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Every time Google goes down, a thousand nerds cry out, wishing they’d installed actual lightswitches

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

Every time Google goes down, a thousand nerds cry out, wishing they'd installed actual lightswitches pic.twitter.com/MscOpGqrnl
— Internet of Shit (@internetofshit) December 14, 2020

Is there a geometric interpretation of complex eigenvalues?

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

It's a very good question! What follows are many tweets attempting to answer in a possibly way-too-verbose manner. No pictures (sorry), but I'll trust in the readers' mind's eye. https://t.co/d9fbrWyenm
— Grant Sanderson (@3blue1brown) December 13, 2020

You bought a Christmas tree with firmware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

You bought a Christmas tree with firmware!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!asdffjsksm https://t.co/X2gZP27IMw
— Internet of Shit (@internetofshit) December 14, 2020

An Elementary Derivation of Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

The reason lead acid car batteries work in the first place is relativity

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

(Slightly delayed) #FridayPhysicsFun – Today my husband's car had trouble with the battery. Which made me thankful for relativity theory: the reason lead acid car batteries work in the first place is relativity. pic.twitter.com/vVXwiZ3wlQ
— Anders Sandberg (@anderssandberg) December 12, 2020

We’re Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

After Centuries, a Seemingly Simple Math Problem Gets an Exact Solution

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

After Centuries, a Seemingly Simple Math Problem Gets an Exact Solution

Me everytime trying a new framework or library

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

Me everytime trying a new framework or library

LOL https://t.co/fUPv8n7VV1 pic.twitter.com/j1tmLPvzK4
— nixCraft 🐧 (@nixcraft) December 11, 2020

The Saturnian droplet

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

The Saturnian droplet

It's been a great pleasure and fun to write this piece for Focus on Fluids @JFluidMech on the beautiful work of @BraydenWagoner
et al. about these crazy saturnian #droplets https://t.co/tRWCUzIaCn (and thanks @Annejuel2!) pic.twitter.com/e1vmZroGnL
— Alvaro Marin (@AlvaroGMarin) December 8, 2020

Le courriel à l’origine du concept Airbnb

Posted on 2020/12/15 by Carl Robitaille

Le courriel à l’origine du concept Airbnb 👇 https://t.co/M7zNqNR0xR
— Luc Dupont (@LucDupont) December 11, 2020