We JUST solved a hard open math problem— the moving sofa problem!
"What is the area of the largest shape that can be manuevered through an L corner of width 1?"
On Dec 2, 2024, Korean Jineon Baek proved the answer is the 18 curve section Gerver's sofa with area 2.2195..!
@alicemedce Varför skulle det vara coolt eller tråkigt att läsa böcker? Det vi vuxna borde förmedla till barn är hur roligt, spännade, intressant, underhållande, utvecklande det är att läsa, hur världen vidgas när man läser, att den som läser aldrig behöver känna sig ensam. Oavsett kön.
I was taught it’s ok to get in a physical fight to protect yourself, if nothing else works. It’s one of the few useful things my father passed on to me and I would still do it today. More girls and young women need to be in self defense classes. Because their peers are shit.
#Teletext50 art exhibition on 🇫🇮 Yle Text
Featured #teletext artist of the day: @losso3000
https://t.co/aITX9gN5e8
This is closest you'll get to 3D teletext with a touch of @Kraftwerk from Alex Grupe. Plus: the @Volkswagen Golf, but there's more than meets the eye...
#pixelart
In 2022, Norway increased their wealth tax to 1.1%. In response, some high profile billionaires moved out of the country. According to a viral claim, this resulted in a net loss of revenue. Is this true?
No. Over the next two years, wealth tax revenue soared to all time highs.
if you aren't programming in a networked 3d virtual world on a 16-bit computer you designed down to the instruction set architecture using an editor and assembler that you wrote are you really even programming?