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Origami Mathematics Page

http://origametry.net/origamimath.html

books on origami-math. Science Fair and Project Advice Looking for ideas for a science fair or class project on origami math? Look here before emailing me. My YouTube Channel This

Curiosity Blog – Elliot Temple

https://curi.us/

philosophy, politics, science, education), not on writing, but it was still writing practice. Two common obstacles to writing are perfectionism and procrastination. If you partici
Philosophy blog posts by Elliot Temple about reason, criticism, discussion, and related topics.

The Problems with Utilitarianism | Luke Smith

https://lukesmith.xyz/articles/the-problems-with-utilitarianism/

have a Ph.D. in neuroscience (obviously I am being sarcastic), but I think he's ignoring all the important problems either to appeal to a public audience or just to convince himse
Thinking twice about the Enlightenment's default view of social value.

The GNU MPFR Library

https://www.mpfr.org/

MPFR received the Open Science Free Software Award in the Scientific and Technical category ( page of the Open Science Awards 2025 ceremony ). MPFR Links Internal links: Latest re

Why I am a Platonist

https://friesian.com/ross/platonis.htm

models. Allan Sandage, "Science and religion -- separate closets in the same house," Science and the Spiritual Quest, New Essays by Leading Scientists , edited by W. Mark Richards

Building software for yourself with Linus Lee (Changelog Interviews #455)

https://changelog.com/podcast/455

introductory computer science courses at my university, and one of the really fun projects we got to do at the end of the semester was build a really simple Lisp interpreter, whic
Today we're talking to Linus Lee about the practice of building software for yourself. Linus has several side projects we could talk about, but today's show is focused on L

Automating Quilt Design

https://jacobwsmith.xyz/stories/quilting.html

to math and computer science so that I could be better equipped to dive into the realm of computer generated art whenever I felt like it, and recently I felt like spending a few h

The Kernel Hacker's Bookshelf: Ultimate Physical Limits of Computation [LWN.net]

https://lwn.net/Articles/286233/

a morass of politics, science, and plain old engineering. It's hard to understand the myriad forces driving demand and the many factors affect innovation including economies of sc
Moore's Law - we all know it (or at least think we do). To be annoyingly exact, Moore's Law i [...]

Philosophical Problems with Calculus

https://friesian.com/calculus.htm

to zero in all good conscience. At the same time, 9 does give us a well-defined and clear notational difference, strictly addressing an infinitesimal difference, with 1 . If we ju

David Freeman, Meta/Facebook

http://theory.stanford.edu/~dfreeman/

engineering and data science teams at LinkedIn . Topics I care about from both a practical and research standpoint include: Social network abuse (fake and compromised accounts; fa

Swami Vidyatmananda "The Making of a Devotee" Chapter 11

https://ramakrishna.de/vidyatmananda/Chapter11.php

My own doubts began at Science Research Associates long ago when confronted with the uncertainties inherent in what was referred to as human engineering. In all active human situa
Chapter 11 of the Autobiography of the late Swami Vidyatmananda (1913-2000), one of the first westerners to become a monk of the Ramakrishna-Order of Inda

The Last Psychiatrist: The Dove Sketches Beauty Scam

https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2013/05/dove.html

Math, English, History, Science, PE, and Lunch notwithstanding.  A, not R.  But if everyone deserves it, it has no value.  Which is why getting  it is unsatisfying.  Self-esteem i


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