• queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      We can call it the Euler Award for Excessive Achievement in Science. Or the Eulies if you’re in the industry. And we can make a big deal about it if anyone pronounces it “the yoolies”

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          Yep, I think the accepted English pronunciation of “Euler” is as a homophone of “oiler”, so the award would be “the oilies”. I never heard the name out loud as a kid so I pronounced it “you’-ler” until well into adulthood, until someone made a big deal about me not pronouncing it correctly. I remember the occasion very clearly 🙃

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      Most of the billionaires simply own companies worth billions. They don’t have much liquid wealth, they don’t have much income

      What they have is loans paid off when they die sufficient to buy anything