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Speaking of progress, Grok 4 announced yesterday. Elon expects it to invent new technology and discover new physics within a year or so.
Jul 11, 2025
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I think Colossus the supercomputer that Musk just built in Memphis TN is powered on site by 35 gas turbine generators. He is also...
Jul 10, 2025
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There is concern the rate of growth of data centers for AI will outstrip the infrastructure putting a strain on the grid possibly...
Jul 9, 2025
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I think society should require large AI data centers to generate their own electricity at their own expense.
Jul 9, 2025
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A geography professor that teaches meteorology won't get real funding to make warp drive. Try again Prof, stay in your lane. OTOH...
Jul 1, 2025
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It would be a lot more exciting if it were not total nonsense (Sorry, but you did ask for our thoughts, and that's what they are). This...
Jul 1, 2025
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If I remember, that was so two weeks ago, probably what I meant by the permutations, was the relative rotations of the squares with...
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There is a similar thing about Birthdays. The Birthday Problem : "in probability theory, the birthday problem asks for the probability...
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Thanks all! I originally came up with this while pulling identical pairs of socks out of my dryer. What are the odds? If I do laundry...
Jun 20, 2025
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You are right. ## 1-(1-P(B_5))^m=0,9 ## ## m=\ln(0,1)/\ln(1-P(B_5))\approx2175 ## where ## P(B_5)=1/(9\cdot7\cdot5\cdot3\cdot1) ## is...
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$$ \begin{align} \{\{1,2\}\}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,&n_{1,1}=1\nonumber\\ &n_{1,0}=1-1=0\nonumber\\...
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So the answer to my first question in the OP (the probability of having at least one of the original pairings) can be answered by using...
Jun 18, 2025
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No! It's not a typo.
Jun 18, 2025
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That last answer is not right. The correct answer is 2175. Also, does your formula give p(4)=0?
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Without loss of generality, we can assume that the first set of pairings is (1,2), (3,4) ... (9,10). The number of ways of getting...
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