January 2010
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tehwordnerd:
You’re brainstorming.
Something clicks. You don’t get just one idea—you get a million simultaneously reveling in the newfound connections.
You’ve just burst into a room full of ideas having an orgy.
You like one.
“Um, excuse me,” you say, furtively tapping it on the shoulder.
Boy, this is awkward.
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On prerequisites
stuffmygirlfriendsays:
“I can’t fall in love with someone until I know they’re good at boning. It’s a relationship, not an apprenticeship.”
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What we need are books that hit us like a most painful misfortune, like the...
– Franz Kafka (via virginiawoolf)
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Using Fibonacci Numbers to Convert from Miles... →
chasingmoonbeams:
I learned an interesting fact about Fibonacci numbers recently while watching a lecture on number theory. Fibonacci numbers can be used to approximately convert from miles to kilometers and back.
Here is how.
Take two consecutive Fibonacci numbers, for example 5 and 8. And you’re done converting. No kidding – there are 8 kilometers in 5 miles. To convert back just read the...
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