Mathematician, koala fan, mathstodon.xyz admin,
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Christian Lawson-Perfect
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Here's a data problem for someone handy with GIS: what's the largest circle you can draw, centred in the UK, where the majority of buildings are older than the USA?
I love to read a paper with a "come get me" plea for collaborators at the end:
(this is https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.16402)
these two acronyms have expanded in various ways over the years, to include related things:
LGBT → LGBTQIA+
STEM → STHREAMMIE
Is there a conceivable situation where they would merge? What would that be?
oh, just noticed that the authors are in Russia. Not happy about that!
Yeah yeah static site generators working from plain text input are great, but there's a lot to be said for adding `contenteditable` to your page and writing the text WYSIWYG
I'm sorting through the #BeachSpectres photos. This one's a nice desktop background.
another #London question: I'm OK with cycling in Newcastle but have never cycled in London. If I wanted to ride a hire bike from Russell Square to Hyde Park, purely to get some exercise and fresh air, would that be stressful or would it be alright?
#BikeTooter
Standard "oh yeah I should take a photo of the tyne bridges oh no it's almost too late" shot.
Still sorting through #BeachSpectres photos.
I couldn't work out how to use Shotwell to pick out some photos and put them somewhere else, so I searched for other photo management apps. I've given Lap a go and I like it: https://github.com/julyx10/lap
On Thursday I will be in London and need dinner.
Can anyone recommend anything good near King's Cross / Bloomsbury?
Something filling, not too spendy or fancy, but proper quality. Burger, pizza, indian or mexican are my faves.
