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The man with 1,000 Klein Bottles UNDER his house - Numberphile

Numberphile · 2.2M views · 2015-06-22 · 6:49

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Overview

Numberphile visits Cliff Stoll, the man behind ACME Klein Bottles, and sees how he stores a thousand glass Klein bottles in a crawlspace under his house. A remote-controlled forklift fetches them.

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HN commenters love Cliff Stoll's earnest, playful personality and point to this as a delightful look at his unusual warehouse.

Recommended by 8 HN people across 8 months · HN mentions 2015–2024

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What people said

fsckboy · 2024-01 · Strong recommendation

this numberphile/Cliff Stoll video is on a different topic, klein bottles... or maybe more the travelling salesman/knapsack problem, but it's a must see. Cliff is a cool guy (whose geewhiz excitement I can only take in small doses but) he's worth following [VIDEO]

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Balgair · 2020-08 · Strong recommendation

Cliff is an amazing person. Just a joy! Every time I see him on Numberphile , my life is made better. [LINK] [VIDEO] P.S. Cliff, we know you're on HN. Please continue being yourself, it seems like a really great person to be!

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joshschreuder · 2016-08 · Strong recommendation

I thought I recognised the name... turns out Cliff is the guy from the Numberphile videos who loves klein bottles. He is such an enjoyment to watch. [VIDEO]

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