Fellow nerds, check out this math quiz on The New York Times’ website that tests your ability to estimate colossal quantities with eight Fermi problems. [...]
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Fellow nerds, check out this math quiz on The New York Times’ website that tests your ability to estimate colossal quantities with eight Fermi problems. [...] The paper of record has broken huge news on its front page today. No, I don’t mean that piddling Supreme Court nomination or that inconsequential gay marriage ban in California. This is a truly startling trend sweeping the nation’s schools: Teenagers, it turns out, hug each other. [...] The New Haven Advocate pulled a pretty sharp stunt this week, outsourcing nearly all of the paper’s editorial content to freelance writers in India. That may seem pretty clever. But I wonder if the Indian journos who contributed knew they were being set up as punchlines. Somehow, I doubt it. And that’s not cool. [...] How I’ve gone 28 years living without a towel I could wear as a tunic and a toga, I’ll never know. [...] Oh, those lovable Los Angeles police. If they’re not sparking devastating citywide riots or bungling murder investigations, they’re trying to stifle free speech. [...] Finally, the august Wall Street Journal is delivering the sort of focused, high-value content its hip-hop-obsessed, bling-chasing readers have been clamoring for. A real laugher on A-1 today examines how the recession “is cramping the style of hip-hop artists and wannabes — many of whom are finding it difficult to afford the diamond-encrusted pendants and heavy gold chains they have long used to project an aura of outsized wealth.” [...] Good news: I’m blogging again. Right here. I’m determined to keep blogging as long as people keep visiting. So the pressure’s really on you. Don’t choke. [...] |
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