After the war, Feynman returned to Los Alamos to finish some work. One Saturday he needed an old document, but the classified library was closed. He remembered that physicist Frederic de Hoffmann kept copies of the project’s documents inside nine locked filing cabinets.
While waiting in de Hoffmann’s empty office, Feynman began experimenting with one of the locks. He guessed that a physicist might choose a mathematical constant as the combination. He entered 27–18–28, the opening digits of e = 2.71828.
Click.
The cabinet opened. He tried the same combination on two others. They opened too.
Feynman collected his document, then left mysterious notes inside the cabinets. One read:
“When the combinations are all the same, one is no harder to open than another, Same Guy.”
That evening, Feynman casually accompanied de Hoffmann back to his office. When de Hoffmann discovered the anonymous note, his face reportedly turned pale. He became convinced that the unknown intruder who had supposedly been trying to enter another secure Los Alamos building had now stolen the atomic secrets.
Feynman stood beside him, pretending to be equally puzzled, and calmly suggested that he inspect the other cabinets. Eventually de Hoffmann found the final note:
“I borrowed document no. LA4312, Feynman the safecracker.”
Feynman began walking down the corridor, expecting de Hoffmann to come after him in fury. Instead, de Hoffmann ran after him and nearly embraced him, relieved that the terrifying spy inside Los Alamos was only Richard Feynman amusing himself on a Saturday.
@jersnav@mtracey The attached article is informative, but how many service shops will be willing to answer all those questions and print off copies of service bulletins? I expect some to suddenly realize they are fully booked for now.
What I’m becoming increasingly aware of is our brain is very good at remembering anxiety and very bad at updating when the outcome is positive. Do the thing. Live your life ❤️
Trump family project in Albania caused 'irreparable' damage
A road cleared, entire zone deforested and a bridge built to span the channel connecting Narta lagoon to the sea
Bulldozers destroyed nesting sites of loggerhead turtles, threatened with extinction
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The dizzying pace of Trump's corruption is hard to keep up with. So I'm going to help you.
The latest? An under the radar announcement from the White House that medical research grants will no longer be merit based. Instead, Trump will hand them out to loyalists.
As a veteran, I'll always support a strong military. But uncontrolled spending won’t lead to better results. Trump’s $1.5 trillion military budget is approaching the combined defense spending of every other country on Earth. That is out of control.
Exclusive: Trump "close" to decision on "massive attack" on Iran. If he knocks out Iran’s power plants or water supply as he’s threatened in the past, he will get what he’s boasted about. A crisis in the Middle East, the likes of which we’ve never seen. https://t.co/k5neGJ0u4M
A survey by NerdWallet found that about 21% of families are also turning to free school supply drives, and 19% will buy at least some back-to-school clothes secondhand. ⬇️
@DenverChannel Secondhand? So? What’s your point?
At the rate kids grow, new at full retail doesn’t make sense.
Every family I knew growing up wore hand-me-downs from siblings and cousins. We suffered no trauma from that.
Medicare and Social Security deliver on the promise that generations of Americans have counted on: after a lifetime of hard work, you will be able to retire with dignity and security.
The top 1% owns as much wealth as our entire middle class, while too many Americans who've done everything right still can't afford a home. This isn't a coincidence — it was planned. We fix it by knocking more doors, making more calls, and winning back our power this November.
It’s amazing what a slightly widened pair of eyes and a tiny little pout can achieve.
This expression isn’t an admission of guilt.
It’s a carefully rehearsed emergency face deployed whenever someone says:
“George!”
…in that tone of voice.
John Larson is a Social Security champion!
Larson's Social Security 2100 Act will ensure that the wealthy pay their fair share and enable us to deliver benefits throughout the rest of the century.
We moved on WAY too fast from Ken Paxton letting convicted child molester Adam Hoffman off with a ONE-DAY JAIL SENTENCE.
Hoffman, who admitted to sexually abusing a young boy for YEARS, didn’t even have to register as a sex offender.
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?