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Re:Many Paths of the Collatz Conjecture on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @08:27AM (#48192418)
Calculator and graph utility to compare up to 5 numbers and their paths to 1 using Collatz Conjecture
It's not even really less expensive. Turf is so expensive, ROI is far in the future anyway.
This encoder as a tribute to the ingenuity of the old 90's Look Alike Cipher invented to send full, word-based messages on early pagers. It's a great example of communication innovation under severe technical constraints.
Re:The Number of Older Student Loan Borrowers Is Rising on Thursday January 12, 2017 @10:34AM (#13382971)
This is good in a way. People with outdated skills are getting new training, as long as they are able to avoid schools with poor career performance.
1. True. Organic compounds have been found in Nebula. We don't know if gravity and "ground" are necessary to turn it into life. 2. Although the study uses the traditional term for the background radiation "Cosmic Microwave Background", technically, it likely wasn't microwaves at that time, but closer to the visible light spectrum (maybe even beyond that). We only see the background radiation as microwaves now because the EM waves have stretched out due to expansion of the Universe.
Hyperspace, laser bolts, complaining AI, and space wizards aren't scientifically accurate? ;)

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