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It generates power (useful work) but it certainly does NOT produce more energy.

Cute. So would it be possible to find the ordinal position of any particular SS# in the expansion?

"Democracies" are inherently despotic (see de Toqueville) and despots despise capitalism. A limited republic (lower case here) promotes equitable wealth.

LyX

A recent acquisition has (so far) been very approachable - a recommendation I got from a blog post that I can't recall.. "A Brief History of Numbers" by Leo Corry, Oxford Universit…

non compos mentis

We would be better served - collectively - if more people would read Hayek's "Road to Serfdom".

This will do ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/magazine/29Dyson-t.html?_r...

As "alternative facts" go, these pale in comparison to "a demonstration caused by an internet video"...

The discussion of "Russian hacking' is a archetype of a "false narrative". The "narrative" itself "hacks" the election.

Interesting perspective. How many 55+ coders do we have lurking on HN I wonder? (rhetorical only)

Fermat's Last Theorem is easily demonstrated using the binomial theorem - simple algebra. It is dismissed as a proof because most fail to "see" or "understand" variables - particul…

I'm 67 and love programming - all self taught. Without knowing your father let me suggest this with a caveat; there is no right way to learn something as we are each different. Wha…

When you next have an opportunity for a clear view of a full moon on the horizon, turn your back to the moon, bend over, and view it from between your legs... "upside down" so to s…

http://sumnotes.com/pages/a-simple-proof.html

The is a delightfully entertaining article! Does anyone have a recommendation on the Kazuo Haga book, "Origamics"? vs David Mitchell's "Paper Crystals"? Origamics is a bit pricey..…

Very nicely done! Love the graphics and the video. BTW, what is your pay grade?

After reading the 123 comments so far of this delightful discourse, I'm curious why no one has mentioned how we handle the immigration issue and vaccination? Does ICE check the hea…

"the problem with email encryption" is that very few believe they have anything to hide.

F.A. Hayek wrote in The Fatal Conceit, “the curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

>Means of production are private (factories, etc) and the owners as almost all players in capitalism take care to maximize _their_ profit and not society's well being. No one force…

Fully concur with levlaz and yitchelle. Do not not give up! Perseverance.