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Fun fact: Alligators can go up to two years without food !! www.totalreptile.com/how-long-...…
On Citizenship, and the Republic
I was reflecting on a process which began fifteen odd years ago and recently came to a conclusion. There is a mixture of feelings about what constitutes “America”. On one hand, I feel a broad agreem…
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Fun fact: a Russian team was hunting for Atlantis near Britain in the late 90s 🤷♂️ BBC article A paper about it: www.shimajournal.org/issues/v1...…
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Interesting overview of the types of computation in games (simulation + numerical + shading) and the varying performance aspects of each, and musings on "language suitability": www.st.cs.un…
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Steve Blank Balloon Wars: Part 16 of the Secret History of Silicon Valley…
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youtu.be/r3mCQyJI2... Matt Damon explains things :-|…
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The promise of Rust, and a perspective on the languages that came before: people.kernel.org/linusw/ru...…
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In which I learn about the python concurrency landscape: superfastpython.com/python-co...…
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From Kourosh Dini: > Creating a rhythm is much easier than a habit. Do something twice, then actively decide if you want to continue. You’ll have built up the momentum to carry you forward and you…
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Evening drink :-)…
Fun with roots and series
Came across this bit of high-school math with series/roots: It's straightforward, lots of paper-and-pen solutions in that thread. Something like Wolfram Mathematica makes it much easier: The…