1. ### Coolest Thing I’ve Learned Today

The statement, “every maximal ideal in a commutative ring with identity is prime” is equivalent to De Morgan’s Law, ¬(p ∧ q) → ¬p ∨¬q.

This is cool because De Morgan’s Law is dealing wholly with logic while the statement is talking about (more or less) algebra. Weird.

And if I ever get bored with that, there’s always Euler’s identity: $e^{i \pi} + 1 = 0$

2. ## Video Game Stuff of the Day: Anita Sarkeesian’s Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (Part II)

Yesterday, Anita Sarkeesian unveiled the second episode of her Tropes Vs. Women in Video Games series, which analyzes a variety of tropes that are perceived as sexist in video games. And as it was the case with the premiere of the “pilot episode, the feminist author’s second vlog post was immediately challenged by her detractors who managed to temporarily take down the video by abusing the “flag as inappropriate” button before it was restored shortly thereafter.

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4. I’ll always remember stoping on the way home from Leadville and we didn’t see your car anywhere. 20 mins later there you were coming up the hill at 10mph and smoke coming from behind you because your car didn’t have enough power to climb up the mountains. RIP Sonka.

5. A mosquito was heard to complain
That a chemist had poisoned his brain
The cause of his sorrow