Diary (December 15, 2020)

Online diary of Karl Jones for Tuesday December 15, 2020.

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  A photo tracking the sun's cycles over more than eight years — believed to be the longest exposure image ever taken — has been discovered inside a cider can.

Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds are leaking

It’s official: Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. Now what?

A years-long international investigation has found ‘scientifically valid evidence’ the massive pits that store toxic waste in the oilsands are leaking, leaving Albertans wondering who’s going to clean them up

• Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds are leaking

Waveform collapse algorithm

The Wavefunction Collapse Algorithm explained very clearly

The Wavefunction Collapse Algorithm teaches your computer how to riff. The algorithm takes in an archetypical input, and produces procedurally-generated outputs that look like it.

• [https://robertheaton.com/2018/12/17/wavefunction-collapse-algorithm/

The Wavefunction Collapse Algorithm explained very clearly] by software angineer Robert Heaton

• Wave function collapse @ Wikipedia

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles