When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk. The Vera Rubin...
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Fun little word game: Alphaguess. “Guess the word of the day...
Sep 26, 2024 · Assuming you're using binary searching (which is optimal), it takes on average log2(n) steps to find an item in a sorted list of n items. Assuming a word list somewhere between 5,000 and 20,000 words (as a reference Wordle accepts as possible answers something like 10,000-12,000 words), then an optimal search will take 12-14-ish steps, on average.
Ta-Nehisi Coates & Jon Stewart: Understanding the Humiliation of …
Oct 3, 2024 · I got a lot out of this interview with The Message author Ta-Nehisi Coates by Jon Stewart for The Daily Show.. Best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates sits down with Jon Stewart to talk about his latest book, “The Message,” and reconciling past …
Recently found: a message in a bottle at an archaeological d...
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Finalists for the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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While poking around for Christmas music, I found this little-known recording of Louis Armstrong reading ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas, recorded shortly before he died.. The poem, first published in 1823, would be Armstrong’s final commercial recording. Armstrong taped it on February 26, 1971, on a reel-to-reel recorder at his home in Queens, New York, during his last spell of good health.
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The long list for the 2025 Tournament of Books has been rele...
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Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink. “T...
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Why do the credits at the end of every movie say: “Any simil...
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