nPostednon June 3, 2015
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nMostnof the websites that mention this day are pretty cutesy with thenwrite-ups…with lots of repetition like this:
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n It’snNational Repeat Day!
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n It’snNational Repeat Day!
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nAndnthe suggested “celebrations” seem sort of…umm…un-fun. Like Inread this suggestion: when you put your socks on, this morning, takenthem off and then put them on again.
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nReally?nThat’s how we want to use National Repeat Day? To make morenwork for ourselves with no added benefit?
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nHownabout this, instead:
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nThenpower of repetition
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nAuthornRobert Collier once said:
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Innthe classic movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray learns that itnisn’t enough just to repeat a day…you have to try doing differentnthings while repeating the day. You have to learn from what works – and what doesn’t work.
Innthe classic movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray learns that itnisn’t enough just to repeat a day…you have to try doing differentnthings while repeating the day. You have to learn from what works – and what doesn’t work.n
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nWhennwriting computer programs, you soon learn the power ofnrepetition, or rather recursion.
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| Recursion is when a computer routine calls upon itself. It’s like a picture of a guy painting a picture of that same guy painting a picture of that same guy painting a picture… |
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| You can explore recursion yourself by taking a recursive self portrait where two mirrors face one another! |
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Whenninvestigating fractals, again, there is amazing power ofnrepetition. One way to start an investigation of fractals is toninvestigate a stalk of broccoli. Tear it down to smaller and smallernpieces – and each piece looks a lot like the whole!n You can also doodle fractals like Vi Hart.
Whenninvestigating fractals, again, there is amazing power ofnrepetition. One way to start an investigation of fractals is toninvestigate a stalk of broccoli. Tear it down to smaller and smallernpieces – and each piece looks a lot like the whole!n You can also doodle fractals like Vi Hart. n
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nSomeone made a video about making a video about how VinHart makes a video! A recursive video!
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nRepetition through recursion in computer graphics can turn a simple line of code that tells the computer to draw a circle into something utterly magnificent:
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAnniversarynof De Soto claiming La Florida for Spain
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nChimborazonDay
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nGeologistnJames Hutton’s birthday
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Anniversarynof tonsillitis striking Elvis Presley and Ringo Starr
Anniversarynof tonsillitis striking Elvis Presley and Ringo Starrn
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nPlannahead:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
Check out my Pinterest boards for:
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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