Mastodawn

The Number on the Wall: Why Physicists Call 137 Magic

I came to 137 the way most people come to it, by hearing it called a magic number and wanting to know whether the word was earned. My instinct with a claim like that is suspicion, because a working life spent around language and persuasion teaches you how easily a large word gets draped over a small thing. This time the suspicion did not survive the facts. The number turned out to be real in a way I had not expected, and the people most gripped by it have been some of the hardest-headed physicists who ever lived. […]

https://bolesblogs.com/2026/06/03/the-number-on-the-wall-why-physicists-call-137-magic/

WordofTheHour Apr 2

#quantity : the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division

- French: quantité

- German: die Quantität

- Italian: quantità

- Portuguese: quantidade

- Spanish: cantidad

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N-gated Hacker News Apr 2

LWN.net is *thrilled* to announce that #AI is now flooding the kernel security list with *riveting* #reports at an unprecedented rate. 🎉 Who needs #quality when you can have *quantity*, right? 👏 Apparently, robots are the new unpaid interns, churning out security tattle faster than humans can hit "unsubscribe." 🤖📈
https://lwn.net/Articles/1065620/ #LWNnet #KernelSecurity #Quantity #Over #UnpaidInterns #HackerNews #ngated

Significant raise of reports [LWN.net]

Transgressive Party Mar 26

Quantity // Quality | That's the two topics of discussion for the first two chapters in the story of the perspective of my life and the only two things I think are worth thinking about.
These two videos will seek to simplify the world to the point where the Planck Lenth seems like a Lightyear.
Quantity will dive into the minutia of what it means to be.
Quality will be focused more on what it means to have awareness.
#Om #Quantity #Quality #Life #Discussion #Philosophy #Thumbnail

Wine Feb 26

Kiwis turn away from beer and wine as alcohol consumption hits all-time low

The largest category within bee…
#wine #NewZealandWine #according #alcohol #alltime #also #And #aş #away #Beer #beverages #consuming #consumption #data #Drinking #from #highalcohol #hits #Kiwis #less #low #NewZealand #NewZealandwine #quantity #stats #turn #were #Wine #WinefromNewZealand #WineofNewZealand
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2531667/kiwis-turn-away-from-beer-and-wine-as-alcohol-consumption-hits-all-time-low/

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Feb 1

“ #Dragons, explained #Tolkien, assemble huge #wealth, appreciating only its #quantity, but taking no joy in any particular object. They are, however, enraged if any one piece were to go missing, and would burn the world with fury.” open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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WordofTheHour Nov 28, 2025

#quantity : the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division

- French: quantité

- German: die Quantität

- Italian: quantità

- Portuguese: quantidade

- Spanish: cantidad

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Follow GOLF Nov 26, 2025

https://www.fogolf.com/1104939/water-company-acosol-to-increase-quantity-and-quality-of-water-for-golf-from-cerro-del-aguila-treatment-plant/ Water company Acosol to increase quantity and quality of water for golf from Cerro del Águila treatment plant ##cerro #acosol #aguila #and #for #from #Golf #GolfCourses #Increase #Plant #quality #Quantity #The #treatment #water #will

Brandon Scott Partin Nov 11, 2025

☑️ Track Quality Not Just Quantity ✍️

Understanding these points matters because it shifts your focus from just chasing numbers to truly mastering movement.

By tracking quality, not just quantity, you build safer habits, develop better muscle control, and create lasting progress that doesn’t rely on ego lifts.

#quality #quantity #technique #reps #tempo #control #stability #rangeofmotion #weightlifting #strengthtraining #onlinecoach #personaltrainer