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The author sarcastically reveals that the exponential dependence of resistivity on temperature in germanium is not true. They criticize the equipment and the available texts on the subject. The author goes on to describe their experimental procedure which includes difficulties with soldering wires onto the germanium crystal and using faulty equipment. They present their results, […]
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In the early 2010s, there was optimism that China’s economy would continue to grow at a rapid pace, surpassing the United States and embracing political liberalization. However, these forecasts have proven to be naive. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s economy had slowed down and faced a domestic debt crisis. The anticipated economic rebound after […]
In the midst of a scorching heat wave in Corpus Christi, Texas, power prices are skyrocketing to unprecedented levels. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (Ercot) revealed that electricity prices reached an astonishing $2,500 per megawatt-hour for Sunday evening, a colossal leap from Saturday’s high of approximately $275. This surge in demand, combined with strained […]
This podcast episode tells the story of Ron Garrett, a robotics and AI enthusiast who wanted to bring LISP, a programming language known for its parenthesis and macros, into NASA’s Mars rover project. Ron and his team at the Jet Propulsion Lab faced challenges and skepticism due to the prevalent use of other programming languages […]
Baldur’s Gate 3 has exceeded all expectations, becoming a massive success. Surpassing even its developer Larian’s predictions, the game reached 500,000 concurrent players, making it the third most played game on Steam. This is a surprising achievement, considering it is a single-player, hardcore RPG. Baldur’s Gate 3 has also entered the top 10 peak playercounts […]
In 1945, Vannevar Bush proposed the idea of memex, a mechanical device that would store books, records, and communications and allow users to create trails linking from one document to another. Although the web is often assumed to be an advanced version of memex, it falls short of Bush’s original vision. On the web, documents […]
In this web content, the author delves into the inner workings of WIN87EM.DLL, the math exception handler in the Windows 3.1 operating system. The author notes that WIN87EM.DLL is an x87 floating-point emulator and is responsible for intercepting math errors. The code in WIN87EM.DLL appears to have been written and rewritten multiple times, resulting in […]
In this article, the author describes their experience visiting 50 dentists across the United States to assess the consistency and fairness of American dentistry. They received vastly different diagnoses and treatment plans from each dentist, with costs ranging from $500 to almost $30,000. The author highlights the lack of standardization and inconsistency in dentistry, pointing […]
Judge Amit Mehta will preside over the Google antitrust case and determine whether the company has monopolized the search market. The government alleges that Google maintains its monopoly by locking down distributors and ensuring that consumers only see Google as their search engine option. This is similar to what Microsoft did in the 1990s with […]
Jupyter AI is a tool that allows users to explore generative AI models in a user-friendly and powerful way. It offers a magic function called %%ai, which can turn the Jupyter notebook into a reproducible generative AI playground. This feature works with various platforms like JupyterLab, Jupyter Notebook, Google Colab, VSCode, and more. Jupyter AI […]