July 2015

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Socks

Kitt Hodsden and I think alike: Last time I went to buy socks, I bought 32 pairs of socks, all white, all of the same style. These 32 pairs of socks replaced the remaining 10 pairs of white socks I had purchased years before. I had decided long ago to optimize for efficiency, both at […]

The Fermi Paradox

This is my favorite article on the internet I think. It puts a bunch of numbers on the chances of other life in our galaxy. There are a lot of Earths out there: So there are 100 Earth-like planets for every grain of sand in the world. Think about that next time you’re on the […]