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Oct 13
🧵 How mathematicians reacted to the first major computer aided mathematical proof in 1976 “the present proof relies in effect on an Oracle, and I say down with Oracles! They are not mathematics” … - Paul Halmos, UC Santa Barbara
The 1st Time Machines Mogged Mathematicians
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Walkman headphones: once a vice symbolizing a brave new world, now a virtuous symbol of the good old days. newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-forgotte…
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Nov 6
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Sony is bringing back its iconic 1979 Walkman on-ear style with the new Sony MDR-3R. 🎧 ⠀ Tipping the scales at a mere 38 grams with classic thin metal extenders, these ultra-lightweight retro cans bypass the headphone jack entirely for a modern USB Type-C connection.📱
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Will you support the ‘saxophone free school’ movement?
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Feb 17, 2025
The 1920s saw many schools ban jazz (1927)
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Nov 7
Unironically, video games like Grand Theft Auto reduce crime (inverting thesis of past panics about them) cbsnews.com/newyork/news/s…
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Nov 6
GTA 6 needs to hurry up and get here so y'all can stay at home and let us catch a break.
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Nov 3
The Horse Association of America had a lot to say books.google.nl/books?id=QGRFA…
signüll
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Nov 3
when the first car was invented, i wonder how much theoretical analysis ppl did esp as it relates to horses.

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