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I don't mean to make anybody's Lenten fast more challenging, but it's a scientific fact¹ that eating chocolate makes you more likely to win a Nobel Prize.
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¹ Alright, it's not a scientific fact, but: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
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¹ Alright, it's not a scientific fact, but: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
March 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I don't mean to make anybody's Lenten fast more challenging, but it's a scientific fact¹ that eating chocolate makes you more likely to win a Nobel Prize.
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¹ Alright, it's not a scientific fact, but: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
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¹ Alright, it's not a scientific fact, but: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
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Adding to what Dan and others have said: Measuring air quality at diplomatic posts in places like Beijing, Delhi, and Lahore, using EPA standard technology, and openly sharing it with the public, has been a force pushing along progress toward better air quality in all those locations.
Big (bad) news: the US Embassy air monitoring program webpage has been taken down: www.airnow.gov/internationa...
This erases ~17 years of a critical data source at ~80 US diplomatic posts around the world. Critically for the health of thousands of foreign services officers, critical for research..
This erases ~17 years of a critical data source at ~80 US diplomatic posts around the world. Critically for the health of thousands of foreign services officers, critical for research..
www.airnow.gov
March 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Adding to what Dan and others have said: Measuring air quality at diplomatic posts in places like Beijing, Delhi, and Lahore, using EPA standard technology, and openly sharing it with the public, has been a force pushing along progress toward better air quality in all those locations.
www.quantamagazine.org/the-largest-... Solution of the sofa problem
The Largest Sofa You Can Move Around a Corner | Quanta Magazine
A new proof reveals the answer to the decades-old “moving sofa” problem. It highlights how even the simplest optimization problems can have counterintuitive answers.
www.quantamagazine.org
February 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
www.quantamagazine.org/the-largest-... Solution of the sofa problem
To the kind people offering me their seats on Metro Bus: I am not that old
December 14, 2024 at 9:03 AM
To the kind people offering me their seats on Metro Bus: I am not that old
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A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
November 23, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A poem for my last day working at the writing center for the semester (by Joseph Fasano)
The Nazgûl were way under-used in the Siege of Gondor.
November 23, 2024 at 9:20 AM
The Nazgûl were way under-used in the Siege of Gondor.
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A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
A list of bands in order of efficacy:
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
3. Placebo
2. The Cure
1. Prevention
How come my Twitter data archive didn't include the accounts I followed
November 21, 2024 at 3:34 PM
How come my Twitter data archive didn't include the accounts I followed
Why Pakistan should not privatize DISCOs and other natural monopolies
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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November 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Why Pakistan should not privatize DISCOs and other natural monopolies