Andy Stapleton Updated +Created
Cool data embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain / Ordinal ruleset inscription porn Updated +Created
These were found by running object detection software for some porn/nudity detection. We need to run some more, all sex was likely missed: github.com/GantMan/nsfw_model/issues/160
Gülen movement Updated +Created
Ciro Santilli once was at student a hackthon, where he proposed working on OurBigBook.com to others.
The only person who showed interest was a follower of the sect.
It seems that they put a lot of emphasis in education.
Also, their self-name is Hizmet, which translates as "service".
That day, Mr. Fethullah Gülen gained some Cirocoins.
Magnetic resonance imaging Updated +Created
MRI is using NMR to image inside peoples bodies!
Video 1.
How does an MRI machine work? by Science Museum (2019)
Source. The best one can do in 3 minutes perhaps.
Video 2.
How MRI Works Part 1 by thePIRL (2018)
Source.
Video 3.
What happens behind the scenes of an MRI scan? by Strange Parts (2023)
Source.
Video 4.
Dr Mansfield's MRI MEDICAL MARVEL by BBC
. Source. Broadcast in 1978. Description:
Tomorrow's World gave audiences a true world first as Dr Peter Mansfield of the University of Nottingham demonstrated the first full body prototype device for Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), allowing us to see inside the human body without the use of X-rays.
Featuring the yet-to-be 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine Dr. Mansfield.
Mainframe computer Updated +Created
Mamonas Assassinas Updated +Created
This incredibly foul mouthed band was incredibly funny.
Ciro Santilli was a bit young to understand the songs at the time, but the older boys were singing them, and he sang along. So maybe there is a nostalgia factor in play.
But it can't be just that. They are just too funny and brutal, even when Ciro re-listens to it as of 2020.
Many Brazilian religious cranks in were really happy when their plane crashed and killed all of them in 1996.
Best songs:
Maser Updated +Created
Video 1.
Principles of the Optical Maser by Bell Labs
. Source. Date: 1963.
Netflix Updated +Created
Tritium Updated +Created
Why are there two sexes? Updated +Created
It is not obvious why there have to be two sexes.
Sex itself is obvious: by mixing genes we increase variability.
But having two sexes rather than just being able to reproduce with anyone reduces the possible mating pool by half!
Microwave transmission for trading Updated +Created
Finance is a cancer of society. But I have to admit it, it's kind of cool.
Video 1.
Lasers Transmit Market Data and Trade Execution by Anova Technologies (2014)
Source. Their system is insane. It compensates in real time for wind movements of towers. They also have advanced building tracking for things that might cover line of sight.
Shooter game Updated +Created
Ciro's Edict #5 / Not work Updated +Created
I read Human Compatible by Stuart J. Russell (2019). Some AI safety people were actually giving out free copies after a talk, can you believe it! Good book.
Application-specific integrated circuit Updated +Created
Domain Name System Updated +Created
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) Updated +Created
Josephson effect regime Updated +Created

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