Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 35

Allele means "other" in Greek.

A linear map $A$ can be seen as a (1,1) tensor because:is a number, $v\ast$. is a dual vector, and W is a vector. Furthermoe, $T$ is linear in both $v\ast$ and $w$. All of this makes $T$ fullfill the definition of a (1,1) tensor.

A solution to a computational problem!

A vector field with a bilinear map into itself, which we can also call a "vector product".

Note that the vector product does not have to be neither associative nor commutative.

Examples: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Algebra_over_a_field&oldid=1035146107#Motivating_examples

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About their qubit:

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This looks a lot like the beans that Brazilians venerate and can be easily found in the United Kingdom as of 2020.

The more exact type seems to be pinto bean, but this is close enough.

2021-03: same but 2.5 teaspons, seems to be the right ammount.

2021-02-10: attempt 3: 500g 1 hour 30 minutes no pressure, uncontrolled water. Salt with one chorizo: put 3 teaspoons, it was a bit too much, going to do 2 next time and see.

2020-12-14: attempt 3: 250g of beans, 1.5l of water, 30 minutes pressure.

2020-11-30: attempt 2: 275ml of dry beans, about 50% of 500g bag, putting 1650 ml (6x) of water on pressure cooker Still had to throw out some water.

Density dry raw: 216 g/250 ml = 432 g / 500 ml = 500 g / 580 ml = 864 g/L

500 g dry expands to in water after 12 hours: 1200 ml

Therefore 500 g dry = 864 / 2 L = 432 ml expands about 3x.

Therefore, to the maximum 2.5L of the cooker with 8x dry volume water from this recipe I can use:and so:which is about 227 / 580 = 40% of the 500 g bag.

After first try, I found that 8x volume of water is way, way too much. Going to try 6x next time.

This game (1 or 2, can't remember) made an impression on Ciro Santilli for some reason.

Only many many years after playing it, after Ciro started getting more interested, did he learn that it was actually an adaptation of the Chinese mega-classic Water Margin.

"Suikoden" is the actual Japenese transliteration for the Chinese name of the original Water Margin novel.

Yet another case of Chinese thing better known in the West as Japanese.

The game puts great emphasis on the concept of the 108 Stars of Destiny, which never left Ciro's mind: making 108 allies, the main collectible of the game, allows you to make a more powerful alliance, and unlock better endings.

atlas.brain-map.org/ omg some amazing things there.

uk.vwr.com/store/product/8306728/microcentrifuges-ventilated-refrigerated-micro-star-17-17r (archive).

Always a bit too much on the superficial side, but sometimes OK, 5-10 minute videos.

A "Cryptocurrency swapper" is a service that swaps one type of cryptocurrency for another.

It is basically the same as buying and selling from exchanges for fiat, except that you only get fiat.

Swappers are in general able to receive send coins from any address, including self custody addresses.

Centralized swappers were a good way to workaround the endless Monero bans from exchanges circa 2024, e.g. x.com/cirosantilli/status/1771900725649371240 as they effectively serve as proxies for exchanges that are still legal in other countries.

They will eventually have to ban Monero of course, and then the only way left will be decentralized exchanges.

This leads to a scenario where the only effective way to ban Monero is to also ban all other cryptocurrencies. The question is if countries will go that far or not.

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Once we had the amplified 16S DNA, we were almost ready to start sequencing!

www.velp.com/en/products/lines/3/family/44/vortex_mixers/65/wizard_ir_infrared_vortex_mixer (archive).