Forum: Puzzles
2022-05-18, 13:36
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Replies: 22
Views: 11,977
The truth about 1+2+3+...=-1_12
Nice vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuIIjLr6vUA
Supersums, Zeta and Eta functions, are also included for some extra spice.
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Forum: Factoring
2022-05-17, 20:19
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Replies: 22
Views: 541
None of the crypto stuff is good for anything,...
None of the crypto stuff is good for anything, except for increasing the profit of power companies.None of the crypto stuff generates interesting numbers for anyone. But the more extra steps you make...
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Forum: Lounge
2022-05-17, 20:13
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Replies: 1,689
Views: 192,201
Oh. A deep flaw in my logic there.
I suppose...
Oh. A deep flaw in my logic there.
I suppose the single case could have also died, So 55 killed + the originator.
So now I understand it. NK is doing contact tracing, and eliminating all the...
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Forum: Lounge
2022-05-17, 20:01
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Replies: 1,689
Views: 192,201
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Forum: Factoring
2022-05-17, 15:20
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Replies: 22
Views: 541
Okay, I suppose that could be workable.
Get...
Okay, I suppose that could be workable.
Get some bits from the previous block. Users generate new bits randomly. Mash them together with SHA or something. See if the result is a semi-prime of the...
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Forum: Factoring
2022-05-17, 14:14
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Replies: 22
Views: 541
Who generates the numbers? If they are truly...
Who generates the numbers? If they are truly created provably at random via some algorithm, then you couldn't ensure the "hardness" of the factoring effort. If they are created by "someone" (who?)...
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Forum: Lounge
2022-05-17, 14:08
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Replies: 1,689
Views: 192,201
According to Wikipedia...
According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:COVID-19_pandemic_data), North Korea has a single case of Covid reported. So yay for NK, right, doing so well.
But, wait. they are...
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Forum: Soap Box
2022-05-17, 13:43
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Replies: 905
Views: 85,390
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Forum: Soap Box
2022-05-16, 06:30
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Replies: 905
Views: 85,390
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Forum: chalsall
2022-05-11, 12:03
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Replies: 24
Views: 818
Then it would seem people are willingly...
Then it would seem people are willingly submitting themselves to the brainwashing. I'm reasonably certain that no one is required to watch such things.
To everyone: Turn off the TV. Stop reading...
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Forum: chalsall
2022-05-11, 00:28
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Replies: 24
Views: 818
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Forum: chalsall
2022-05-09, 05:06
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Replies: 24
Views: 818
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Forum: Lounge
2022-05-09, 03:51
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Replies: 6
Views: 327
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Forum: Science & Technology
2022-05-09, 02:44
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Replies: 6
Views: 410
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Forum: Science & Technology
2022-05-08, 23:19
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Replies: 6
Views: 410
I think it simply boils down to a single...
I think it simply boils down to a single statement:
Information != knowledge
Having more data means only that, more data. You can't conflate that with understanding or insight.
Although you...
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Forum: PrimeNet
2022-05-05, 06:33
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Replies: 123
Views: 31,273
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Forum: PrimeNet
2022-05-05, 06:04
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Replies: 123
Views: 31,273
So how to make it less bad?
After expiry,...
So how to make it less bad?
After expiry, one could compute the ETA (A) based upon the partial progress (or use the ETA reported by Prime95) and compare that to the ETA (B) for someone else to...
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Forum: Information & Answers
2022-05-03, 16:59
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Replies: 11
Views: 614
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-05-03, 16:31
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,097
The order doesn't matter.
"... should look...
The order doesn't matter.
"... should look like this." isn't the same as "... shall be this." IMO.
IIUC "like" means similar, not exact. At least in this context. I know there are other...
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Forum: Puzzles
2022-05-03, 03:57
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,097
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2022-05-03, 00:56
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Replies: 4
Views: 145
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Forum: Information & Answers
2022-05-02, 14:34
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,503
All of them.
Nothing goes out untested....
All of them.
Nothing goes out untested. Faulty ones are discarded, weak ones are sold cheap, better ones are sold for a premium.
Yield percentage is very important to them. Too many discarded...
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Forum: Information & Answers
2022-05-02, 03:39
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,503
It goes smaller than one micron.
There are...
It goes smaller than one micron.
There are always defects in the resulting chips. Some defects are fatal, some are manageable, some are imperceptible. Impurities in the substrate and the doping....
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Forum: sweety439
2022-04-30, 04:48
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Replies: 6
Views: 246
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Forum: sweety439
2022-04-30, 04:25
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Replies: 6
Views: 246
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