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On which shaped planet am I the heaviest?jasmcole.com
Continuing on from my last post concerning optimisation and Lagrange multipliers, I came across a neat little paper on the arXiv here, which asks and answers the question: what shape should a plane... -
Why It’s Good To Be Wrong - Issue 20: Creativity - Nautilusnautil.us
That human beings can be mistaken in anything they think or do is a proposition known as fallibilism. Stated abstractly like that,… - fsl.cs.stonybrook.edu
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Elon Musk Will Build A Hyperloop Track For Ultra-High Speed Transport Teststechcrunch.com
Oh, you thought Elon Musk had moved on past the whole Hyperloop thing? That ultra high-speed transportation system he first started talking about back in.. - github.com
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The Art of Making People Go Awaycollectorsweekly.com
You probably don't think much about "Do Not Disturb" signs at hotels, unless the maid rudely barges in as you sleep. Then you think, "Hey, d... -
Programmed Introduction to MIPS Assembly Languageprogrammedlessons.org
Interactive first course in assembly language programming using the MIPS32 processor and the SPIM simulator. -
Flying Selfie Bots: Tag-Along Video Drones Are Here - IEEE Spectrumspectrum.ieee.org
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The Cathedral of Computationtheatlantic.com
We’re not living in an algorithmic culture so much as a computational theocracy -
3 Things to Know About the Elon Musk-Backed Future of Life Institutebostinno.streetwise.co
High-technology: At its two extremes, it has the potential to empower society to thrive like never before, or completely self-destruct. The question of where technology is taking us is the... - bbc.co.uk
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Why Clojure?blog.venanti.us
Over the course of the past year I've largely swapped out Python for Clojure as my language of choice. While I still love Python as a scripting language with a robust ecosystem and fairly excellent tooling, I can't get over... -
Livestream: A Conversation With Elon Musk, by Jacob Villanuevatexastribune.org
We're livestreaming Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith's Thursday interview of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the 10th annual Texas Transportation Forum. The conversation is scheduled to begin at noon.