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I bought an Armenian spinning top - Հոլ. You throw it, pull the string, and it starts to spin.
There is an interesting idea here from the physics point of view: the string starts unwinding when the radius is still big, and this is a good condition for starting the motion. Then, while the string unwinds, the radius decreases, giving you an opportunity to reach a high rotation speed.
I spent some time figuring out how to launch this toy. But once you can do it, it quickly becomes boring.
The next story is about how to make it fun again with colored discs, and what physiology is hiding behind these pictures.
I bought an Armenian spinning top - Հոլ. You throw it, pull the string, and it starts to spin.
There is an interesting idea here from the physics point of view: the string starts unwinding when the radius is still big, and this is a good condition for starting the motion. Then, while the string unwinds, the radius decreases, giving you an opportunity to reach a high rotation speed.
I spent some time figuring out how to launch this toy. But once you can do it, it quickly becomes boring.
The next story is about how to make it fun again with colored discs, and what physiology is hiding behind these pictures.
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Which sheet was made by Codex, and which one was made by Claude?
Anonymous Poll
9%
codex left, claude right
45%
claude left, codex right
14%
claude right, codex left
14%
I draw all of them with my blue ink pen
50%
Babbidi-bibidi-dup!
The winners are...
The winners of yesterday quiz, of course, nine happy people who chose "Babbidi-bibidi-dup!" option. They are clearly happy!
But, If we are speaking about the truth behind the poll, the picture is much more intriguing. Three very inattentive people voted for the first and third options. It is a test for attention because the first and the third option are the same.
And finally. Who is right? A group of three inattentive people, or powerful unanimous group answered "two"?
The right options are the first and the third. With almost identical prompts chatgpt preferred to create fine-grained patters and claude - well organized solid structures.
It reminds me webs of spiders under psychoactive drugs.
The winners of yesterday quiz, of course, nine happy people who chose "Babbidi-bibidi-dup!" option. They are clearly happy!
But, If we are speaking about the truth behind the poll, the picture is much more intriguing. Three very inattentive people voted for the first and third options. It is a test for attention because the first and the third option are the same.
And finally. Who is right? A group of three inattentive people, or powerful unanimous group answered "two"?
The right options are the first and the third. With almost identical prompts chatgpt preferred to create fine-grained patters and claude - well organized solid structures.
It reminds me webs of spiders under psychoactive drugs.
Wikipedia
Effect of psychoactive drugs on animals
list of studies
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Friday beauty posting
Missing finger syndrome is when your amputated finger itches. Last Friday I had missing work syndrome.
On our son's graduation day, I was fighting a strong desire to grab my computer and start solving a work task. It was completely unnecessary: my half-year review was already done, and all my tasks for the day were closed too.
I'm trying to treat this illness in Montenegro. In the photos, you can see me climbing this beautiful island.
Missing finger syndrome is when your amputated finger itches. Last Friday I had missing work syndrome.
On our son's graduation day, I was fighting a strong desire to grab my computer and start solving a work task. It was completely unnecessary: my half-year review was already done, and all my tasks for the day were closed too.
I'm trying to treat this illness in Montenegro. In the photos, you can see me climbing this beautiful island.
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Jets are approximated
Finally, I conducted the experiment and analyzed the results. The curves were fitted during quite a long session with Claude.
One thing I would do differently now: mark the jets with different colors from the very beginning, and do the same for the hole positions. When Claude can infer the whole idea behind the scene, it is surprisingly hard for it to figure out the precise boundaries of objects.
In the PDF, you can find the full derivation of the parabolic trajectory with a correction for the camera tilt.
As a bonus, there is an old but gold joke about a scientist's perception of the whole world.
Finally, I conducted the experiment and analyzed the results. The curves were fitted during quite a long session with Claude.
One thing I would do differently now: mark the jets with different colors from the very beginning, and do the same for the hole positions. When Claude can infer the whole idea behind the scene, it is surprisingly hard for it to figure out the precise boundaries of objects.
In the PDF, you can find the full derivation of the parabolic trajectory with a correction for the camera tilt.
As a bonus, there is an old but gold joke about a scientist's perception of the whole world.
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