Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 40

Uses CC BY-SA, what a hero.

The order of a algebraic structure is just its cardinality.

Sometimes, especially in the case of structures with an infinite number of elements, it is often more convenient to talk in terms of some parameter that characterizes the structure, and that parameter is usually called the degree.

They made gunpowder. Then the American Civil War came. Billions, baby.

Military links carried over well into World War II, where e.g. they built the B Reactor.

One of the biotechnology superstars of the 2000's/2010's.

Not a pussy.

For some reason, this is one of the things that makes Ciro Santilli want to puke the most. More than surgery or blood.

Looks cool. That's what 1k USD gets you.

Manuals: si.shimano.com/

TODO why can't we produce organic compounds more cheaply by total synthesis than biosynthesis?

Ciro once told a friend that his ideal life would be to "just chill out and eat his bread in peace" (while also learning and teaching the sciences). Quote "Omar Khayyam's chill out quote" comes to mind. See also: Ciro Santilli's cheapness.