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Re:How many holes does the universe have? on Saturday June 01, 2024 @03:25AM (#40543650)
Light reflectors (e.g., for bikes) are also made out of many little corners to reflect the light to its source.

For sound, it should be the same with a corner of a room, it ~doubles the sound in the vicinity of the corner, hence a ~3dB increase

Re: on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @07:23AM (#40209780)
If the compiler would know the stack size, we wouldn't have StackOverflow
I have read it fully now - I agree he had some rough blindspots (like requiring in person salesmen for capitalism).

But my opinion is the opposite: maybe there are some rotten pieces in the otherwise delicious meal. On the whole it's a wise piece; if perhaps too optimistic that people would evaluate fairly the (negative) value that the internet brings in some areas and stick to the better offline options. But that might be a transient state, the future is long (or so I hope).

Are you laughing because we lost most newspapers to garbage online news, because schools are digitalized with no benefits, because social media made us less democratic, or because fake products are sold on the most successful online stores?

For sure he underestimated the impact, but he was not /wrong/. Most things did not get replaced by computers, they were lost to computers.

Re:Mathematicians Roll Dice and Get Rock-Paper-Scissors on Saturday January 21, 2023 @01:17AM (#34464330)
B is actually the best if you play all three at the same time.

Intransitive dice are still surprising and interesting to me, I Wonder if there are 3 such dice which are equally strong when played at the same time ?

Another fun dice concept are go first dice: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_First_Dice

Re:Is it possible for a lunar eclipse to occur before sunset? on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:07PM (#34265749)
Technically correct, but misses the point :)