Kevin

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[Grǣġhama @grahamscheper]

Did you know the word “syllabus” is complete nonsense?

Cicero mentions a “σιττύβας” (table of contents) in his letters to Atticus, but in one manuscript this was mispelled as <syllabos>, and readers assumed it was a rare word “syllabus”.

It’s a hallucination worthy of AI!

[Ben Crew @BenjaminCrew1]

Bram Stoker wrote his friend Mark Twain, a skeptic of the supernatural, into Dracula. Van Helsing references "an American" who called faith the belief in what we know to be untrue. Stoker's friendship with Theodore Roosevelt likely inspired the cowboy who stabs Dracula's heart

[Ash Jogalekar @curiouswavefn]

This is what happens when you have Robert Oppenheimer and John von Neumann in your seminar and they come to your defense (Benoit Mandelbrot's memoir, "The Fractalist"):

“I MUST PROTEST! This is the worst lecture I ever heard. Not only do I see no relation to the title, but what we have heard makes absolutely no sense at all!”

We were in Princeton at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), and a luminary named Otto Neugebauer (1899–1990), a mathematician who had made himself a famous historian of Babylonian astronomy, was commenting on a lecture I had just finished.

I stood frozen with gaping mouth as the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atom bomb, sprung up. “May I respond, Otto? If Dr. Mandelbrot will allow, I would like to make a few comments. The title listed in the announcement of this lecture was tentative and should have been changed. But I had the privilege of hearing about his work. I am impressed, but also fear he may not have given full justice to his striking results. I would like to sketch what I remember.”

The audience became transfixed, being unexpectedly treated to one of the “Oppie talks” for which he was famous. In a few flawless sentences one could print as they were spoken, he was able to summarize every seminar he attended and made the speaker see - often for the first time fully - what had been accomplished and should have been shared with the audience.

As he sat down, the mathematician John von Neumann, father of the computer, stood up. “I invited Dr. Mandelbrot to spend the year here, and we have had very interesting conversations. If he allows me, I would like to sketch some points that Oppie did not mention.” The transfixed audience was then treated to a “Johnny talk” - equally compelling and delivered with a strong Hungarian accent. The meeting went from abysmally low to unforgettably high and concluded in triumph.”

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

Ancient scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, have yielded a remarkable new discovery about one of history's greatest philosophers.

Italian researchers using artificial intelligence and advanced imaging technologies have deciphered text from the Herculaneum papyrus scrolls that reveals the precise burial location of the Greek philosopher Plato.

Plato is now believed to have been laid to rest in a secret garden near a sacred shrine to the Muses inside the Platonic Academy of Athens, a spot reserved specifically for him.

Previously, scholars only knew he was buried somewhere within the academy, but the exact location had remained a mystery for centuries.

The newly read text also sheds light on Plato's final night alive, and it turns out he was not pleased with the entertainment.

A slave woman from Thrace had been playing flute music at his bedside, and it had long been assumed the music brought him comfort.

But the deciphered text tells a different story — Plato, despite suffering from a high fever, reportedly found the music had a "scant sense of rhythm" and was openly bothered by it.

The scrolls also clarify the timeline of when Plato was sold into slavery, placing the event earlier than previously believed — either in 399 BC or 404 BC, rather than 387 BC.

The discovery came through the Greek Schools project, a five-year European Union-funded research initiative using optical coherence tomography and infrared hyperspectral imaging to read text from the fragile, charred papyri.

The decipherment of the Herculaneum scrolls continues to reshape our understanding of the ancient world in profound ways. Each newly revealed passage has the potential to overturn long-held assumptions about the lives and final moments of history's most influential thinkers. In Plato's case, knowing the precise location of his burial grounds and the intimate details of his last evening humanizes a figure who has often felt more like legend than man. The Greek Schools project demonstrates how modern technology can breathe new life into ancient artifacts, and as AI and imaging tools continue to advance, it is likely that the remaining roughly 1,800 scrolls from Herculaneum will offer even more surprises, potentially rewriting portions of classical history that scholars have long considered settled.

#archaeohistories

[Kevin @KevinInStLouis]

@StephenFleming There’s an investor out here named Paul McKee or some such. I am sure that he was relying on this rule when he bought significant property in north St. Louis

[Kevin @KevinInStLouis]

In Missouri, this appears like the equivalent would be a default judgment. Default judgments can be set aside up to one year after, although the appellate courts lately have been less and less inclined to approve the setting aside of a default judgment.

[Lord Aké of Ãrewa 🍉 @Akewshola95]

And in the Lawyer's absence:

Opp: My Lord, it appears the Claimant's counsel is not ready to prosecute this matter.

Court: Counsel, What do you want?

Opp: An order striking out this matter with a cost of XYZ.

Court: Ordered as prayed.

"Lawyer rushed in 5 mins after"

Blur 🥹

[Devin Monahan @Devin_J_Monahan]

It's clear what the next step is. We need to train an LLM on everything that would be known by an Athenian slave-boy c. 400 BC and see if we can coach it into deriving basic principles of geometry

[Kevin @KevinInStLouis]

@SellersCounsel @ordonez_adan Here’s a fun one. Is garnishment practicing law? Also, what about preparing Wills and trusts?

[Alighieri Umaru☧ @writriverdale]

When was the last time any of these Homer accounts talked about the swineherd Eumaeus, huh? Cause Homer does something with him that he does not for either gods or mortals, not even Odyssyes. He addresses him directly as if he’s right there beside him.

[Kevin @KevinInStLouis]

@CAAkshaydshah @BoringBiz_ This comment section is a graveyard for honest valuation.

[Benjamin De Kraker @BenjaminDEKR]

The moment the worlds largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship responds to your distress call:

"Being the closest ship to the sailing boat, Götheborg answered the call."

"This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?"

[Polly Karr @karr_pe]

Found a new ed tech horror. I talked to a HS English teacher, has content PhD. His school still read real novels - Dostoyevsky good stuff. But our district wants them to switch to iLit20, which is all online, has Crime & Punishment, but an an AI translation, condensed to 150 pgs.

[Kevin @KevinInStLouis]

@lex_node I’m already using it. It’s an incredible asset for me.

[Chinalu Okorie @Chinaluemmanuel]

For young litigation lawyers, let me share a practice tip with us.

Whenever you successfully foreclose the prosecution in a case and the only witness in the case TESTIFIED HALFWAY AND DID NOT RETURN FOR CROSS-EXAMINATION, your best option is not No Case Submission (NCS). The best option is to rest your case on the case of the prosecution.

On the effect of the evidence of a witness who did not return for cross-examination, read the cases of Al-mustapha v. State and Shofolahan v. State. See Part 1383 of the @NWLRonline.

[Antonio Guillemes. @Aguillemes]

-El cliente consulta en ChatGpt y cree que sabe más que tu.
-Recibir audios de 7 minutos a las 23:48.
-Todo el mundo conoce a un abogado.
-Tu apenas conoces a otros abogados de tantos que hay.
-Clientes que desaparecen cuando toca pagar.
-Ya no te respetan ni en el Juzgado.
-Gente que por ver TikToks se piensan que le han convalidad la carrera de derecho.
-Clientes que se piensan que su juicio son como los de la tele.
-Hacer de psicólogo en temas matrimoniales.
-Alguno se piensa que la vida es como Suits.
-Responder mensajes un domingo porque "es urgente".
-Acabar deseando trabajar de panadero por paz mental.

[Kevin @KevinInStLouis]

@lance_corporate The Bombshellthe Atomic Bombshell

[🐺 jakobingebrigtsenloverr 🐺 @lovertoblame]

@Red_Orm It's like nobody wants to "more" anymore

[Kevin @KevinInStLouis]

@UAL_Fan @CapitolKVD @SouthwestAir To summarize: Southwest engaged in behavior in restraint of trade.

[Kevin @KevinInStLouis]

Caruso and the Swiss Family Robinson
10% Edward Stratemeyer (the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, etc)
10% A Brief History of Time.
To be fair, I was never able to read Twenty Years After in my childhood, but it is the true sequel to the Three Musketeers and FAR FAR better.

[Kevin @KevinInStLouis]

The ideal non-religious-component composition of a sensitive young man’s life are:
5% Ivanhoe
5% The Abbott
5% Twenty Years After
5% The Three Musketeers
10% A Child’s History of the World
10% Treasure Island
10% Rex Stout (whatever you can get your hands on)
10% Robinson …

[Brain Leakage @BrainLeakage03]

The ideal composition of a sensitive young man’s life:

25% Zulu
25% Master and Commander
20% The Warriors
15% The Wild Geese
10% Streets of Fire
5% Troy