The MBR of the Ubuntu ISO has partition type 0, which is an invalid value
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Wouldn't the thermodynamic cost of creating alternate universes make the Many Worlds interpretation implausible? I was thinking about the many interpretations of quantum physics, and one thing that never made sense to me was the many world's interpretation. Basically at any given moment for which something exists in a superposition, isn't this interpretation basically saying that there would have to exist a new universe for every possible discrete outcome that could result once the measurement is made?   So let's say an electron's location is a superposition of two distinct locations. Doesn't that mean there would at that moment have to be two distinct universes for each distinct location that is superposed? If so, then clearly the amount of universes being spawned every moment must be astronomical.   There could be trillions upon trillions of electrons(for instance) having superposed states, and then every moment in time (I suppose every planck time?), it seems there would have to be yet another set of universes spawning for every superposition.  How could this be? Surely there must be some kind of thermodynamic cost to replicate an entire universe. What would fuel or supply the additional mass and energy for every universe at every moment for every superposed state?  To my lay person's mind, this seems to be a very big weakness of this interpretation, but I needed to ask people with the physics background required to answer this question. Could there be some kind of loophole that could allow alternate universes to spawn so rapidly? Otherwise, doesn't this present a bit of a problem for taking this interpretation seriously? The coefficient of $x^9$ in the expansion of $(1+x)(1+x^2)(1+x^3)...(1+x^{100})$.  I tried the following concept, how to sum 9 using 1-9 only without repetition.  1:9, 2:1+8,3:7+2, 4: 6+3, 5: 5+4,  6:1+2+6 ,7:1+3+5, 8:2+3+4  The answer is 8.  How will it be solved using Binomial theorem. How to code an automated bot that can browse and do operations on a webpage Does a shortcode with a single attribute have to use an array? I want to build a shortcode that takes a single attribute.  Everything online is telling me to make it using an array:  // Add Shortcode function bg_comparison_points_shortcode( $atts ) {     // Attributes     $atts = shortcode_atts(         array(             'custom_field' =&gt; '',         ),         $atts,         'comparison_points'     );     return bg_calculate_points($custom_field); } add_shortcode( 'comparison_points', 'bg_comparison_points_shortcode' );   But in my mind something like this would be much simpler  // Add Shortcode function bg_comparison_points_shortcode( $custom_field ) {     return bg_calculate_points($custom_field); } add_shortcode( 'comparison_points', 'bg_comparison_points_shortcode' );   Is there a problem doing this simpler version? What is a word that means to say in a positive sense? For instance, when writers say that a person was sexually assaulted instead of saying raped.  Or people use let go instead of fired.  What is that called? Present continuous and simple future Check differentiability of multivariable functions I am trying to determine if the following functions are (totally)   differentiable at $(x,y)=(0,0)$.      $$f(x,y)=\sqrt{\vert xy \vert}$$      $$g(x,y)=e^{{{\vert x \vert}^3}y}$$   However I am not particularly sure where to start. The concept of the total derivative being the Jacobian matrix makes sense but I don't really understand how to work with functions that may not have a Jacobian matrix. Any help would be greatly appreciated! How do I check whether a file exists without exceptions? Why are There No "Triernions" (3-dimensional analogue of complex numbers / quaternions)? Since there are  complex numbers (2 dimensions) and quaternions (4 dimensions), it follows intuitively that there ought to be something in between for 3 dimensions ("triernions").   Yet no one uses these. Why is this? Is the motivation behind the introduction of measure theory the Lebesgue integral? In order to evaluate such an integral we need the length of each of the horizontal strip of width $h$. I have a question here. Why do we need such a general concept of measure? Length is a kind of measure, but why did Lebesgue think of so general a concept of "measure" when he just needed the length to evaluate his integrals? Is there any other motivation behind this ? Let $F$ be a field and $x\in F$. If $x=-x$ and $1\neq -1$, then $$0=\frac{x+x}{1+1}=\frac{1+1}{1+1}x=x.$$ This means that the statement in the title is true if and only if $1\neq -1$. But how do we know that $1\neq -1$ for an arbitary field? Is product of two closed sets closed? If $A$ is closed in $X$ and $B$ is closed in $Y$,   does it follow that $A \times B$ is closed in $X \times Y$ ? How to find solutions of linear Diophantine ax + by = c? I want to find a set of integer solutions of Diophantine equation: $ax + by = c$, and apparently $\gcd(a,b)|c$. Then by what formula can I use to find $x$ and $y$ ?   I tried to play around with it: $x = (c - by)/a$, hence $a|(c - by)$.     $a$, $c$ and $b$ are known. So to obtain integer solution for $a$, then $c - by = ak$, and I lost from here, because $y = (c - ak)/b$. I kept repeating this routine and could not find a way to get rid of it? Any hint?  Thanks, Chan How can I chain implicits in Scala? Sometimes we read books rather quickly and don't give them much (or any) thought, so the action 'reading' does not necessarily imply that we have given enough thoughts to any book we read.   Is there a word that describes reading a book with great care; usually but necessarily slowly over a long period of time. Can ordered list produce result that looks like 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (instead of just 1, 2, 3, ...) with css? Pointwise convergent and total variation Using (or not) the word "to" in a sentence ending with "be able" Assuming String a and b:  a += b a = a.concat(b)   Under the hood, are they the same thing?  Here is concat decompiled as reference. I'd like to be able to decompile the + operator as well to see what that does.  public String concat(String s) {      int i = s.length();     if (i == 0) {         return this;     }     else {         char ac[] = new char[count + i];         getChars(0, count, ac, 0);         s.getChars(0, i, ac, count);         return new String(0, count + i, ac);     } } pylab.ion() in python 2, matplotlib 1.1.1 and updating of the plot while the program runs