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Today's Topics:
1. Off topic: I have just come across something remarkably
cute... (Antony Barry)
2. Re: Australia to invest $12bn in missile manufacturing
(Tom Worthington)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 16:10:16 +1100
From: Antony Barry <[email protected]>
To: Link list <[email protected]>
Subject: [LINK] Off topic: I have just come across something
remarkably cute...
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Linkers
When I set the Link list up 30 years ago it rapidly became full of nerds
who would no doubt be able to recognise and parse this expression in a
twinkling of an eye and identify what it does -
^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$
I asked Perplexity AI and in two seconds got a two-page detailed
explanation. I asked Google and got a number of accurate hits.
I conclude that the expression is well-known.
OK guys, who is the Greek mathematician who is reputed to have invented
the algorithm this expresses?
Tony
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 17:22:40 +1100
From: Tom Worthington <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [LINK] Australia to invest $12bn in missile manufacturing
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On 1/11/24 10:54, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Australia to invest $12bn in missile manufacturing amid China?s rise
> By Nic Fildes in Sydney OCTOBER 30 2024
> https://www-ft-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/e810a7f8-8d45-43d0-9d5e-fc89cc3b670b
>
> ... Conroy said a new facility would be developed alongside US arms
> contractor Lockheed Martin ..."
Sounds like the previous failed strategy for an Australian car industry:
you pay a foreign company to assemble here. It is not in a company's
interests to foster an independent local industry, just take subsidies
from the Australian government to screw together imported parts. If the
Australian Government really wants an Australian industry, they need to
support Australian companies. There are opportunities to make missiles
which fit standardized launchers, as well as drones of all sizes.
Rockets and drones are something our students learn to make at university.
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Tom Worthington http://www.tomw.net.au
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