Yair Mau
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momath.eu/m.html?p=176...
awesome, highly recommend
awesome, highly recommend
momath.eu
November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
momath.eu/m.html?p=176...
awesome, highly recommend
awesome, highly recommend
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
Reposted by Yair Mau
I got one of those CO2 meters everyone is talking about and was horrified to learn that the CO2 levels in my home and office are fine and that I cannot easily boost my intellectual abilities by opening a window. Stuck with coffee for now.
February 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I got one of those CO2 meters everyone is talking about and was horrified to learn that the CO2 levels in my home and office are fine and that I cannot easily boost my intellectual abilities by opening a window. Stuck with coffee for now.
Reposted by Yair Mau
A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. "In English, a double negative is a positive. In some languages, like Russian, a double negative is still a negative. But, there is no language wherein a double positive can be a negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
January 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. "In English, a double negative is a positive. In some languages, like Russian, a double negative is still a negative. But, there is no language wherein a double positive can be a negative."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."
Reposted by Yair Mau
@bnuyaminim.bsky.social
I'm fascinated by this construction, where "et" is omitted before a definite direct object. was this optional in biblical Hebrew?
I'm fascinated by this construction, where "et" is omitted before a definite direct object. was this optional in biblical Hebrew?
December 2, 2024 at 4:15 AM
@bnuyaminim.bsky.social
I'm fascinated by this construction, where "et" is omitted before a definite direct object. was this optional in biblical Hebrew?
I'm fascinated by this construction, where "et" is omitted before a definite direct object. was this optional in biblical Hebrew?
I make no distinction: reading is about engaging with the ideas, not about the medium
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
Audiobooks count as reading.
November 22, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I make no distinction: reading is about engaging with the ideas, not about the medium
@jfriedman.bsky.social evolution as a phase transition
Are the major evolutionary transitions describable as phase transitions, as in statistical physics? A great example of this is the transition to eukaryotic cells, as shown by this excellent paper by Jordi Bascompte and co-workers europepmc.org/api/fulltext...
November 20, 2024 at 5:20 AM
@jfriedman.bsky.social evolution as a phase transition