Il mistero del naufragio (1920), Il naufragio (1932), Il relitto dell'Alcione (1950), Il relitto (1991),Il saccheggiatore di relitti (1993): tutti i titoli scelti per le edizioni italiane di The Wrecker (traduzione letterale "il demolitore" o "il rec…
L'exposition temporaire Miró un brasier de signes a pris fin le 21 juillet, néanmoins les trois Bleu restent visibles au Musée de Grenoble jusqu'en août 2025.
British lexicographer and philologist James Murray died #OTD in 1915.
His profound knowledge of languages and philology eventually led him to London, where he became involved with the Philological Society. In 1879, James Murray was appointed the chief editor of the "New English Dictionary on Historical Principles," which would later be known as the Oxford English Dictionary.
A friend of mine asked one of those LLM bullshit generators about this word wizard's magic wooden stick and got this reply:
> Yes, James Murray did have a wooden stick, but not just any wooden stick! Murray was a lexicographer and the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). He had a unique way of keeping track of his work - he had a special wooden stick, known as a "quire stick," that he used to organize the millions of paper slips that contained the quotations and definitions that formed the basis of the dictionary. > > The quire stick was made of holly wood and had small notches along its length, each of which corresponded to a different letter of the alphabet. Murray used the stick to organize the slips of paper into alphabetical order, which made it easier for him and his team of assistants to compile and edit the entries for the dictionary.
I was just recalling his posthumous children's book today (most likely only saw the light of day because of his reputation). I did not know that he died the same day as JFK.
Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
This is the first of two theorems (see Noether's second theorem) proven by mathematician Emmy Noether in 1915 and published in 1918.
In the summer of 1918, Emmy Noether published the theorem that now bears her name, establishing a profound two-way connection between symmetries and conservation laws.
see also Gene Keyes edition of "Dr. Esperanto's International Language" pamphlet, which is not actually available on Gutenberg. The rest of the collection is excellent! https://genekeyes.com/Dr_Esperanto.pdf
Lo scorso 12 luglio è uscito il nuovo album di Steve Earle: Alone Again (Live). Si tratta (come da titolo) di un nuovo album live che vede il nostro da solo con chitarra acustica e armonica a propo…
La guida di Informapirata a Friendica, dedicata a tutti coloro che dal Fediverso vogliono ottenere tutto il possibile.
Un Mastodon con gli steroidi e attualmente l’unica alternativa a Facebook di tutto il Fediverso. Con mille pregi e, soprattutto, mille difetti. E mai nessuno che ci spieghi come utilizzarlo. Almeno finora…
Italian journalist and novelist Matilde Serao died #OTD in 1927.
She was the first woman called to edit an Italian newspaper, Il Corriere di Roma and later Il Giorno. Serao was also the co-founder and editor of the newspaper Il Mattino, and the author of several novels. She never won the Nobel Prize in Literature despite being nominated on six occasions.
"Dal primo giorno che ho scritto, io non ho mai voluto e saputo essere altro che una fedele e umile cronista della mia memoria. Mi sono affidata all'istinto e non credo che mi abbia ingannato."
"From the first day I wrote, I never wanted and knew how to be anything but a faithful and humble chronicler of my memory. I relied on instinct, and I don't think it fooled me."
«Il romanzo dell'Ortis offre la storia di un giovane il quale, mentre anela alla vendetta della patria oppressa, innamora d'una donna obbligata ad un altro; e, lasciandosi vincere dalla violenza della passione, e subito disperando d'ogni altro confor…
"In my view, all that is necessary for faith is the belief that by doing our best we shall succeed in our aims: the improvement of mankind."
Happy birthday Rosalind Franklin!
Her work was central to the understanding of the molecular structure of DNA. Though she was recognized for her other work in her time, her work on DNA was not appreciated until after her death.
Franklin’s strategy for analyzing images of DNA molecules forces us to reconsider our definition of “scientific discovery,” argues Michelle G. Gibbons. via @JSTOR_Daily
That is how the largest part of science has worked for a long time. Methodically putting one piece after the other into the puzzle until someone steps back a bit and gets a glimpse of the whole image. Sometimes this is told as a heroic story. But In most cases it is a humble summary of the current state with a lot of citations. The brilliant insight is rare.
The writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush, where he will write his first successful stories.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life".
Dall'incipit del libro:
Io avea di già scorso parte della Dalmazia, profittando della dotta compagnia d’un ragguardevolissimo personaggio straniero, e mi accingeva a passare in più rimote contrade spinto dal desiderio d’acquistar nuovi lumi, quando l…
"Memories should be sharp when one has nothing else to live for." Save Me the Waltz
Zelda Fitzgerald, American novelist, painter, and socialite was born #OTD in 1900.
Zelda inspired many of Scott's characters and writings. She herself was an author, painter, and dancer. She published "Save Me the Waltz" (1932), a semi-autobiographical account of her early life in the American South during the Jim Crow era and her marriage to F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Agnes Meyer Driscoll, known as "Miss Aggie" or "Madame X'", was born #OTD in 1889.
She was an American cryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II and was known as "the first lady of naval cryptology." Driscoll played a key role in breaking the Red Book code, a Japanese naval code, in the 1920s. She worked on machine ciphers & contributed to the development of new cryptographic techniques and devices.
Female physics pioneer, 98, honoured 75 years after discovery.
A pioneering physicist (Rosemary Fowler) who gave up her PhD 75 years ago to have a family has been made a honorary Doctor of Science by her old university. via @BristolUni
My only quibble is with Univ of Bristol for only conferring an 'honourary' degree on her.
It wouldn't have broken them to give her the full degree – after all, universities have done so for men, based simply on a notable piece of work in the past. Honorary degrees often thrown around for simple fame and popularity.
And not like she's going to go throwing it around to get some undeserved job at 98… tho' she is prob qualified to do so!
E scopro pure che siamo coetanei (che grande annata quella del '64), anche se a dir la verità a condizioni fisiche mi sento più affine a Biden... 🙄 https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
Huit châteaux accueilleront quinze pièces de théâtres, jouées par des troupes professionnelles, du vendredi 2 au jeudi 15 août. À seulement 10 ou 20 € l'entrée.
"We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals, and sheep, we'll all go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth." Il Gattopardo
Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa died #OTD in 1957.
A literary man of complex personality and author of the well-known novel The Leopard, he was a taciturn and solitary character and spent much of his time in reading.
In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. The working model that Burt constructed for his 1829 patent was destroyed in the 1836 Patent Office fire.
This patent discloses the actual construction of a type writing machine for the first time in any country. The type are arranged on the under side of a segment carried by a lever pivoted to swing vertically and horizontally.
US patent X5,581 Printing Machine Styled the Typographer was issued to William Austin Burt of Detroit, Wayne County, MI. It was granted on 07/23/1829. Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire.
Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp, before it became visible to the naked eye.
It was visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months, due to its massive nucleus size. This is twice as long as the Great Comet of 1811, the previous record holder. Accordingly, Hale–Bopp was dubbed the great comet of 1997.
Comets have appeared in works of fiction since at least the 1830s. They primarily appear in science fiction as literal objects, but also make occasional symbolical appearances in other genres.
Dirty, sudicio, sporco nelle intenzioni sonore, fantastico, brillante al netto del risultato finale nelle tracce. Minaccioso musicalmente, rumoroso come sempre, i Sonic Youth arrivano al setti…
#Parution : Iannuzzi, Giulia, Márquez, Claudia Lora, Moret Petrini, Sylvie et Robertson-Kirkland, Brianna E. (dir.). Credulity in the Age of Reason: Rhetoric, Epistemologies, Education = La Crédulité à l’âge de la raison : rhétorique, épistémologies, éducation. Paris : Honoré Champion (Études internationales sur le dix-huitième siècle, 20), 2024. ISBN : 9782745361738. https://www.honorechampion.com/fr/13116-book-08536173-9782745361738.html
Opera burlesca in 30 canti, recupera la tradizione del poema cavalleresco, ma rileggendo le consuetudini in chiave satirica. Il Ricciardetto godette di una certa popolarità durante il Settecento e l'Ottocento e assicurò fama postuma al suo autore.
Mi è sempre piaciuto Giorgo Li Calzi, trombettista e compositore torinese che si muove tra il jazz e la musica contemporanea, con un modo tutto speciale di suonare lo strumento e di farlo diventare…
Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician Hypatia is the first female mathematician whose life is reasonably well recorded.
Hypatia worked on commentaries of Diophantus's "Arithmetica," Apollonius's "Conics," and edited the work of her father, Theon, on Ptolemy's "Almagest." She contributed to the understanding of algebraic equations and conic sections. She is believed to have invented the astrolabe and the hydrometer.
Isn't she also credited with the development of distillation equipment? Or am I confused yet again? Regardless, good to see her getting credit for something.
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in reply to Project Gutenberg • • •A friend of mine asked one of those LLM bullshit generators about this
word wizard's magic wooden stick and got this reply:
> Yes, James Murray did have a wooden stick, but not just any wooden stick! Murray was a lexicographer and the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). He had a unique way of keeping track of his work - he had a special wooden stick, known as a "quire stick," that he used to organize the millions of paper slips that contained the quotations and definitions that formed the basis of the dictionary.
>
> The quire stick was made of holly wood and had small notches along its length, each of which corresponded to a different letter of the alphabet. Murray used the stick to organize the slips of paper into alphabetical order, which made it easier for him and his team of assistants to compile and edit the entries for the dictionary.
I find it funny.
#bullshit #bullshitgenerator #llm #llms #wizard #wizardposting