https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-many-elementary-particles-are-there-really-20260615/ #news #particle #science #humor #counting #issues #HackerNews #ngated
American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 8, 2026
Itโs been a week since the #California #state #primary, and #election workers continue the methodical #counting of mail-in ballots. In a now familiar pattern, after President Donald Trump complained of โbig cheatingโ in the election count, the U.S. Department of Justice announced election #fraud #investigations on June 5th.
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Itโs been a week since the California state primary, and election workers continue the methodical counting of mail-in ballots. In a now familiar pattern, after President Donald Trump complained of โbig cheatingโ in the election count, the U.S. Department of Justice announced election fraud investigations on June 5th.
Apparently mesoamericas had wearable wrist abacus like devices. (unless purely decorative)
From https://kartsci.org/kocomu/computer-history/history-abacus-ancient-computing/
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numbers, digits, integers, natural, positive, counting, prime, composite"One, two, buckle my shoe!"
Here's a collection of counting rhymes from different cultures.
(If you know of others, please share with me so I can add them.)

Some cultures have song or rhymes for teaching children to count. They can have different variations, so I've tried to find the most common. Here are some: English One, Two, Buckle my shoeThree, Four, Shut the doorFive, Six, Pick up sticksSeven, Eight, Lay them straightNine, Ten, A big, fat hen French Un, deux, trois, nous [...]
He asked AI to count carbs 27000 times. It couldn't give the same answer twice
#HackerNews #AI #Carb #Counting #Inconsistency #Diabetech #HealthTech #DataAnalysis
Ask ChatGPT to estimate the carbs in your lunch. Now ask it again. And again. Five hundred times. Youโd expect the same answer each time. Itโs the same photo, the same model, the same question. But you wonโt get the same answer. Not even close โ and the differences are large enough to cause a
Teaching the kids to count in French. I seriously don't see why anyone would find it difficult...