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That Gunsmoke Episode

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I'd like to find that episode when Doc and Festus are debating how man could be made differently. There are many viewers who still watch this show today on TVLand. This particular episode is
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RefBook: My pocket journal of tables

- Posted in Toolbox by

Paper and pencil were my friends since early childhood. Now in a paperless age, I'm trying to find standards. I've been keeping a pocket journal for lists and doodles ever since the release of
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Angle "The Giant"

- Posted in Math by

Another corrected answer on Brilliant.org. Angles DAB and BCD are very acute as their opposing side (BD) is the smallest (2). BDC is similarly acute, opposite the shorter of sides length 6 or 5 (BC).
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Folding Polygons into Pyramids 2

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Some corrections to a problem result in lengthy, ongoing discussions. On Brilliant.org, my original correction still raises the question "are we missing yet more 'smart' answers?" The Original
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Up!

- Posted in Systems Administration by

A simple, fast and powerful markdown-based CMS/Wiki Up! is an extremely simple, yet powerful markdown-based CMS/Wiki, to create easily and fast the most light-weight and fastest wiki's,
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isPrime

- Posted in Programming by

I've been trying my hand at more little programming snippets to help my math. Many I've written in Python, some in Linux 'bash' scripts (Bourne Again SHell). Python isPrime (I normally comment my
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Folding Polygons into Pyramids

- Posted in Math by

When I find incorrect answers in Brilliant.org, which is way more often than it should be for only one month of activity, I try to report the problem. Example: Which of the following regular polygons
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Math Limerick

- Posted in Math by

A dozen, a gross, and a score plus three times the square root of four divided by seven plus five times eleven is nine squared and not a bit more \( \frac{12+144+20+3\sqrt{4}}{7}+5\times11=9^2+0
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Futureproofing

- Posted in Systems Administration by

Making New Content New content is being created with several goals in mind: First and foremost, I wish to futureproof my content. When platforms change with future hardware and software, it is best
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