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@curiosityonx Wow

NEWS🚨: An interstellar object has been spotted entering the solar system at high speed

"Algebra" by I.M. Gelfand and a. Shen. archive.org/details/algebr…

You either do or you don't? Let's face it, to many people maths can seem like intruding on a private conversation in a foreign language. But if you do, or even better, want to, here's a 3rd lecture from Sam Cohen's 'Information Theory' 3rd year course: youtu.be/9KknYY33alA

Revision tip: sleep with your notes under your pillow. Didn't work? Okay, how about watching lectures at playback speed 60x. Guaranteed to deliver top grades. Still no good? Ah well, here's Sam Cohen's 6th 'Information Theory' lecture via the slow lane: youtu.be/iiA8b-IWfkU

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows. - J. Robert Oppenheimer

At the end of almost all his painting sessions Frank Auerbach would scrape the canvas clean again. To produce one good picture, anything that was merely adequate had to be obliterated with more paint, or destroyed econ.st/3ATaJYv 👇

The surface of Mars, captured by the Curiosity rover. NASA

360 degree view of Mars captured by NASA's Mars Rover

Richard Feynman had an unusual hobby of safecracking. While working on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, he amused himself by figuring out how to open combination safes in the facility, much to the surprise and frustration of his colleagues. ✍️

@8BitShowAndTell 👍👍

Totally legit C64 releases from Argentina. "Silence Sevice" is my favourite.

Starship is the most power flying object ever created. Currently over twice the thrust of Saturn V and, with future upgrades, three times the thrust (10,000 tons of force).

@RetroTechChris @itsAPRILapples 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Yeah, ok. I'm not an Apple II guy, but I am pretty sure that this is what perfection looks like. Do you agree @itsAPRILapples? This is for sale about 30 minutes away from me!

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@cqcqcqdx Wow🤯

250 MB hard disk drive from 1979

@WevolverApp @EPFL_en Now I'm scared.

Elythor, an EPFL spin-off, has developed a new drone whose wing shape can adapt to wind conditions and flight position in real-time, reducing the drone’s energy consumption. Credit: @EPFL_en

1959  Grace Hopper   creates  COBOL,  the first high-level Common Business Oriented Language for programming management applications.

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Blast from the Past: Vintage Technologies Seiko Wrist Computer The smartphone of 1984

Gyroscope inside.