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March 27 2019, 17:56
The uncle is very cool. Awesome ragtime performance
March 25 2019, 09:12
Today I am presenting in Kyiv (remotely).
I was there exactly six years ago, on March 25, 2013. It snowed. There was an emergency. I didn’t get to see the city because there was no means of transportation – everything was out of order 🙂 APCs helped trolleys not to slide down the hill backwards and block the passage for the few SUVs. The ‘U’ in a triangle on the APC was amusing in itself)
March 24 2019, 10:03
It turns out that the reason why most Unified State Exams (USE) last not 4 hours, but 3:55, is because, according to SanPiN 2.4.5.2409-08, if a child is in school for more than 4 hours, the school is obliged to provide a hot meal.
March 24 2019, 01:00
An intriguing little life hack for calculating percentages:
X% of Y = Y% of X
So, for example, if you need to calculate 4% of 75 mentally, just swap the numbers and calculate 75% of 4, which is much easier.
Understandably, this is somewhat obvious from a mathematical point of view (100 in the denominator moves to the second factor), but nobody has been doing this in mental calculations, right?
March 22 2019, 20:34
Masha went to New York today to scan her leg with this device. Now we are waiting for the shoes to be made
March 22 2019, 12:57
On the topic of microbiologists moving to the states 😉
March 22 2019, 01:18
Next time you find yourself hating traffic jams, remember this photo of a 50-lane road in China that narrows down to four lanes.
Near Zhuozhou, Baoding, Hebei, China
https://goo.gl/maps/69C8PDKk1nk
March 20 2019, 09:52
It’s truly a major revolution, comparable to iTunes in its time. Even if not everything is as perfect as claimed, the idea is fiery, with all the technical implementation in place. I’m not a gamer at all, but at first glance, there have been no conceptual changes for about twenty years after internet multiplayer.
March 17 2019, 14:38
This weekend, I got hooked on videos and podcasts about better understanding music and paintings. Regarding music – I highly recommend the Arzamas podcast https://arzamas.academy/radio/announcements/classical-music. It requires a subscription, but I haven’t regretted a single minute. True, I’ve nearly listened to everything they have; I accidentally subscribed for a year instead of a month – be sure to read the labels on buttons carefully)
About paintings: A fresh ‘masterwatch’ by Nerdwriter about “the most terrible masterpiece by Van Gogh” – the expressionist painting “Night in café”. When you start to look closely at the combination of colors and objects in it, you realize how powerfully the artist has conveyed a creepy and depressive state, and Nerdwriter (as always) skillfully explains the mechanisms of how this painting impacts the viewer. Even if you’re not at all familiar with painting, watching such videos is a pure pleasure: youtu.be/nKNAZr0QJzs
I also suggest a few more Nerdwriter videos decoding great paintings:
t.me/mustwatch/120 (“The Death of Socrates” – a classic story, a classic painting by Jacques-Louis David, and a deep analysis of how to properly perceive it)
youtu.be/WKRKrpz09Fk (“The Family of Philip IV” by Velázquez – a painting many consider the greatest in history due to its numerous meanings and references embedded in a simple family portrait)
youtu.be/7j5pUtRcNX4 (“Nighthawks” by Hopper – one of the most influential American paintings in history, grim and depressive)
youtu.be/Iu2L7oA9QRg (what does the cigarette on the self-portrait by Edvard Munch, better known for his “The Scream”, mean?)
youtu.be/_HGW1DQO1xQ (how to understand Picasso’s paintings)
youtu.be/5E8f64yj1Jk (why “The Night Watch” is the greatest masterpiece by Rembrandt)
youtu.be/g15-lvmIrcg (the most horrifying painting by Francisco Goya)
youtu.be/z68CQkD7mz4 (the subtle features of “The Bathers” by Cezanne, and why Picasso said “Cezanne is a father to us all”)
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