Category: fun facts
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Phase diagrams.
“Understanding and interpreting phase diagrams. Created by Sal Khan.” ~ learn more
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Go ahead, little goat, eat some poison ivy.
We have recently cleaned up a poison ivy outgrowth in our alley without goats. Next time, we’ll call in the A-team! ~ learn more
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Messy desks and the myth of the perfect workspace.
“Whenever I see one of those ‘here’s my workspace’ posts with the perfect photos of a sleek, clean, and pristine desk, I vom a little.” I do not have a messy desk, but that’s only because I have not had […]
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Jerry Seinfeld at Duke’s 2024 Commencement.
This was pretty good! “All of you here, without question, are the best of the best. Just don’t lose your humor. It’s not an accessory. It’s your Stanley Cup water bottle on the brutal, long hike of life,” said Seinfeld. […]
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Connecting solar to the grid is harder than you think.
“Inverter-based resources lack the physical inertia of traditional generators, making it more challenging to maintain grid frequency stability.” ~ learn more
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Shipbreaking photographs.
“I looked upon the shipbreaking as the ultimate in recycling, in this case of the largest vessels ever made. It turned out that most of the dismantling was happening in India and Bangladesh so that’s where I went.” ~ learn […]
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Jerry Seinfeld’s 2024 Duke commencement address.
He reminds the kids to have a sense of humor, as it’s their “Stanley Cup water bottle on the brutal long hike of life.” ~ learn more
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Peter Thiel speaks to political conservatives about California’s curse of tech.
It’s akin to the curse of oil for developing nations. ~ learn more
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What is a Lehman scale?
I guess Lehman is given credit for standardizing the fees for selling a business. The “Lehman scale” is one where the % fees go down as the value of the deal goes up. It’s the opposite of how Federal income […]