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‘Game of Thrones’ Actors Served Meal on a Sword at Chicago’s Alinea – NBC Chicago https://www.diningandcooking.com/chefs/9252/ #AceUniverseComicConMidwest #Alinea #analogies #answer #birthday #Chicago #course #dish #GeniusIdea #gift #GrantAchatz #hobbies #inspiration #instagram #Longclaw #meal #meetings #message #MeyerLemon #Midwest #North #opportunity #pair #preservice #ProblemSolving #quotes #restaurant #Rosemont #ServiceIssues #StoryLines #sword #team #thanks #town #World

🌌 ICYMI: About 85% of all matter across the #universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments.

Operating nearly a mile (1.6 km) underground in #SouthDakota, #UCLA astrophysicist Alvine Kamaha and the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration track rare particle interactions within seven tons of liquid #xenon to help confirm #darkmatter.

👉 https://seethis.tv/post/dark-matter-and-jelly-beans-searching-for-85-of-the-universes-matter

#astrophysics #atoms #blackandstem #gravity #light #mystery #nucleus #particlephysics #particles #physics #problemsolving #research #science #space #tech #technology #womeninstem #cosmos #tksst #video

🌌 ICYMI: About 85% of all matter across the #universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments.

Operating nearly a mile (1.6 km) underground in #SouthDakota, #UCLA astrophysicist Alvine Kamaha and the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration track rare particle interactions within seven tons of liquid #xenon to help confirm #darkmatter.

👉 https://seethis.tv/post/dark-matter-and-jelly-beans-searching-for-85-of-the-universes-matter

#astrophysics #atoms #blackandstem #gravity #light #mystery #nucleus #particlephysics #particles #physics #problemsolving #research #science #space #tech #technology #womeninstem #cosmos #tksst #video

When your imagination helps!

We got parked in at a place we were having lunch at and while my friend was stressing out about what to do, all I could think of was Austin Powers and how many points turn it would take me to gradually edge our car out.

As I'd had a few beers, this was just an intellectual exercise but it kept me occupied until the truck driver returned to let us out.

I still really believe I could have done it. 😃

#imagination #problemsolving

It’s useful to distinguish between three different categories of learning: factual information acquisition, problem-solving, and building a process toolkit

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2015/05/three-key-kinds-of-learning-at-events-part-1

#learning #training #InformationAcquisition #ProblemSolving #ProcessToolkit

How Can You Know the Right Tool to Use for Your Current Problem?
https://createadaptablelife.com/2026/09/how-can-you-know-the-right-tool-to-use-for-your-current-problem.html
#QuestionOfTheWeek #ProblemSolving

🌌 ICYMI: About 85% of all matter across the #universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments.

Operating nearly a mile (1.6 km) underground in #SouthDakota, #UCLA astrophysicist Alvine Kamaha and the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration track rare particle interactions within seven tons of liquid #xenon to help confirm #darkmatter.

👉 https://seethis.tv/post/dark-matter-and-jelly-beans-searching-for-85-of-the-universes-matter

#astrophysics #atoms #blackandstem #gravity #light #mystery #nucleus #particlephysics #particles #physics #problemsolving #research #science #space #tech #technology #womeninstem #cosmos #tksst #video

What makes attending conferences worthwhile? Some of the most useful conferences are those designed to solve participants' problems.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2021/01/solve-participants-problems

#meetings #EventDesign #cynefin #ProblemSolving #eventprofs

🌌 WATCH: About 85% of all matter across the #universe remains undetected by standard scientific instruments.

Operating nearly a mile (1.6 km) underground in #SouthDakota, #UCLA astrophysicist Alvine Kamaha and the LUX-ZEPLIN collaboration track rare particle interactions within seven tons of liquid #xenon to help confirm #darkmatter.

👉 https://seethis.tv/post/dark-matter-and-jelly-beans-searching-for-85-of-the-universes-matter

#astrophysics #atoms #blackandstem #gravity #light #mystery #nucleus #particlephysics #particles #physics #problemsolving #research #science #space #tech #technology #womeninstem #cosmos #tksst #video

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Core Soft Skills for Salesforce Business Analysts

#Salesforce #SalesforceBusinessAnalyst #SalesforceBA #BusinessAnalyst #SoftSkills #CommunicationSkills #StakeholderManagement #ProblemSolving #CriticalThinking #BusinessAnalysis #SalesforceCareer #SalesforceTraining #SalesforceJobs #SalesforceLearning #CareerSkills

First Principles Thinking

https://sunilsadasivan.com/writing/first-principles-thinking/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49844736

#HackerNews #FirstPrinciples #Thinking #ProblemSolving #CriticalThinking #Innovation #Mindset

Any solution to a problem changes the problem.
-- R. W. Johnson

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RWJohnson #ProblemSolving

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology

The widespread use of #AIcoding tools is causing a #crisis among #programmers, who are becoming overly reliant on these tools and losing their ability to write code by hand. This #overreliance is leading to a decrease in #criticalthinking and #problemsolving skills, resulting in a rise in #errors and #security issues in #AIgeneratedcode. The situation is causing frustration among programmers, who feel their expertise is being devalued. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/software-engineer-ai-chaos-press-enter-all-day?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

Much of what has traditionally been called "problem-solving" is, in reality, puzzle solving. A puzzle is difficult by design -- but that difficulty implies a designer. . . . We know that the designer wouldn't have selected this puzzle for presentation if it didn't have some unusual difficulty.
-- Donald Gause & Gerald Weinberg (Are Your Lights On?)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #DonaldGauseGeraldWeinberg #ProblemSolving

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida

Alright, future engineers!
**Pigeonhole Principle:** If n items are put into m containers, with n > m, at least one container must hold >1 item.
Ex: 13 socks (2 colors) means at least 7 are the same color.
Pro-Tip: Identify pigeons & holes first!

#DiscreteMath #ProblemSolving #STEM #StudyNotes

“Grids #006” by Thomas Typewriter – a new illustration

https://thomastypewriter.art/2026/09/16/grids-006-by-thomas-typewriter-a-new-illustration/

I’ve increasingly noticed that people are very good at pointing out problems, whether in society or everyday life.

But not: “Here’s the problem, here’s a possible solution, and here’s how I think we could actually push it forward. What would you change?”

When did identifying the problem become the end goal instead of the beginning of solving it?

#Society #Discussion #ProblemSolving #CriticalThinking

#Logical #Thinking is the Key to #Efficient #ProblemSolving : Medium

#NASA’s #Hubble Shows Star Formation in #Andromeda #Galaxy Winding Down : NASA

#Researchers are building #Computers that run on #Brain #Organoids — but have neglected a major #Ethical issue : Nature

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

Clay Mathematics Institute on the Navier-Stokes Problem

https://www.claymath.org/news/navier-stokes-announcement/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49668706

#HackerNews #ClayMathematics #NavierStokes #ProblemSolving #Mathematics #Research #Insights

Am I bored?

Roger over at Contains Moderate Peril wrote a nice piece on boredom and what it means to him…...

#boredom #creativity #problemsolving #riskseeking

https://www.kgadams.net/life/am-i-bored

https://www.europesays.com/people/221748/ Quote of the Day by Jeff Bezos: ‘Life is too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful’ #Amazon #AmazonFounder #JeffBezos #ProblemSolving #resourcefulness #SocialCriterion

On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem

https://openai.com/index/navier-stokes-solution/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49613262

#HackerNews #NavierStokes #MillenniumPrize #Mathematics #FluidDynamics #ProblemSolving #Research

🤖💡 Caltech's "Mathathon", where hordes of caffeinated geniuses will forsake sleep in a desperate attempt to solve math problems that have confounded humanity for decades, all in a mere 40-hour caffeine-fueled frenzy. Because if AI can solve 80-year-old problems in months, surely sleep-deprived students can do it in a weekend, right? 🤔📚
https://mathathonchallenge.com/index.html #Mathathon #CaffeineChallenge #Caltech #ProblemSolving #SleepDeprivation #GeniusFest #HackerNews #ngated

Similarity And Dimensional Methods In Mechanics by L. I. Sedov

Dimensional analysis and similarity theory are essential in physics and engineering, particularly for designing and testing complex structures like airplanes, ships, and dams. These theories guide the conditions for model experiments and identify key parameters for fundamental effects and operations. Despite their simplicity and utility, they are often inadequately explained in textbooks and educational practices, leading to confusion and misconceptions.

The book highlights the importance of clear definitions of dimensional and dimensionless quantities and foundational concepts like the number of basic units of measurement. It critiques the superficial treatment of these topics in academia, which has occasionally led to paradoxes, such as misinterpretations in Rayleigh’s conclusions on heat emission.

Dimensional analysis is especially valuable when combined with broader physical principles, yielding significant insights in fields like turbulence, where a complete mathematical framework is lacking. The book includes new results in turbulence theory and provides detailed analyses of problems like turbulent fluid motion and Newton’s second law.

While many applications of dimensional analysis are not covered, the text aims to demonstrate standard methods and inspire the selection and formulation of new problems and experiments. The first half of the book is accessible to general readers, while the latter half requires some knowledge of hydromechanics.

Translated from the Russian by V. I. Kisin

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CONTENTS
Foreword to the First Russian Edition 7
Foreword to the Third Russian Edition 9
Foreword to the Sixth Russian Edition 10
Foreword to the Eighth Russian Edition 11
Foreword to the Ninth Russian Edition 11

CHAPTER I. General Dimensions Theory
§ 1. Introduction 13
§ 2. Dimensional and Dimensionless Quantities 14
§ 3. Fundamental and Derived Units of Measurement 15
§ 4. Dimensions Formulas 20
§ 5. On Newton’s Second Law 21
§ 6. Nature of the Functional Relations Between Physical Quantities 27
§ 7. Parameters Defining a Class of Phenomena 32
References 35

CHAPTER II. Similarity, Modelling, and Various Examples of the Application of Dimensional Analysis
§ 1. Motion of a Simple Pendulum 36
§ 2. Flow of a Heavy Fluid Through a Spillway 38
§ 3. Fluid Motion in Pipes 40
§ 4. Motion of a Body in a Fluid 44
§ 5. Heat Transfer from a Body in a Fluid Flow 51
§ 6. Dynamic Similarity and Modelling of Phenomena 54
§ 7. Steady Motion of a Solid Body in a Compressible Fluid 63
§ 8. Unsteady Motion in a Fluid 68
§ 9. Ship Motion 72
§ 10. Planing over the Water Surface 79
§ 11. Impact on Water 86
§ 12. Entry of a Cone and a Wedge at Constant Speed into a Fluid 93
§ 13. Small-Amplitude Waves on the Surface of an Incompressible Fluid 95
§ 14. Three-Dimensional Self-Similar Motions of Continuous Media 103
References 106

CHAPTER III. Applications to the Theory of Motion of a Viscous Fluid and to the Theory of Turbulence
§ 1. Diffusion of Vorticity in a Viscous Fluid 108
§ 2. Exact Solutions of the Equations of Motion of a Viscous Incompressible Fluid 110
§ 3. Boundary Layer in the Flow of a Viscous Fluid Past a Flat Plate 116
§ 4. Isotropic Turbulent Motion of an Incompressible Fluid 120
§ 5. Steady Turbulent Motion 151
References 163

CHAPTER IV. One-Dimensional Unsteady Motion of a Gas
§ 1. Self-Similar Motion of Spherical, Cylindrical, and Plane Waves in a Gas 166
§ 2. Ordinary Differential Equations and the Shock Conditions for Self-Similar Motions 175
§ 3. Algebraic Integrals for Self-Similar Motion 187
§ 4. Motions which Are Self-Similar in the Limit 196
§ 5. Investigation of the Family of Integral Curves in the (z, V) Plane 200
§ 6. The Piston Problem 208
§ 7. Problem of Implosion and Explosion at a Point 211
§ 8. Spherical Detonation 213
§ 9. Flame Propagation 220
§ 10. Collapse of an Arbitrary Discontinuity in a Combustible Mixture 225
§ 11. Problem of a Strong Explosion 229
§ 12. Point Explosion with Counterpressure Taken into Account 260
§ 13. On Modelling and on Formulas for the Peak Pressure and Impulse of Explosions 272
§ 14. Problem of a Strong Explosion in a Medium with a Variable Density 282
§ 15. Unsteady Motion of a Gas when the Velocity is Proportional to the Distance from the Centre of Symmetry 293
§ 16. On the General Theory of One-Dimensional Motion of a Gas 304
§ 17. Asymptotic Laws of Shock Wave Damping 317
References 325

CHAPTER V. Introduction to the Theory of Gas Engines
§ 1. On Averaging of Nonuniform Gas Flows in Ducts 334
§ 2. Similarity Conditions and Abstract Parameters Determining the Characteristics of Compressors 348
§ 3. On Flight Efficiency of an Ideal Propeller and an Ideal Air-Breathing Jet Engine 359
References 366

CHAPTER VI. Applications to Astrophysical Problems
§ 1. Some Observational Results 367
§ 2. On the Equations of Equilibrium and Motion of a Gaseous Mass Simulating a Star 377
§ 3. Theoretical Formulas Relating Luminosity with Mass, and Radius with Mass 382
§ 4. Some Simple Solutions of the System of Equations of Stellar Equilibrium 386
§ 5. On the Relation Between the Period of Variation of the Brightness and the Average Density for Cepheids 392
§ 6. On the Theory of the Flare-ups of Novae and Supernovae 395
References 417

Name Index 419
Subject Index 422

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Fix the problem, not the blame.
-- Japanese Proverb

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JapaneseProverb #ProblemSolving

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Canyon #SlickRock #IcebergCanyon #LakePowell #Utah

Diagnosing Wifi and Bluetooth issues on Linux

https://snowebell.cc/diagnosing-wifi-and-bluetooth-issues-on-linux/

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
-- Albert Einstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertEinstein #Cleverness #ProblemSolving #Wisdom

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida

Solving the Jane Street Reverse Engineering Challenge

https://jestoph.com/2026/09/04/jane-street-challenge.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49562657

#HackerNews #JaneStreet #ReverseEngineering #Challenge #Programming #ProblemSolving #Hackathon

https://www.europesays.com/people/211965/ ‘Life can’t just be about solving…’: Elon Musk says humanity needs a bigger dream, a shared purpose, and something to look forward to #AmbitiousGoals #ElonMusk #FutureOfHumanity #HumanCivilization #HumanPurpose #KonstantinTsiolkovsky #MultiPlanetarySpecies #Musk #ProblemSolving #SpaceExploration #TechnologyInnovation

A quotation from Jean Kerr

MARY: Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them.

Jean Kerr (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Mary, Mary, Act 3 (1961)

More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/85767/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #marymary #badsituation #coping #handling #instigation #lookingfortrouble #makingtrouble #problemsolving #sabotage #solutions #solving #trouble #troubleshooting

I spent nearly six hours tracking down a bug that was caused by not blocking signals correctly. As a result, signal processing could occur in the middle of a critical section. To make matters worse, the crash would only occur much later when the desync from the earlier overlapping execution would result in use-after-free and crash. The crash would not occur every time since it was timing-dependent - the signal would need to hit a relatively small window to trigger the issue.

Figuring out the root cause was a lot of manual elimination of potential causes and old-fashioned mental gymnastics. When everything else was ruled out, the only explanation was that two supposedly synchronised calls really were overlapping, despite this being supposedly "impossible". Once this fact was established, I could turn into verifying signal blocking, and the root cause was found rather quickly.

Is it weird that I loved spending six hours of my Sunday on stuff like this?

#development #programming #problemsolving

Pregnant female jumping spiders (*Toxeus maxillosus*), when placed in an environment that challenged their ability to build a nest for rearing their offspring, took time before starting nest-building and then came up with varying solutions to the problem. The authors suggest a social lifestyle and prolonged maternal care drives cognitive development.

Summary: https://lastwordonnothing.com/2026/08/26/can-a-jumping-spider-be-innovative/

Original paper: https://www.zoores.ac.cn/article/doi/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2025.527

#Science #Spiders #AnimalBehavior #Cognition #ProblemSolving

“How I Find Problems To Solve As A Staff Engineer”, Lalit Maganti (https://lalitm.com/post/find-problems-staff-engineer/).

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49411643

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/utnhmy/how_i_find_problems_solve_as_staff

#Career #Work #Growth #StaffEngineer #Influence #ProblemSolving

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
-- Albert Einstein

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #AlbertEinstein #Geniuses #Intellectuals #ProblemSolving

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunrise #SacandagaLake #Adirondacks #NewYork