computer science BS, in progress MS. 24. cat mom, epic gamer, tech educator, home chef, data hound, info sponge, mega nerd. ๐๏ธ๐๐๐งโ๐ป๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ป๐โ๏ธ
The Iรฑupiat of Alaska traditionally use a base-20 number system. In 1994, students at Kaktovik middle school worked with their teacher to invent a way to write this, since they found our base-10 unfamiliar. After the invention of Kaktovik numerals, test scores rose significantly
(a) this is fascinating
(b) I hate to think how messed up science is going to get as people use LLMs for things they really shouldnโt, which evidently includes any kind of random sampling.
My brother put a bunch of dirty old lego bricks in the washing machine and they came out assembled. I guess a few million years of this might produce some kind of lego life form, perhaps?
FUNGUS IN SPACE!!! ๐๐
Equal parts cosmic horror and nature being metal, let's talk about the lichen that grew on the OUTSIDE of the International Space Station!
Get your tea and curl up, because I PROMISE you wanna hear about these fungal cosmonauts ๐งโ๐
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