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Non-linear equations have entered the chat.

Chaos and non-linear dynamics were treated as a toy or curiosity for a pretty long time, probably in no small part due to the complexity involved. It's almost certainly no accident that the first serious explorations of it after Poincare happen after the advent of computers.

So, one place where non-linear dynamics ended up having applications was in medicine. As I recall it from James Gleick's book Chaos, inspired by recent discussion of Chaotic behavior in non-linear systems, medical doctors came up with the idea of electrical defibrillation- a way to reset the heart to a ground state and silence chaotic activity in lethal dysrhythmias that prevented the heart from functioning correctly.

Fractals also inspired some file compression algorithms, as I recall, and they also provide a useful means of estimating the perimeters of irregular shapes.

Also, there's always work being done on turbulence, especially in the field of nuclear fusion as plasma turbulence seems to have a non-trivial impact on how efficiently a reactor can fuse plasma.

I'd like to read up on this if you have sources

NYC's really going to have to choose between Mamdani, Adams, and Cuomo running independent? I feel like the choice is pretty obvious here. Hard to imagine this race being more of an obvious choice; maybe if we got Henry Kissinger's corpse to run as well? I'm sure he'd cinch the Clinton endorsement.

I think this is a really insightful comment that adds more depth to the conversation than the original article does. It definitely feels like we're living in a society where all subconsciously agreed, to some extent or another, that we owe each other nothing. That doesn't seem like a sustainable way for a society to be.

I dunno, I'm mixed on what the author is talking about here. On the one hand, it's really not good to have any half of society just checking the fuck out; I think that the loneliness epidemic, regardless of gender, is a problem that is both real and addressable. On the other hand, what the author is pining for here is, imo, best left in the past. The kind of social norms she's missing sound really unhealthy/toxic to me, and like they don't really benefit anyone. I half expect some shit like this in Project 2025.

Schumer, if Trump doesn't:

"Fine, I'll do it myself"

yeah, middle aged progressive here. I can't tell you how jazzed I am to see Cuomo take up his new job of Gently Used Airport Scarecrow. I really hope the establishment is seeing the writing on the wall.

The mod engine is supposed to be an eye-watering 700gb. Holy fuck. I'd considered trying my hand at some mods, but, uh... that might have to wait for me to pop another drive in my machine first.

I'm glad they shipped when they did, messy as it was. They really needed to just get something out the door, before it ended up permanently stuck in development hell.

Keep your Hoggs cranked

AROOOOO

Chuck Schumer awakening from his multi-decade stupor like fucking Godzilla to fusion-ha with Trump and deploy the national guard to NYC

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