THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“As long as algebra and geometry have been separated, their progress have been slow and their uses limited; but when these two sciences have been united, they have lent each mutual forces, and have marched together towards perfection.”

— Joseph-Louis Lagrange

BIRTHDAYS:

1459 Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist and composer, born in Radstadt, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire. Meins trawrens ist, and Hertzliebstes bild, and Ach lieb mit leid, and Salve Regina, primo verso

1708 Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter, born in Lucca, Republic of Lucca.

1736 Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician & astronomer (number theory, celestial mechanics).

1759 Robert Burns, Scottish poet and lyricist.

1806 Daniel Maclise, Irish painter.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION CALIFORNIANS. BREAKING – TESLA Removes Safety Monitor in Austin – Unsupervised Robotaxi.

REMINDER:

In the future, before locking things down again (including free speech and the freedom to assemble), the authorities might want to reacquaint themselves with the following:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration