Okay folks, let’s have a look at the dark side of working in IT.
Surviving as an Old in the Tech World
https://www.wired.com/story/surviving-as-an-old-in-the-tech-world/
What can you do when the pup of programming becomes the black dog of burnout? Dude, leave
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/18/burn_out_and_leave_patching_the_patcher/
Is this just whining?
Wem gehört eigentlich der Weltraum? Keine einfache Frage.
Weltraumrecht: Müll, Waffen, Bodenschätze im All als weites Feld für Juristen
https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Muell-Waffen-Bodenschaetze-Das-Weltall-als-weites-Feld-fuer-Juristen-4080144.html
Demnächst gibt’s Abmahnwellen im Weltraum.
Eric S. Raymond talks about code archaeology.
Eric S. Raymond on Keeping the Bazaar Secure and Functional
http://www.itprotoday.com/open-source/eric-s-raymond-keeping-bazaar-secure-and-functional
Wait. Code archaeology? Interesting. I think, I could do this. Maybe this is a way for old programmers to stay in the field.
Sheila Marikar writes about private space travel for The New York Times.
The Rich Are Planning to Leave This Wretched Planet
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/09/style/axiom-space-travel.html
Why does that make me think of the movie Elysium?
Martin Hairer writes for Plus Magazine about probability, Bayesians and frequentists.
The maths of randomness
https://plus.maths.org/content/maths-randomness
I really like the section about Bayesians vs frequentists. I wish there was more on this topic.
You might want to try this.
Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days
https://ds26gte.github.io/tyscheme/
I wish I had the time to read this.
Eine neue Version von Emacs ist da.
Texteditor: Emacs 26.1 mit Zeilennummerierung im Buffer
https://heise.de/-4060164
Finally, I have some free time to try some more programming in Processing.
I had a look at the p5.sound library. As far as I understood, p5.sound builds on W3C spec Web Audio. I’m not very good with audio. Haven’t tried it since my Basic days. I’m trying to figure out, how to create simple beeps. All samples I have found so far include loading some mp3 file. But is there any way to beep the speaker or create a similar sound?
Let’s see if I can figure this out without having to work through the entire Web Audio spec.
Sibylle Anderl schreibt in der F.A.Z. über Exoplaneten.
Der Schlüssel zum Verständnis der Exoplaneten
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/weltraum/ferne-welten-der-schluessel-zum-verstaendnis-der-exoplaneten-15579292.html
Wau. Schon 4000 Exoplaneten. Und immer noch nix für uns Menschen dabei. Schade.
Kevin Hartnett writes for Quanta Magazine about black holes.
Mathematicians Disprove Conjecture Made to Save Black Holes
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-disprove-conjecture-made-to-save-black-holes-20180517/
Whoa. I didn’t know about the Cauchy horizon.
Michael Cooney writes for Hewlett Packard Enterprise about
The toughest math problems that challenge the world
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/the-toughest-math-problems-that-challenge-the-world-1805.html
I have no idea about them, unfortunately.
An article by Evelyn Lamb about the unusual couple poetry and math.
How Poetry and Math Intersect
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-poetry-and-math-intersect-180968869/
Not sure what to think about this. Poetry was never of much interest to me.
Interessantes Problem aus der Graphentheorie.
Biologe verblüfft Mathematiker mit Computer-Beweis
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/hadwiger-nelson-problem-biologe-findet-teilloesung-mit-genialem-beweis-a-1204695.html
Er hat “außergewöhnliches Glück” gehabt.