Rare Encounter

Imagining numbers, animating your Mac, and saving the Library of Alexandria.

Executive producer: serpent

Show Notes

Country Music Hall of Fame unveils new Taylor Swift ‘Eras’ pop-up exhibit

Check out her rhinestone-studded bikini while you're there!

Ore no Kokan wa Bishoujo Datta no ka - MangaDex

Also known as Turns Out My Dick Was a Cute Girl. Recommendation from serpent.

Woman has 'full body orgasm' during LA Philharmonic concert

I'll have what she's listening to.

Electrical current modulation in wood electrochemical transistor | PNAS

They didn't make a transistor out of wood, but they did out of polymer-doped wood product.

Neo Leo Sez...

Yes.

Stunt drivers and test pilots are faster.

I stay wired on Sundays too.

I can think of more enjoyable sensations...

As legit as a Nigerian prince.

Quantum Physics Falls Apart without Imaginary Numbers - Scientific American

Archive link

Quantum theory based on real numbers can be experimentally falsified | Nature

The paper itself, for all you QM boffins who tune in to the show.

(2111.15128) Testing real quantum theory in an optical quantum network

Imaginary number - Wikipedia

Numbers which are a product of a real number and the imaginary unit \(i\), defined as \(i^2 = -1\). Insultingly misnamed by Descartes.

Complex number - Wikipedia

Numbers that can be expressed as \(a + bi\).

This Wacky 'Saxophone House' Is On The Market For Nearly $2 Million. Take A Look Inside | Digg

Lost Movies | History Today

Blockbuster or flop, barely a quarter of Hollywood's golden age silent films have not been lost to the ravages of time.

Failed Attempt to Destroy Tucker Carlson, and Supreme Court Leaker Latest, with James O'Keefe and Sen. Mike Lee | Ep. 542 - The Megyn Kelly Show | iHeart

Megyn Kelly is angry! Angry about Fox!

Over a Barrel | a podcast by GasBuddy