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Indiscriminate laziness

Did you know? You can execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen on Linux: watch command

Posted on 2021/05/10 by Carl Robitaille

Did you know? You can execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen on Linux:
watch command

For instance, display CPU fan, temperature and other sensors data from the CLI in real-time using sensors command https://t.co/SMyRZWmGj2:
watch -d -n 1 sensors pic.twitter.com/6IDUtFcr3G
— nixCraft 🐧 (@nixcraft) May 3, 2021

The Trouble with Many Worlds

Posted on 2021/05/10 by Carl Robitaille

Throwing Axes

Posted on 2021/05/10 by Carl Robitaille

David Hilbert knew that every smooth cubic surface — a twisty shape defined by third-degree polynomials — contains exactly 27 straight lines

Posted on 2021/05/10 by Carl Robitaille

David Hilbert knew that every smooth cubic surface — a twisty shape defined by third-degree polynomials — contains exactly 27 straight lines. Hilbert used those lines to construct a simple formula for the roots of any 9th degree polynomial in one variable. https://t.co/J7YYWsLftn pic.twitter.com/jwrczOKuAO
— Quanta Magazine (@QuantaMagazine) April 30, 2021

All planets in the Solar System can fit between the Earth and Moon

Posted on 2021/05/10 by Carl Robitaille

All planets in the Solar System can fit between the Earth and Moon. In fact, you can even add a couple of dwarf planets and still have room to spare pic.twitter.com/1oaUdDIVIr
— Dr James O'Donoghue (@physicsJ) April 30, 2021