Fraunhofer diffraction Updated 2025-07-16
Far field approximation to Kirchhoff's diffraction formula, i.e. when the plane of observation is far from the object diffracting.
Fresnel diffraction Updated 2025-07-16
Near field approximation to Kirchhoff's diffraction formula, i.e. when the plane of observation is near the object diffracting.
Classification of k-transitive groups Updated 2025-07-16
MacKenzie Bezos Updated 2025-07-16
Her neck is huge! She also redid her teeth at some point apparently. Some good photos at: www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/mackenzie-scott-how-the-former-mrs-bezos-became-a-philanthropist-like-no-other-1.4850049
Babel (transcompiler) Updated 2025-07-16
JavaScript bi-directional communication library Updated 2025-07-16
Socket.IO Updated 2025-07-16
async (JavaScript) Updated 2025-07-16async is all present in JavaScript for two reasons:- you make network requests all the time
- JavaScript is single threaded, so if you are waiting for a network request, the UI freezes, see remarks on the deprecation of synchronous HTTP request at: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest/Synchronous_and_Asynchronous_Requests
However, it is also Hell: how to convert
async to sync in JavaScript. I should have loved biology by James Somers Updated 2025-07-16
This resonates a lot with Ciro Santilli's ideas!
- physics and the illusion of life
- physics education needs more focus on understanding experiments and their history:
- Education is broken
- molecular biology feels like systems programming
I've never come across a subject so fractal in its complexity. It reminds me of computing that way.
Iterative post-order with two stacks Updated 2025-07-16
Iterative post-order with one stack Updated 2025-07-16
Iterative algorithm Updated 2025-07-16
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification Updated 2025-07-16
Like PCR, but does not require thermal cycling. Thus the "isothermal" in the name: iso means same, so "same temperature".
Not needing the thermo cycling means that the equipment needed is much smaller and cheaper it seems.
EPR paradox Updated 2025-07-16
Many-worlds interpretation Updated 2025-07-16
One single universal wavefunction, and every possible outcomes happens in some alternate universe. Does feel a bit sad and superfluous, but also does give some sense to perceived "wave function collapse".
Intel discrete GPU Updated 2025-07-16
Intel Graphics Technology Updated 2025-07-16
Money creation Updated 2025-07-16
Lorenz curve Updated 2025-07-16
Wealth inequality Updated 2025-07-16
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