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Reader of hefty books. Rider of mountain bikes. Sailer of salty seas. Shaker of double dice.

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BirdNET – AI-Powered Sound ID

Opensource technology for bird sounds.

What are they talking about?

07.03.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition...
20.01.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How neuroscientists are using AI Eight researchers explain how they are using large language models to analyze the literature, brainstorm hypotheses and interact with complex datasets.

Large language model Ai - When applied appropriately, it's an excellent kit and caboodle.

When it's used to make me feel duped and gullible, on social media - I know it's time to crack open a book about affective neuroscience, and smell the paper.

11.12.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Booze AI

Ai that's not slop, especially when you are.

28.11.2025 20:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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14.11.2025 02:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely inspect the engineering on the dry dock. It survived the big earthquakes with out issue.

Then there is the remnants of the marina which fell to bits catastrophically in a storm. I had a large boat tired up to one of the remaining concrete piles which I almost lost during a tsunami.

14.11.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hawaiian waka comes to Waitangi, 40 years after sparking revival of Māori ocean voyaging Hōkūleʻa's historic 1985 journey helped spark the revival of Māori ocean voyaging.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

12.11.2025 18:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
complex abstract oil painting.

complex abstract oil painting.

I study brain science, as a hobby, like this...

16.09.2025 05:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, I aim to communicate emotional affect without words. Or generate an ambiance in the room. A visceral experience. Question is: whats going on physiologically? Thats makes my painting feel like something. Why does the status of its gallery change its colour and tone…

25.08.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I do a bit of old fashioned oil painting. I prefer it to acrylic because each colour has its own unique pigments and relationships with there binders. Some transparent others opaque. Some dry fast some slow. Acrylic lacks that mechanical constraint. It’s primary-secondary-tertiary, to infinity.

25.08.2025 20:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I guess, if the decisions are being made unconsciously.

22.05.2025 07:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Serious question: What is Cultural lag?

03.02.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Study of Rocks

29.01.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
28.01.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Oil painted image of two planets colliding.

Oil painted image of two planets colliding.

William K Hartmann

06.01.2025 22:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
One film frame, man holding up colour cards.

One film frame, man holding up colour cards.

Picture to picture format, that looks to be Kodachrome.

Ever thought about how the moon might have formed?
It has been explained in 1970s oil paintings by William K. Hartmann.

openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_14...

21.12.2024 19:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Direct Message me for an explanation.

Direct Message me for an explanation.

Screen shot: #mediaecology - art.

21.12.2024 03:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morse Code Message You've been sent a Morse code message!

Is morse code binary? No its quinary, but you could think of it as ternary if that feels better.

30.11.2024 20:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can't access it at present, but what you are saying about the range of emotions accompanying gratitude, is intriguing.

26.11.2024 20:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
to metal archways, with grass and a view of the harbour.

to metal archways, with grass and a view of the harbour.

I made this public sculpture. It's an archway entrance to a mildly polluted river mouth, which empties into a harbour.
It is next to the rear end of a supermarket. And nothing much else of note.

21.11.2024 05:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of the earth from space.

Photo of the earth from space.

Early evidence that the earth is round.

27.10.2024 08:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
vintage magazine cover, Whole Earth Catalog

vintage magazine cover, Whole Earth Catalog



wholeearth.info/p/whole-eart...

27.10.2024 07:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Antique photo of a man reading a letter.

Antique photo of a man reading a letter.

Memory technology - photo of a photo of, thinking technology.

25.09.2024 19:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Decretive QR code. Japanese wood block print style.

Decretive QR code. Japanese wood block print style.



QR code, that works like magic.

09.05.2024 09:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ultra thin but robust paper with hand written message and pigeon postage stamp.

Ultra thin but robust paper with hand written message and pigeon postage stamp.



What is a flimsy?

It is a pigeon post - paper, like a postcard or telegram. This example is asking for a sack of chaff and some oats, plus a pair of boots to be shipped on the next steamer.

06.05.2024 10:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Photos of the moons far side and visible from earth side.

Photos of the moons far side and visible from earth side.

The lunar race, needs a clock from the moons perspective.

03.04.2024 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kon-Tiki Expedition – The Kon-Tiki Museum The museum presents the breadth of Heyerdahl’s life’s work, from his first trip to Fatu Hiva, to the voyages with the Kon-Tiki, the Ra, the Ra II and the Tigris, as well as the expeditions to the GalΓ ...

Apart from floating the east-west migration hypothesis, the Kon-Tiki crew did some bottled food science.

01.03.2024 21:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
digital photo of kinetic sculpture.

digital photo of kinetic sculpture.

digital photo of kinetic sculpture which as been altered to look like and oil painting.

digital photo of kinetic sculpture which as been altered to look like and oil painting.

I recommend getting an old digital film recorder. These render digital files to chemical emulsion film.

Below are digital frames which I've rendered to cinema film, which you see dangling thru the mechanical projector - which projects itself walking around on stage as an animated oil painting.

26.02.2024 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Stereographic photos of pottery.

Stereographic photos of pottery.

I make my own pottery.

12.02.2024 09:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to View Stereoscopic 3-D Images: Free-Viewing and Using Stereoscopes There are different ways to view images in a stereopair and they all rely on each image being viewed separately by the corresponding eye so your brain can fuse the two 2-D images into one 3-D image.
12.02.2024 08:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0