motd - 03/##/2024 ----------------- 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/ Older ----- 02/##/2024 https://srirangav.github.io/motd/2024/02/motd.txt https://srirangav.github.io/motd/2024/02/index.html 01/##/2024 https://srirangav.github.io/motd/2024/01/motd.txt https://srirangav.github.io/motd/2024/01/index.html ##/##/2023 https://srirangav.github.io/motd/2023/motd.txt https://srirangav.github.io/motd/2023/index.html ##/##/2022 https://srirangav.github.io/motd/2022/motd.txt https://srirangav.github.io/motd/2022/index.html Links ----- Text: https://srirangav.github.io/motd/motd.txt HTML: https://srirangav.github.io/motd/index.html RSS (all entries): https://srirangav.github.io/motd/rss.xml RSS (current month's entries only): https://srirangav.github.io/motd/rss-cur.xml RSS (current year's entries only): https://srirangav.github.io/motd/rss-ytd.xml