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There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable


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Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently.



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A fractal is a way of seeing infinity.



Think of color, pitch, loudness, heaviness, and hotness. Each is the topic of a branch of physics

Think of color, pitch, loudness, heaviness, and hotness. Each is the topic of a branch of physics



Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.

Smooth shapes are very rare in the wild but extremely important in the ivory tower and the factory.



Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline or a tree.

Why is geometry often described as cold and dry? One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline or a tree.



Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end.

Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end.



A fractal is a mathematical set or concrete object that is irregular or fragmented at all scales...

A fractal is a mathematical set or concrete object that is irregular or fragmented at all scales...



If you have a hammer, use it everywhere you can, but I do not claim that everything is fractal.

If you have a hammer, use it everywhere you can, but I do not claim that everything is fractal.



Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.

Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line.



Beautiful, damn hard, increasingly useful. That's fractals.

Beautiful, damn hard, increasingly useful. That's fractals.





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Blue screen of death: she'd crashed his system. Oh, well. Boys were so unstable that way, full of buggy, self-contradictory code, pathetically unoptimized.



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Show me all your sides, dive with me to your deepest points and guide me to your Everest. I'll always adore the way you are yourself, so don't tell me being sad makes me unhappy or love you less.



Men may flee from the sunlight to dark and musty caves of the earth, but they cannot put out the sun. So men may in any dispensation despise the grace of God, but they cannot extinguish it.

Men may flee from the sunlight to dark and musty caves of the earth, but they cannot put out the sun. So men may in any dispensation despise the grace of God, but they cannot extinguish it.



I believe in a civil society we should do as much as possible not to have firearms in any guise, but obviously they are a necessary function of policing.

I believe in a civil society we should do as much as possible not to have firearms in any guise, but obviously they are a necessary function of policing.



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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.



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I would like to see more successful business people run for office.



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Testing is not the point. The point is about responsibility.



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The closest Ive come to knowing myself is in losing myself. Thats why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it.



And then you think about what you think, which is very dangerous.

And then you think about what you think, which is very dangerous.




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