Talkin' 'bout a Revolution
Really - it's time. Even Bernie Sanders is talkin' 'bout a revolution. It's legal and not at all scary, though the government's though control police have been splitting skulls and worse for longer...
View ArticleBernie is gaining with key demographics BUT ...
According to the Guardian A string of polls over the past two weeks show that the once-independent Vermont senator is tied or in the lead in the two early primary states, Iowa and New Hampshire, and...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - January 2016 in Castro Valley
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleMonday Open Thread January 18, 2016
Today is Martin Luther King Day18 is a multiple of 9, 3, and 6, leading to suspicions that it will generate unending fractions (more later)18 is the sum of 3 of its divisors, 3, 6, and 918 is argon, a...
View ArticleCan't Rec, Tip or Comment. Anybody else?
No point in my hanging around, but if you are similarly afflicted, please say so in the comments. Heh. Can’t seem to post this either. Multiple manual attempts at posing plus scheduling for 8:00 pst...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Monday, January 25, 2016
So we're looking at 25 this Monday25 is 5 squared, and it has no other divisors 25 is the smallest square that is the sum of two smaller squares (9 & 16). Carpenters and others make fact of this...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - Emergency in Pacifica
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Monday, February 1, 2016
It's day one of 29, FWIW, (so I get to do a leap day later on)It is also the day that the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated upon reentryToday's number is oneOne is the first non zero number -...
View ArticleWOW, Iowa really hates women.
I know some Iowans, have for years, and have discussed both normal politics and things like birth control, choice and other misogynistic psuedo-issues with them on multiple occasions. Accordingly, I...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Monday, February 8, 2016
Today's number is eight8 is 2 cubed Base 8 math is Octal, which is a computer thing, at least on older machines There are 8 bits in a byte, at least on older machines 8 is a fibonacci number...
View ArticleClimate change threats to pets - an alert for pet owners:
SF Gate recently had an article that enumerated many ways in which climate change is threatening pets by changing the threats to pets. It cannot reasonably be summarized, at least not by me, so I am...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - some Citizen Science and some eco-news
Today’s bucket contains an assortment of bits of greenish news and a citizen science action item. The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any...
View ArticlePresident's Day Open Thread: Monday, February 15, 2016
It's Presidents' Day Woo Hoo! Celebrate one, or two, or 5, or somethingToday's number is Fifteen15 is the product of 2 primes, 3 and 5 15 is the magic number for a 3 by 3 magic square15 is...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - Lake Chabot 02-08-16
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Monday, February 22, 2016
It's Celebrity Day. Woo Hoo! Celebrate one, or two, or 5, or somethingToday's number is Twenty-Two22 is the product of two primes, 2 and 11Being a product of 11 generates some fun we'll look at later22...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - My Yard Status Report
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleHappy Leap Day Open Thread: Monday, February 29, 2016
It’s Leap Day Woo Hoo! Commence to Leaping, if only to conclusionsToday's number is Twenty-Nine29 is a prime29 is copper29 Palms is a small town in the California Desert29 Palms is a large US Marine...
View ArticleTake a Leek for Saint Davy (reprise)
Today is Saint David's Day (Welsh: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi). Saint David (Dewi Sant) is the patron saint of Wales. On this day many Welsh hie themselves to their local purveyor of leeks, take a leek, and affix...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Monday, March 7, 2016
Happy Liberation of Sulaymaniyah Day Today’s number is 77 is a prime (the 4th prime)999,999/7 = 142,857. Any fraction consisting of an integer divided by 7 will have a repeating decimal consisting of...
View ArticleHappy Pi Day Open Thread: Monday, March 14, 2016
Happy Pi Day Today’s number is 14, but I’ll throw in some Pi firstPi is sometimes approximated as 22/7, giving it a link to 14 via the link between 1/7 and 1/14 to be discussed later BUT! Pi, like...
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