There's another thing that's a little odd. Tall men rock climbers tends to do better, but among women, it's the smaller ones who seem to be better.

There is some truth to, what was it, Soros' reflexivity.

What I find quite bizarre that in India (where I am from) milk is considered ethically vegetarian whereas unfertilized chicken eggs are not.

But the weirdest experience I have ever had was at the main Google cafeteria. One gentleman with a steak on his fresh plate was quizzing the attendant at length to be sure that the mashed potato was vegan. After many months of thinking I found a plausible reason.

Toned homogenised milk is just a thin watery gruel colored white. For me Half'nHalf is about the right consistency but you can't get it unhomogenized.

That said, cannot not post this mandatory calvin and hobbes strip

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT3Qdxv...

This indeed a sad story.

These topics hit the HN first page quite often.

By the way you might like making kaleidoscopes.

I have found using compass and ruler only methods much more accurate because I don't have a drafting board or anything. The usual school supply rulers are not finely graduated enough to rely on them. In fact they aren't long enough for my purposes (although I can get a longer one if I want. The fun of deducing compass constructions is its own reward).

Even simple things such as drawing a parallel can become insufficiently accurate. With compass and ruler, much better. Ideally one should have drafting board and T square.

Happy to meet you.

Want to visit Isfahan someday. Now is not the time I guess. The standard recommendation is Alhambra of course.

I thought rats would make great pets but the idea that you get attached to a guy who would die in a couple years is quite discouraging. You updated my knowledge.

My grandmother had an African grey parrot she had inherited from someone.

David Mackay's book hand holds a little more than Cover and Thomas, although it's remit is more than just information theory.

Apologies for the snark but I can't fathom how someone who is aware of the definition of KL not see the likelihood in it.

This discovery pushes the history of dice from 5K years to 12K years.

These aren't quite as symmetric. I guess humans had to wait longer to discover some of the platonic solids.

This golden icosahedron of orders of magnitude more recent vintage is quite a beauty

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333949003_A_Numbere...