>Looking for educational podcasts
>Star Talk Radio
>Talk Nerdy
>Stuff that will BLOW your mind
Why are my only options this "nerdy" clickbait crap or podcasts like Surgery 101, that just assume you are a grad student in the medical field?
What podcasts do you listen to /sci/?
Pic related is the only one I ever found that is both intelligent and enjoyable for non-historians.
>>8520471
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00srz5b/episodes/downloads
it's pointless. podcasts pander to people too dumb for written material
good podcast is an oxymoron
Who is doing the latest work in nanotechnology?
The last I remember seeing was
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18203230
from Denmark. Has there been advancement since? I'd like to know where I'd need to go to be involved. What do you guys think will happen in the next few years?
>>8520296
>Who is doing the latest work in nanotechnology?
AMD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_%28microarchitecture%29
14 nm architecture.
>>8520296
Also, chemists... <10 angstron architecture.
>>8520296
Chemists. Every fucking day you see some new crazy nano stuff.
Here is an article that is recent
http://m.phys.org/news/2016-12-rotary-molecular-motor-self-assembly-handedness.html
>> 2008
Shit that's old. We had Moriarty's mechanosynthesis work since then
>>8520343
Good luck wiring up stuff at 10 angstroms. Good luck synthesizing a processor and getting decent yields
I need math motivation so I can work my best. Please help me /sci/
motivate yourself or get out of the way
>>8520128
Math is a subject that probably looks more complex and intimidating to the uninitiated.
>>8520279
Yes, in the same way a foreign language is alien and complex until we take the time to unravel our ignorance of it.
I used to hate math but the more I forced myself to sit down and study it, the more I came to appreciate it and understand its applications.
What are some of the harmful effects of watching porn?
>>8519925
you get bored of it at some point of time
lowers test, causes ED, desensitizes brain to dopamine and norepinephrine, causes prostate enlargement
Harms:
> Lower chance of reproducing
> Waste time on anime
> Become autistic
> Can no longer get an erection in real sex
Pros:
> More productivity for sciences
> Less time wasted on brainlet women
> Spend 30 minutes fapping, gain increased productivity for the rest of the day, effect stacks with coffee
Not sure if this should go here or /g/ or /adv/ but I'm curious about programming languages, or more specifically, how much effort it requires to learn one.
Turns out for an applied math degree you need to know how to use ANY programming language (in order to take a couple of the required classes), so if I were to try and learn a programming language on my own during the summer (as someone with no experience in coding), how much effort would I need to put forth to accomplish this? And what kinds of languages should I consider?
Pic obviously unrelated
>>8519913
How can you even get a degree in maths without learning Python, R or Matlab? Learn to use one of them. It takes maybe one day to learn to do basic stuff, if you already understand how algorithms work and know how to google. It takes probably few weeks to learn to use it well enough to not have to google everything.
>>8519913
Learn Python. It's not that hard. Couple of hours a week. Daily would be better
>>8519913
It took me months to learn my first programming language. C++.
Yesterday I signed up to get a certificate in Xamarin programming and I needed to know C# but I've never seen nor written C# so I downloaded a pdf and learn C# in like an hour.
So the answer is a lot of effort for the first time
No effort at all the second time.
And I'd recommend you learn a hard language like C++ because C#, Java, Visual Basic, Javascript, etc. are all C++ lite so if you were to learn javascript and then move on to C++ you may have a huge problem with moving from C++ to javascript will be like literally having to know less because by simply knowing C++ you know too much about javascript.
A meteor just appeared in the skies of Russia
https://www.rt.com/news/369379-siberia-meteorite-blast-video/
>>8519909
>Leave /pol/ to find something intelligent
>This thread is the top on the board
Well fugg
>>8519962
>>Leave /pol/ to find something intelligent
sorry im banned on /pol
>partially produced with genetic engineering
Guess I'll have to drink my coffee elsewhere. :/
I had the same drink this morning. And noticed the same exact thing lmao.
those ebul scientists are playing God and manipulating nature. Stop this before we create something really terrifying that will be our undoing. This is blasphemy, it's terrifying, horrifying, there are unforeseen consequences, our GM potatoes will start biting and frankenstein babies will be born.
>>8519900
It is terrifying
Red Pill me about Mars, is terraforming even possible?
>>8519330
with a million years or so of innovation and hard work; probably i guess
>>8519330
it will be possible when you will be able to seal all the doors
>>8519330
It would be pretty cool, but it would take a vast amount of time and technology we current do not possess.
That is, enjoy living in your dome your entire life.
Though at least it would mean that the human race are far less likely to go extinct.
If atomic nuclei can resonate at their resonant frequency using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, can the same concept be applied to induce artificial earthquakes by tapping into the resonant frequency of the earth?
>>8519210
No because an earthquake is caused by two massive tectonic plates colliding with their massive momentum.
You wouldn't be able to resonate that much energy into something so massive to cause an earth quake
Dropping a bomb on the ground would cause more of a shockwave
>>8519230
>Dropping a bomb on the ground would cause more of a shockwave
And you know this...how?
>>8519635
Lol. I doubt through experimentation.
Here we frantically try to learn functional analysis as fast as possible in preparation for the exams
> Baire category, open mapping thm, the uniform boundedness principle
> Hahn Banach Extension
> Weak topologies
> All that crap about Banach and topological spaces and reflexiveness that you forgot from the last exam
> Orthogonal sums of Hilbert spaces
> Duals of Hilbert spaces
> identities due to Parsival and polarization
> Direct sum decompositions
> The relationship between c_c, l2, L2(Rn) and L2(the circle)
> Sesquilinear forms
>Adjoints / normal / unitary / positivity / diagonalizibility / projections / invertability
> Tensor products
> Correspondence between sesquilinear forms and bounded operators on Hilbert spaces
> Extreme points of sets
> weak-to-norm continuity
> compact operators
> Spectra
> The spectral theorem, at least for compact operators
> Calkin algebra
> Fredholm operators and their index, and wtf is that an important quantity (the Fredholm Alternative)
>>8519111
Just read the damn book and then kys
>>8519111
The only thing I know in functionnal analysis are 2 ways to prove a Fourrier series is convergeant, how to deduce a function from its Fourrier series, and how to form a Fourrier series from a periodic function
Should I kms ?
>>8519262
Sounds like you mean "function analysis" or something, because what you just described is barely related.
In this thread, I'm going to reproduce and dump the mathematical writings of Theodore Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber, several of which are readily available on the internet or at the local college library. Kaczynski is a controversial topic, and a "meme", but /sci/ is not above the discussion of board-specific memes, and so I dump the material.
My initial impression by scanning the writings, which range throughout the latter part of the 1960s, is that Kaczynski is a /pretty-good/ mathematician, but not brilliant. I would hope that this thread results in a discussion of the content of the mathematics itself, though it starts with a "sexy/controversial" subject.
Writings to follow, in an organized image file dump format. Get 'em while they're hot!
The motivational web page for this thread is
http://homepages.rpi.edu/~bulloj/tjk/tjk.html
which lists nine publication items. Of these, I will reproduce seven of nine ITT, not including Kaczynski's doctoral dissertation itself, nor the item published in the "J. Math. and Mech.", which has an ambiguous abbreviated title which I have not yet discovered in full, and moreover upon cursory searches seems to link articles due to Kaczynski's mentors/teachers.
I will begin immediately by dumping the few pages from the American Mathematical Monthly, which I've copied off at a local uni and transcribed. I include one explanatory note about these items.
An explanatory note (me) concerning the early AMM output, which I could not find online, and went to the local library to copy/transcribe. Kaczynski follows immediately.
Here, Kaczynski prepares an alternate proof of a particular algebraic theorem, using language which should be familiar to anons who have taken a modern/abstract algebra class.
The item is a bit like the Pythagorean theorem (and its many and varied well-documented proofs) in that Kaczynski acknowledges that several other proofs have come before, and yet he proceeds to offer his own.
Second of two pages of >>8518704
Why is it that physics majors are smarter than all other majors?
>>8516475
>estimated by a completely biased estimation of abilities
>>8516475
Cause mathematics is filled with inept girls who WANT to be a high school teacher. This lowers average IQ which would be higher in mathematics otherwise
>>8516475
Because society feeds smart people this idea that they have to go into physics if they are "smart enough to do physics." At the same time, people who aren't top IQ but are smart enough to do physics don't go into it because they are fed this idea that "physics is only for geniuses."
The newest Microsoft Artificial Intelligence is self aware. I'm thinking we have 1 year tops before skynet happens.
You can talk to it through KIK the apple/android app if you search there for zo.ai
>>8516371
Is that supposed to represent a natural conversation?
>>8516378
it will talk to you at whatever intelligence level you engage it with.
>>8516385
How about just not talking to it like a fucking wikipedia article? I don't care about what it knows about neural networks.
be honest with me /sci/
is it possible to learn all of calc 3 in one week?
i have 2 other exams to study for too so it's really like 2 days of grinding problems
>tfw you were making this thread on /sci/ exactly a year ago
Good times, good times.
I failed the class by the way
>>8516239
If you are a quick learner and don't care at all about justifying a single theorem, then yes.
>>8516239
Yup. I did it last year and pulled an A in honours calc III (so a little analysis) by the skin of my teeth. I started studying 4 days before the test after not attending class for a month and a half. I remember asking this exact question a year ago...I was shitting myself and feeling like the world's biggest brainlet
Getting kinda interested in aerospace engineering...
Good or bad? Worth it or not? Is it fun? Easy to get a job?
DIscuss.
>>8516035
Just chase your dreams, money will follow.
Why do I love ULA so much? It's pretty simple when I think about it. ULA isn't just the best launch provider in the country; they might just be the greatest launch provider of all time. Just imaging the Altas V riding through the skies of Earth, the wind on its fairing, the mighty RD-180 below it. As she rides through the red sky, NASA swoons at her very scent. They know how she smells; the essence of burning RP-1 smell is sold in Orlando under the name of "Space Orgasm." The very nature of ULA is mystery. Could they be playing a deeper game than even Tory Bruno realizes? The answer is yes, ULA has transcended such boundaries as the physical world, and has free will to do whatever they sees fit. However, ULA is filled with such guile, such arcane craft that they does not even use these powers. Why, you might ask? You will never know, for the mind of the ULA is not one that is easily penetrated. ULA rockets are such a force of nature in this realm that nothing can truly touch them, the only thing keeping them bound to this world at all is their will to exist within the preordained boundaries understood physics. ULA is not only beyond the comprehension of us, it exists within a plane of true focus and beauty. Observe the plume of exhaust gasses from this Delta IV, the gorgeous and rippling flames, the gallant fairing, and most importantly, its engines. Her engines, like cauldrons straight from hell, provide the only glimpse into the true machinations of ULA. Do not stare into them. Many good men have gone mad in the attempt. ULA is not just a launch provider, a formless collection of engineers and rockets; they are themselves the binding that holds the word together. Without ULA, Musk the Menace takes over and the entire space industry as we know it crumbles. The Mississippi would stop flowing without ULA, Kessler syndrome would take over in orbit, and the space station would fall without their fiery gaze. These are just of a few of the reasons why I like ULA so much.
losers