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- Why I sometimes like to write my own number crunching code https://dragan.rocks/articles/21/Pimp-my-Clojure-number-crunching 36 comments
- Fix number line bulging into my writing space https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/hanxlt/fix_number_line_bulging_into_my_writing_space/ 5 comments emacs
- Write By Numbers. Looking for feedback on a website I made to write better copy, faster. http://www.writebynumbers.com/ 17 comments marketing
- Write FizzBuzz without letters...or numbers http://threeifbywhiskey.github.io/2014/03/05/non-alphanumeric-ruby-for-fun-and-not-much-else/?utm_source=rubyweekly&utm_medium=email 4 comments programming
- Who writes this crap? "BTC Head to All-Time Highs, XRP Could Become Number One, and BCH/BSV Will Fade Away" https://ethereumworldnews.com/btc-all-time-highs-xrp-number-one-bch-bsv-fade-away-forecast-2019-weiss-ratings/ 5 comments btc
- Write a function that accepts a non-predetermined number of variables? https://www.reddit.com/r/rstats/comments/5hxteq/write_a_function_that_accepts_a_nonpredetermined/ 8 comments rstats
- The Jobs Numbers Write The Final Chapter Of Obama's Winning Closing Argument http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/02/1154169/-the-job-numbers-write-the-final-chapter-on-obama-s-winning-narrative-on-the-economy 3 comments politics
- Does anyone know how to replicate this feature? What you write in CC number gets replicated on the virtual card. https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/cqhk6m/does_anyone_know_how_to_replicate_this_feature/ 4 comments webdev
- Write down any natural number, reverse its digits to form a new number, and add the two... http://www.futilitycloset.com/2010/03/07/stubborn/ 54 comments math
- Elm Challenge - Write a function that outputs the decimal representation of a rational number https://dev.to/dwayne/elm-challenge-write-a-function-that-outputs-the-decimal-representation-of-a-rational-number-3jpo 5 comments elm
- Justice Gorsuch writing separately: Page length more than opinion numbers (so far) http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/06/justice-gorsuch-writing-separately-page-length-more-than-opinion-numbers-so-far/ 11 comments politics
- How would you write a program that computes the largest number you can? (crosspost from /r/math) http://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/27x195/how_would_you_write_a_program_that_computes_the/ 40 comments compsci
- Write a C program of 512 characters or less that returns as large a number as possible. http://djm.cc/bignum-results.txt 262 comments programming
- Is there enough space in the observable universe to write down the number of digits in Graham's Number? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4mkjdg/is_there_enough_space_in_the_observable_universe/ 18 comments askscience
- Mayor tells residents not evacuating for Hurricane Harvey to write social security numbers on their arms https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-harvey-damage-texas-rockport-mayor-social-security-patrick-rios-a7913846.html 5 comments nottheonion
- Try IBM's one-of-a-kind analog AI chip by Writing Numbers https://analog-ai-demo.mybluemix.net 11 comments technology
- Texas mayor tells those not evacuating to write names, Social Security numbers on their arms: report http://thehill.com/homenews/348030-texas-mayor-tells-those-not-evacuating-to-write-names-social-security-numbers-on 161 comments politics
- Voters in Split, Croatia write in Spongebob as a protest vote in big numbers (in Croatian) in the 2017 mayor election. http://www.vijesti.rtl.hr/novosti/hrvatska/2683903/i-tko-kaze-da-splicani-nemaju-smisla-za-humor-puno-splicana-glasalo-za-spuzva-boba/ 7 comments worldnews
- A fun game: Explain a thing about numbers with only the ten hundred most used words (like this)! You can use this page to write it. http://xkcd.com/simplewriter/ 58 comments math
- Steele & White - How To Print Floating-Point Numbers Accurately (i.e. how to write printf correctly) [pdf] http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse590p/590k_02au/print-fp.pdf 32 comments programming
- "They're often called lost boys, the many young men who keep postponing adulthood. As Donna Nebenzahl writes, social scientists are trying to figure out why their numbers keep growing" http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/will+young+ever+grow/5044431/story.html 2557 comments worldnews
- Poonam Pandey on Raj Kundra: When I decided to terminate the contract, they leaked my personal mobile number writing, ‘Call me now, I will strip for you’ https://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/poonam-pandey-on-raj-kundra-when-i-decided-to-terminate-the-contract-they-leaked-my-personal-mobile-number-writing-call-me-now-i-will-strip-for-you/articleshow/84617153.cms 21 comments india
- AnimXYZ helps you create, customize, and compose animations for your website. Powered by CSS variables to allow a nearly limitless number of unique animations without writing a single keyframe https://animxyz.com/ 37 comments webdev
- (x86) I'm trying to write a recursive function that exits with a status of the nth fibonacci number, but I just get a segfault. Would anyone be willing to give me some pointers? https://gist.github.com/seisvelas/a860e4569f0a8e5d1c917d5ec4042e62 9 comments asm
- Intriguing write up attempting to explain the massive discrepancy between the Caps success this season and what one would predict given their underlying numbers https://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2018/01/15/im-wrong-caps-heres/ 5 comments hockey
- You should keep track of the books you read, writing down the author, title, days you started and finished it, year it was published, and any other relevant information. Especially if you like numbers as much as I do. http://proseposeur.tumblr.com/post/21530676083/statistics-for-the-books-ive-read-in-the-past 5 comments books
- Traces of a Lost Language Discovered ___ A scrap of paper with early 17th-century writing gives corresponding numbers in Spanish, Arabic numerals, & symbols from an unknown language http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/617 14 comments history
- PSG’s latest offer to Kylian Mbappé was a blank check, as they told him to write whatever number he wants to renew. This offer was still rejected. https://www.marca.com/futbol/real-madrid/2022/02/24/6216c43946163f8a558b456d.html 9 comments soccer
- The one Trump record he doesn’t want you to talk about: An unprecedented number of mass shootings. Four of the most deadly shootings in US history have taken place during the Trump administration, Clare Hill writes https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/trump-mass-shootings-usa-2020-election-biden-guns-nra-b1424716.html 4 comments politics
- Opinion: EU needs a clear refugee policy. The number of refugees in Greece is rising again — and the living conditions are miserable. This shows the halfhearted nature of the EU's policy toward asylum-seekers, writes Jens Thurau. https://www.dw.com/en/opinion-eu-needs-a-clear-refugee-policy/a-50705633 13 comments europe
- How to cherry-pick data, Arvind Panagariya-style: Why does he use a 2006 projection on population, and not a more recent one, while writing on the number of job-seekers in India? https://www.newslaundry.com/2018/05/07/population-job-seekers-data-arvind-panagariya-modi-government-unemployment 4 comments india
- Punjab: 70% govt primary school kids flunk test in basic English, Punjabi & Maths. According to the report, 85% Class 1 students failed to successfully write the entire English alphabet, and 80% among them failed to recognise numbers 1 to 20, while 82% failed to write the Punjabi alphabet. http://indianexpress.com/article/education/punjab-70-percent-govt-primary-school-kids-flunk-test-in-basic-english-punjabi-maths-5026337/ 5 comments india
- DistroWatch recently launched a feature that enables writing reviews and voting on operating systems, it’s surprising to look at average ratings and number of votes. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6knjfo/distrowatch_recently_launched_a_feature_that/ 75 comments linux
- Despite wealth Germany struggles with illiteracy: ... some nine percent of the population is unable to read and write beyond a third-grade level. The most recent study, carried out by Hamburg University in 2011, put the number of functional illiterates in the country at an astonishing 7.5 million. http://www.dw.com/en/despite-wealth-germany-struggles-with-illiteracy/a-19536651 12 comments worldnews
- "The end product of the torture, he writes, was lies. Slahi made a number of false confessions in an attempt to end the torment, telling interrogators he planned to blow up the CN Tower in Toronto." http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/16/-sp-guantanamo-diary-exposes-brutality-us-rendition-torture 3 comments politics
- Science compiled a list of some of most followed scientists on Twitter and calculated their “Kardashian Index” - a comparison of a scientist’s number of followers with their academic citations: Scientists with a high score should “get off Twitter” and write more papers, suggests the original article http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2014/09/top-50-science-stars-twitter 11 comments science
- Snowden: "I think a person should be able to dial a number, make a purchase, send an SMS, write an e-mail, or visit a Web site without having to think about what it's going to look like on their permanent record." http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57617680-38/snowden-not-all-spying-bad-but-nsa-program-divorced-from-reason/ 1763 comments worldnews
- US overhauling intelligence access to try to prevent another Snowden: "You limit the numbers of people who can write to removable media. We'll close and lock server rooms so that it takes two people to get in there." http://gadgets.ndtv.com/internet/news/us-overhauling-intelligence-access-to-try-to-prevent-another-snowden-394441 60 comments technology
- Large number of stories of cops complaining about (and identifying by name) cops who dared write them a ticket. "This officer could have cared less that he was writing another active police officer, I go out of my way to take care of other cops no matter where you may be visiting from." http://web.archive.org/web/20071011192900/http://www.copswritingcops.com/home.html 6 comments politics
- if it cost around $34 with tip, then I put $34.34, or if it cost $122, then I put $122.22. I do this reliably now, on all restaurant transactions. What I've found is a shocking number of restaurants don't charge me what I write. http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1190803943&count=1 236 comments reddit.com