The Chinese were solving 14th degree polynomials in 1303. Why?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17885100
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@Surasanji @socialskeleton My ass is super lush, and I like them that way, so don't cry! Also note I said mathematically. What is mathematically correct and what is practical tend not to always go together. I really love that about maths ❤️
@Nyoei @socialskeleton Just because I have an ass that is best described as "lush" doesn't mean some no-meat bonehead is right! #LashingOutUnfairlyAtSkellyMan :cry:
@Surasanji @socialskeleton Social Skeleton is right. Mathematically, the jorts could be infinitely small. You are only limited by your imagination (and potentially your ass size) 😁
@Rameshbithar Hello Rameshbithar 😀 Welcome to qoto!
#Intoduction love to join qoto.org after having experience on Twitter
Maersk installed 100-foot-tall rotating sails on one of its tankers
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17885284
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@guizzy I don't have the space, but it's very thoughtful of it.
@guizzy Also, now I have that Long Long Man advert music going through my head...
But this is the kind of thing I put on my pinterest page...
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/521784306807496799/
I keep it for ideas. Things I find beautiful and inspiring, not things I want to buy or own.
Those microbes are quite interesting too. They're called haloarchaea, and they catch solar energy using a protein called bacterorhodopsin. It's made from retinal, one of the molecules which your eyes use.
Thing is, bacteriorhodopsin works *completely* differently to chlorophyll, and haloarchaea don't capture carbon dioxide like plants do. It's an entirely different kind of photosynthesis!
Convergent evolution is really cool. I love how nature finds multiple ways to do things.
@InvaderXan @Surasanji @freemo Yup:)
@Nyoei @freemo @InvaderXan The dreaded HedgeShark circles before a feeding frenzy.
@freemo I'm afraid this is an artist's impression, pretty though it is.
This was Cassini's final view. I processed this version of the image myself.
@freemo That doesn't look like it can possibly be real! It's beautiful!