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That is why the Dirac delta function is important to biology and even more so to history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirac_delta_function

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For me, it was the opportunity to get connected to the internet.

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Huge! When did this first happen for you? Have you written about this?

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It happened a bit late. 1999.

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That's still really early! I know many folks in Nigeria got internet access for the first time with the advent of the smartphone. They kind of skipped a generation (desktops and laptops), right into the modern era.

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I belong to the generation of Nigerians who got internet access through desktop. Till today, I'm still crazy about desktop. It took me a long time before I graduated to smartphone.

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I also prefer desktops (or laptops) for most things! It's just easier to type and think, and to see everything I need to see all at once. Phones are so tiny and hard for me to use (for most things).

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One thing that I think and appreciate that it changed the world -and become the highest turning point is smartphone. It opened a different economy and changed our ways of life completely; products from other products have emerged and become interlinked. I applaud the likes of Steve Jobs who had just a simple vision that turn around everywhere. In your next adventure, tell us Andrew where the idea of touch screen was borrowed from the universe.

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Edwin, Jobs saw the touch screen, GUI, and mouse over at Xerox PARC! He saw something they did not see.

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He saw what no one believed in. I had read how one journist questioned how is it possible to have a touch screen in 2007. So, Steve Job was confident about it and so to his word, you and I are the testimonies. He wa a a visionary .

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Yeah! The first time my wife looked at me. Boom! I know I'm trivial. Don't get mad Andrew :-P

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Interestingly enough, I would say that's probably not trivial at all! Is there a good story behind the meeting?

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Well, there was not much good before I met her. But she was pure light. And I assure you, for a guy with my problems, she was a real gift. Really, no kidding. The moment I met her, she filled my life with meaning. That is why your question immediately lit up her face in my mind.

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I'll allow it!

Good for both of you!

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The moment I met you. 😐

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Was it in Milwaukee? I mean, in person for the first time.

Or was it maybe like a Grapplers Quest or IBJJF event?

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I’m not sure but I’m positive you were wearing pajama pants and a hoodie? Does that narrow it down?

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Well... the only pajama pants I regularly wore before about 2010 were gi pants, and I'm confident we met well before Alley and I began dating (on the same day you and Celery began your relationship, in fact).

So no, it doesn't really narrow it down too much!

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OK so I’m pretty sure you weren’t smoking a cigar or wearing a tuxedo. Does that help?

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That does rule out at least that ONE party.

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Daniel with his Kurzgesagt spiel again. Have you seen this recent video that explores alternative explanations for what might've caused the dinosaurs to go extinct? It's pretty fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjoQdz0nxf4

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Not yet, but I'll save for later!

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