"In higher dimensions, mathematicians still don’t know the answer [to the sphere packing problem.] [...] Now, in a short manuscript posted online in April, the mathematician Boaz Klartag has bested these previous records by a significant margin. Some researchers even believe his result might be close to optimal."
https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-sphere-packing-record-stems-from-an-unexpected-source-20250707/
"A national reckoning, as we slide further into a dysfunctional police state" by Robert Reich:
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-national-reckoning?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#problems #politics #predictions #hope copy: @renewedresistance
https://www.europesays.com/2213031/ Too much energy? The hidden risks of caffeine for youth #alabama #Caffeine #children #Dietician #drinks #Emergency #Energy #ER #Heart #numbers #Opelika #problems #room #Visits
Modern #problems require modern #solutions.
.#Clients hire #advertisingagencies to solve problems. But what if the way the problem needs to be solved runs counter to the client’s expectations? https://www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/thinking-differently-problem-solving #marketing #creativity #problems #solutions
Yet however grim circumstances are, human beings, if they really are human, occasionally relax.
[Homines quamvis in turbidis rebus sint, tamen, si modo homines sunt, interdum animis rexantur.]
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 16 / sec. 39 (2.16/2.39) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Grant (1960)]
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The Stream of Life sometimes glides smoothly on, through flowry meadows and enamell’d planes. At other times it draggs a winding reluctant Course through offensive Boggs and dismal gloomy Swamps. The same road now leads us thro’ a spacious Country fraught with evry delightful object, Then plunges us at once, into miry Sloughs, or stops our passage with craggy and inaccessible mountains. The free roving Songster of the forest, now rambles unconfin’d, and hopps from Spray to Spray but the next hour perhaps he alights to pick the scattered Grain and is entangled in the Snare. The Ship, which, wafted by a favourable gale, sails prosperously upon the peaceful Surface, by a sudden Change of weather may be tossed by the Tempest, and driven by furious, opposite winds, upon rocks or quicksands. In short nothing in this world enjoys a constant Series of Joy and prosperity.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Diary (1756-03-27)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/30195/
Who uses #Obsidian in connection with #WordPress?
Explanation:
You first write down the text in obsidian and then send/share it to your blog (by using a #Plugin or #API) based on WordPress.
How does this work for you and what about known #Problems or #Bugs?
Thanks in advance for your #Help and maybe sharing this Post for better reach.
So recently my laptop stopped recognizing that it had an Nvidia GPU in it. It doesn't show up in lspci so it doesn't get any work at all.
The GPU is seen by the never used Windows install and a LiveUSB install of Gentoo.
But also this laptop no longer supports power profiles. Which is wacky.
So trying to solve this problem a bit at a time. Slowly but surely.
How to solve a problem in exactly the way your client doesn’t want you to. https://www.martinbihl.com/business-thinking/thinking-differently-problem-solving#marketing #creativity #problems #solutions #advertising
Rethinking GIScience Education In An Age Of Disruptions
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https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.70048 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #education #training #college #university #GIScience #usecase #change #adaption #AI #machinelearning #discipline #workforce #professionals #learning #solutions #problems #openscience #ethics #GISethics #practices #crossdiscipline #academia
Biting Off More Than I Can Chew - Earlier this year, I bought one of those K40-style laser machines that was listed ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/12/biting-off-more-than-i-can-chew/ #k40lasercutter #laserhacks #problems #repair #rants #diy
"Over specification"*, a problem common across requirements specifications, implementations, and translations.
*Saying/doing more than what is or what should be
Two big problems in #IT that I don't see anyone trying to solve, and very few people even thinking about, let alone talking about:
1. a comprehensive set of #professional #standards regarding the #ethical operation, administration, moderation, and #oversight of public discussion forums.
2. a comprehensive set of professional standards regarding the ethical storage and transmission of personal #data and #information.
I don't think people even understand why these are #problems.
@IngridHbn This is good. Moreover most people in the US conflate #Action with #Donation. The problem with #Donation is it is an #Abstraction and few #GetTheirHandsDirty with the real #Solutions and never #Learn about the #Problems
About Wealth inequality NOT being a problem...
Nvidia confirms it is investigating RTX 50-series BSOD and black screen troubles, no timeline for a fix : https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-confirms-it-is-investigating-rtx-50-series-bsod-and-black-screen-troubles-no-timeline-for-a-fix
#linux #linuxgaming #update #hardware #nvidia #rtx50series #problems #bsod #driver