This baby violet-green swallow faces the first big decision of her life: should I stay or should I go, now.| Do the Math
Most people are probably familiar with text substitution, in some form. It’s when a particular bit of text in a document is replaced throughout with an alternate. In many packages this is carried out via a Find/Replace dialog box. My main use has been in a Unix/vi environment, where the friendly and intuitive command :1,$s/old text/new text/g finds every instance of “old text” and replaces with “new text.” The true nerd will appreciate that the command is compatible with ‘regular ...| Do the Math
Image by Karen .t from Pixabay| Do the Math
Ishmael the novel. Ishmael teaches that which all humans need to learn - must learn - if our species, and the rest of life on Earth is to survive.| Ishmael.org, the work & philosophy of Daniel Quinn
The numbers had already left impressionable marks on me, and as they swirled in my head for some months I certainly had a sense for the urgent warning they wanted me to hear. But it wasn’t until I rubbed the numbers together that the message really rang out. Then plotting the historical evolution shook me anew. I was staring at the ecological cliff we appear to be driving over.| Do the Math