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This is a separate issue, but one thing that is not perfectly clear to me is what an upvote/downvote is supposed to mean. Does it mean that I agree with the comment, or that it adds to the discussion?

Thank you for sharing so much interesting stuff. It has come to the point where, if I see your name next to a submission I think to myself "oh , here's a good one". I wish you all the best.

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Very valid question, just keep in mind that quantum computers are not meant to and will not likely replace CMOS. Quantum computers will probably suck at the tasks where your laptop excels and vice ver…

>But what is really causing this stuff? What is it made of? The electromagnetic field is one of the fundamental forces of nature, and it is mediated by photons. It is known in detail and we can pr…

I disagree. I interpret that phrase as stating that an anecdote is something fundamentally different from a valid data point: the data point came from a carefully designed experiment using properly te…

Pisa is a nice (but tiny) town, which will be boring if you are young and are use to the big city life. That being said I don't agree that the standard of living is low compared to the US; the standar…

Indeed, mathematics requires a big deal of creativity. You could argue it is a somewhat subjective discipline, as interesting questions receive infinitely much more attention than a random question. A…

It may start slow (though personally I loved the start), but it sure picks up towards the last third. It blew my mind into many, many pieces.

It can be somewhat handy when working in interactive mode, though it has a very informal feel to it. One (bad) example would go along the lines of: >>> def f(x): ... if x in dir(scipy): .…

I think that's a good question. It is natural to require that the total charge in the universe was zero at the start of its life (same goes for all quantum numbers). Otherwise, there was something be…

Sorry but that last sentence of yours doesn't make sense to me. From the discovery that it is created frequently on Earth, it does not follow that it won't exhibit any interesting properties nor that …

You could use the same logic to justify many crimes. And spam is more than annoying, it wastes time and energy. A lot of energy: 33 Terawatt-hour in 2008 alone, acording to McAffee. See: http://img.e…

Sorry if I was a bit snarky in my first reply. As far as I understand this, you can't explain the structure of the Ulam spiral in a trivial way. You are correct that there is a trivial part to the sp…

If you can explain them please enlighten us all. You will have to show that Hardy-Littlewood's Conjecture F is true. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateman%E2%80%93Horn_conjecture …

I don't see why you were downvoted so low. It's not like you were rude or something. This kind pizza does not look that appealing to me either, but it's always nice to read from people who are passion…

Do you have some insider information or you made this up? I believe it's a possibility, since Chandra is able to detect brown dwarfs.

I find this kind of things extremely handy in my everyday job. Especially in meetings, since often you are forced to do mental arithmetic to estimate the magnitude of a parameter, etc. Abusing the cal…

NewScientist and hard evidence are like cats and water. Every issue is filled with breathtaking discoveries that will revolutionize the way we do X.

Anathem was absolutely fantastic. It's the only book I have re-read in the past 15 years.

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No, not kindergarten. This is supposed to be a nice forum. A creepy, misinformed, and ultimately empty article does not belong here. Patio11 has chosen to reveal some personal information in order t…

Spheres with uniform density behave exactly the same as mass dots. Mathematicians can cook up giant numbers without blinking, like Graham's number. If that makes anyone feel good, then good for them…

If there is one intelligence outlier on this planet, that's Edward Witten.

The closest match I could find from your link uses buckyballs, not graphene: “Two-Terminal Molecular Memories from Solution-Deposited C60 Films in Vertical Silicon Nanogaps,” ACS Nano 2010, 4, 1879-18…