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Buried underpants and a new definition of kissing win 2026 Ig Nobel prizes(nature.com)
2 points by jhncls 12d ago|0 comments
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Geometrically patterned ancient earthworks in Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil(researchportal.helsinki.fi)
4 points by jhncls 2mo ago|0 comments
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Gilbreath's Conjecture(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by jhncls 2mo ago|0 comments
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AI will lead to labor shortages, Bezos says in optimistic talk(reuters.com)
15 points by jhncls 3mo ago|15 comments
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by jhncls 4mo ago
Although unlikely, maybe there exists a solution where all black pieces are protected?
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Twenty Moves Suffice for Rubik's Cube(gathering4gardner.org)
2 points by jhncls 5mo ago|1 comments
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by jhncls 5mo ago
Tom Rokicki fascinatingly explains the story behind calculating the maximum number of moves needed to solve Rubik's cube. Video: https://youtu.be/0FAYWovO2Cc
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Microplastics that accumulate in the body may 'clog up' immune cells(livescience.com)
3 points by jhncls 6mo ago|0 comments
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Astrolabe(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by jhncls 7mo ago|0 comments
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by jhncls 7mo ago
In a Numberphile video [0], Alex Bellos also uses a triangle for 5. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p55Qgt7Ciw
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New 'physics shortcut' lets laptops tackle quantum problems(livescience.com)
4 points by jhncls 10mo ago|0 comments
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by jhncls 10mo ago
ab = 37; a+b = 18; 1/a + 1/b = b/ab + a/ab = (a+b)/ab = 18/37
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Beyond Vibe Coding – A practical guide to AI-assisted development(beyond.addy.ie)
1 points by jhncls 10mo ago|0 comments
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Discussing Beyond Vibe Coding by Addy Osmani; Embracing AI as a Senior Engineer [video](youtube.com)
1 points by jhncls 10mo ago|0 comments
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Amazon says it didn't cut people because of money. But because of 'culture'(cnn.com)
87 points by jhncls 11mo ago|122 comments
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Rapa Nui's Famous Moai Statues May Have 'Walked' into Place(sciencealert.com)
4 points by jhncls 11mo ago|0 comments
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How the 'end of history' illusion shapes your life choices(bbc.com)
3 points by jhncls 1y ago|0 comments
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End-of-History Illusion(en.wikipedia.org)
8 points by jhncls 1y ago|0 comments
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Phenakistiscope(en.wikipedia.org)
9 points by jhncls 2y ago|0 comments
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by jhncls 2y ago
Donald's novel "Surreal Numbers" was written during one week of a long stay in Norway [0]. So, maybe there he got his admiration for traditional Sami clothing. [0]: https://youtu.be/jB0aeePskBg
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by jhncls 2y ago
A "wright of passage", a "craftsperson of passage", someone who facilitates or creates transitions -- like a metaphorical bridge-builder
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by jhncls 2y ago
In French, the bear is killed. In Spanish, he is chased. In Dutch, he is shot. The Spanish look adventurous, and the French straight-forward.
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by jhncls 2y ago
A fellow mathematical sculptor is Carlo Séquin [0]. Also Jos Leys' mathematical imagination is an explorative wonderland [1]. [0]: https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/ [1]: https://www.josleys.com
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Five or ten new proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem(tandfonline.com)
116 points by jhncls 2y ago|53 comments
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by jhncls 2y ago
People are misunderstanding the meaning of an off-by-one error. Suppose the plan states that hold A and hold B need to be 11 holes apart. In the true spirit of the off-by-one error, this can be interpreted in 3 ways: - either as 11 empty ho
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by jhncls 2y ago
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40981272 There are 6 comments; the last one is clearly the most interesting: a link to a discussion by Terence Tao https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1125572499
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by jhncls 2y ago
A preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.18295
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Almost-Linear Time Algorithms for Incremental Graphs(dl.acm.org)
3 points by jhncls 2y ago|1 comments
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by jhncls 2y ago
See the discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41036526
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Diffusion Texture Painting(research.nvidia.com)
6 points by jhncls 2y ago|0 comments

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