thisfeliciaday:

If you’re a mathematics person, this is an article about a really cool theory about prime numbers that has finally been proven.

If you’re a people person, this is a story of a guy who couldn’t get a job in academia, who had to work at Subway at one point, but kept doing what he loves, and now he’s gonna have a theorem in his name to last forever.  Pretty cool.  My fave quotes from the article:

Zhang said he feels no resentment about the relative obscurity of his career thus far. “My mind is very peaceful. I don’t care so much about the money, or the honor,” he said. “I like to be very quiet and keep working by myself.”

“There are a lot of chances in your career, but the important thing is to keep thinking.”  

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Europe and crisis

skarfester:

By Pat Campbell.

elladastinkardiamou:

It is now over three years since the bailout of Greece which if we recall was supposed to provoke “shock and awe”. Ironically it has followed the path of the original shock and awe claims of the attack on Baghdad where initial claims and boasts then became bogged down in an insurgency. In both instances reality proved inconvenient and we now see that Greece is bogged down in an economic decline rather than seeing the fruits of a “rescue” that was supposed to see her growing at 2.8% per annum right now. If that now sounds insane well it was supposed to rise to 3.1% next year on its way to 3.8% in 2015. 

We are left three years after the bailout of Greece with shock and awe at the economic destruction that has been inflicted on Greece. Even the rose-tinted forecasts of the European Commission predict that her economy will shrink by 4.2% this year. Every time we see a number which shows a glimmer of hope we find another like todays truly dreadful construction numbers to shatter it.

Again and again we are told that reovery is “just around the corner” as we discover that like on a Roman road there are no corners in sight. I think that those responsible for this should be called to account for their actions. But sadly I see a world where one of them -Christine Lagarde- was elevated to the role of Manging Director of the IMF which can only be a sad indictment of these times.

Please remember this when it is presented as a success later that the Greek people will have another 7.5 billion Euros added to their debts by the end of June.

(Source: szucsbalazs)

breathtakingdestinations:

Budapest, il ponte delle catene (von Il conte di Luna)

(via kettospontper)

viteez:

  • ál-keresztény KDNP (ha nem tudnak a saját elveik szerint élni, akkor inkább ne hangoztassák az elveiket)
  • nyugdíj–államosítás és hazudozás
  • trafikmutyi
  • gyorsvonatpótjegy
  • stadionépítések

(feljegyzem, csak hogy el ne felejtsem…)

csak az a baj, hogy az én nézetemnek megfelelő alternatíva sincs jelenleg a magyar politikai palettán. vagyis remélem, hogy a MKKP már választható lesz jövőre, jobb híján…

Az érveket a Fidesz ellen már sok oldalon gyűjtik. Íme 120 érv egyetlen oldalon (jók a kommentek).

120 ok, ami miatt nem szavaznék a Fideszre
http://mariablogja.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/120-ok-ami-miatt-nem-szavaznek-a-fideszre/

Budapest, Chain Bridge

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trueloveislettinggoofillusion:

Mythbusters: “The private sector is more efficient than the public sector”

APRIL 25, 2013 // BY: STEPHEN REID

The myth

“The private sector is efficient and dynamic; public sector is costly and slow. The more we can get the private sector to run things the better.”

In the…

chartistfriendfrompittsburgh:

What The Hell Is The Stock Market Thinking?

Answer: it’s not thinking. It’s being propelled higher by algorithms using funny money from the fed. Every important economic measure other than the fed’s balance sheet and corporate profits is diverging negatively from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, but the stock market is all about profits and fed policy so who cares if things like industrial production and GDP growth are showing signs of a top, right?

It’s no wonder FRED has included so many historical charts that end years ago in its database. I think they decided that since most of the current economic data is irrelevant they might as well have some fun and make sure we all have access to data series like the wholesale price of cotton yarn in the US or pig iron from Dusseldorf, Germany. Can you blame them?

The stock market is a psychological operation designed to trick us into feeling wealthy even though most of us, including the federal government, are broke. How’s that working out for you?

newstome1:





An undersea gold rush could be coming soon with the rising cost of minerals and advancements in technology opening the seafloor to mining – environmental concerns not withstanding.

The potential for exploiting undersea reserves is higher than any time in history. Incentives for…