allthatglitters

It generates power (useful work) but it certainly does NOT produce more energy.

Cute. So would it be possible to find the ordinal position of any particular SS# in the expansion?

"Democracies" are inherently despotic (see de Toqueville) and despots despise capitalism. A limited republic (lower case here) promotes equitable wealth.

LyX

A recent acquisition has (so far) been very approachable - a recommendation I got from a blog post that I can't recall.. "A Brief History of Numbers" by Leo Corry, Oxford University Press 2015. A fairly rigorous presentation from a strongly historical perspective. Excellent for this math hobbyist.

non compos mentis

We would be better served - collectively - if more people would read Hayek's "Road to Serfdom".

This will do ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/magazine/29Dyson-t.html?_r...

As "alternative facts" go, these pale in comparison to "a demonstration caused by an internet video"...

The discussion of "Russian hacking' is a archetype of a "false narrative". The "narrative" itself "hacks" the election.

Interesting perspective. How many 55+ coders do we have lurking on HN I wonder? (rhetorical only)

Fermat's Last Theorem is easily demonstrated using the binomial theorem - simple algebra. It is dismissed as a proof because most fail to "see" or "understand" variables - particularly mathematicians. Fermat gave us a hint as to his "demonstration" by where he wrote his comment ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diophantus_II.VIII ). The difference of two squares can - in some cases - be a square - Pythagorean triples! The difference (or sum) of two integers raised to a power greater than two - nope.

I'm 67 and love programming - all self taught. Without knowing your father let me suggest this with a caveat; there is no right way to learn something as we are each different. What works for one fails for another. Here are my suggestions. First, Python. A "class" or online course doesn't really allow for setting a personal learning pace. I found "Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science" by Zeile to be perfect for me. Second find something - a goal - to motivate the process; a website for a local charity, a payment site for a small municipal water company or for the local town office or volunteer fire company etc. Build it out with Django. And along the way build out a personal website with Pelican. Turn a Chromebook into a linux machine with GalliumOS and use only text editors - IDE's just add unneeded complexity. If you have a compelling reason to learn something - you will. When he builds something - put it on Github. It becomes his resume - along with his dialog of "the road to learning" he might post on his Pelican blog! Results trump certificates and degrees.

When you next have an opportunity for a clear view of a full moon on the horizon, turn your back to the moon, bend over, and view it from between your legs... "upside down" so to speak. Not a joke - if you've never done this - it will go a long way in explaining this "illusion"!

The is a delightfully entertaining article! Does anyone have a recommendation on the Kazuo Haga book, "Origamics"? vs David Mitchell's "Paper Crystals"? Origamics is a bit pricey... worth it?

Very nicely done! Love the graphics and the video. BTW, what is your pay grade?

After reading the 123 comments so far of this delightful discourse, I'm curious why no one has mentioned how we handle the immigration issue and vaccination? Does ICE check the health records or what? I guess those legally entering with visas etc are good... dare I mention illegals?

"the problem with email encryption" is that very few believe they have anything to hide.

F.A. Hayek wrote in The Fatal Conceit, “the curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

>Means of production are private (factories, etc) and the owners as almost all players in capitalism take care to maximize _their_ profit and not society's well being.<

No one forces you to purchase what's "produced". If you purchased a Windows computer - and so helped Mr. Gate's well being - that was your choice! The list of examples is long. As to "Windows" - whether society is better off ...

Fully concur with levlaz and yitchelle. Do not not give up! Perseverance.

Been playing with Pelican and S3 intending to re-launch my old blogging habits. Python is my "goto" so this is a no brainer. Nice overview on your install experience. Too bad someone doesn't wrap this up into a plug and play install - but then it wouldn't be as much fun! Have you tried generating content with lyX?

Stripe has a nice payments api that is quite easy to build into your own platform. They also have a long list of integrations that would take a bit of time to sort through but may have what you are looking for!

Quoting from the discussion section of this paper:

"Such data, obtained from experimental animal models, combined with the aerosol decay rates determined in this study, would suggest that filovirus, at infectious levels, may remain a potential aerosol threat for at least one and a half hours. Epidemiological evidence, however, would suggest that during outbreaks, filoviruses are rarely transmitted by the airborne route."

A bit disconcerting.

Let's hope that the "epidemiological" evidence is again borne out.

Seems like there is a disconnect with this line of thinking. So what were the man made CO2 emissions forcing the drought and famine that doomed the Ancients?

"It’s hard to overstate the impact of energy on the economy..." "Although energy constitutes a small part of the US economy..."

Seriously, does anyone get that energy is the economy?

I wonder if this had anything to do with it? Interesting application that would carry a few links...

http://www.droptalk.us/

Interesting that your comment was voted down! How many backers have ever done any spectroscopy? For that matter, how many of those commenting here have done any serious spectroscopy? I have to agree, this seems very misleading.

One might also say that it's a "temporary" perpetual motion machine...