Strings

forever

I don't believe in luck. I do believe we've known each other since forever, though. Her: Really? Yeah. You know how? When the big bang happened, all the atoms in the universe, they were all smashed together into one little dot that exploded outward. So my atoms and your atoms were certainly together then, and, who knows, probably smashed together several times in the last 13.7 billion years. So my atoms have known your atoms and they've always known your atoms. My atoms have always loved your atoms.

"I am in a charming state of confusion." • Ada Lovelace | #iphoneonly #midsemester (at G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons at Georgia Tech)

The video features images of our Sun from the past three years, "at a pace of two images per day." Captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)

FYI: it is epic when you watch it on fullscreen with your earphone.

Stunning Video: 3 Years Of The Sun In 3 Minutes : The Two-Way

Brilliant Enterprise

by Txchnologist

GE’s Brilliant Machines transform raw data into efficiencies. Our deep-sea fuel technology helps us discover and maximize resources in extreme conditions. Which might come in handy for the U.S.S. Enterprise as it attempts to live long and prosper in deep space. #Brilliantmachines

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Born to lead? "Success" can be an inherited trait

So… this post has been sitting in my draft box for a while now, just decided to upload it now.

**Disclaimer** This might demotivate you or motivate you.

Here we go:

Study conducted at the University College London (UCL) shows that Genetic differences are significantly associated with the likelihood that people take on managerial responsibilities.

A specific DNA sequence is associated with the tendency for individuals to occupy a leadership position and one’s intellect and moral aptitude.

So how worthy was this study?

Using a large twin sample, the international research team, which included academics from Harvard, NYU, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Berkley, estimate that a quarter of the observed variation in leadership behavior between individuals can be explained by genes passed down from their parents. Technically, the researchers have identified a genotype, called rs4950, which is found in “successful” people. They compared genetic samples from thousands of individuals with information about jobs and relationships, finding that in both surveys there was a significant association between rs4950 and leadership.

Believe in destiny•fate? Well maybe, it's the rs4950.

Although the vast scientific community and respectful people from the academia fondly agrees (obviously they have rs4950), I  have a tad regret in accepting this fact study. Because, according to 'science', it is technically impossible difficult for a dumb less-powered DNA to become successful (I know this might sound messed up)… Philosophically however, Any Rand would have a love•hate interest in this, but that's life… well, science.

Whether it take two hundred thousand parts, eight hundred thousand hours of super-computing time, 3 million lines of code, 40 thousand sets of eyes or a million sleepless nights. Whether its building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station or the next leap in unmanned systems, as an engineer one thing never changes, our passion to make it real.

If you don't risk anything, you risk even more | #nyc #lookingdown #fromwhereistand #iphoneonly

mars

It’s crazy how the dude (Lujendra Ojha) I vaguely remember from student center led the NASA research project that found water on Mars

We’re all like,

FACT

When my prof puts an unsolvable problem on a pset

either way

never compromise your principles