2026-07-25T12:36:55+02:00 https://nostr.ae Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов https://nostr.ae/npub1eucypjwfhjzyazlphtgqx508aqz90yg3yd2m5dp5uszafxxsxmxs6gfkvk https://ftp.ieji.de/accounts/avatars/114/329/869/160/467/389/original/92deb9a433cd6f2d.jpg https://ftp.ieji.de/accounts/avatars/114/329/869/160/467/389/original/92deb9a433cd6f2d.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst77hmua7zr8uxfyl2g60fwwhd75800ecpxqmkyep8h2e2jrh95vczyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6pllf65 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqk9eymw9et4lhx7yc4ze9n8fqt7hdrvmztm0zxm8kqlurlcsy0dqdk0s8v'>nevent1q…0s8v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I only wish I had experience with Plan 9.<br/><br/>I have used `rc&#39;, though.<br/>(I have used `es&#39;, too, for that matter.)<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fp0f6pu5k4v7wh3lzsvh7pk5xwgkhpkcszumc74zf9uwt04n4lfskr54p5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>screwlisp</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fp0…54p5</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lymxe8vgdzqytrdrvngaezrrp6gj6xdk5tmsmqpvqwfdhdmv7edsdjfqe3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tomáš</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lym…fqe3</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gnu7eyvs2nd4u32253956ywmvycdck9552wqe9cea2gf6k56uyqql30jmx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>amen zwa, esq.</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gnu…0jmx</span>)</a></span> 2026-06-23T18:51:30+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd0ztapr6ukxqap2je8fxs527zg2cdtll7ya459ys2zj3hw754d7gzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6yjcgz7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxq9hac89fmhytx4k8g7f3s7j4kp0an39ax34k9capfm42qejqqqsu7vj57'>nevent1q…vj57</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hyperlinked to the adage about Algol being an improvement to its successors.<br/><br/>I forget the attribution, alas.<br/>Perhaps someone of the caliber of Dijkstra or Kay.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fp0f6pu5k4v7wh3lzsvh7pk5xwgkhpkcszumc74zf9uwt04n4lfskr54p5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>screwlisp</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fp0…54p5</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vlchukd4yknuculh52a5xzq98k4fcndnp4ptnl9jx7gr6j5nqsls06mzqq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vlc…mzqq</span>)</a></span> 2026-05-14T15:07:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8wsh4nr07xcd9h39cv2yhcya8n2kr855x9kxc4mn64qcn2tm3jgqzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6ugul0n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswdpkhzsf8tzv0v634rfzt3zr543jnvhauyqrlud97a4xzffhvwysed8rge'>nevent1q…8rge</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I should have made a deep study of Conway and Smith&#39;s book,<br/>and of your paper on octonions, too.<br/><br/>These are beautiful things.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-16T21:28:28+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs833lr6z8qjw5t0e2dlf7k4xluke87d38433hftrj59v267jf7lkszyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6dsgmw7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8e4cyjmltjgulkdjr00xwkdhq036gc0h6vwtk8cc88fnlh0e3qaq7cmd6s'>nevent1q…md6s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Indeed, and worse than a quagmire.<br/>Again, how many people think about the fate of science in Germany after 1933?<br/>Some do, but are they enough?<br/><br/>This matter is bigger than physics,<br/>but regarding the latter in particular,<br/>was Smolin&#39;s _The Trouble with Physics_ about 15 years ago<br/>a reasonable take?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p7uy38gmmfgap7wr9hqq3njg0zc5p4s5vykthq7k9sezfp2w220s3fkglz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ma𝕏pool</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p7u…kglz</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-12T06:43:17+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqp5wdyj83hgrxeuf3k2409e97x772vwhz0fxwuzfl60v6g8ructqzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv662f48y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9k6ae9dn5efvlcdlhmpl35nsyfmelv07aqa7j49fwjf2z5t4vg9sm57erl'>nevent1q…7erl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>By the way, would you say that functional programming<br/>has already become practical in this sense?<br/><br/>*<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-08T21:29:02+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstc567xw6jwplcdrmedyx9060nd8j8runtmy3dz3a7jqdnfkdyfvczyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6ahn09j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvm3vpaypeq6aqpr6xsvkgkw0kpzllhfgl8f6exrt8lypypdpydrg6jumwt'>nevent1q…umwt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Would you clarify or qualify &#34;co-opted&#34;, please?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-08T19:16:58+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdxjzqk42679z6hv6axttln7h5zgg8g3w8cpfaxzeqskyxkn9f3mszyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6rppqdg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0uqn2fuxh24hven8dp74qw3vg0vkkrwv3392xxppsuary73ed8pccfzlph'>nevent1q…zlph</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Would you say that this matches the protests five years ago,<br/>in the summer of 2020?<br/><br/>(Does it match them in participation?)<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xw72jymypjdstdz82h6srlmtdv9u5xg70nn3xaazlkel8dsc7ljqger9m5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ben Royce V͎O͎T͎E͎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ ⁼ ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xw7…r9m5</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-07T21:08:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswj27qa3gwvjc5mvt8cstcfpcmtz2lf2fhpxcudsvp97aapu7jk2gzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv68tfaar In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr0sajp7xpy9e60kd89ntdmtjvfnpt9qxvslcgu2pvrtu73vrs4sctvgtep'>nevent1q…gtep</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you very much.<br/><br/>The significant part is just a single sentence at the end about an experiment just two years ago without details (I didn&#39;t follow reference 31), so I should &#34;stay tuned&#34;.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-04T23:13:49+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2vkd8j56sjsnnflz652c5rw2t8rwekca4gkfaz9fzkme5wvsvk6gzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6jv7hpd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx50ndhl6jge6xnhwlfq8v3q5jyk9ye4gg369gufvuf0kuw48wc9c0vsmdl'>nevent1q…smdl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does this imply something about gravitational properties of antimatter?<br/><br/>For example, whether it&#39;s possible or impossible that gravitational force between matter and antimatter makes them repel each other.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-04T19:12:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgz2rftrtz6dje68y9fwjen0kzcyw3f6upztmskrman2tt3k0a4sqzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6md62ql In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq4zrczstc7rjcas893yhzuplgqvud6psj39uvk2rekddnjx7ludgtzzxrd'>nevent1q…zxrd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Forgive me if it is obvious, just not to me, that the following is nonsense.<br/><br/>May I venture a non-educated guess that it can&#39;t be done in three dimensions, but maybe it can in four dimensions?<br/><br/>This doesn&#39;t match the problem,<br/>just explains my thinking:<br/>A can pass through B<br/>and<br/>B can pass through A,<br/>if they are ellipsoids,<br/>one &#34;cigar&#34;-shaped and one &#34;disk&#34;-shaped.<br/>We can&#39;t make a triple with a third ellipsoid C in three dimensions,<br/>but it ought to be possible in four.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12cuzzqzv8e8y7na77a9zv47mx2v6pec60qs5h7takzmv5p0mw0fsmgd38p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Greg Egan</span> (<span class="italic">npub12cu…d38p</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-02T15:20:00+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs00xqueh7as6aqngpk86x6fq28nuaxjugeue68rkky8ajsrfjf5aqzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6l5wa2t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq08sza7nyq03uy7yu9lepfgmnatnrn6jt5nqda28yjchp5e3ktnq6q0h29'>nevent1q…0h29</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not a flaw, it&#39;s a tradeoff.<br/><br/>_Some_ tradeoff must be made here.<br/>(Like in many other cases.)<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1326y4p8mw4l750yc8e52n0xguvcl5j0dn88ul5r2gjva2sh2ay7qjqgzqx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>LisPi</span> (<span class="italic">npub1326…gzqx</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub159anymv7vaua23w4g3vxxujffp998sw2q0q8xlqlhukhhr3l45qqj2j4zd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>quantenzitrone</span> (<span class="italic">npub159a…j4zd</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16hky0ks5uf2jk96hl48ul98sjr98fx34que5z9zwy8vcv5nml2rqw8dqr9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>alina🐾💖✨🏳️‍⚧️</span> (<span class="italic">npub16hk…dqr9</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1unuk3qlmq94q0n7sgd0fu6kt4w6crrlwzm4w8zz7crmkq4rydyvskrhpy6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>grimmauld</span> (<span class="italic">npub1unu…hpy6</span>)</a></span> 2025-09-01T08:43:38+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2xkw0jdh20m2gmqsecfg32td9wghjff45586j7pudf5d7ynzyxwgzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6qa42u0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8h6m80mlt5stzj2uqthvd6jprxlpq4afew0dvukja2ardudaa8tc9ewzrc'>nevent1q…wzrc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Indeed.<br/><br/>Now, how to make Jeff Atwood and those who listen to him take heed?<br/>Regrettably, I don&#39;t know...<br/>🙁<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p095l6jcegr5j3zz0zjg2zukf7aq34awuetvkkpc8z78qwlvwavs5hm5vl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Aral Balkan</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p09…m5vl</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-31T12:00:36+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp5sm3nwt6n09cm5xlpvdglf8ejqmjtl7qq4ld9kxmamds67f80wszyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6fr74tf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfrtudl8vh85lvqa0vz2fahsk3z7sjss7asa3aq6jfhcuwpymn75ge0ms3j'>nevent1q…ms3j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I may want to find out if this is the same Prince Rupert as that after whom the tears of glass are named.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-28T14:20:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr2fptv340jsv5svh98pweaypaelqastes4czn98g350l27ktfz5czyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6a4rm76 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp0afpxry6ymumwfg7chn8gl3h7lecd3d7ugwvstsy50frefmvdpgsqjx6v'>nevent1q…jx6v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons interbred.<br/>So it&#39;s the same with the birds, the bees—and the cats.<br/>🙂<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-17T12:01:13+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgjt5dctgyz5p2sqhh3p04cqfymawtfeunladnewqz323y0p5nenszyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv64nxs3p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy544vdnmhtp3qvak5dpqtggjs982msv8v98fa63e02q5py928wyqxatwh4'>nevent1q…twh4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right.<br/><br/>Seriously, fired clay (with the right additives!) is the oldest artificial material (eight thousand years, if not more) and still going strong.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub12cuzzqzv8e8y7na77a9zv47mx2v6pec60qs5h7takzmv5p0mw0fsmgd38p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Greg Egan</span> (<span class="italic">npub12cu…d38p</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-07T12:31:35+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghcu3hdg9tp48fn4mf6j0tltn6zvf0wqskp8t0q86m5rh6rx6regzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6w7708a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs854rvcgx2rsrzu9ec3mnlszwk9el89zu5she8aptnk3wymsy32rc6wq55h'>nevent1q…q55h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; Literally this means &#34;Comrade Building the Nation&#34;. It&#39;s a joke about &#34;Make America Great Again&#34;.<br/><br/>Yes, but I see more here.<br/>&#34;Build&#34; was a keyword in Soviet bloc propaganda and I strongly suspect it has been more or less the same in China.<br/>As in:<br/>&#34;We build for the Motherland.&#34;<br/>&#34;Let&#39;s keep building tirelessly, comrades.&#34;<br/>&#34;Build a new society.&#34;<br/>Etc.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-13T17:22:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswyhqdn3q5rfapdhylrvlc5338l8ev9hjfzstndj6crkhdusq825gzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6ekxrqr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswwasvq7wn3k0sdjp85q39f3dvrzy429l7qsv099ljnup43x6h7lcmqfpyg'>nevent1q…fpyg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; unless you keep your mouth shut and don&#39;t do anything overtly stupid, which is its own kind of demonstration of intelligence<br/><br/>There is even an ancient proverb:<br/>if you had remained silent, we would still think you were clever.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qnq4s6hjejx9j2fymnnq62vmychsc7sqyfwlz5axpyeygda7gxzsqtsy30" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1qnq4s6hjejx9j2fymnnq62vmychsc7sqyfwlz5axpyeygda7gxzsqtsy30</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qnq…sy30</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xw72jymypjdstdz82h6srlmtdv9u5xg70nn3xaazlkel8dsc7ljqger9m5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ben Royce V͎O͎T͎E͎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ ⁼ ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xw7…r9m5</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13f93fds9amp2q3sr5mdus65ds2xljntmnjw4dt5ux7wrppu9vuqsmfech3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Coach Sankhavaram ®</span> (<span class="italic">npub13f9…ech3</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-11T19:17:48+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsva0quuqqxsxkklsh9838n24f89phzupl8u3zvcvm09s8l6dy9q9szyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6lsspeq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyle9m2z55vm4lp2hu0rcvd7gj0g5xve68nnx9e32c609trv5257c5977rk'>nevent1q…77rk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; save some of your neighbors for a while<br/><br/>The last three words are key.<br/>That would help only during the initial, milder parts of the harm of climate change.<br/><br/>When hundreds of millions of people start migrating, those measures won&#39;t prevent the crumbling of all of civilization, not just the one &#34;we&#39;re used to&#34;...<br/><br/>🙁<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-06T13:49:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswpf2xcj6np2jvr842ac0qegw890ggzr0lsmygh5hxt8ml8mkyd4gzyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6mazv8e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr8krtg2py545mh2dwpm932hyevtkm9rp0p9tl2cyunhlp9tv8q2qhvapng'>nevent1q…apng</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; This is not what I&#39;d call &#34;complete discretion&#34;.<br/><br/>No, it isn&#39;t.<br/>However, this is product placement.<br/><br/>By the way, if a solution is proposed (either way), it will take a while to check it, won&#39;t it?<br/>That won&#39;t stop interested parties from advertising it immediately as The Solution, I shouldn&#39;t wonder...<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-07-01T10:59:24+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxpkhq6hn6qe5m46w8sfwxqq43dfgfxyn2ld2c90favxs7m0kv6lszyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6g3cjl3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4cnynfmycfcu070efm5rgrcwj85ukmwcca7j39h4rmfyzt07qdqxrulxp'>nevent1q…ulxp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&lt;&#34;&gt;<br/>a few pulses coming from below DON&#39;T have their polarization flipped. And nobody knows what makes those! Enough explanations have been ruled out<br/>&lt;/&#34;&gt;<br/><br/>I suppose the latter includes ruling out that these pulses came from the opposite side?<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nf4p4rh06z6n6lsvje4txk7eqs23y3hs8vd7nraq6tgwady5qvsqy3nqe4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Carlos Baez</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nf4…nqe4</span>)</a></span> 2025-06-14T21:44:50+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqt0hs8f8mlvtm5ctzq3flr7ap3chljl0we60qa90pepg76p8ragczyr8nqsxfex7ggn5tuxadqq63ul5qg4u3zy34tw35xnjqt4yc6qmv6a60x8h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8t2w8zgw2erats3sn42hwd3a2xmm3fwm8kqmt5aupypv200xpm4cv5yrfe'>nevent1q…yrfe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; a collection of individuals each rationally maximizing their own utility<br/><br/>But what EXACTLY is _rational_ in this context?<br/>An adequate, precise, explicit definition seems like it would require quite a bit of effort.<br/><br/>(I am even tempted to imagine it might require something on the order of an axiomatization of economics, though that is a grand but fairly useless image...) 2025-06-05T11:28:14+02:00