the fact that if you take a giant blob of hydrogen and let physics do its thing for a few billion years, you eventually end up with self-assembling atomic nano-robots never ceases to fucking blow my mind

#genuary2022 day 15 - Sand Sound on! A simulated cymatic experiment using sand. Standing waves on a plate move sand away from areas of high vibration. Different chords create different waves. #rstats code available github.com/georgemsavva/g… #rtistry #genuary #mathart #Math

Amazing webpage about light simulation (by Rafael ) rafael-fuente.github.io

When people describe the uncertainty principle this way, to me it sounds as dumb as someone saying: "Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (1927) When you speak a word out loud, it is impossible to say exactly where that word is in space"

🌀DNS - Flow Around Square at Re=22000🌀 A direct numerical simulation (DNS) of the turbulent flow.

When I discussed quitting Google to do a Phd, my manager, Steve Cheng, gave me the advice of "6 shots": Doing something meaningful usually takes about 5 years and we are productive for roughly 30 years. That gives you 6 attempts. So pick each one carefully and give it your best.

Pain.

Hardcore skills are always the answer.