funkylilpunk:

sexhaver:

that Brian Eno quote about how whatever you find most repulsive about a medium (film grain, record scratches/fuzz, CDs skipping) will be the first thing you try and emulate once that medium is obsolete because it’s “the sign of a moment too powerful for the medium assigned to contain it”…. man…….

“Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.” -Brian Eno

(via dedalvs)

auroral-melody:

writing-prompt-s:

“The new species call themselves ‘humans’, and while their intelligence is on the low end when it comes to interstellar civilisations, their pure mathematical knowledge is far superior to the entire galactic community’s.”

“What do they want?”

“They — they described a math problem. As a… test. Which is why we came to you. They said… they wanted a number.”

“A number.”

“Yes, a number.” The sound of pages flipping. “They said… um… they said, ‘Given an undirected, simple graph’ — I don’t know what they’re talking about with this… They demanded — they said we called it, um, ‘R-6-6′. I don’t know what it means, but they said that human mathematicians would know. They gave us a year.”

“A year.”

“Yes.”

“To find R(6,6).”

“Do know what it means?”

“Yes, I know what it means.”

“Well?”

“Suppose you’re throwing a party, Jim — is your name Jim?”

“No.”

“Well, Jim, you’re throwing a party. Suppose everyone is either friends or strangers with one another. You want to make sure that, no matter what happens, you know that at least three people will all be friends, and-or three people will be strangers. How many people do you have to invite?”

“Uh.”

“Six, is the answer. Now, how many do you have to invite, minimum, so that either six people will all be friends, or six people will all be strangers?”

“Is that what they’re asking for?”

“Roughly, yes. You’re sure they asked for 6 and 6?”

“Yes.”

“I suggest that Earth should ready for interplanetary war.”

Aliens invade the earth and threaten to obliterate it in a year’s time unless human beings can find the Ramsey number for red five and blue five. We could marshall the world’s best minds and fastest computers, and within a year we could probably calculate the value. If the aliens demanded the Ramsey number for red six and blue six, however, we would have no choice but to launch a preemptive attack.

- Paul Erdős
“Ramsey Theory” by Ronald L. Graham, Joel H. Spencer. Scientific American (July 1990), p. 112-117

More on Ramsey Theory here :)

caffeinewitchcraft:

The phrase “It’s a nuanced topic” is only okay as a segue into a more detailed explanation or as a polite refusal to say a definitive yes/no on a topic that requires more than a yes/no answer

The phrase “it’s a nuanced topic” used to dismiss the thoughts, opinions, or experiences of others who do not share your viewpoint is incredibly vapid and reeks of a level of arrogance I find unconscionable.

prettypositivity:

your value does not decrease just because someone fails to see your worth

Can’t stress this enough

(via kittenwiskers)

chloes-choice:

my final exam just started. good luck to me.

Good luck, Chloe!

(via chloes-choice)

Anonymous asked:

Had a crush on you back in the day when I was on tumblr. Logged on again because quarantine is making revert back into my old college hermit self. Seeing you on my dash makes me so happy. You’ve got a piece of my heart foreverrrrr. (May or may not be intoxicated while typing this so take it with a grain of salt. Also praying I hit the Anon button properly).

Oh really? Do tell

Anonymous asked:

Hi, May I know your good name? *blushing*

Yes, you may 🤭

metaldragonpiscesgirl:

from-a-writer:

prideknights:

Our hearts go out to our fellow Pride Knights and all other members of the LGBTQ+ community living with homophobic families who now can’t leave the house because of COVID-19. Stay strong. You have what it takes to get through this tough situation. You do.

If anyone is stuck in this situation feel free to message me, I can’t get you out the house but I can offer support

Me too!

Count me in, guys!

(via prideknights)

-26 Jan 2020, just right after my beloved cat Jojo died :(

omsrandom:

chahut-xoloto:

purplepurrity:

kiwi-the-kiwi-prince:

allhailthegoldcloud:

space-collector-void:

you-cansci-me:

wolfstar-creek:

clint-ftm-barton:

goblingking:

ladyofthefanart:

• First two letters of your last name
• First vowel of your first name
• Third letter of your middle name (or parent’s first name if you don’t have a middle name
• Last consonant of your last name
• Add IEL or EL to the end!

I’m fucking Flargel

Huesriel

Woickiel

???

(( Creiriel ??? ))

Raanel??

Buainiel

huh

roeomiel

hm alright then

Caeediel

Eleynel

Liandiel/Liandel…

Avazniel

Seems good enough (?)