_Opportunistic Paper about COVID-19 using my Favorite Theoretical Approach_
lol science: Mason Porter on Twitter: “I am here to help.”
_Opportunistic Paper about COVID-19 using my Favorite Theoretical Approach_ Abstract: COVID-19 is a disease that is killing a lot of people. It really sucks. To help save the world (or at least add to my publication list), I examine the dynamics of COVID-19 transmission using my favorite theoretical approach, whether or not there is any justification or relevance for it. I do some curve fitting with previous data, and my theory seems to match the data pretty well (at least for some parameter values). I also find some evidence for universality, which may be interesting from the perspective of fundamental theory. A more practical application of my work is its influence on the signal-to-noise ratio of COVID-19 papers on preprint servers. I am here to help.
(tags: funny papers preprints science physicists pet-theory latex argh)
“Internet folklorist” tracks down the origins of a “heart shaped honeycomb” meme
A South African beekeeper called Brian Fanner created it by routing a heart-shaped pattern into the lid of a hive:
‘The things that come up are really funny from how bees have “artistic sensibilities” to bees creating that shape “to increase airflow”. I’ve seen companies using it in their websites and so many claiming it came out of their hive somewhere in the world. I used this board, routed in the slots… a rush job I’ll admit… waxed in some foundation strips into the slots and screwed inside a deep langstroth hive lid and stuck it on the hive. The bees made do best they could… The lines are slots into which a foundation wax with the comb pattern on it can be placed…secured with melted beeswax. Normally…a sheet…to guide the bees as to where to build. So they just come across this weird pattern of foundation strip and start building onto it. After that they just fill it out best they can. It’s a simple manipulation. The bees are Capensis. The honey was most likely early season succulent type plant called a ‘vygie’. I called the image ‘a sweet heart’ dedicated to my wife…per the very first post of it on my Facebook page in 2013.’
(tags: beekeeping hives honey honeycomb history folklore facebook social-media brian-fanner bees)
A Shared File System for Your Lambda Functions
AWS Lambda can now attach an EFS NFS filesystem. This is pretty cool tbh