#Entropy

Physics at Bath

BathPhysics

Why is it impossible to “unmake” a cup of coffee? This is because of a concept in thermal physics, called entropy. So what is entropy actually? It is a strange

•mike spiller•

themikespiller

Spent time today completing some homestead to-do list thangs and thinking about the divine gift of entropy- natural progress towards chaos, deterioration.flat bike tyreService 2x pit bike carbys Repair tractor

Samir Kayande

SamirKayande

My last thread on cost of capital was a hit, so I'm going to push the envelope and talk about entropy, and why looking at decarbonization from a second law

Fernando Rosas

_fernando_rosas

Exponential families have some really cool features when seen under the lens of the Legendre Transform, which provide some explanation to otherwise obscure & almost magical properties of the log-partition

Kyle Samani

KyleSamani

0/ Some thoughts on crypto native insurance 1/ I think the biggest open question is, is there actually demand in the long runThis sounds crazy, but hear me out 2/

Josh Wolfe

wolfejosh

1/ One of the MOST important concepts anyone can understand—ENTROPY.The concept applies not just to physics + life, but startups, relationships, geopolitics.My eldest child, 10yo daugther, asked excellent Q last

Jack Butcher

jackbutcher

5 ways to think about growth.↓ Life is a fight against entropy. Nothing works on its own. Rome wasn't built in a day. Do the same thing, get to the

Robert McNees

mcnees

Bekenstein was motivated by discussions with his advisor John Wheeler, who was worried about what would happen to the entropy of a hot cup of tea poured into a black

AukeHoekstra

AukeHoekstra

Some people want us to believe there's not enough solar energy available to cover our worldwide energy needsThey often use EROI (Energy Return On Investment) as their metricThis is a

ass slap but it sounds like saltines crumbling

A55Saltines

The evocations of "man" and "bruh" and "God" (sometimes) exist beyond the speaker and the listener. It is exemplar of an effective 3rd person vocative, where it's not calling attention

Zero HP Lovecraft

0x49fa98

Wittegenstein said that all problems in philosophy are mere problems of language. This is not true, but certainly many problems can be reduced to that. In particular, most problems in

Scheißekopf-Designate Theodosius Ambrosius

thetrollbar

I've been hesitant to engage the mathematical topics until adequate time has been allowed to commence auditing the ballots. However, some things must be said that may not be obvious

Kelly McCullough

KellyDMcC

Entropy cannot be undone. I don’t believe in a soul in the spiritual sense, but there is a part of us that is formed of our deepest held values and

Carus Eóghan

CarusEoghan

NRx 101: If your enemy makes the rules you don't play their game. Start a new game. NRx 101: If you think the Cathedral can be destroyed by playing politics,

Eric Jang 🇺🇸🇹🇼

ericjang11

1/n GPT-3 is very expensive to train, costing an estimated $5M (even when you know exactly what to do). 2/n We are so far away from building AGI, but I

Santa Fe Institute

sfiscience

This week at SFI: "#Complexity and the Structure of #Music: Universal Features and Evolutionary Perspectives Across Cultures", an #interdisciplinary working group assembled to explore new frameworks for understanding music. Stay

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