zunzun

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Run and maintain the zunzun.com open source curve fitting and surface fitting web site. Made with Python, scipy, matplotlib, and django. BSD license.
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Comment · 6 years ago
The Chinese government might have enough high-level nuclear waste to make self-warming clothing for the majority of the population. If they use high energy gamma emitters, people could actually warm up those around them as well - increasing overall thermal efficiency. What could go wrong?
Comment · 6 years ago
At the Nuremberg trials after World War II, top nazi Hermann Goering testified that the war was necessary to strengthen the German people. This is because they believed the race evolution writings of Madam Helena Blavatsky in her books "The Secret Doctrine" where military conflict killed off the weak leaving the strong to reproduce - although of course, somehow none of that personally applied to the top nazi leaders themselves (cough cough)...
Comment · 6 years ago
Oppenheimer invented the neutron ray gun.
Comment · 6 years ago
... and the other eight were delicious.
Comment · 7 years ago
The video I refer to shows the sea and some coastline, with the fireball far offshore. Good comment, but no.
Comment · 7 years ago
From an energy efficiency standpoint, yes.
Comment · 7 years ago
I disagree - it seems logical to transport all of the earth's inhabitants to one side of the planet, and have them all push downwards at the same time.
Comment · 7 years ago
Would you please list some other things that you are not going to do?
Comment · 7 years ago
A clone is an identical twin born decades later, similar to having a frozen IVF identical twin embryo thawed out and raised decades later (which is currently possible).
Comment · 7 years ago
Please forgive my ignorance, but how does this reach the surface of the earth without causing some form of physical disaster?
Comment · 7 years ago
Theoretically this could mean that children born in nudist colonies would have a reduced risk of learning disabilities, which would be amenable to statistical analysis.
Comment · 7 years ago
These look totally cool through a submarine periscope because of the excellent optics and magnification levels available.
Comment · 7 years ago
This might actually be difficult to discern, as the site has "shadow banning" where an unpopular posting or comment can be banned - but not from the original poster, so they do not know it happened. I personally consider this a deceitful practice, as the person posting is being deceived into thinking other site users can see what they write but this is not true. So if someone has an unpopular opinion they might not know of its unpopularity due to this practice.
Comment · 7 years ago
Is there any indication of effect on the mosquito's natural predators, or on animal life that might eat the infected dead bodies such as different ant species?

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