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o4c··on Maths Sheep Play Sheep
https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/117244104044239500
o4c··on On the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem
Resources:

YT playlist on Millennium Prize Problems By Harvard math department in March 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j1VW9REm7s&list=PL0NRmB0fnL...

On Navier-stokes problem definition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoefjJdFq6k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERBVFcutl3M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra7aQlenTb8

o4c··on Geolocating a random island using geometry and CUDA programming
Really great article! OP, you did an awesome job breaking down a complex problem into manageable chunks and synthesizing the solution.
o4c··on Reaction-Diffusion Playground(2020)
Related resources:

https://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/projects/amorphous/GrayScot...

https://ipython-books.github.io/124-simulating-a-partial-dif...

o4c··on The Taste Gap(2014)
Jobs: "It comes down to taste"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og7gC1GJPF8

o4c··on Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning
Full 3 volumes of Free pdfs on IA:

https://archive.org/details/MathematicsItsContentsMethodsAnd...

o4c··on Whole cross-sectional human ultrasound tomography
Relevant article:

Scanning the Body with Sound

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/scanning-the-body-with-so...

o4c··on High-Speed Robot Hand Demonstrates Dexterity and Skillful Manipulation(2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KxjVlaLBmk
o4c··on What have been the greatest intellectual achievements? (2017)
Fixed it. Thank you!
o4c··on The Secret Life of Vector Generators (2001)
Sorry for offtopic, the title reminds me best series on mechanical components by Tim hunkins.

https://www.timhunkin.com/a241_component-videos.htm

o4c··on OpenFlexure Microscope
Hello, first of all sorry. I am not bot, a human user.

I was searching for open source DIY microscope projects and found the OpenFlexure Microscope as the first search result. After reading through the project and finding it technically interesting, I submitted it to Hacker News. Fortunately, it reached the front page approximately five days after submission.

If you search for the term “open source microscope,” you will see the same link appearing as the top result.

https://www.google.com/search?q=open+source+microscope&oq=op...

From my observation, information related to precision engineering is not widely known and can be difficult to find. Because of this, overlapping submissions can sometimes occur. I apologize if this caused any repetition. Detailed teardowns of precision instruments such as gauges, metrology tools, and scientific equipment are relatively rare, which contributes to this situation.

o4c··on Ask HN: Favorite YouTube Channels?
3blue1brown, Channels launched during summer of math exposition 1,2,3,pi,4 Veritasium, numberphile,computer phile, MITOCW, animagraphs, bps space, everyday astronaut, curious driod, anton petrov, adam savage, pbs, breaking taps, cylos garage, this old tony, robert ghrist, kentucky ballistics, smarter everyday, jeremy field, alex slocum,...so on I have big list,only dropped here right off my head here.
o4c··on Albert Michelson's Harmonic Analyzer (2014) [pdf]
YT playlist on Albert michelson's harmonic analyzer by engineerguy(2014):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAsM30MAHLg&list=PL0INsTTU1k...

o4c··on Tides are weirder than you think
Veritasium made a great video on Kelvin's Tide-predicting machine in 2021.

Title: The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgF3OX8nT0w

o4c··on Why Is the Wikipedia Page for Ostrich So Small?
I want point out another page on wiki, that is precision engineering. I wish it deserves more content.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_engineering

o4c··on “Learning how to Learn” will be next generation's most needed skill
/s !

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