February 2012
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I will be giving Dhamma service for the next 10 days, and will be away from the internet during that time. I am excited to have the opportunity to practice in a newly constructed pagoda with private meditation cells.
Please be patient with me until then if you are expecting a reply to messages. I’ve prepared a little queue of patterns including GIFs and videos similar to previous...
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If for some reason the existential risks mentioned in the last post made you feel insignificant in anyway, let the following serve as consolation and reason to feel significant (and quite literally “central”) to the universe as human beings existing in this period of time. From a temporal perspective of the evolution of the universe, we live close to a point in time where the...
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Some notable dates in the far future
Compiled below is a selection of estimated dates for some events given certain assumptions in the evolution of Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe. Most events are of an astronomical and cosmological nature though some are geological. A more complete list from which the ones included here were taken can be found on Wikipedia.
In 10,000 years - The end of humanity, according to Brandon...
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"Whether or not God plays dice, I do" →
A $100,000 offer is being made by quantum computing/complexity theory researcher Scott Aaronson to whomever can disprove the possibility of scalable quantum computation. Although very primitive, small-scale quantum computers have been developed and realized in the field, the question of whether or not a large-scale quantum computer can exist to handle arbitrarily large computations is the focus...
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Anonymous asked: Could you please tag your gifs with an epilepsy warning?
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January 2012
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Watch
Music generated with Otomata! Continuous variation in the parameter “a” starting at a = 0 Unknown code parameters : r, a(final), s
Visuals created with Mathematica code:
Manipulate[
Graphics[
Line[
Table[
{-r^n*Sin[n*a], r^n*Cos[n*a]}, {n, 0, s}]],
PlotRange -> .01],
{r, .1, 1}, {a, 0.001, 4*Pi, .00001}, {s, 1, 10000, 1]
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Watch Music: “The Star Compass” by Tim Hecker
Created with Mathematica code:
Manipulate[
Graphics[
Line[
Table[
{-Sin[n*a], Cos[n/a]}, {n, 0, 800}]],
PlotRange -> 1.3],
{a, 11.396, 11.621, .0001}]
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Music: “The New Anthem” by Jan Jelinek & Computer Soup Created with Mathematica code:
Manipulate[
Graphics[
Line[
Table[
{-.999^n*Sin[n*a], .999^n*Cos[n/a]}, {n, 0, 200}]],
PlotRange -> 1.3],
{a, 3, 3.78, .0001}]
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Anonymous asked: Love your blog!! Can you share with us your other favorite tumblrs?
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(500x500)
Mathematica code:
Animate[ DensityPlot[ Sin[r*Abs[(x + I y)^1.1]], {x, -1.25, 1.25}, {y, 0, 2.5}, PlotPoints -> 27, Mesh -> False, Frame -> False, ColorFunction -> Hue], {r, 88.5, 68.5, .5}]
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(view high-res still at r=1234.3 here)
Mathematica code:
Animate[ DensityPlot[ Sin[r*Abs[(x + I y)^2]], {x, -2.5, 2.5}, {y, -2.5, 2.5}, PlotPoints -> 50, Mesh -> False, Frame -> False, ColorFunction -> Hue], {r,1234.7, 1235.7, .1}]
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The “I” is the root of one’s negativity. It is imaginary.
In math, the imaginary unit is defined as the square root of negative one:
\[ i = \sqrt{-1} \] For some motivation, consider what values for x satisfy the following equation \[ x^2 = 1 \] Both +1 and -1 work.
Instead, try to think of values for x that satisfy this equation
\[ x^2 = -1 \] No real number does!...
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Mathematica code:
Animate[ DensityPlot[ Sin[r*Abs[(x + I y)]], {x, -2.5, 2.5}, {y, -2.5, 2.5}, PlotPoints -> 15, Mesh -> False, Frame -> False, ColorFunction -> Hue], {r, 1982.2, 1983.1, .1}]
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Mathematica code:
Animate[ DensityPlot[ Sin[r*Cos[.4]*Abs[(x + I y)^2]], {x, -2.5, 2.5}, {y, -2.5, 2.5}, PlotPoints -> 27, Mesh -> False, Frame -> False, ColorFunction -> Hue], {r, 113.4, 114, .02}]
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