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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2022 9:52:31 GMT
it has the wrong name, it should be called the halving of even numbers problem because the loop is just that and the rest of the process is just a "random" (not random) number generator.
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Post by registerme on Apr 30, 2022 19:43:09 GMT
Not sure this counts as fun, but it is interesting:- mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/(Hint: drag the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen rather than using the right arrow key or shift-middle click).
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Post by p2pmark on May 1, 2022 7:34:57 GMT
Not sure this counts as fun, but it is interesting:- mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/(Hint: drag the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen rather than using the right arrow key or shift-middle click). Although politically I'm instinctively supportive of the point being made, I do find the mixing of stocks and flows rather grating.
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Post by bracknellboy on Jun 15, 2022 21:05:29 GMT
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Post by registerme on Jun 15, 2022 21:51:35 GMT
I've been meaning to watch it, and this gave me a nudge. Powerful, upsetting stuff. Which is all the more reason to watch it. I hold those guys in such high regard that I can't even articulate it. And yet, at the same time, the "other side" no doubt feel the same. They're friends, fathers, brothers, uncles, husbands, boyfriends, sons etc. I'm v uncomfortable with talk of "orcs" in the current situation. No matter how wrong the "other side" is, dehumanising the enemy doesn't help anybody.
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Post by michaelc on Jun 15, 2022 22:06:00 GMT
I've been meaning to watch it, and this gave me a nudge. Powerful, upsetting stuff. Which is all the more reason to watch it. I hold those guys in such high regard that I can't even articulate it. And yet, at the same time, the "other side" no doubt feel the same. They're friends, fathers, brothers, uncles, husbands, boyfriends, sons etc. I'm v uncomfortable with talk of "orcs" in the current situation. No matter how wrong the "other side" is, dehumanising the enemy doesn't help anybody.That's a very good point. I suppose it is a necessary evil to keep sane when required to kill people. It is a difficult line though. If you dehumanise too much it becomes all too easy to torture and commit even worse atrocities.
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Post by keitha on Jun 16, 2022 10:09:54 GMT
The Duke. If you've not, go see it. Jim Broadbent is excellent. We all need a bit of levity and a 'good news story' injected in our lives right now. Brilliant little film
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Post by bracknellboy on Jul 12, 2022 15:25:51 GMT
Anything to do with the James Webb Telescope at any time over the next 20+ years
Today's 'reveal' is a good starting point.
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Post by registerme on Jul 12, 2022 15:33:35 GMT
Anything to do with the James Webb Telescope at any time over the next 20+ years Today's 'reveal' is a good starting point. Water vapour. In an atmosphere. On an extra-solar planet (ok, a gas giant, and too close to its parent star for little green men). A mere 1150 light years away. It's rare that I am lost for words. Only bit of good news this year other than Boris-sort-of-standing-down?
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Post by bracknellboy on Jul 13, 2022 7:40:12 GMT
Anything to do with the James Webb Telescope at any time over the next 20+ years Today's 'reveal' is a good starting point. Water vapour. In an atmosphere. On an extra-solar planet (ok, a gas giant, and too close to its parent star for little green men). A mere 1150 light years away. It's rare that I am lost for words. Only bit of good news this year other than Boris-sort-of-standing-down? I wasn't able to watch the 'reveal' live until the last bit. Reading something this morning though, the JWT First Deep Field image is a patch of space 'equivalent to the size of a grain of sand held at arm's length at ground level'. I'm not a big fan of the US tendency to use 'alternative units of measurement' e.g. 'as tall as ten giraffes', but I think in this case it is a very appropriate way of explaining quite what we are seeing. I feel privileged that I will be around (hopefully) to see the JWT story unfold. ESA JWT First Deep Field image
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Post by keitha on Jul 14, 2022 13:08:53 GMT
I'm not a big fan of the US tendency to use 'alternative units of measurement' e.g. 'as tall as ten giraffes', but I think in this case it is a very appropriate way of explaining quite what we are seeing. As tall as 10 Giraffes isn't that just the average height of 10 giraffes. or do they mean 10 Giraffes stood on each others heads. Weight is often done in Blue whales, "weighs as must as 5 blue Whales" Area, "the fire covered an area half the size of Wales"
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Post by michaelc on Jul 14, 2022 13:20:42 GMT
An absurd waste of ten minutes of your life. But it made me smile . Anyone know what it is / where to get it or a similar one if only in the US ?
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Post by registerme on Jul 14, 2022 14:07:32 GMT
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Post by Bagman on Jul 14, 2022 16:30:23 GMT
An absurd waste of ten minutes of your life. But it made me smile . Anyone know what it is / where to get it or a similar one if only in the US ? Looks like you have to 3D print it yourself, here is a link to the files needed.
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Post by keitha on Jul 18, 2022 10:24:50 GMT
Screwball scramble is similar
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