This simple math puzzle has lingered in my mind over a decade because it has such a surprising answer. How would you solve it and explain the result?
> In a class of 500 students, 99% are right-handed. How many right-handers should leave the class to make it 98%?
You can check my blog for the [solution and an intuitive explanation](bshankar.pages.dev/simple-math…).
#math #puzzle #brainteaser
@pluralistic : "Trump won office in part by insisting that America's institutions were not fit for purpose. He wasn't lying about that (for a change). The thing he was lying about was his desire to fix them. Trump doesn't want honest refs – he wants *no* refs. To defeat Trumpism, we need to stop pretending that our institutions are just fine – we need to confront their failings head on and articulate a plan to fix them"
Play the right game; keep playing it to the end.
The sad part is that this moron has a good chance of becoming Canada’s next Prime Minister.
And yes, it’s real.
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[04:06] Syrian authorities announce creation of security council
Syria's new authorities announced they are forming a National Security Council, to be chaired by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
rte.ie/news/world/2025/0313/15…
#Syria #NationalSecurityCouncil #Ahmedal_Sharaa
Syrian authorities announce creation of security council
Syria's new authorities announced they are forming a National Security Council, to be chaired by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa.RTÉ News (RTÉ)
The Werewolf and the Yeti (also known as La Maldicion de la Bestia, The Curse of the Beast, Night of the Howling Beast, Hall of the Mountain King)
tubitv.com/movies/694120/the-w…
imdb.com/title/tt0073338/?ref_…
The Werewolf and the Yeti (Dubbed) (1975)
An adventurer joins an expedition to find the Yeti in the Himalayas, where he's captured by demonic nymphets who transform him into a werewolf.Tubi
Lufa Farms has the right idea - building rooftop greenhouses for fresh veggies above hyperstores/supercenters. They currently serve #Quebec and #Ottawa
(rooftop solar panels: also a good idea)
#greenhouse #hydroponic #health
There's absolutely no reasonable doubt that NY Mayor Eric Adams cut a deal with Donald Trump to get DOJ charges against him dropped in exchange for letting ICE Nazi agents run wild in NYC.
Mahmoud Khalil's unjust ICE arrest & disappearance is the handy work of Adams as much as it is Rubio & Trump.
If Democrats want to show they fight for our Constitution and civil rights, force Adams out and elect a mayor who *actually* fights for the people.
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! -Skye 💕 #SkyeLove
Tell us you have no idea how the Canadian Government works without telling us.
RE: threads.net/@detersforkentucky…
Eric Deters (@detersforkentuckyandamerica) on Threads
🚨#BREAKING: Justin Trudeau has resigned and Canada’s Liberal party has selected far-left Mark Carney as his unelected replacement. Canadians are demanding a real election.Threads
[Destroying Seniors' Lives] Musk and his Big Balls Pretty Boys can't conceive anyone doesn't have computers or can't use them effectively
Their plan was to kill phone service to SSA, and force everyone to use the Internet, or in person, while simultaneously closing SSA offices and drastically cutting their resources. Absolutely monstrous. -L
I want to say it was part of the grand plan to gut SSA without seeming to explicitly make cuts there -- if seniors just don't (successfully) apply, that's not a cut, right? -- but I don't think there's enough multidimensional chess ability in that group.
It really was just incompetence and not being able to see anything from a perspective that isn't a young, technophilic male with no vision or mobility issues, wasn't it?
Sheesh.
Erster Serien-Computer mit menschlichen Hirnzellen ist erstaunlich günstig
CL1 heißt der erste, kommerziell vertriebene Computer, in dem menschliche Gehirnzellen rechnen. Der Preis ist niedrig, die Lebenserwartung auch.Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)
This is excellent.
In the sixth year of this pandemic, you’d think people would want their beliefs to match reality.
I don't know about you, but I long for some cognitive...consonance.
healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topic…
#Covid #LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver #Airborne #Covid19
How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate
Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.Maddi Dellplain (Healthy Debate)
“Canadian border agents were upfront about the Bergs' slim chances of being granted asylum when the family arrived at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., earlier this month, Kaitlyn said.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says those seeking asylum "must prove that they have a real fear of persecution or face serious harm, such as torture or cruel treatment, in their home country or where they usually live."”
I wonder if the address is at 9 3/4??
I didn't feel like disobeying the demand today. Some other time, maybe.
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for Carbon Brief providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-em…
#climate #GHG #science #GoodNews
Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666 - Carbon Brief
UK greenhouse gas emissions fell by 3.6% in 2024 as coal use dropped to the lowest level since 1666, the year of the Great Fire of LondonCarbon Brief Staff (Carbon Brief)
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Question: is there wiki software out there that handles tags (date, word) with a reasonably graceful URL approach?
As in, site/wiki/2020/01 would give me all the pages tagged as 2020 and 01, site/wiki/foo/bar would give me a list of articles tagged foo and bar.
In node those kind of paths are referred to as "routes". A quick search on "node" and "wiki" and I found
docs.requarks.io/guide/structu…
Notice the url path?
So seems like there's at least one wiki the works something like you want. Don't know if it's any good, but looks nice.
Just an FYI to everyone on here:
I won't be around much for the next week or so because I'm vacationing on the East Coast and visiting with chosen family.
So, I'm kinda busy but busy in a good way.
But just so y'all know, I'm fine. Just busy right now.
I hope y'all have a good week. 💕
Unless a miracle occurs, Trump’s tariffs will keep driving up consumer prices and drag the U.S. into a 1970s-style stagflation crisis: high inflation, slow growth, and rising unemployment.
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Donald Trump Is In Over His Head
Trump's delusional pursuit of economic nostalgia is wrecking the economy and hurting the very people he claims to support.Joan Westenberg (The Index.)
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パッケージはね、もうね
「マミーポコパンツ/夜用パンツ」のパッケージデザインがリニューアル news.mynavi.jp/article/2025031…
「マミーポコパンツ/夜用パンツ」のパッケージデザインがリニューアル
ユニ・チャームは3月中旬より、「マミーポコパンツ」と「マミーポコ夜用パンツ」のパッケージデザインとロゴを刷新し、順次発売する。マイナビニュース
An infamous quote from another disaster: “You break it you own it.”
Risk of ‘Trumpcession’ rising, economists say, as global markets fall
theguardian.com/business/2025/…
Risk of ‘Trumpcession’ rising, economists say, as global markets fall
Donald Trump’s brinkmanship and stop-start approach to tariffs rattle investorsRichard Partington (The Guardian)
[03:50] Dozens of migrants held at Guantanamo flown to the US
The United States has flown all 40 migrants being held at its Guantanamo military base in Cuba to the state of Louisiana, a US defense official said.
rte.ie/news/us/2025/0313/15017…
#TheUnitedStates #40 #Guantanamo #Cuba #Louisiana #US
13 March 1917 | A Czech Jew, Valtr Roth, was born in České Budějovice.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from the Theresienstadt ghetto on 28 October 1944. He did not survive.
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