Joe Weisenthal Here's the code for this: gist.github.com/jamesob/7328eb…

What does the red area tend to as n→∞ ? The area of the triangle? Or something else perhaps?

Here's an interesting surprise: if you write down the digits of e you quickly find a 649 digit prime!

It's an empirical question as to whether virus evolution will be fast enough to achieve immune escape. If it happens, we need to junk the current FDA-blocked system for something with a much faster OODA loop. Moderna to vaccine to distribution in days or weeks, not months.

from The Organization Man, by William Whyte, published in 1956, the thesis of which is basically that corporate America, far from being a beacon of hyper-individualist capitalist awesomeness, instead turns people into cowardly, risk-averse, collectivist wusses. *** 1956! 😱 ***

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THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO part 1 “You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.” — Walker Percy “Our species is 300,000 years old. For the

As the world gets crazier, there is one name you will hear more often: Nicolás Gómez Dávila He wrote 1 book. Published ONLY a 100 copies... But he's the best teacher on why societies need MYTHS to live Without myths, collapse is inevitable A thread👇🏻

@obitor_null I'm using vexl 😎, why would I use KYC'd bitcoin?

Did you notice the SR 71 wings have those ripples in it? The airframes were built almost entirely of titanium and other exotic alloys to withstand heat generated by sustained high-speed flight: in fact, the Blackbirds were designed to cruise at Mach 3 continuously for more than

I swear the key to every profession in every field is the same networking

This speech is deeply underrated! It's a masterful articulation of how we often can't justify our real reasons for doing great things through cost-benefit analyses or reason. Often they're not even acceptable to say out loud because they seem childish or naive.

Bureaucrat mode: - create committees for every decision - make sure every meeting has pre-meetings to build the papers/deck for the meeting - end every meeting by expanding the scope of the project - no one ever owns a decision, so make sure there's complete consensus. Create

China is panicking. In fact, China is showing 2008-like signs as they are on the brink of a severe recession. Over the last 2 days, China has begun Pandemic-level stimulus, as seen during lockdowns in 2020. Is China dragging the global economy into a recession? (a thread)

For decades I suffered psychological pain because the most powerful flying object ever built was a decade in the past, two, three … half a CENTURY in the past … longer than from the Sopwith Camel to Saturn V, and now finally SpaceX has eased that pain. Thank you.

All of Trump’s policy videos look like Red Alert cinematics from some fictional hyper patriotic American dictatorship. It’s honestly awesome, I could watch him talk directly at me for four hours straight. It’s incredible kino, especially considering that this particular video is

Just saw the most insane #spacedebris #meteorshower right now in Turks and Caicos ⁦Elon Musk⁩ what is it??

Here’s the full, no-nonsense list of phrases that drive me nuts - because they’re misleading, fear-mongering, or just plain wrong: Natural. As if nature guarantees safety. Cyanide is natural too. Organic. A marketing label, not a health guarantee. Bio-Sourced. A fancy way to

Oh my gosh $290 for a bitcoin you guys. Where is this going to peak?