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Lunar curve

Posted on 2020/10/17 by Carl Robitaille

A stunning photo of the #moon phases, not representing the synodic curve.

The author took 28 shots (every 24 h and 41min instead of 24 h and 51min marking rhythm of the lunar month), thus obtaining an open #analemma instead of the 8-shaped curve.https://t.co/wdfqev8IoM #Space pic.twitter.com/2p4JnpqCSS
— Nereide (@Nereide) October 17, 2020

Oh my. TCP vs UDP

Posted on 2020/10/17 by Carl Robitaille

Oh my. TCP vs UDP https://t.co/XWNgxioKtr pic.twitter.com/OlteceJsPy
— nixCraft 🐧 (@nixcraft) October 17, 2020

Une énigme de 50 ans résolue : le nœud de Conway n’est pas bordant

Posted on 2020/10/17 by Carl Robitaille

How Many Potatoes Does It Take To Run DOOM?

Posted on 2020/10/17 by Carl Robitaille

Éviter les 28 jours de la marmotte

Posted on 2020/10/17 by Carl Robitaille

Éviter les 28 jours de la marmotte

Pour les Coréens, le confinement «était ce qu’on faisait au Moyen-Âge, parce qu’on ne savait pas ce qui causait les infections ni où la maladie se propageait».
Au lieu de fermer et d’enfermer, la Corée a testé et tracé.
Mon texte👇
⁦⁦@LP_LaPresse⁩ https://t.co/YV6X2raZv7
— Patrick Déry (@Patrickdery) October 17, 2020

What are your favorite mathematician quotes?

Posted on 2020/10/17 by Carl Robitaille

What are your favorite (potentially long) mathematician quotes? Bonus points if it's not just a pithy restatement of "math is beautiful", but something which changes how you think.
— Grant Sanderson (@3blue1brown) October 16, 2020