Tweet Archive 2018 08
RT @Andrew_Adonis: A lie https://twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg/status/1024997636821139457
Replying to @xkcdComic
It’s a joke but also a nice intro to non-Euclidean geometry. And if your percentages add up to less than 100 then your pie chart bulges up in the middle like a dome.
Replying to @johncarlosbaez
Is there a 3D embedding of the great dodecahedron that shows the holes in the 4-holed torus, as there is for the tetrahedral 3-holed torus representation of the Klein quartic?
RT @digitag: The Termite and the Architect - Issue 8: Home - Nautilus https://buff.ly/2K17SfF
Replying to @tim_hutton
I ordered some polypropylene sheets from @Kitronik (thanks!) to experiment with making a large version of our polar zonohedron dome. It’s nice to work with and fully recyclable.
Replying to @Alientrap
I did something similar using Kinect, on a loop: https://youtu.be/zIAdXue8X4s
Replying to @Alientrap
Yes, exactly. I wasn’t using any motion-tracking on the Kinect and I was just rendering into the depth buffer in a loop.
RT @jhnhw: First 1e6 integers, represented as binary vectors indicating their prime factors, and laid out using the sparse matrix support i…
Me: You know, our kitten trains itself by play too.
Daughter looks up from phone game: Huh?
Me: She’ll be a great hunter one day. With no formal teaching.
Daughter: What?
Me: But she’ll only ever be able to use her claws. You can use anything.
D: Dad, quiet. I’m busy.
RT @dadavies01: @words_matter18 @kindNotWeak2018 @missb62 @nycsouthpaw @ditzkoff Something to watch out for: “They are using privatization…
Cutting 198 pieces out of 36m² of fluted polypropylene (a recyclable plastic equivalent to cardboard) for a 3m wide polar zonohedron dome. [Kitten included to comply with internet rules for DIY progress photos.]
