JosephK
Re:Calculus for Mathematicians, Computer Scientists, and Physicists [pdf]
on Sunday November 23, 2025 @04:35PM (#46027566)
>Calculus is an important part of the intellectual tradition handed down
to us by the Ancient Greeks.
No it isn't? It was discovered by Newton and Leibnitz. If they're talking about Archimedes and integrals, I seem to recall his work on that was only rediscovered through a palimpsest in the last couple of decades and it contributed nothing towards Newton and Leibnitz's work.
Re:This is no world for an axolotl
on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @01:46AM (#43408583)
It's less about population size, and more about ecological footprint of the population. Per capita, rich nations and rich populations within developing nations are the ones having the biggest ecological impact: https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-over....
Re:The Hallucinatory Thoughts of the Dying Mind
on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @05:59PM (#43019480)
Share it here. I want to hear it.
Re:The Airship to Orbit Project
on Sunday April 14, 2024 @09:42PM (#40036264)
The blog is updated regularly: https://jpaerospace.com/blog/
Re:It's Dante's Hell–We're Just Living in It
on Monday April 08, 2024 @09:41PM (#39975549)
Try Alasdair Gray's translation.
Re:The Magic of Bird Brains
on Thursday March 07, 2024 @07:36PM (#39636375)
That was marvellous. Thank you for sharing.
Re:Bluesky migrates from pg to single-tenant SQLite
on Monday November 06, 2023 @09:48PM (#38172569)
Is your offer invite code available to other randoms like myself? I tried to register on bsky months ago and still haven't been approved.
Re:Australia will not force age verification due to privacy and securi...
on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @08:40PM (#37331079)
Nit-picking, but Witcher 2 is now legal in Australia. It was banned at the time because there was no MA classification available (something that has since been rectified).
Re:The secret JFK assassination files are finally here
on Thursday December 15, 2022 @07:21PM (#34007778)
Given their influence in the toppling of Australia's democratically elected prime minister in 1975, I'm not surprised.
Re:Plasma reactors could create oxygen on Mars
on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:11PM (#32490742)
Interesting idea, but wouldn't the ejecta from multiple impacts create a global cooling effect, which would be counterproductive to the intent of the project (i.e. a warm, high pressure area)?
Notable that you can edit comments after posting, which makes the number of posts you can make virtually limitless.
Re:Fornicating Under Consent of King
on Friday August 06, 2021 @02:54AM (#28084063)
Shat, though I notice Americans tend to use shit as both present and past tense.
Re:TSMC’s dominance poses risks to the global economy
on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:49AM (#27614648)
Legend. Thanks.
Re:Animal testing is exploitative and largely ineffective
on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:01PM (#27498826)
False dichotomy. Animal farming takes up nearly 80% of global agricultural land. Switching away from livestock would reduce the need for land clearing, not increase it.
Re:Fastly Outage
on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @06:56AM (#27433378)
Extremely long call, but what are the chances this turns out connected to the raids on organised crime using the An0m app that started today?
Re:How UFO sightings went from joke to national security worry in Wash...
on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @01:06AM (#27286599)
Thanks.
Re:How UFO sightings went from joke to national security worry in Wash...
on Sunday May 23, 2021 @11:31PM (#27260865)
Paywalled. Anyone got a tl;dr?
Re:1 in 4 Hackers is an FBI informer.
on Tuesday June 07, 2011 @08:06AM (#2628764)
I suppose it would be asking too much to ask for some explanation of how Corley arrived at his "one in four" estimation? And when is a "hacker" a hacker, anyway?
Re:Guy unknowingly live tweets the Osama raid in Abbottabad
on Monday May 02, 2011 @07:50AM (#2505938)
Those are some fairly amusing location reviews by Google users.
Re:Ultra-light insect robots take flight
on Thursday March 24, 2011 @08:28AM (#2363729)
I'd be interested to see the potential military and espionage applications of this sort of research.
Ultra-light insect robots take flight
Re:The Most Controversial Magazine Covers of All Time
on Wednesday September 23, 2009 @07:21AM (#839042)
Most Controversial American Covers of All Time.