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MAD is the future. And righteousness is the enemy. Don't mess with us. Don't mess with them. Also, do the world a favor, and don't innovate new weapons. They leave an indelible aff…

i vote we change the name. "generalized quantum mechanical phenomena maybe" ... and we can rename quantum gravity to "generalized macroscopic versions of quantum phenomena maybe" t…

It's simple to get it down to 50%. Don't try to be random. Watch the whites, and beat them with reds, game theory style.

plan B: wait another 10 billion years, and the sun will destroy the earth when it becomes a giant.

What a lame article title. The actual article presents evidence that Americans are getting more comfortable with self-driving cars, and points out that peoples' concerns aren't ver…

They say it's conclusive evidence of useful communication. I say it's just compelling evidence. Still cool and exciting though!

I don't know what they're talking about, I speed-read that article in 20 minutes and my comprehension was great!

This is one of the main reasons I support legalization and/or decriminalization of all drugs. Demand is demand, and a black market economy is worse than a transparent & regulated e…

I would love this tool. But you can do this for yourself. Meditation is the measurement, and continued focus is the goal.

As you might know, turbulence is when simple streams of laminar flow (in say, plasma) turn into chaotic filaments and vortices. As a filament or vortex separates/stretches from you…

I agree that teaching mathematics too formally prevents students from making concrete connections. I like how the OP made the abstractions intuitive. And made the jargon less intim…

Math is hard for the same reasons that anything is hard. It is literally a mental strain on your brain. I agree with the author in that a teacher's enthusiasm and perspective, and …

1) yeah! socialism!! 2) exactly! like a quadcopter with a handgun attached :)

I think there are two valid existential concerns regarding AI: 1) Widespread use of advanced AI in robotics/production has the ability to bankrupt the working populace, at which po…

for me it's more like... boobs? why'd they put boobs in the thumbnail? the article isn't even... I ... I might as well see if there's a bigger picture of the boobs

In other words, not using racial preferences in admissions decisions lets the black college enrollment trends continue; though, as the article doesn't point out, 'not using mandate…

Actually, even the subsection headings in bold give a very succinct summary: - Python has easy development ( https://xkcd.com/353/ ) - Great libraries (ie, free matlab) - Cython fo…

Another reason to decriminalize drugs in favor of self-help programs.

I often have intense fantasies about conversations with personal mentors, historical figures and/or deities (what would Buddha say? How about Einstein? etc). Obviously I can't repr…

I don't admire mobsters

There were a lot cultural misses in Walmart. For instance, nobody bags your groceries in Germany. When you're not expecting it, it's fucking weird to have some employee come up and…

What're your opinions on algorithmic swing trading based on fundamental analysis / trends / other market measures?

with another nuclear submarine?

Yes, it has to be a normalized orthogonal basis to maintain those properties :)

The TLDR intuition of a change of basis is this: you have a vector of length L that points from the origin up towards the z-axis. If you'd like to rotate your perpendicular measuri…