Catenary Inversion: Curves of Sagrada Familia
Sagrada Familia is stunning and beautiful. If you ever go visit, don’t miss out on the bottom level: there are exhibitions about the constructions and histor...
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Around 9 years ago I was working on a multiple choice exam and this problem came up. Recently I thought about it again and it’s actually very simple.
Influence - Robert Cialdini
Following my new year new me resolution, I’ve finished reading the first book of the year (started in December 2017 anyway).
Having fun with queues
Recently I’ve been reading Okasaki’s Purely Functional Data Structures. In the first few chapters, the book discusses several really interesting ideas, that ...
Nerd sniping: prison break edition
First, relevant xkcd.