During a lesson, the great Renato Caccioppoli asked a student: “You are in the kitchen...

"I put the pot on the stove" replied the boy. "And if the pot is not on the table, but on the top of the cupboard?" "It's the same: I always put the pot on the stove". "No," Caccioppoli prompt…

Top stories for Long   During a lesson, the great Renato Caccioppoli asked a student: "You are in the kitchen, you have to cook a plate of spaghetti. The pot with the water is on the table. The stove is already on. What is the first operation you do?" Alessandro13 • Posted Nov 18, 2024 "I put the pot on the stove" replied the boy. "And if the pot is not on the table, but on the top of the cupboard?" "It's the same: I always put the pot on the stove". "No," Caccioppoli promptly repli... Read more » 50 12   Why might some companies prefer to deal with tariffs rather than invest in US manufacturing facilities? Wayne Wuschke, Mentor to Wile E. Coyote • Answered April 30 Let's look at something cheap to manufacture - Ramen noodles. It just so happens my home town use to make Ramen noodles. The building is empty and for sale for $400,000. As... Read more » 908 49   What was your last straw moment that brought you into action against something? 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Read more » 670 86   What are some reasons why engineers may leave companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, or Apple? Is the work environment at these companies as negative as portrayed online? Jonathan Kang, Silicon Architect at Google • Answered May 12 I can offer my perspective here. I've worked at Apple, Amazon, Facebook and now Google. Take a look at this (widely available on the internet) illustration: This is about ri... Read more » 2.3K 36   Why did Ken turn into such an awful character by betrayal on Barbie and attempted to takeover the Barbie Land after returning from the real world? Although he seems to be a good man and love Barbie in the beginning of the film. Johan Torres, Works in the movie industry • Answered July 25, 2023 Part of the plot of Barbie is that the Kens are the victims of systemic discrimination. They don't even seem to have homes. They are, at one point, called superfluous. Thei... Read more » 2.2K 147   What is your opinion on the Aztecs? Do you believe they were a great or horrible civilization in terms of culture and history? Jānis Šnepsts, military history enthusiast • Answered May 3 Impressive as their civilization was in some regards, it was as depraved as civilizations come, and the Spaniards did humanity a favour wiping the Aztec Empire out. After al... Read more » 769 69   What would ℵ0! Be? What sort of infinity could it signify? Alon Amit, PhD in Mathematics; Mathcircler. • Answered June 22, 2024 One very natural interpretation of the factorial symbol is that it counts permutations. In fact, [math]n![/math] is exactly the number of bijections (one-to-one, onto functions) of a se... Read more » 179 5   Is Hertz's decision to dump EV's including Teslas for conventional ICE ones an indication that EVs are not as good? https://driving.ca/auto-news/industry/hertz-electric-vehicles-gasoline-sale-ev-rental Scott King Walker, Driving since 1986. • Updated Fri Last year I was travelling to California for a conference, and I reserved a "mystery car" with Budget. It was the same price as their lowest class of tiny-car, and it offer... Read more » 115 5 Read more in your feed

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