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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

It could just become a series of 1’s repeating forever

If that happens in a number, then it is rational. Pi is not rational, so that will never happen in pi.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

No, it's better. There is a comparison in OP's link. (rank choice is called Instant Runoff Voting)

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

(-1)*(-1) = e^iπ^*e^iπ^ = e^i2π^ = 1

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (3 children)

People have always had a lack of creativity.

When the Greeks were settling around the Mediterranean they founded many 'New Cities', (Neapolis). One remained a 'new city' for long enough for the name to evolve to Naples.

The Phoenicians did the same, in their language 'New City' was Qart Hadasht, we now call it Carthage. One of the Carthages in what is now Spain was conquered by Rome and to differentiate it from the Capital of the Carthaginians they called it Carthago Nova, essentially New New City.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You failed to quote the July 25th 1945 entry

That's Truman's reaction to the trinity test and is irrelevant to when he was told about the research. Obviously he had a different reaction to the actual bomb compared to a hypothetical bomb, but I would think that would be expected.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The night Truman was sworn in as Roosevelt’s successor he noted in his diary that Stimson told him the U.S. was “perfecting an explosive great enough to destroy the whole world.”

And if you wanted to know what Truman thought of not being told as vice president. (from the same link)

On June 17, Truman received a phone call from Stimson, who told him that the Pasco plant was “part of a very important secret development.” Fortunately, Stimson did not need to explain further: Truman, a veteran and a patriot, understood immediately that he was treading on dangerous ground. Before Stimson could continue, Truman assured the secretary “you won t have to say another word to me. Whenever you say that [something is highly secret] to me that’s all I want to hear. If [the plant] is for a specific purpose and you think it’s all right, that’s all I need to know.” Stimson replied that the purpose was not only secret, but “unique.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

"I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office ..."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

That was the full briefing and Truman had been told about it earlier. And him not being told while he was vice president is irrelevant to information being withheld from a president.

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