August 2012
71 posts
Polyomino →
A polyomino is a plane geometric figure formed by joining one or more equal squares edge to edge.
ex: monomino, domino, tromino or triomino, tetromino, pentomino or pentamino, hexomino, heptomino, octomino, nonomino or enneomino, decomino, undecomino or hendecomino, dodecomino
L’appel du vide (French) →
Translates literally as “call of the void”. The urge some people get to jump from high places when they encounter them, for example when close to the edge of cliffs.
Reminds me of being at the Grand Canyon, all I wanted to do was jump and soar
Razor (philosophy) →
Famous razors include:
Occam’s razor – when faced with competing hypotheses, select the one that makes the fewest assumptions
Popper’s falsifiability principle – a theory can only be scientific if it is falsifiable
Newton’s flaming laser sword – what cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating
Hanlon’s razor – assume incompetence over malice
Cyborg America: inside the strange new world of... →
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