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As far I know, Euler's constant hasn't even been proven to be irrational.

The correct calculation isn’t too hard either. If currency halves in purchasing power in 25 yrs, that means inflation is 100% in 25 years, so (1 + r)^25 = 2 r = 2^(1/25) - 1 ~ 2.8%…

Going to Vieques in 2011 was one of the most sublime and wonderful experiences of my life. I never felt like I was at an undiscovered treasure more than I did there: The beaches, t…

Sounds like the nethack equivalent of seeing bad code, running git blame and finding out it was me.

the job board could even pitch jobs in the language an exercism user is currently learning

This actually works quite well: https://github.com/mdonoughe/neko-mac/issues/5#issuecomment-...

I remember being blown away when I was told about Henry Cavendish’s attempt to calculate G (the gravitational constant) in the late 18th century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave…

To clarify, in the US, there are two commonly used HVAC heat pumps: - A/C units, which can only cool a room but can’t heat it up - Heat Pumps, which typically do both.

The Well-Grounded Rubyist is my favorite Ruby book because it really drives home just how internally consistent the Ruby object model is. It gave me a deep appreciation for the aes…

That page misses my favorite XML quote, which is also on cat-v at http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/xml/ : XML is a classic political compromise: it balances the needs of man and m…

A coworker of mine shared this neat little book which contains, among other things, descriptions of a lot of the internet infrastructure markings one can find on the streets of NYC…

I think my favorite way of trying K is John Earnest’s JS-based interpreter Ok: http://johnearnest.github.io/ok/index.html

Here is an excellent video of Linus talking about why he specifically chose the GPLv2 and how he felt betrayed when the FSF released GPLv3: https://youtube.com/watch?v=PaKIZ7gJlRU

I don’t think it as as ‘tinfoil’ as people may suggest. Moves like this combined with the lift on local news station ownership restrictions make plans to ‘control what people see’ …

An 8.8 second 1/4 mile is crazy for any car, let alone a stock one.

If you can make the trip to Chaco Canyon, I highly recommend it. During the day, you can spend time exploring (and I really felt like I was _exploring_) the canyon and spend the ni…

I imagine the only reason Apple Maps is worse than Google Maps is because the community around Google Maps has been updating it consistently for over a decade. Apple maps transit e…

I totally used that watch to shut off random TVs in public places! nostalgia

I have been told that praising a kid for effort vs. results is much more important. As a child, I was told I was smart and basically tried to coast as much as possible. I still hav…

Orson Welles also famously used an ambulance to get around to various radio shoes in NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AOrson_Welles Due to his busy radio schedule, he was h…

I think I heard Kent Beck refer to this as the 'pee-modoro' technique

This is basically money laundering, right?

I would argue that the first computer verified proof in some sense changed the mathematical aesthetic.