excarnateSojourner @excarnateSojourner@mastodon.technology

*This* is how I like my news:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022
#wikipedia #news

TIL Picasso's paintings are still under copyright in Canada (and most other places).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries'_copyright_lengths
#picasso #copyright #canada #berneConvention

Tim Muller explains how a man-in-the-middle attack can be performed against the Needham–Schroeder protocol:
https://youtu.be/EtpdLBeIaus
#computerphile #computerNetwork #cryptography #manInTheMiddleAttack #needhamSchroederProtocol #timMuller

Ruihang Xu solves a 3x3 Rubik's cube one-handed in an average* of 10.11 seconds per solve:
https://youtu.be/ZjvNufdlz0k
* 5 solves, drop best and worst, take mean of remaining 3
#rubiksCube #speedcubing #ruihangXu #gancube #picube

Max Park solves a 3x3 in 2.94 seconds:
https://youtu.be/5szYame_7Cw
#rubiksCube #speedcubing #maxPark

Tommy Cherry breaks the World Cube Association's world record for the fastest blindfolded 3x3 average of 5 at 15.24 seconds:
https://youtu.be/qE9dc3E2yfk
#tommyCherry #rubiksCube #speedcubing #worldCubeAssociation

Tommy Cherry breaks the World Cube Association's world record for the fastest 3x3 blindfolded single solve at 14.67 seconds:
https://youtu.be/2_Crc0_kLtQ
#tommyCherry #rubiksCube #speedcubing #worldCubeAssociation

The Fearlessness of Christmas Joy: Six Wonders of Christ's Lordship
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-fearlessness-of-christmas-joy
#desiringGod #christianity #johnPiper

Henry Reich explains how he determined that a video he was sent was fake, and how you can similarly identify falsehoods and forgeries:
https://youtu.be/6ERXfZTFbFQ
#minutePhysics #henryReich

Matt Whitman explains what we know about the biblical Magi who, according to Matthew's Gospel account, visited Jesus when he was a boy:
https://youtu.be/HzZsfD5isTI
#mattWhitman #christianity #biblicalMagi #gospelOfMatthew

If you are looking forward to a future of self-driving cars, Cory Doctorow's "Car Wars" is an eye-opening, well-written short story about the /real/ ethical dilemmas with self-driving cars. It seems he has uploaded an audio version to the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/CarWars
#coryDoctorowCarWars #coryDoctorow #selfDrivingCar

Matt Whitman and Aron Utecht discuss whether Mary (mother of Jesus) would have actually believed the statements in the song "Mary, Did You Know?":
https://youtu.be/pyDkvlXaRso
#theTenMinuteBibleHour #mattWhitman #christianity #maryMotherOfJesus #maryDidYouKnow #markLowry

Dr Mike Pound (assistant professor at the University of Nottingham) explains how a collection of 3D points on a surface can be used to digitally recreate that surface:
https://youtu.be/4uWSo8v3iQA
#computerphile #pointCloud #michaelPound #seanRiley #universityOfNottingham

Matt of The Ten Minute Bible Hour explains a verse in the Bible about God's forgiveness (Psalm 103:12):
https://youtu.be/bxW0pz2sfPc
#theTenMinuteBibleHour #christiantiy #bible #mattWhitman

Matt of Stand-Up Maths attempts to calculate the factorial of -1/2:
https://youtu.be/dGnIJFzkLI4
#standupMaths #mattParker #mathematics #factorial #gammaFunction

Steve Mould explains how an assassin's teapot works:
https://youtu.be/jJL0XoNBaac
#steveMould #physics

Smarter Every Day 267: Destin hits a gong and other objects with his supersonic baseball cannon:
https://youtu.be/at-xZA5U1ps
#smarterEveryDay #destinSandlin

Max Park breaks the World Cube Association world record for the fastest 4x4 single solve with a time of 16.86 seconds:
https://youtu.be/oHaNXXE0j3E
#maxPark #speedcubing

Matt of Stand-Up Maths attempts to find an equation that draws a triangle when graphed:
https://youtu.be/4K-Jx914NcQ
#standupMaths #mattParker #mathematics

Destin of Smarter Every Day talks about changes on YouTube, preserving your voice, and preserving the past:
https://youtu.be/ZVaUoyabjAg
#smarterEveryDay #destinSandlin #youTube #notreDameDeParis