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Top stories for Long   When Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook in 2004 it was a basic application, is he still a basic programmer or is he now an expert? Silk Road, Polymath • Answered August 12 The man worth tens of billions does not write production code anymore. He was never a basic programmer. The first version of Facebook was a hard piece of work-a complex thi... Read more » 2.5K 68   Phi is the number whose square is itself plus one. 2 is the number whose square is itself plus two. Is there a name for the number whose square is itself plus 3? Is there a name for such a class of numbers? Alon Amit, PhD in Mathematics; Mathcircler. • Answered December 1, 2017 [math]\varphi[/math] isn't "the" number whose square is itself plus [math]1[/math], because there are two such numbers. They are [math]\displaystyle \varphi=\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}[/math] [math]\displaystyle \bar{\varphi}=\frac{1-\sqrt{5}}{2}[/math] Similarly, [math]2[/math] is not the only number whose square exceeds it by [math]2[/math]: the other su... Read more » 199 5   Why did the new Quantum Leap flop? Francis, Metamodernist for decades before I heard the term • Answered August 20 Because the Quantum Leap writers didn't pay attention to one of the biggest flaws in the Jodie Whittacre Dr Who series. Seriously, the 2005 Doctor Who reboot is Quantum Lea... Read more » 579 113   What will likely turn a lot of Americans against Donald Trump and his second administration? Henry R. Greenfield, MBA Finance & History, Thunderbird School of Global Management (1972) • Answered June 4 Let's focus on one group who it will take this to turn against Trump. It was the same in Germany. Once you are so invested in your Dear Leader, your Fuhrer there is no way ... Read more » 1.5K 461   "I'm done" or "I've done," which is correct? Frank Dauenhauer, former Technical Writer & Editor of Company Publications at Eastman Kodak Produc... • Answered April 30, 2020 "I'm done." or "I've done." Which is correct? Although both are grammatically correct, in practice only the first one would stand by itself. The second one would be part of ... Read more » 1.4K 163   Is the title "Professor" for life? If a university professor resigns or is fired, is s/he still entitled to be styled "Prof."? Colin Riegels, admitted as a lawyer in five countries • Answered January 24 Answering for the UK: I don't think that it is a law or anything, but by convention if you are awarded a full chair (ie. become a professor) then you are normally expected ... Read more » 88 11   What work secret did you accidentally find out that changed everything? Ken S., Common Sense Consultant • Answered April 6 I was working in the entertainment industry and we provided technical support for productions. As it got close to the end, they would start working more hours and needed ad... Read more » 766   Where is the Hitler"s grave? Samuel Minzey, B.A History & Political Science, University of Michigan (2022) • Answered January 28, 2018 Only one person on Earth knows, and he will never tell. After Hitler had killed himself, the Nazis ran into his study and found he and his wife dead. Hitler had shot himself... Read more » 2.4K 460   Why is vitamin B12 so dangerous? Matthew Kireken, former Doctor Who Genuinely Loves People • Answered July 28 Most people are going to hate this but its the truth, please forgive me if I happen to offend you but I would rather speak the truth and save your life. Vitamin B12 also ca... Read more » 3.5K 648   What prevents the United States of America, the most advanced country, which would not lack the most qualified workforce, from manufacturing all its goods and providing all its services and thus not needing to import any products? Mike Webster, studied at Athabasca University • Answered April 12 Well first of all the United States is not the most advanced company and they do not have the most qualified work force. Second of all, the cost to manufacture goods in the... Read more » 33   Why did Microsoft launch Windows 11 all of a sudden, even though they used to say "Windows 10 is Microsoft's last OS"? Michel Meyran, building and repairing PCs since 1995 • Answered August 27 Because the EULA for Windows 10 didn't make it a requirement for you to share your data with Microsoft. So, while they built more and more 'telemetry' (AKA 'spyware') in Wi... Read more » 59 18   Pi isn't actually an infinite number, right? Surely, it's a load of nonsense to actually believe that it is? Lucas Curtis, lover of numbers • Answered August 21 You're absolutely right! Pi isn't an infinite number, and it is a load of nonsense to claim that it is. [math]3 < \pi < 4[/math]. The first thing they teach you in math class is that any number that... Read more » 1K 85 Read more in your feed

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