motd - 03/##/2024
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03/31/2024    Modern git commands:

              https://martinheinz.dev/blog/109

              I need to learn more about 'git switch' and 'git
              sparse-checkout', which look particuarly useful.

03/26/2024    Can gravitational waves interfere with each other?

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFGnOqrq8j4

03/26/2024    Lepton universality still looks to be true:

              https://phys.org/news/2024-03-delicate-lepton-flavors.html

03/26/2024    Why blueberries are blue:

              https://www.livescience.com/chemistry/why-are-blueberries-blue

              "While blueberries contain strong pigments called
              anthocyanins, these have a deep reddish-purple color,
              completely different from the indigo shade of the fruit
              skin. However, like most plants, blueberries are coated in
              a thin layer of protective wax which acts as a waterproof
              coating and barrier against infection. ...

              [Researchers] suspected the blue hue must come from
              outside of the fruit. So they removed a sample of this wax
              and recrystallized it on a piece of cardboard. To their
              delight, this created an ultra-thin crystalline coating
              with blueberry's trademark indigo color. When they looked
              closely at this layer, they found a random distribution of
              crystal structures within the wax which scatter blue and
              UV light to produce the fruit's signature color."

03/26/2024    Classic taskmanager in Windows 11:

              https://www.ghacks.net/2024/03/26/how-to-launch-the-old-task-manager-in-windows-11/

              1. Right-click on the desktop and select New->Shortcut
              2. Type 'taskmgr.exe -d' in the location field of the
                 Create Shortcut window
              3. Click Next
              4. Provide a name for the shortcut (e.g. 'Task Manager')

03/26/2024    Apple Jonathan:

              https://512pixels.net/2024/03/apple-jonathan-modular-concept/

03/23/2024    Tidally locked worlds:

              https://worldbuildingpasta.blogspot.com/2024/03/hurried-thoughts-youre-wrong-about.html

03/23/2024    The "current" branch in git:

              https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/03/22/the-current-branch-in-git/

03/23/2024    How secure is Personal Hotspot?

              https://osxdaily.com/2024/03/23/how-secure-are-personal-hotspot-connections-from-iphone/

03/23/2024    A return to BluRays?

              https://www.audioholics.com/news/a-return-to-blu-ray-as-streaming-value-evaporates

03/20/2024    Ta-180m may have a half-life of 10^18 to 10^19 years!

              https://www.sci.news/physics/tantalum-180m-decay-12779.html

03/20/2024    It is time for a new AirPort:

              https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/03/its-time-for-a-new-airport/

03/17/2024    More Filburt jokes:

              https://forestfolkcomic.tumblr.com/post/745108137943695360/forest-folk-389-031624

03/12/2024    What we lost in each version of MacOS X since Snow Leopard:

              https://talk.tidbits.com/t/features-lost-across-versions-of-macos/27037

03/12/2024    Il Cannone got an x-ray last weekend:

              https://phys.org/news/2024-03-paganini-violin-ray-treatment-quest.html

03/03/2024    USB adapter for Sparcs:

              https://hackaday.com/2024/03/01/an-open-sparcstation-usb-keyboardmouse-adapter/

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