Martin Van Burean Historic Site

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Today, Martin Van Buren is an obscure man, often little more than a footnote. In pre-Civil War America, however, it was impossible not to have an opinion of him. Van Buren was central to the creation of America's political parties, and to the largest crisis of his time, slavery. The above quote is from Davy Crockett, one of many Americans trying to understand the Red Fox of Kinderhook.

More about the Martin Van Burean Historic Site in Kinderhook, OK?

Hexadecimal

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I wish schools would teach math in hexadecimal and floating point numbers, rather than the cryptic base 10 math they commonly use that requires hours of painful learning non-sensible multiplication tables.

Hexadecimal math is so easy. You really have to memorize how to convert 16 hexadecimal digits into binary, then all binary math is super simple – every answer is just 0 or 1, carrying your digit to the next digit if necessary.

But then again, I am a proponent of adapting the KODAK calendar and Celsius, which are far simpler and more rational ways of tracking time and temperature.

Warmest Winter Days, December 21 – March 21

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Warmest Winter Days, December 21 – March 21
Most of the really warm winter days are in March.
Date High Temperature
Fri, Mar 16, 1990 82
Wed, Mar 9, 2016 81
Tue, Mar 20, 2012 78
Mon, Mar 19, 2012 78
Wed, Mar 21, 2012 76
Mon, Mar 9, 2020 75
Sat, Mar 17, 1990 75
Thu, Mar 14, 1946 75
Fri, Mar 16, 1945 75
Fri, Mar 20, 2020 74
Fri, Feb 24, 2017 74
Wed, Mar 14, 1990 74
Wed, Feb 21, 2018 73
Sat, Mar 20, 1976 73
Fri, Mar 15, 2019 72
Thu, Dec 24, 2015 72
Wed, Mar 15, 1989 72
Thu, Mar 10, 1977 72
Tue, Mar 20, 1945 72
Fri, Mar 18, 2022 71
Sat, Jan 6, 2007 71
Thu, Mar 15, 1990 71
Sat, Dec 29, 1984 71
Thu, Mar 5, 1964 71
Thu, Mar 15, 1945 71
Andy Arthur, 2/8/23.
Data Source: National Weather Service Records,
June 1938 to Present, Albany Airport.

What to Know About the Egg Shortage and Misinformation – The New York Times

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What to Know About the Egg Shortage and Misinformation – The New York Times

Eggs can’t catch a break.

They’re scarce on store shelves. If you do manage to track some down, you may have to shell out considerable cash, as eggs reach record prices. An avian flu outbreak in the United States killed millions of hens last year, eliminating a critical egg supply. And now, a frenetic flurry of misinformation is being volleyed between pro- and anti-egg camps on social media. To Joe Rogan, eggs cause blood clots. To some on Twitter sharing screenshots of the abstract of a scholarly paper, yolks can ward off Covid.

This is not the first egg war. For the last 60 years or so, scientists have sparred over whether eggs are bad for the heart, said Walter Willett, a professor of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Nutritionists have debated whether the high levels of cholesterol found in eggs outweigh the punch of protein they offer.