ecliptic

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by ecliptic 14y ago
Paul Erdos famously swore by their productiveness. From Wikipedia: His colleague Alfréd Rényi said, "a mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems",[31] and Erdős drank copious quantities. (This quotation is often attributed
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by ecliptic 14y ago
This is great and I will use it right up until it starts showing ads. I really hope Google can find another income stream because ads are a deal breaker for me. The first time Google maps dropped two pins on a location search, one an ad, wa
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Empathy represses analytic thought and vice versa(sciencedaily.com)
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by ecliptic 14y ago
If you push on the beam and the other end does not move right away doesn't that imply that the beam has compressed and is not rigid?
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by ecliptic 14y ago
If you were able to construct a rigid beam 25 million miles long wouldn't you be able to transmit data (push a button) on the other end faster than the speed of light?
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by ecliptic 14y ago
You can do all sorts of things with an Android(prostitute) that you can't do with your iPhone(wife).
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by ecliptic 14y ago
The root of the word chivalry is telling. We portray history in fairy tale manner, as if the old days were better, and consequently it is awkward to feel anger. What about the progress we have made in spite of our naturally selected for vio
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Far from random, evolution follows a predictable genetic pattern(sciencedaily.com)
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by ecliptic 14y ago
I think Kim knows he is a joke, too bad HN readers don't.
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This is the end of scientists giving consultations to the state(bbc.co.uk)
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The Internet Attack That Wasn't(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
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by ecliptic 14y ago
>People rush to find scapegoats after every disaster They have had ample time regain their composure, this happened in 2009.
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Forced Conservation in France Prompts Big Brother Outcry(washpost.bloomberg.com)
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by ecliptic 14y ago
"The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas is a tremendous book, pulling back the curtain on biology. Clear, concise and well written, very similar to Feynman with physics.
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by ecliptic 14y ago
What Google makes per ad click is down 15% year over year and 3% for the quarter. No unicorn needed.