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>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.
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)?
Re:Minus on Monday September 06, 2021 @08:00PM (#28439415)
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.
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?
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?
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.
Re:The Most Controversial Magazine Covers of All Time on Wednesday September 23, 2009 @07:21AM (#839042)
Most Controversial American Covers of All Time.