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nvalis··on Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
What makes you think it's denim? I would say it looks quite similar to the trousers the others are wearing (especially the ones of Whitney Oates).

Solely going by the timeline described in [0] it's rather unlikely that these are denim.

[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17101768

nvalis··on Von Neumann, Einstein, Morgenstern, Morse and Lefschetz (1952)
I have no idea why, but it is always interesting and inspiring to read about how known figures of historic interest were related to each other and how their (normally seperatly told) stories intertwined. Thanks!
nvalis··on The weight of the clipboard
Wow, this is an amazing description of the feeling I always felt but never explicitly verbalized.
nvalis··on Germany shuts down half of its remaining nuclear plants
For context a nice realtime overview of the current energy production in Germany is given by the Energy Charts[0] of the Frauenhofer ISE.

[0] https://energy-charts.info/charts/power/chart.htm?l=en&c=DE&...

nvalis··on Tqdm (Python)
For notebook I am using tqdm.notebook[0]. Works quite well for me.

[0] https://tqdm.github.io/docs/notebook/

nvalis··on Advanced Uniflow Steam Engine
There is now an updated shop tour video in higher quality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWPYoE1SNnA

nvalis··on Advanced Uniflow Steam Engine
In my opinion Gelbarts explanation style always has a kind of Feynman vibe to it.

Also noteworthy is his recently uploaded shop tour video (the contents make up for the video and audio quality).

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbgdM35gZZA

nvalis··on Bezos’ remark on Amazon prompts backlash over his vast wealth
Just like it was the case with planes and even cars at the beginning, they once were a toy for only the rich.
nvalis··on China lands rover on Mars
Interesting point. Do you have any examples of previous problems regarding cleanliness?
nvalis··on DuckDuckGo is growing fast
You can also use !gm directly!
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