Lovely illustration of Theorema Egregium, though a very verbose way of saying that the Gauss curvature is preserved by local isometries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi-TBlh44gY […]
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I’ve finally got rid of most of the snow. Sure, some might argue that the temperature did most of the work, but I think it’s only fair I get my share of the credit for patiently waiting it out. […]
Just took a quick inventory of my Britney albums and discovered there’s 4 albums I only have one physical version of. Fair-weather fan if I’ve ever met one! […]
Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe 29/12/2016
The most important part of every NYE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XanyPq5BcoA […]
Was 2016 especially dangerous for celebrities? An empirical analysis.
Nice to seem somebody give this a proper statistical analysis. TLDR: 2016 was more deadly for celebrities, but only slightly (25-45% more deaths than should be expected), making 2016 a one in 25 or 100 years rarity, depending on how you count. https://medium.com/@jasoncrease/was-2016-especially-dangerous-for-celebrities-79d79b9fae02#.4gsgny9ws […]
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Funny fact: there was still mammoths alive when the great pyramids were being built. […]