MikeTommasi
@miketommasi.bsky.social
Anglo-Venetian raised in Canaregio, then Montreal.
Living in coastal Provence.
Food/wine nut, energy expert, electronics engineer.
Sporadic writer on food/wine, Venice, energy.
Loves physics, contemporary art, music and dance.
Living in coastal Provence.
Food/wine nut, energy expert, electronics engineer.
Sporadic writer on food/wine, Venice, energy.
Loves physics, contemporary art, music and dance.
Alan Turing, known for code breaking during WWII, also made a working voice encription machine. spectrum.ieee.org/alan-turings...
Alan Turing's Top Secret DIY Project
In November 2023, a large cache of Turing's wartime papers—nicknamed the “Bayley papers”—was auctioned in London for almost half a million U.S. dollars. The previously unknown cache contains many shee...
spectrum.ieee.org
February 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Alan Turing, known for code breaking during WWII, also made a working voice encription machine. spectrum.ieee.org/alan-turings...
Mimosa is late this year.
February 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Mimosa is late this year.
There is not much evidence, and a lot of hype, for the existence of the "wood wide web", the idea that trees communicate signals and nutrients through a fungal network. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The ‘Mother Tree’ idea is everywhere — but how much of it is real?
A popular theory about how trees cooperate has enchanted the public and raised the profile of forest conservation. But some ecologists think its scientific basis has been oversold.
www.nature.com
November 29, 2024 at 5:44 PM
There is not much evidence, and a lot of hype, for the existence of the "wood wide web", the idea that trees communicate signals and nutrients through a fungal network. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
CAT-telan artwork goes for millions.
November 22, 2024 at 5:43 PM
CAT-telan artwork goes for millions.
I would love Bluesky, but:
1) the STUPID Twitter limit on the number of characters is something you could have ditched.
2) the impossibility of editing one's post is truly annoying.
1) the STUPID Twitter limit on the number of characters is something you could have ditched.
2) the impossibility of editing one's post is truly annoying.
November 15, 2024 at 1:03 PM
I would love Bluesky, but:
1) the STUPID Twitter limit on the number of characters is something you could have ditched.
2) the impossibility of editing one's post is truly annoying.
1) the STUPID Twitter limit on the number of characters is something you could have ditched.
2) the impossibility of editing one's post is truly annoying.
A poet once said, “The whole universe is in a glass of wine.” If we look at a glass of wine closely enough we see the entire universe. All life is fermentation. How vivid is the claret. Let it give us one more final pleasure: drink it and forget it all!
[The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol I, ch 3]
[The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol I, ch 3]
November 15, 2024 at 12:22 PM
A poet once said, “The whole universe is in a glass of wine.” If we look at a glass of wine closely enough we see the entire universe. All life is fermentation. How vivid is the claret. Let it give us one more final pleasure: drink it and forget it all!
[The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol I, ch 3]
[The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol I, ch 3]
The new administration thinks Greenland is part of the USA x.com/RepMikeColli...
November 14, 2024 at 6:30 PM
The new administration thinks Greenland is part of the USA x.com/RepMikeColli...
Donald-Elon honeymoon over? Maybe ugly politics repel each other, like same charge particles in physics. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Elon Musk may already be overstaying his welcome in Trump's orbit
Musk has been a near-constant presence at Mar-a-Lago, where he has sat in on important meetings and calls.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Donald-Elon honeymoon over? Maybe ugly politics repel each other, like same charge particles in physics. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...