Tweet Archive 2018 02
Replying to @ladyjadeamanda
Did you see that they put your initials on the new £10 note too?
Replying to @fanf and @kwaktrap
In the future, everyone will have a unique name. It will make things like finding an available email address much easier.
Replying to @ladyjadeamanda
I can’t say that they’ve captured your likeness though. And the one on the other side looks even less like you.
Replying to @DeityOfReligion and @kwaktrap
This is the plot of Anathem.
There are so many nice things about the #microbit. For example, when you use any of the servo commands it automatically shows an animation of the servo motor in action, and how to wire it up. And if you try it it works exactly as shown.
https://makecode.microbit.org/_6VKXKyab3hgL
Replying to @SpaceX
Watched this with my daughter. We loved it so much!
Replying to @SpaceX
“In 2018 we finally launched a revolutionary rocket that has the possibility of reaching Mars.” - daughter
Historical photo. Two rockets. Going backwards. Simultaneously landing. https://twitter.com/Mike_Seeley/status/960984524636217344
I was very excited to receive my first 3D print today. Graphite SLS. Thanks @3dPrintDirectUK!
Replying to @christianbundy
And yet at school we are taught that diamond is strong because it makes a tetrahedral lattice. The answer as I learned recently is that there’s a shape very close to the tetrahedron that does tesselate 3D space: the triakis truncated tetrahedron. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triakis_truncated_tetrahedral_honeycomb
Replying to @fanf
Cats need numberplates now!?
PU55 KAT MOG 1
RT @christianp: Ooooooh! https://twitter.com/jtmaths/status/964366110731640833
RT @NASAMoon: When we have a new Moon here on Earth, the far side of the Moon appears full. Here’s a video of the far side’s phases. https:…
Rosalie Fay has found a new record-breaking Busy Beaver turmite! This 2-state 3-color turmite takes 59 million steps before halting. (The previous record was 69,106 steps, so this is quite a jump!) https://github.com/GollyGang/ruletablerepository/wiki/TwoDimensionalTuringMachines
Is.. is Ludo a balrog? What happened to him?
“The old wisdom bourne out of the west was forsaken. Kings made tombs more splendid than the houses of the living. Childless lords sat in aged halls musing on heraldry. And so the line of kings failed. The rule of Gondor was given over to lesser men.”
A microwave that returns my mug handle to the front when I open the door.
Replying to @henryseg, @cs_kaplan, @vihartvihart and @cyriakharris
Homage to Tango, using a Kinect https://youtu.be/zIAdXue8X4s
RT @cyriakharris: @tim_hutton @henryseg @cs_kaplan @vihartvihart Reminded me of the algorithm march https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8xtOinmByo