Interesting Links for 26-12-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Sierpinski triangles sound very pretty!

(tags:music shape fractal video viaPatrickHadfield )

2. "The Friendly Robber" - a house rule for playing Catan with people who don't like attacking

(tags:games friendship SettlersOfCatan )

3. The UK is withdrawing production of paper nautical charts

(tags:UK sea maps technology )

4. The imprisonment of autistic adults has become a national scandal, but the horror story continues

(tags:autism UK torture NHS OhForFucksSake )

5. Brain circuit that converts spatial goals to escape actions discovered in mice

(tags:brain neuroscience mice )

Comments

[mellowtigger]

"Psychiatrists had agreed Tony was “fit for discharge” in 2013 but officials failed to create the correct care package. Later it was found the NHS was paying the firm £650,000 a year to hold him in one room with a side bedroom and toilet.

#4 Prison is profitable. :( I have more thoughts on that topic (mostly on a discussion I had with Amanda Baggs when she was similarly held against her will), but it'll have to wait for a Moody Monday post in some later week.

[bens_dad]

Even assuming there is no corruption, the standard rules of free markets are broken. Since the buyer does not trust the user, the demand side agent collapses.

[poshmerchant]

2. The name of the rule conflicts with the similarly named "Friendly Robber" rule in the current video game version of Catan. Under that rule, you cannot rob anyone or even place the robber next to anyone who has fewer than 3 visible points. I've adopted it in real life games too

[andrewducker]

That one's not bad, but I like that this one means that people get to choose what card they get, which means that if you're blocked then it gives you more of a chance to catch up, and Knights are much more useful.

[dewline]

2. Interesting.

3. There are ways for this choice to backfire, I expect.

4. *shivers*

[cellio]

Musical Sierpinski triangles sound cool!

Are you familiar with this culinary treatment of the concept?

[andrewducker]

I was not - but that both looks cool and delicious!