Month: January 2022

Some students in Finland missed out on 1000 euros because they missed this problem! Sources for problem https://old.reddit.com/r/math/comments/cy7u04/a_very_simple_but_tricky_question_from_finnish/ @rizka commented with a link to the 2014 exam (in Finnish). It is question 4: https://yle.fi/progressive/fynd/oppiminen/oppiminen.yle.fi/yo-kokeet/matematiikka_pitka.pdf Quadratic equation history (Brahmagupta) https://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Quadratic_etc_equations.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_equation#History Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Playlist to watch all videos on MindYourDecisions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/user/MindYourDecisions?sub_confirmation=1 Click to watch all
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When a Bitcoin Miner Mines, what is happening? Dr Mike Pound exposes the process.. note: at 3:39 Mike mentions a Bitcoin is mined every ten minutes when it is actually a block that is mined every ten minutes, at time of recording a successful block generates 12.5 new Bitcoins. Password Cracking: https://youtu.be/7U-RbOKanYs Onion Routing (TOR):
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On Feb 11, 2016 Scientists at LIGO announced that they had detected gravitational waves for the first time. In the press conference heard round the world, they showed the tell-tale waveforms indicating that huge event in which two black holes merged 1.3 billion lightyears away, had created waves that passed by the LIGO detectors and
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Give yourself Goosebumps: https://www.facebook.com/GoosebumpsMovie ***Click “SHOW MORE” for links*** twitter: http://twitter.com/vsaucethree facebook: http://facebook.com/vsauce3 my instagram: http://instagr.am/jakerawr Behind the Scenes Video: https://youtu.be/R6CaEHSp82s More Vsauce3: https://youtu.be/u2cphuMbqfc?list=PLiyjwVB09t5xTQBOQDfQfmTLM8O7LKRCh SOURCES and more fun: The Fox Sisters http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/ Santa Fe Courthouse video More Mumler Photos http://hoaxes.org/photo_database/image/mumlers_spirit_photos/ Paranormality Scientific Paranormal Investigation Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Why the Victorians Saw Ghosts ***CREDITS***
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By choosing to watch this video, you’ve already won… the game of quitting. In 1958, John H. Fox, Jr. of the Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company and L Gerald Marnie of MIT invented “The Game of Googol,” which revealed a seminal concept in the art of optimal stopping theory. The premise was simple: when given a series
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LINKS AND SOURCES BELOW First and last songs by Zach McCoy CHECK HIM OUT: https://zachmccoy.bandcamp.com/ Zach McCoy on YouTube: other music by http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow FOLLOW Michael Stevens: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce Ze Frank video on trees and carvings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkKOijiatLo Silent-K: https://web.archive.org/web/20130709182638/http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980514 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_k http://www.antimoon.com/forum/2004/5133.htm Warren G’s “What’s Next”: 2:44: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YrW5vChJec “What’s Next” lyrics: http://rapgenius.com/Warren-g-whats-next-lyrics Science and mistakes and correctness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pessimistic_induction
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I make daily stories on instagram, click this link to follow and see them: https://www.instagram.com/smartereveryday/ Click here if you’re interested in subscribing: http://bit.ly/Subscribe2SED ⇊ Click below for more links! ⇊ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Look at Figure 5 in this document. “Wing and body kinematics of takeoff and landing flight in the pigeon (Columba livia)”
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The solstice alignments of Stonehenge, explained. Join the Vox Video Lab: http://www.vox.com/join Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Note: A previous version of this video referred imprecisely to “Neolithic Britain” when discussing the Newgrange tomb in Ireland. We have removed that phrasing. My apologies to the Irish. Stonehenge is a popular destination for summer solstice celebrations
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Mannequins are generally bought, used once for a project, and then thrown away to landfill. Except here, at Mannakin in Lincolnshire. Thanks to Roz and the team at Mannakin: https://mannakin.com My first thought was “don’t those mannequins rot, just sitting out there in the weather?” And then I realised: no, not really, they’re fibreglass. That’s
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A weekly show where knowledge junkies get their fix of trivia-tastic information. This week we show you some outtakes from episodes 35-52. We’ll be back with regular episodes next week! Mental Floss Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mf_video Select Images and Footage provided by Shutterstock: www.shutterstock.com —- Website: http://www.mentalfloss.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mental_floss Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mentalflossmagazine
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Everyone does it, but why? In this episode of SciShow Quick Questions you get the answers! Hosted by: Michael Aranda ———- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters — we couldn’t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Ove, Fatima Iqbal, Linnea Boyev, Kathy
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Out in the vast coldness of outer space, there are planets that travel alone through darkness without the boundaries of a system. Here’s how this can happen – and why these frozen deserts might secretly harbor alien life. Sources: https://sites.google.com/view/sourcesrogueplanets/startseite OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeES HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Tech entrepreneur and mathematician Charles Hoskinson says Bitcoin-related technology is about to revolutionise property rights, banking, remote education, private law and crowd-funding for the developing world. Charles Hoskinson is Chief Executive Officer at Thanatos Holdings, Director at The Bitcoin Education
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For places that observe daylight saving time, gaining an hour of sleep every November — or losing an hour every March — doesn’t just affect how well-rested (or caffeinated) people are. The effects of the semi-annual time change are far-reaching, drastically changing stroke and car accident rates, stock prices and more! Sleep scientist Matt Walker
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Learn More About NordVPN at: https://nordvpn.com/spacetime It’s about time we discussed an obscure concept in physics that may be more fundamental than energy and entropy and perhaps time itself. That’s right – the time has come for Action. Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Check out the Space
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I bet this one will give many adults a good challenge too. Thanks to Pett for the suggestion! Special thanks this month to: Kyle, Mike Robertson, Michael Anvari, Daniel Lewis, Robert Zarnke. Thanks to all supporters on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/mindyourdecisions Singapore International Math Olympiad Challenge (SIMOC) 2015 – Primary 5 Paper, problem 24. Sample Papers Subscribe:
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More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Brady’s Movember Page: http://bit.ly/BradyMo See full description for list of Connect 4 links. John Tromp’s page: http://bit.ly/TrompNumberphile James Allen’s Connect Four book: http://bit.ly/AllenBook James Allen: http://james.fabpedigree.com/ OEIS: https://oeis.org/A212693 Victor Allis paper: http://bit.ly/AllisPaper NUMBERPHILE Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Subscribe: http://bit.ly/Numberphile_Sub Videos by
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Machine Learning where you put in a fraction of the effort? What’s not to like? – Dr Michel Valstar explains Active & Cooperative Learning. https://www.facebook.com/computerphile Tweets by computer_phile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputer Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran’s Numberphile. More
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Take a look at a bubble and you’ll see all the colors of the rainbow… right? WRONG. Bubbles are actually missing colors! Check out Self-Evident on PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/Bwsne4eMVyU My Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/physicsgirl If you liked this video, check out: Only some humans can see this type of light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSu0cV3fqi8 How rainbows with NO COLOR are
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Watch the Ant-Man trailer: https://youtu.be/pWdKf3MneyI Twitter: http://twitter.com/vsaucethree ***Click “SHOW MORE” for links*** White Dwarfs http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/white-dwarfs-article/ Properties of Diamond and Carbon Fiber http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/diamond/diamprop.htm http://www.performance-composites.com/carbonfibre/mechanicalproperties_2.asp Wind http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/guide/weather/marine/beaufort-scale How animals/insects don’t get blown away http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/how-stick-insects-honed-friction-to-grip-without-sticking Ants, surface tension, rafts, OH MY! http://scipp.ucsc.edu/~haber/ph5B/bubble.pdf Surface Tension and an Ant http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/05/ants-link-up-to-form-unsinkable-raft.html Sweet, sweet viscosity http://ashleycadby.staff.shef.ac.uk/Materials/Resources/liquids.pdf http://files.smooth-on.com/viscosity_chart.pdf Scaling and Shrinking How Strong
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*** LINKS *** Backwards Bike Backwards Tandem Bike Rowbike Tandem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvPucDbmUPo Pedal Pub Milestones of Science: The Dandy Horse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DODYTaZARg Penny-Farthing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYBGDPjDVQs How To Mount Penny Farthing Tall Bike + Tricks 44-Foot Tall Bike Street Unicycling MonsterBike Hyperbike Monowheel Monocycle Riot Wheel Hoverbike Quadcycle Fun Bike by Todd Barricklow Drill-Powered Bike Lunarctic Hubless Wheel Prototype
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Some cool pics I ran across on the web this week. LINKS: Rooster Cat: http://www.bordom.net/view/57738/Pussy_Cock Ronald: http://theclearlydope.tumblr.com/post/8994359628/look-closely-because-im-pretty-sure-thats-mr x box 360: http://9gag.com/gag/206666/ tap phoned: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpi06yC5XH1qafu4to1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1313805695&Signature=hIMP9i7eCJP4IpqtK5VALQDF8go%3D Giraffe: http://www.flickr.com/photos/63187011@N02/5995502046/in/photostream/lightbox/ hairy chest tie: http://theclearlydope.tumblr.com/post/8697477194/clearly-dope-hairy-man-tie-every-tuesday Cat Face: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpn4d4PgQP1qza3e8o1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1313805578&Signature=p9kALR5bi8V8Sz%2Ff%2FT6pPLLGrrY%3D invisiblity cloak: http://9gag.com/gag/205908/ Bread face cat 1: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LuoRIdPmXBw/TklwqKUhaSI/AAAAAAAAJA4/fFtHFkG1nVQ/s1600/Fear%2BMe%2BFor%2BI%2BAm%2BBread%2BCat.jpg Bread face cat 2: http://mail.biskvitka.net/fotoshegi/15494-fotopodborka-za-denya-funny-pictures-for-04-08-2011.html dog bar face: http://theclearlydope.tumblr.com/post/8654395369/put-this-on-your-facebook-people-will-love-it Hayashi Natsumi: http://www.ignant.de/2011/08/10/hayashi-natsumi/ Whale tisue
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