@phillipsmithnz.bsky.social
Amateur Scientist lost in genome space. Experimental evol. using Truncating ECAs.Polynesian sailing canoe enthusiast. Enjoy doing science for fun, really hate writing. All my views are temporary and subject to change without notification.
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I can also do arms race dynamics with my model. This is an old run, of the red queen being chased through genome space. Do you see Punctuated Equilibrium? perhaps it's in the eye of the beholder. I was also curious to see if the red queen has momentum, perhaps we could weigh her! #Alife
AI generated diagram of a yachts lines. It need more lines
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
AI generated diagram of a yachts lines. It need more lines
Been doing the bilingual marriage for a few decades now. Sometimes it frustrating but never boring. Today I explained that they’re not railway pillows but sleepers. Pillows perhaps makes more sense.
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Been doing the bilingual marriage for a few decades now. Sometimes it frustrating but never boring. Today I explained that they’re not railway pillows but sleepers. Pillows perhaps makes more sense.
Pohutukawa showing off its crazy adventitious roots.
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pohutukawa showing off its crazy adventitious roots.
Somewhere in this photo is a dotterel chick, one of the two we have at Snells.
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Somewhere in this photo is a dotterel chick, one of the two we have at Snells.
youtu.be/adEjQ6d0Gsw A summary of some of the modifications I've made to the boat and tested over the last couple of months.
Mods for Oct Nov 2025
YouTube video by Phillip Smith
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November 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
youtu.be/adEjQ6d0Gsw A summary of some of the modifications I've made to the boat and tested over the last couple of months.
youtu.be/2XUKxM7ZBao?... Now that’s got me wondering about trajectories of species across holey landscape neutral networks. Maybe applicable to red queen dynamics
How far can we push the utilities problem?
YouTube video by Stand-up Maths
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November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
youtu.be/2XUKxM7ZBao?... Now that’s got me wondering about trajectories of species across holey landscape neutral networks. Maybe applicable to red queen dynamics
youtu.be/Z4nfqzBDLlc?... “soon my fingers will fumble and in my hands lie my life”. Beautiful words from a craftsman.
1974: Gandolfi Brothers Handmade Cameras | Industrial Grand Tour | Making of... | BBC Archive
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November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
youtu.be/Z4nfqzBDLlc?... “soon my fingers will fumble and in my hands lie my life”. Beautiful words from a craftsman.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608... from what I’m hearing bear attacks are happening almost every day now, in Japan. Something like 8 people killed since April. I don’t think I even heard of bear attacks in the 90s.
Kiwi's arm 'fully snapped' in Japanese bear attack
A Kiwi living in Japan had his arm broken and calf muscles punctured when he was attacked by a bear in the foothills of Myoko.
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October 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608... from what I’m hearing bear attacks are happening almost every day now, in Japan. Something like 8 people killed since April. I don’t think I even heard of bear attacks in the 90s.
Need this sign for my workshop. Mainly for my own benefit.
October 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Need this sign for my workshop. Mainly for my own benefit.
There was and still is, to much lesser degree, a trade for those who put scissors together. They were called putter-togetherers.
October 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
There was and still is, to much lesser degree, a trade for those who put scissors together. They were called putter-togetherers.
youtu.be/GhramXiUrY4?... very sad news. Robert was an inspirational amateur scientist who was simply fascinated by everything. One of those people you wished was a friend and could just sit and chat with.
RIP Robert Murray-Smith (1963 - 2025)
YouTube video by Robert Murray-Smith
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October 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
youtu.be/GhramXiUrY4?... very sad news. Robert was an inspirational amateur scientist who was simply fascinated by everything. One of those people you wished was a friend and could just sit and chat with.
I think I beat my personal best for teaching someone to roll last night. Under ten minutes. Success on the second attempt. Good student, good boat, good paddle sooo much easier. Nice to have an easy one after some the epic struggles I’ve had with some students this year.
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I think I beat my personal best for teaching someone to roll last night. Under ten minutes. Success on the second attempt. Good student, good boat, good paddle sooo much easier. Nice to have an easy one after some the epic struggles I’ve had with some students this year.
There should be some law against daughters coming to your house and rearranging the furniture.
October 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
There should be some law against daughters coming to your house and rearranging the furniture.
Finally got around to explaining to the wife it’s “bottle blond” not “bottled blond” probably should have done this a decade or so ago.
September 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Finally got around to explaining to the wife it’s “bottle blond” not “bottled blond” probably should have done this a decade or so ago.
I’m thinking of rebranding my truncating ECAs as micro-AIs. #f*ckthesystem.
September 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’m thinking of rebranding my truncating ECAs as micro-AIs. #f*ckthesystem.
youtu.be/YGLNyHd2w10?... very cool!
Adventures in State Space
YouTube video by 2swap
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August 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
youtu.be/YGLNyHd2w10?... very cool!
Lying in bed this morning I convinced myself I had a proof that structure is the unit of inheritance not dna sequence. I expect this feeling to wear off by mid day and it will join that scrap heap of ideas that only seemed good in the shower or when half asleep.
August 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Lying in bed this morning I convinced myself I had a proof that structure is the unit of inheritance not dna sequence. I expect this feeling to wear off by mid day and it will join that scrap heap of ideas that only seemed good in the shower or when half asleep.
youtu.be/vaG5tVnpkwc?... very clever
Tape Bowing Ensemble - Open Reel Ensemble
YouTube video by Open Reel Ensemble
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August 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
youtu.be/vaG5tVnpkwc?... very clever
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Live Streaming Supported by KONOIKE CONSTRUCTION（The Human Powered Propeller Division）
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July 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Sometimes you’re just looking for an expression to describe a phenomenon. “Latent variation” is what I need to describe the potential variation produced by newly acquired neutrality. It’s like latent heat. Next you find there’s already an expression that you’ve never heard off.
July 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sometimes you’re just looking for an expression to describe a phenomenon. “Latent variation” is what I need to describe the potential variation produced by newly acquired neutrality. It’s like latent heat. Next you find there’s already an expression that you’ve never heard off.
@dominictarr.bsky.social have you played around with angling the foil on the ama inwards so that it gives some downforce. The slippage should give it some AoA perhaps enough for a downforce component. Toying with the idea.
July 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
@dominictarr.bsky.social have you played around with angling the foil on the ama inwards so that it gives some downforce. The slippage should give it some AoA perhaps enough for a downforce component. Toying with the idea.
NZ English “I can put shit on the piss” translation, “I insist on everything being straight and level.”
July 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
NZ English “I can put shit on the piss” translation, “I insist on everything being straight and level.”
Does anyone know if anyone has implemented rule 110 or any other CA in hardware on a chip or has plans to do so. #complexity.
July 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Does anyone know if anyone has implemented rule 110 or any other CA in hardware on a chip or has plans to do so. #complexity.
My friends trip around lake waikaremoana in a cruising dinghy. Spectacular but looks freezing. youtu.be/Dg2zylqLc5E?...
Sailing - Exploring Lake Waikaremoana - Dinghy Cruising.
YouTube video by Ross Barnett
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July 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My friends trip around lake waikaremoana in a cruising dinghy. Spectacular but looks freezing. youtu.be/Dg2zylqLc5E?...
It’s a happy day when one of your kayak rolling students teaches a student how to roll. Especially if they’re not rolling so well themselves ;-)
June 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It’s a happy day when one of your kayak rolling students teaches a student how to roll. Especially if they’re not rolling so well themselves ;-)