I finally saw quantum mechanics with my own eyes... (It's spookier than I expected)
Veritasium
Pretty great video, as are most of the videos Veritasium produces. He lays out the ground work clearly, talking about where we get helium and the early research into trying to reach absolute zero. At the end he throws in a bit of philosophy about scientific research.:
"So perhaps sometimes making the breakthrough doesn't require any extra intelligence, hard work or even luck. Maybe all it takes is for us to let go of the way we believe the world to be and instead, just for a moment, try to see it as it really is."
And then we have this short video I came across that gives us a very clear and short explanation of quantum entanglement.
is it so different?
Nanjec "The biggest natively spoken language on the entire planet." (40 second mark)
We have watched several Chinese historical fantasy dramas on Netflix, half a dozen this year. The clothes and sets are fabulous, and there are long scenes where we have fancy people just standing around and talking. The talk is mostly in consequential, but every so often someone drops a hint and, if you are paying attention, you will start to pick up on the evil plot the bad guys are making. But they all end the same way, happily, the guy gets the girl, the villains are foiled, and all is right with the world.
We watch these shows in Chinese and read the subtitles. Even after all this exposure, spoken Chinese to me is still incomprehensible, so the I found the above video to be enlightening.
Inside Chongqing’s Massive Hot Pot Industry
saintcavish
Chongqing is a big place. This map is about 500 miles wide.
There's a lot going on in China and my knowledge of the place is decidedly lacking. I have a pretty good understanding of the history of Western Civilization, but my understanding of the history of Asia is pretty poor. To that I end I looked up the section on Chinese history at Powell's City of Books today. Powell's, if you don't know, is big place, it's three story building and covers a whole city block. They've got a zillion books, but surprisingly, the section on Chinese history was only two books cases, and one case was devoted entirely to Communist China, i.e. the People's Republic of China (PRC), not be confused with the Republic of China (ROC - Taiwan).
Sum dood has been collecting financial data about Intel for a few years and is feeding it an AI program, presumably to predict the future so he can make good bets in the stock market. It's kind of a long and complicated story about AI and finance. I'm not really interested, but you might be.
