Albert Cardona
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Bioinspired engineering: the eye of a parasitic fly of a wasp (Strepsiptera) deviates from the standard insect coumpound eye in interesting ways:

“Xenos peckii vision inspires an ultrathin digital camera”, Keum et al. 2018
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-018-0081-2

Taking advantage of the present state of a still ongoing many-million year evolutionary process.

#Strepsiptera #biomimicry #bioinspired #engineering
Albert Cardona
@albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Bioinspired engineering: the eye of a parasitic fly of a wasp (Strepsiptera) deviates from the standard insect coumpound eye in interesting ways:

“Xenos peckii vision inspires an ultrathin digital camera”, Keum et al. 2018
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-018-0081-2

Taking advantage of the present state of a still ongoing many-million year evolutionary process.

#Strepsiptera #biomimicry #bioinspired #engineering
Eva Winterschön
@winterschon@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

🚯 No More Markdown 🚯

Well, it's certainly not going away any time soon, but it doesn't have to be the default. While it's easily a majority of the docs formats that I have to use, it's not my favorite.

Perhaps in an ideal world it would be AsciiDoc or LaTeX All The Time, but we don't live in that world, oh well 💋

In the interim, here's someone who wrote about the topic which seems worth sharing. Interesting points, ja?

- Why You Shouldn’t Use “Markdown” for Documentation: https://ericholscher.com/blog/2016/mar/15/dont-use-markdown-for-technical-docs/

#engineering #software #oss #foss #markdown #documentation
Eva Winterschön
@winterschon@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

🚯 No More Markdown 🚯

Well, it's certainly not going away any time soon, but it doesn't have to be the default. While it's easily a majority of the docs formats that I have to use, it's not my favorite.

Perhaps in an ideal world it would be AsciiDoc or LaTeX All The Time, but we don't live in that world, oh well 💋

In the interim, here's someone who wrote about the topic which seems worth sharing. Interesting points, ja?

- Why You Shouldn’t Use “Markdown” for Documentation: https://ericholscher.com/blog/2016/mar/15/dont-use-markdown-for-technical-docs/

#engineering #software #oss #foss #markdown #documentation

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@markwyner@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

This is bound to bring some joy to your day. Everything about it is delightful.

(And the engineering is amazing.)

#Joy#Happy#Laughter#Play#Engineering#DIY#RollerCoaster

Two women wearing hijabs in a backyard with bright green grass. It is well-lit in the blackness of night. One is riding an exercise bike that is moving a chain connected to a mini pink roller coaster, where the second woman is sitting in a coaster cart. They are laughing while the rider is hoisted up to the top of the hill, before dropping into the small round of the full coaster. Behind them, many children are playing on some swinging toys in a unique, seemingly-homemade, and well-lit playground structure of some sort.
Two women wearing hijabs in a backyard with bright green grass. It is well-lit in the blackness of night. One is riding an exercise bike that is moving a chain connected to a mini pink roller coaster, where the second woman is sitting in a coaster cart. They are laughing while the rider is hoisted up to the top of the hill, before dropping into the small round of the full coaster. Behind them, many children are playing on some swinging toys in a unique, seemingly-homemade, and well-lit playground structure of some sort.