What I saw on the web on 2024.10.31

1. Treat AND NOT Trick
   by [citation needed] but found on clairelomme
   https://clairelommeblog.fr/2024/10/30/treat-and-not-trick/
   venn diagrams and BOO-lean algebra make everything better
   via initially discord
   
   
2. Move aside, moose — a new study has found the most distinct animals in Canada
   by Alexandra Mae Jones
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/study-canadian-animals-1.7368691
   several interesting critters here
   via rss
   
   
3. True Facts: Parasitoid Wasps
   by Ze Frank
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANyJVMhOpkk
   recommended to watch when you, unlike me, are not eating lunch
   via rss
   
   
4. You'll NEVER Hear a Sonic Boom From a Rocket??
   by Xyla Foxlin
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liKe0kg3agY
   well, almost certainly never
   via rss
   
   
5. Demystifying The Regular Expression That Checks If A Number Is Prime
   by Illya Gerasymchuk
   https://illya.sh/the-codeumentary-blog/regular-expression-check-if-number-is-prime/
   in case you need to code up a regex to detect primes in unary strings
   via yesterday's stand up math's vid
   
   
6. Big Advance on Simple-Sounding Math Problem Was a Century in the Making
   by Erica Klarreich discussing the work of Hector Pasten
   https://www.quantamagazine.org/big-advance-on-simple-sounding-math-problem-was-a-century-in-the-making-20241014/
   i hadn't realized this was a topic of current investigation. nice to see progress being made
   via wondering what Erica had been writing about recently
   
   
7. An Immense World for Kids!
   by Ed Yong
   https://buttondown.com/edyong209/archive/the-eds-up-an-immense-world-for-kids/
   a couple of worthwhile things here: news about the kids' vesion of his latest book, and also the framing of electoral choice as being between enemies and cowards
   via rss
   
   
8. Bradwardine’s Rule
   by John Carlos Baez
   https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2024/10/31/bradwardines-rule/
   i already knew Oresme was a boss. i didn't know he came up with fractional exponents!
   via rss