Articles Tagged with effects of technology

Sunrise, sunset

Published on January 27, 2026January 26, 2026 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

In-between calculations

In the twilight land of Spherical Astronomy. . .

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Old paper (I)

Published on June 3, 2025June 2, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The archives

How long do books last?

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Interpolation

Published on May 27, 2025May 26, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

No longer useful

We don’t need to look up things in tables of numbers nowadays.

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Critters

Published on May 20, 2025May 19, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Sharing space

Whom would you share your home with?

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Programmable (III)

Published on August 30, 2022August 26, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The right problem

Why do we only teach the easy problems?

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Perfection

Published on August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

As good as it needs to be?

We ponder whether cameras can be further improved.

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Fresh-ground

Published on April 26, 2022April 25, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Far and near

Technology and economics, fruit and spices, and a nutmeg-grater.

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The sky is gone (II)

Published on January 11, 2022January 10, 2022 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

A long history

The stars have been getting harder to see for a long time now.

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Relativity and the telegraph

Published on January 12, 2021January 8, 2021 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Help and hindrance

We consider how new technology can make it harder to understand new science.

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Upgrading

Published on November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Out with the old

We make a suggestion that’s out of step with the times.

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