๐ŸŽฉโœจ Breaking news: physicists still can't count! Quanta Magazine rambles on about particles like a toddler with a handful of Skittles. ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿ”ฌ Meanwhile, readers get a #physics lecture masquerading as a quest for a simple number. ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ’ฅ
https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-many-elementary-particles-are-there-really-20260615/ #news #particle #science #humor #counting #issues #HackerNews #ngated
How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really? | Quanta Magazine

Plausible answers range from 17 to โ€” in all seriousness โ€” 995.5.

Quanta Magazine

American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for June 8, 2026

Itโ€™s 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 โ€œbig cheatingโ€ in the election count, the U.S. Department of Justice announced election #fraud #investigations on June 5th.

๐ŸŽง ๐Ÿ—๐ŸŽ-๐’๐ž๐œ. ๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ง, ๐Ÿ“– ๐‘๐ž๐š๐, ๐Ÿ”— ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ

https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2026/06/07/california-primary-mail-in-ballot-count-methodically-continues-amidst-trumped-up-fraud-accusations-and-u-s-doj-investigations/

California Primary Mail-In Ballot Count Methodically Continues Amidst Trumped Up Fraud Accusations and U.S. DOJ Investigations

Itโ€™s 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 โ€œbig cheatingโ€ in the election count, the U.S. Department of Justice announced election fraud investigations on June 5th.

American Democracy Minute

Apparently mesoamericas had wearable wrist abacus like devices. (unless purely decorative)

From https://kartsci.org/kocomu/computer-history/history-abacus-ancient-computing/

#mathematics #history #counting #computing

https://ifckr.com/numbers
numbers โ€– digits โ€– integers โ€– natural โ€– positive โ€– counting โ€– prime โ€– composite
#numbers #digits #integers #natural #positive #counting #prime #composite #ifckr
numbers โซฝ 0 โ€• 9999

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https://ifckr.com/numbers
numbers โ€– digits โ€– integers โ€– natural โ€– positive โ€– counting โ€– prime โ€– composite
#numbers #digits #integers #natural #positive #counting #prime #composite #ifckr
numbers โซฝ 0 โ€• 9999

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numbers

numbers, digits, integers, natural, positive, counting, prime, composite

https://ifckr8.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/numbers/

numbers

numbers, digits, integers, natural, positive, counting, prime, composite

https://ifckr.wordpress.com/2026/05/08/numbers/

"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.)

https://www.listobsession.com/counting-rhymes/

#counting #language #children

Counting Rhymes

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 [...]

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I Asked AI to Count My Carbs 27,000 Times. It Couldnโ€™t Give Me the Same Answer Twice. | Diabettech - Diabetes and Technology

Ask ChatGPT to estimate the carbs in your lunch. Now ask it again. And again. Five hundred times. Youโ€™d expect the same answer each time. Itโ€™s the same photo, the same model, the same question. But you wonโ€™t get the same answer. Not even close โ€” and the differences are large enough to cause a

Diabettech - Diabetes and Technology | Where Diabetes and Technology meet

Teaching the kids to count in French. I seriously don't see why anyone would find it difficult...

#french #language #counting #quatreVingtDixSept