Watched the NASA livestream as it passed Cleveland
This story in Scientific American gets very technical very quickly, but the root scenario is [really] pretty simple:
Take a natural number. If it is odd, multiply it by 3 and add 1; if it is even, divide it by 2. Proceed in the same way with the result x: if x is odd, you calculate 3x + 1; otherwise calculate x/2. Repeat these instructions as many times as possible, and, according to the conjecture, you will always end up with the number 1.
Hard to believe with all the “smart” computing resources in the world, there is still an unsolved math problem. Also hard to believe I almost studied mathematics here.
Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving, and revolving at nine hundred miles an hour…
— The Galaxy Song
Left open for further thought and research…
— William Worrall Mayo, M.D.
Not sure that it was super effective, but I appreciate the teamwork by the state, Apple and Google
…your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should…
— Dr. Malcolm
Started following the Entomological Society of America on Mastodon and today I learned 1) there are brown widow spiders in addition to black widow spiders and 2) a Florida study found that the brown widows killed and consumed nearby black widows 80% of the time (!)
The amount of sunlight that strikes the earth’s surface in an hour and a half is enough to handle the entire world’s energy consumption for a full year…
— U.S. Department of Energy
Contact, it’s the secret. It’s the moment, when everything happens. Contact, it’s the answer. It’s the reason, why everything happens. Contact, let’s make contact!
— 3-2-1 Contact
Remembering those who perished in service to this country:
- Civil War: 655,000
- World War I: 116,516
- World War II: 405,399
- Korean War: 36,516
- Vietnam War: 58,209
And as vaccines start to take hold, also thinking of these American lives lost:
- Flu Pandemic of 1918: 675,000
- COVID-19 Pandemic: 591,265
Rest in Peace 💜
