Jasper Palfree

the well caffeinated web creator of and other coding curiosities

[Matt Henderson @matthen2]

plotting the four energy terms of a double pendulum as a stacked bar chart.

the total height of the bar is constant (conservation of energy), though each individual part behaves chaotically

[MinuteLabs.io @minutelabsio]

Explore eclipses on other planets!
https://t.co/yvn8KSzfqB

This lab took a while to build and we're really excited to share it. It simulates what eclipses could look like if you watched from Mars, or floated within Saturn.

Made in partnership with @NASASun
#EclipseSolar2024

[Jasper Palfree @wellcaffeinated]

@michael_nielsen Oh i like that. I've been asking it to make me aware of best practices and it's helped loads.

[ScienceInsider @ScienceInsider]

BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.

[Jasper Palfree @wellcaffeinated]

@michael_nielsen Been deep in the weeds of blockchain tech for work so I'm going to make an interactive explanation about how Bitcoin works at every step.

Also on the backburner: generative fractal maze explorer

[nixCraft 🐧 @nixcraft]

If OpenSSL were a GUI. Credit https://t.co/IqH62DU9I8

[Matt Henderson @matthen2]

given these four jigsaw pieces, there is only one way to fill in the rest of the puzzle. The solution ends up drawing a Sierpinski triangle. Can you see why?

[Jasper Palfree @wellcaffeinated]

Another rare time I get the pleasure of writing and narrating a @minuteearth video!

[MinuteEarth (also on BlueSky) @MinuteEarth]

Let us help you make sense of sensemaking!
We made a video together with @RANDCorporation about finding the truth in an era where we have an overload of information.
Find it here: https://t.co/tPi6ZEo2Iu

[Jasper Palfree @wellcaffeinated]

@michael_nielsen It reminds me of a quote I keep in mind: "A book that isn't worth reading a second time, wasn't worth reading the first time".

There's some truth there, I think.

[Michael Nielsen @michael_nielsen]

I enjoyed this! A sort of top-level overview & way of organizing lots of different (though overlapping) theories of happiness.

[Chris Olah @ch402]

Hypothesis: It's easier to have integrity when those close to you cherish your *values* and the *process* that leads to your beliefs, rather than the beliefs, positions, and affiliations one holds.

[Cliff Pickover @pickover]

Mathematics, physics, and a glimpse of a hidden reality.

How light works. Source: https://t.co/GOIp3ba7dD

[Bartosz Ciechanowski @BCiechanowski]

Curves and Surfaces – https://t.co/2EWJ8f2xfr

[Henry Reich @minutephysics]

Our new @minuteearth book is out! Go get it now :) https://t.co/IrMKf9PsoH

[Jasper Palfree @wellcaffeinated]

@AndrewYang @Fwd_Party Sign me up

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

Welcome to the Forward Party. Learn more at https://t.co/pHP4oLw6w4. @Fwd_Party #forward #forwardist

[Jasper Palfree @wellcaffeinated]

JS friends who may find this interesting: @MathigonOrg @redblobgames @explorables @liabru @schteppe

[Jasper Palfree @wellcaffeinated]

I made an interactive tween library called InTween! #javascript

https://t.co/7QNgJxfIMi

Now in beta. Hoping developers can test it out.

General idea is you declare a timeline of keyframes. User interaction can override the state _during_playback_ and then return after a delay.

[Jasper Palfree @wellcaffeinated]

There are lots of things you can do with this but the main reason I first built InTween was for the interactive video I made for @minutelabsio

https://t.co/xquzFuoNwD

[Jasper Palfree @wellcaffeinated]

@matthen2 I love this SO much. Do you have any intention on making an interactive version? If not, I'd like to :)