Notices by Andy (andyinabox@mastodon.social)

@bruces "...through the work of Alan Turing, R.A. Fisher, Norbert Weiner, John von Neumann, Claude Elwood Shannon, the Santa Fe Institute, and others."

Hadn't heard of the SFI before, but what a flex to add your org's name to the end of *that* list!

"Depending on the species, and the dimensions, each log in your fire might represent the equivalent of a full years' growth for that tree. All of its effort to capture the energy of the sun, for the entirety of an orbit around that star, reduced to the fuel in your hand, and gone before your eyes."

- @anildash

https://www.anildash.com/2024/11/30/making-fire/