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John Ingham

@jeingham

Retired, machinist, web and project manager, long time harmonica player, into ukulele fun...

 Berkeley CA
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Joined August 2011
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Quite an interesting read...
Interesting Engineering (@IntEngineering) profile pictureInteresting Engineering
@IntEngineering26 Aug 2023
Göbekli Tepe laid undiscovered for tens of thousands of years until it was discovered in a little known part of modern Turkey. But who built it, and why? interestingengineering.com/l…
Gobekli Tepe: The world’s first temple that’s 6,000 years older than Stonehenge

Gobekli Tepe: The world’s first temple that’s 6,000 years older than Stonehenge

Göbekli Tepe laid undiscovered for tens of thousands of years until it was discovered in a little known part of modern Turkey. But who built it, and why?

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Insanity or not...
Jay Anderson (@TheProjectUnity) profile pictureJay Anderson
@TheProjectUnity26 Aug 2023
East Forest - "So What?" (Feat. @duncantrussell) One of the coolest music videos I have ever seen!
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Sounds pretty real to me...
Justin Hart (@justin_hart) profile pictureJustin Hart
@justin_hart17 Aug 2023
This update from a resident of Maui is very eye-opening and worth a listen.
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This update from a resident of Maui is very eye-opening and worth a listen.
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Something Ive know about for years with Mercator's Projection: unchartedterritories.tomaspu…
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Quite an amazing concept! If nothing else, after tinkering around it really points to the potential of AI. Truth is that the potential is a bit overwhelming... great effort with Oasis!
Heather Cooper (@HBCoop_) profile pictureHeather Cooper
@HBCoop_10 Jun 2023
🚀 Meet OASIS, the game-changing tool that turns your voice notes into new content for social media, blog articles, emails, and more! Note: Oasis wrote the first part of this thread. I'll show you how and why at the end of the thread, with examples 👇
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For the figity, this would be good grounding. Flat plate fixed to another via bearing should do it. Another project for the list...
Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) profile pictureMassimo
@Rainmaker19737 Jun 2023
Musician and artist Yohei Kisanuki creates some trippy zoetropic art using a whiteboard and marker atop a spinning potter’s wheel [source, more clips: buff.ly/3Cheu7h]
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Yeah, I'm tired of those other QR codes, boring, these are exciting!
Miguel | AP (@angrypenguinPNG) profile pictureMiguel | AP
@angrypenguinPNG6 Jun 2023
so many awesome use-cases that are still yet to be discovered. This is just one of them!
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Here we go! Let the games begin...
Alexander Kokcharov (@alex_kokcharov) profile pictureAlexander Kokcharov
@alex_kokcharov5 Jun 2023
In #Russia, several radio stations and even local TV networks appear to have been hacked to broadcast a deep fake address allegedly by president Putin. This fake address announced mass mobilisation and introduced martial law in border regions. 1/2
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A very old bug...
Interesting Engineering (@IntEngineering) profile pictureInteresting Engineering
@IntEngineering5 Jun 2023
It is thought to be between 35 and 47 million years old. interestingengineering.com/s…
Researchers discover 35 million-year-old insect trapped in an amber

Researchers discover 35 million-year-old insect trapped in an amber

It is thought to be between 35 and 47 million years old.

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Yup, I really like these folks They ate doing a great job here and with the others I've listened to so far. I will listen to them all no doubt. Great perspective for current and future musicians.
Rodney Crowell (@RodneyJCrowell) profile pictureRodney Crowell@RodneyJCrowell31 May 2023
We came. We saw. We podcast! @theother22hours
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We came. We saw. We podcast! @theother22hours
The Other 22 Hours (@theother22hours) profile pictureThe Other 22 Hours@theother22hours31 May 2023
NEW EPISODE! We talk with the great @RodneyJCrowell about everything from welcome & growing from failure, to learning how to know when a song is done from Guy Clark, to vision quests as a means of re-centering yourself. Available now! linktr.ee/theother22hours
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Craftsmanship at its highest level... wow!
Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) profile pictureMassimo
@Rainmaker197323 May 2023
Yixing clay teapots are made from Yixing clay. This traditional style originated in China, dating back to the 15th century, and are made from clay produced near Yixing in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu [read more: buff.ly/3MtWjA2] teapawt.net/artfanszone/status/166…
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More cool progress in the understanding of healing. Pretty complex it turns out and all very magical to me. The power of evolution is really quite amazing.
Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) profile pictureMassimo
@Rainmaker197323 May 2023
How your body stops bleeding when you are injured. The coagulation process [📹 designmate.com: buff.ly/3payJhz] [read more: buff.ly/2YVzC2C]
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Im sure there is a devil in the details here, but what a nice view into what the future of this planet could be. Lessons From a Renters’ Utopia nyti.ms/45qtpt5?smid=nytcore…
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Quirky science at its best!
Science girl (@sciencegirl) profile pictureScience girl
@sciencegirl5 Apr 2023
Some species of sea urchins use shells as hats to make them feel safer and camouflaged and if you give them actual tiny hats they will wear them
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Well, if you are not aware of this burgeoning field, @mckaywrigley is very generously sharing what he is discovering around ChatGPT. If you are breathing on this planet now, tracking AI to the degree possible you should be.
Mckay Wrigley (@mckaywrigley) profile pictureMckay Wrigley
@mckaywrigley26 Apr 2023
I gave GPT-4 eyes. Here’s what I did: - added some data to a vision model - gave the AI camera access - asked it questions about the scene - it identified objects - it searched web for info - used that info to accurately answer Watch it get 3 questions 100% correct!
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Wow Wow Wow! WTF.... *
Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) profile pictureMassimo
@Rainmaker197324 Apr 2023
It's a bullet ant glove an Amazon tribe uses for its coming-of-age ritual: bullet ants sting is supposed to be 30 times more painful than that of a bee, and each of those gloves contain dozens of ants [📹 Hamish & Andy TV: buff.ly/41yo1Sq]

The Worst Pain Known To Man (2014)

Hamish experiences an Amazon tribes' coming-of-age ritual: Bullet Ant gloves! Where the toxins released by the ants generates the worst pain a human is capable of experiencing.

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Horrid! This has to stop!
Science girl (@sciencegirl) profile pictureScience girl
@sciencegirl24 Apr 2023
Indonesia’s plastic waste 7.8 million tonnes of plastic waste every year, of which more than half ends up in the environment visibly impacting the ocean and rivers 📹Cherryl Niqitha teapawt.net/blabla112345/status/16…
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Brilliant!
Science girl (@sciencegirl) profile pictureScience girl
@sciencegirl23 Apr 2023
The Sea Organ in Croatia, uses the movement of the sea to create music Designed by Nikola Bašić, marble steps lead into the sea with tubes inside. As waves roll in, air is pushed out creating hauntingly beautiful melodies dependent the rhythm of waves
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