Big O notation Updated 2025-07-16
Module bound above, possibly multiplied by a constant:
is defined as:
E.g.:
  • . For , is enough. Otherwise, any will do, the bottom line will always catch up to the top one eventually.
Bijection Updated 2025-07-16
Football Updated 2025-07-16
Football is a synonym for association football, can we be done with that! The word "soccer" is an aberration.
Bill Nye Updated 2025-07-16
Maybe we need these people, maybe we do.
The problem as with many well known science communicators is that he falls too much on the basic side of the the missing link between basic and advanced.
Video 1.
Bill Nye isn't really a Scientist (& why that shouldn't matter) by BobbyBroccoli (2017)
Source. Bobby's personal overview of Bill's carrier.
Binet (École Polytechnique) Updated 2025-07-16
TODO is there a publicly visible list?
Bisection (software engineering) Updated 2025-07-16
One of the Holiest age old debugging techniques!
The cool thing about bisection is that it is a brainless process: unlike when using a debugger, you don't have to understand anything about the system, and it incredibly narrows down the problem cause for you. Not having to think is great!
for loop Updated 2025-07-16
The for loop is a subcase of the while loop.
One theoretical motivation for its existence is that it has the fundamental property that we are immediately certain it will terminate, unlike while loops with arbitrary conditions.
Primitive recursive functions are the complexity class that divides those two.
Regulate the fuck out of advertising Updated 2025-07-16
It should be illegal to give someone money to advertise your product.
We should just use tags and upvote-based algorithms.
TODO find Sergey Brin quote bout advertising being a form of perverting search engine ranking neutrality. In other words, there are neutral metrics to what people find good, like links and upvotes. And then advertising is a way to pervert that to someone's profit.
Sometimes Ciro Santilli thinks advertising should be on-subscription only, but that is too restrictive, e.g. imagine the local business owner who wears a t-shirt of their business.
Video 1.
What Do I Think When I Think About Advertising by Daniele Grosso
. Source.
HIV Updated 2025-07-16

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