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Indiscriminate laziness

“I can calculate the movement of stars, but not the madness of men” – Isaac Newton

Posted on 2020/09/02 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1301087793951760385?s=20

When Apes Conquered Europe

Posted on 2020/09/02 by Carl Robitaille

Une statue controversée au premier jour

Posted on 2020/09/02 by Carl Robitaille

Une statue controversée au premier jour

“Le monument à Macdonald avait-il été érigé sans opposition le 6 juin 1895, soit quatre ans seulement après la mort de l’ancien premier ministre ?”

Web browser monopoly

Posted on 2020/09/02 by Carl Robitaille

Competition law saved us from a web browser monopoly – being stuck with Internet Explorer! Antitrust investigations and enforcement helps consumers https://t.co/pJ43BlJLhd
— Haydn Belfield (@HaydnBelfield) September 1, 2020

1422 Paris map on top of today Paris

Posted on 2020/09/02 by Carl Robitaille

1422 Paris map on top of today Paris

The Titanic compared to today’s gargantuan Allure of the Seas

Posted on 2020/09/01 by Carl Robitaille

The Titanic compared to today's gargantuan Allure of the Seas. pic.twitter.com/GcWEOgkFSf
— Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) August 30, 2020

Here is what Sir John A. Macdonald did to Indigenous people

Posted on 2020/09/01 by Carl Robitaille

Here is what Sir John A. Macdonald did to Indigenous people

Archimedes’ last words were “Do not disturb my circles”

Posted on 2020/08/29 by Carl Robitaille

Archimedes' last words were "Do not disturb my circles", a reference to the circles in the mathematical drawing that he was studying before being killed by a Roman soldier. pic.twitter.com/oIjNMiPNfo
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) August 29, 2020

How big is the Universe? | THE Great Debate in Physics

Posted on 2020/08/28 by Carl Robitaille

1.44 MB 3.5-inch

Posted on 2020/08/28 by Carl Robitaille

I can understand people who use “megabyte” to mean 10^6 bytes.

I can also understand those who mean 2^20 bytes.

By Floppy disk, wtf? pic.twitter.com/LCLZKOQT0q
— Grant Sanderson (@3blue1brown) August 27, 2020