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Patterns in random numbers
Ulam Spiral The Ulam Spiral is a method of visualizing the prime numbers discovered by chance by the mathematician Stanislaw Ulam in 1963. The spiral is constructed on a regular rectangular grid of numbers, starting with 1 at the center, and spiraling out. As shown above, prime numbers are very often aligned on diagonals, which …
.00000001 BTC = 1 Satoshi and no trust needed..
IMHO, how bitcoin and blockchains work is is a fundamental literacy point for our times. Deep down, mathematically and conceptually we are exploiting the DNA of creation as we turn the mysteries of “number” into working algorithms.. Excellent series of videos from the Khan Academy here and from imponderablethings.com here
Nano money will invade hyperspace
Its more like fuel than money and it will disrupt all economic and social exchange. An excellent vision of the potential of blockchains (another interesting side effect of prime numbers). Linky
Distempered animals butcher silly assholes
Can we disenfranchise their humanity? These monsters and their misshapen interpretation of god. I would ask them how this slaughter can possibly ennoble us.. before any creator or even the universe itself? They have soiled us all.. if anything or anyone out there is really watching, all humanity is certainly lessened by the shootings in Paris. Je suis Charlie.