I am re-reading Ray Monk's Wittgenstein biography at the moment and the short summary of Wittgenstein's PhD defense is even funnier the second time around (he was granted the title for the Tractatus on the recommendation of Frank Ramsey, about seven years after it was written and already considered ...

This band gives my day some extra mileage:

A bit uncanny, honestly


I guess it is a bit, but this show is basically how I learned English when I was 4~5 since I would just watch old VHS tapes at my grandparents' summer cottage over and over. I have no idea why they even had them, but maybe I have the Slow Norris to thank for my English ...

I don't know much about QuillOS, but I just use a Kobo Clara with KoReader installed. It handles pdf and everything else very nicely. Very simple to install too.

If you have a smartphone and you want to test it out first, you can just download it off fdroid.

Thank you for making this thread, Deoster. I think this is a really interesting discussion.

I agree that the question you are asking probably shifts the discussion away from Heidegger's central concern, as I understand it. Heidegger isn't asking how Dasein comes into being developmentally, but ...

Are you talking about The Slow Norris?

It was all puppets if I remember correctly (at least the Norris and the girl were) but otherwise it matches up pretty well.
And it's the sort of detail you might misremember if you saw it when you were 5 :happy:

A lot of the episodes are on Youtube so you ...

Two photos I took on a rowing trip.

Does anybody here have any books they'd recommend about the history of mathematics for relative beginners/laypersons?



Maybe Thomas Heath's works would be good for you.


Seconding Heath.

But if you are looking for something very introductory, I can tentatively recommend Snezana Lawrence, A ...

Mati Manas (The Mind of Clay) is one of my comfort watches. Pots as poetry

Hotei Pointing at the Moon (c. 1800-1837) - Sengai Gibon


I sometimes open this thread to look at the paintings and the expressive posture of these little guys always makes me smile :happy:


Love the Hammershøi. His scenes are perfectly serene to me.


Hammershøi is like a geometer who ...