Nick Engel
@nick.engel.au
Engineer making audio things for work and play
Audio, AI, tech, music, renewables, science
Audio, AI, tech, music, renewables, science
Uho drawing outside the lines again
NASA’s updated global temperature spirals including 2024. Up and up and up.
January 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Uho drawing outside the lines again
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Protip: always carry a mini bottle of Tabasco with you so you can be sure you’ve got all you need for the perfect Bloody Mary anywhere you go.
December 28, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Protip: always carry a mini bottle of Tabasco with you so you can be sure you’ve got all you need for the perfect Bloody Mary anywhere you go.
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I initiated a starter pack for Audio ML. Let me know if you'd like to be added/removed.
go.bsky.app/LGmct4z
go.bsky.app/LGmct4z
November 18, 2024 at 4:46 AM
I initiated a starter pack for Audio ML. Let me know if you'd like to be added/removed.
go.bsky.app/LGmct4z
go.bsky.app/LGmct4z
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If you'd like to send yourself into a linguistics-based existential crisis, almost all languages appear to follow Zipf's law and we have no idea why
www.iflscience.com/almost-all-l...
www.iflscience.com/almost-all-l...
Almost All Languages Appear To Follow Zipf's Law, And We Have No Idea Why
Even the languages we haven't deciphered yet, such as the one in the Voynich Manuscript, appear to follow this rule.
www.iflscience.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:26 AM
If you'd like to send yourself into a linguistics-based existential crisis, almost all languages appear to follow Zipf's law and we have no idea why
www.iflscience.com/almost-all-l...
www.iflscience.com/almost-all-l...
Slow clap for the Aussie Macquarie dictionary word of the year ‘enshittification’
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’
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“We’re all living through the enshittocene, a…
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November 27, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Slow clap for the Aussie Macquarie dictionary word of the year ‘enshittification’
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Today's Little Nemo "rerun" at GoComics. These creature drawings/desigs are absolutely INSANE. I love them!
November 26, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Today's Little Nemo "rerun" at GoComics. These creature drawings/desigs are absolutely INSANE. I love them!
Reposted by Nick Engel
The heatwave lapping New South Wales probably crests from today, with a few regions - including around Sydney - reaching "severe" intensity. (Via BoM)
November 26, 2024 at 10:50 PM
The heatwave lapping New South Wales probably crests from today, with a few regions - including around Sydney - reaching "severe" intensity. (Via BoM)
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
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There’s more to rainbows than the human eye can see: here’s how a rainbow extends into the infrared and ultraviolet.
Photos:
1. Infrared
2. Visible (obviously)
3. Ultraviolet, and
4. A composite showing how UV is beyond the violet in a rainbow, and IR beyond the red end.
🧪 #photography
Photos:
1. Infrared
2. Visible (obviously)
3. Ultraviolet, and
4. A composite showing how UV is beyond the violet in a rainbow, and IR beyond the red end.
🧪 #photography
November 21, 2024 at 10:35 AM
There’s more to rainbows than the human eye can see: here’s how a rainbow extends into the infrared and ultraviolet.
Photos:
1. Infrared
2. Visible (obviously)
3. Ultraviolet, and
4. A composite showing how UV is beyond the violet in a rainbow, and IR beyond the red end.
🧪 #photography
Photos:
1. Infrared
2. Visible (obviously)
3. Ultraviolet, and
4. A composite showing how UV is beyond the violet in a rainbow, and IR beyond the red end.
🧪 #photography
Patience with a sprinkle of empathy is mind blowing
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Patience with a sprinkle of empathy is mind blowing