three letter acronyms. Is there a name for this dialect? Are there any sociolinguistic studies of how it's used? Histories of how it developed?

#linguistics

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