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commit: 0f7152fe0e44b74602faf3dc776444e96dd1f696
parent 3f119c6cbfae2b14882f15a4a72136928de7118c
Author: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date:   Sat,  2 Dec 2023 10:27:19 +0100

Remove "Invented or discovered"

The dynamic survey thing underneath this bitrotted and I don't feel the
need to maintain it.

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1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 167 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/blog/Invented-or-discovered.html b/content/blog/Invented-or-discovered.html @@ -1,167 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Was $X invented, or discovered? -date: 2021-01-06 ---- - -<p> -Let's do a little exercise. Check the term which you think best describes the -nature of advances in each domain. - -<em>Note: this page is interactive. JavaScript is not required.</em> - -<style> -.idea { - position: relative; - text-align: center; - border: 1px solid #333; - background: #eee; - margin-bottom: 1.5rem; - display: grid; - grid-template-rows: auto auto auto; - grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; -} - -.idea h3 { - grid-column-start: 1; - grid-column-end: 3; - margin: 0.25rem; -} - -.idea small { - grid-row-start: 2; - grid-row-end: 3; - grid-column-start: 1; - grid-column-end: 3; -} - -.idea label { - grid-row-start: 3; - grid-row-end: 3; - padding: 0.25rem 0; - background: white; - border-top: 1px solid #333; -} - -.idea label:last-child { - border-left: 1px solid #333; -} - -button { - padding: 0.25rem; - font-size: 1.2rem; - display: block; - margin: 1rem auto; -} - -form p { - text-align: center; -} -</style> - -<form method="POST" action="/discoveries/submit"> - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Mathematics is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="math" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="math" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Algorithms are...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="algos" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="algos" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Programming paradigms<sup><a href="#ft-1" id="ref-1">1</a></sup> are...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="paradigms" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="paradigms" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>High-level software is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="software" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="software" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <p> - Back to the fundamentals now: - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Physics is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="physics" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="physics" value="1" /> Invented</label> - <span class="result"></span> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Chemistry is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="chemistry" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="chemistry" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Biology is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="biology" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="biology" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Pharmaceuticals are...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="pharma" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="pharma" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Medical treatments are...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="medicine" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="medicine" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <p> - How about this? - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Psychology is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="psychology" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="psychology" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Sociology is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="sociology" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="sociology" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Language is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="language" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="language" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Culture is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="culture" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="culture" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <div class="idea"> - <h3>Art is...</h3> - <label><input type="radio" name="art" value="0" /> Discovered</label> - <label><input type="radio" name="art" value="1" /> Invented</label> - </div> - - <button type="submit">Submit answers</button> - <p>or <a href="/discoveries/results">view results</a> -</form> - -<section class="footnotes"> - <hr /> - <ol> - <li id="ft-1"> - Functional, imperative, object-oriented, etc. Remember that these - paradigms arise from fundamental computer science concepts like Turing - machines and Lambda Calculus. - <a href="#ref-1">↩︎</a> - </li> - </ol> -</section>