I love how nostr has the same fights that don’t ever get resolved, just recycled every few months.

Sitting by my window. The sky is almost a midnight blue. It’s 16:35. I can hear the occasional police siren, car tyres on roads and a few tweets from birds, but other than that London feels quiet. Am looking at parliament and wondering what on earth is happening in the country.

My first ever visit to Antarctica was in 2014 in Palmer Station with my brother. We made our return earlier today to the same station.

It's America's Station. They handed out Doritos. 😄

You shouldn't need to login to a web client, in order to see some content.

I smoked and ate myself into a coma.

Yes I had to google coma vs. comma to write this note.

What the fuck are you people up to right now? I’m bored.

Foyles bookstore, southbank, London

#books

Legacy internet such as Twitter and Google feels like AOL and MySpace of the times

I think Robins are the most beautiful bird. I love the name Robin, too.

‘In his famous essay "A Mathematician's Apology," G.H. Hardy uses the phrase "they are so" to express a sentiment about the beauty and intrinsic nature of mathematical truths. Specifically, Hardy is discussing the "eternity" and "objectivity" of mathematics, and how mathematical results exist independently of human experience.

In context, when Hardy says "they are so", he is affirming that certain mathematical truths (such as the properties of numbers or theorems) exist in a way that is absolute, self-evident, and unchangeable, regardless of human recognition or perception.

For example, Hardy writes:

"Great art is often said to be 'useless', and I believe that this is true. It is also true that mathematics is a form of art, and it is for its own sake that we pursue it. In this sense, they are so: these truths exist not because of any practical purpose but because they are simply true."

In this sense, "they are so" refers to the timeless, objective, and undeniable nature of mathematical truths.

"The mathematician’s patterns, like the painter’s or the poet’s, must be beautiful. The mathematician does not study anything but the pure mathematics. The fact that mathematicians have not made any discoveries of value to the human race is irrelevant. [...] They are not concerned with the practical application of mathematics, but with its beauty. They are so."

Hardy sees mathematics as an art, pursued for its own beauty and intellectual elegance rather than any practical purpose. "They are so" is his way of stating that the truths of mathematics are self-evident and exist in their own right, irrespective of human utility or application.’

How about this test ? Can you see it ?

I could die after a trip like this. I really am jealous

I took a proper polar plunge this morning in calmer but no less colder water. It could have been on my birthday but we were still in the middle of the Drake Passage then when the water is unforgiving and deadlier.

2024 is in the books, and the results are clear:

Bitcoin topped the charts again, outperforming every major asset class for the year.

From Michel de Montaigne's Essays

My brother made the turkey roulade. It turned out better than we expected for his first time. He got praises from the yanks but he said it's the first and last time he will make it. 🙂

Good morning 🥱☀️

My nose is blocked

I think bitcoin will reach $100K by 1pm (CST)/ 7pm (GMT)

I’m only wrong 90% of the time 🙏🏽 it may well happen before then