Forum: Lounge
2021-04-16, 03:46
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Replies: 4,273
Views: 319,032
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Forum: Lounge
2021-04-15, 16:12
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Replies: 4,273
Views: 319,032
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-15, 16:09
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Replies: 38
Views: 4,685
Or, at least, so they claim.
That excuse...
Or, at least, so they claim.
That excuse doesn't work in places where guns are not freely available.
Rogue cop: "I thought his cell phone was a gun, your honour, so I shot him."
Judge:...
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Forum: Lounge
2021-04-15, 11:15
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Replies: 4,273
Views: 319,032
The eyes have it
When: ⅈ = √-1
Then: (((ⅈ^ⅈ)^ⅈ)^ⅈ)^ⅈ = ⅈ
And ⅈ^ⅈ^ⅈ^ⅈ^...^ⅈ^ⅈ converges to ~ 0.438282... + 0.360592...ⅈ
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Forum: Hardware
2021-04-12, 14:21
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Replies: 20
Views: 533
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Forum: Software
2021-04-11, 17:28
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Replies: 7
Views: 162
You have just encountered the standard time...
You have just encountered the standard time estimation problem.
There are many things that can make estimates bad. Perhaps the most likely is that you are running other higher priority tasks which...
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-04-11, 11:07
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Replies: 5
Views: 144
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-04-11, 10:18
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Replies: 5
Views: 144
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Forum: Puzzles
2021-04-11, 08:34
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Replies: 5
Views: 144
Doubling your average speed?
You are at the beginning of a perfectly flat and perfectly straight section of road that is exactly 1000 metres long (d = 1000 metres).
You are wearing a Super-Chronograph 9000 stopwatch which can...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-04-11, 05:56
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Replies: 79
Views: 3,187
If enough people make enough predictions (i.e....
If enough people make enough predictions (i.e. they simply cover all possible exponents) then it will happen that someone will guess the next prime.
And of course we know the reaction: They will...
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Forum: Homework Help
2021-04-09, 20:23
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Replies: 20
Views: 779
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-07, 17:08
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,108
It is soooo convenient
At the counter of the grocery store ...
Me: Can I buy this ice-cream with bitcoin here?
Cashier: Yes sir, no problem.
Me: How?
Cashier: Just get out your computer, connect to the...
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-06, 08:32
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Replies: 362
Views: 40,740
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Forum: Science & Technology
2021-04-05, 13:31
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Replies: 189
Views: 9,226
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-04-05, 02:26
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,108
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Forum: PrimeNet
2021-04-04, 10:40
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Replies: 2,127
Views: 203,935
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Forum: Tales From the Crypt(o)
2021-04-04, 07:19
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Replies: 280
Views: 66,738
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Forum: Factoring
2021-04-04, 02:21
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Replies: 18
Views: 509
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Forum: Factoring
2021-04-02, 19:50
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Replies: 18
Views: 509
Good. Not putting sensitive information on a...
Good. Not putting sensitive information on a connected system for malware (and that includes Windows) to grab.
But I feel you might have missed the point. A lot of the arguments about privacy...
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Forum: Factoring
2021-04-01, 21:03
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Replies: 18
Views: 509
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Forum: Factoring
2021-04-01, 18:11
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Replies: 18
Views: 509
IMO Linux is adequate, but it has many rough...
IMO Linux is adequate, but it has many rough edges, and some very sharp edges.
But a stronger reason to use Linux is to prevent feeding MS with ever more spy data. MS have no business scooping up...
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-03-30, 20:28
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,108
People can see it.
The currency only has...
People can see it.
The currency only has value when it can be spent on things. As of now the main purpose appears to be to speculative, and try to make money from the new idiots buying into the...
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-03-25, 12:43
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,870
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-03-21, 18:33
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Replies: 15
Views: 610
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Forum: Viliam Furik
2021-03-21, 15:40
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Replies: 14
Views: 391
For p = 5 I get:
s(3) = 37634
37634 mod...
For p = 5 I get:
s(3) = 37634
37634 mod (2^p-1) = 0 ; no surprise there
37634 = 1214 * (2^p-1) ; so X = 1214
37634 = 7526 * p + 4
So your last statement "S(p-2) is X modulo p" can't be...
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