History: Cult of Mary

Posted on Sun 14 January 2024 in history • Tagged with history, movement

1100- The Cult of Mary developed in wake of the extreme interest in Jesus that developed in the Middle Ages. Mary, Jesus' human mother, was viewed as an important mediator with her son, and many people were fascinated with her experience and story as the mother of a principal prophet …


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My GPG Public Key Updated 2024

Posted on Fri 12 January 2024 in security • Tagged with gpg

My GPG updated public key is available from keyserver by fingerprint FD311EE84C8321C3E93C1E639028C4309ACCEB9B


Announcement xmtp/foundry:v1.0.6

Posted on Mon 08 January 2024 in update

XMTP Foundry v1.0.6

Last release - See updated version

Collective Foundry

Foundry

Dear valued customers,

We are pleased to announce the release of our new container version 1.0.6. This new version includes several new features and improvements that will make your container experience even better.

Some of the …


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History: Hildegard of Bingen

Posted on Sun 07 January 2024 in history • Tagged with history, person

1098- 1179 - Hildegard of Bingen was an abbess of a convent at Disibodenberg in Germany. Hildegard wrote down mystical visions that she experienced in three books. Hildegard was an important composer and she contributed greatly in the area of Gregorian chanting.


Dancing Cells

Posted on Mon 01 January 2024 in tech • Tagged with rust, programming, solidity, evm, blockchain

I found the discussion of "Dancing Cells" in Don Knuth's latest lecture (2023) extremely relevant to blockchain programming.

The reason is this method of memory allocation is very similar to the method required to organize data as a set in Solidity. See here

Here is a example implementation of some …


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History: Cistercians

Posted on Sun 31 December 2023 in history • Tagged with history, movement

1098- The Cistercian order of monks evolved because some monks became disenchanted by the lack of strict discipline in the Benedictine orders. Cistercian beliefs spread rapidly. Monks from this order were required to eat a simple diet, wear only a single robe, and eliminate any type of decoration or adornment …


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