Links for January 2025
Book to read: The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn by Richard Hamming. Known for Hamming codes (checksums).
Since males had dominated these professions for centuries, you would think they would leave slowly, hesitantly or maybe linger at 40%, 35%, 30%, but that’s not what happens. Once the tipping point reaches majority female- the men flee. And boy do they flee!
Why aren’t we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? by Celeste Davis
It’s a slippery slope. When the number of women hits 60% the men who are there make a swift exit and other men stop joining.
Book to read: Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times by Rob Eastaway
Book to read: ‘Secrets of Automata – Ingenious designs for mechanical life’ by Michael Start of The House of Automata.
Making A Mechanical Watch From Scratch Is Fine Work
Tom’s Watchmaking Blog
Hobby CNC machining and resin casting
Part 01 of 03 – An Introduction to the Series 2 Movement
3D printed lens grinding machine by Von Fraens, link.
3D printed sphere machine by Von Fraens, link.
Shodan – search engine for Internet-connected devices.
Trump was a bad President, 1st term.
Glossary for The Sun Also Rises, wikipedia book link.
AI achieves silver-medal standard solving International Mathematical Olympiad problems