Awaiting the referee reports. In the formal sense, a man of letters. Now in a million pieces, picked up for deliberation by the people reading at home.
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"I had not thought it would be like this."
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Just saw a highway sign that said "speed limit enforced by aircraft", and I can't possibly imagine what that would mean
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Yes, these two things, both normal and true, are, in fact, similar.
Curaçao is part of the Netherlands, much as Northern Ireland is part of the UK. Curaçao having its own football team is very much like Northern Ireland having one.
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I, for one, have been waiting to take it all out on the Bosnians.
Jun 13
Most likely USMNT R32 opponents now
Bosnia
Iran
Egypt
Belgium (if both finish second)
Canada (US wins group, CAN third)
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I've never read a tweet more disconnected from reality.
Es de los placeres más lindos manejar y manejar recorriendo USA. Ya lo dijo Baudrillard en America.
Si haces muchos km te das cuenta q es tan pobre como Latinoamerica mechado con bolsones de prosperidad. Es Tercer Mundo con cinturones Gucci.
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Last night's soccer game reminder me of this more than anything else.
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I took calculus in college. I actually started over at Calculus I and went through the whole sequence.
One of my biggest blowups on here was when I had a tweet almost exactly like this except instead of saying 20 page biochem report, I said “calculus” and all the smartest people in the world spent like two days making fun of me for saying that you take calculus in college, which is an example of missing the point so completely that it’s almost miraculous.
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As opposed to the South American country that's actually a European province.
Jun 13
It honestly took me a minute to remember if Paraguay is in South American country or if it’s that European country I always mistake for being a South American country.
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Moderately Successful Geometer retweeted
Jun 12
My favorite such joke:
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old joke: four rabbis are arguing doctrine. its 3 against 1. the odd one out asks God for a sign that he’s correct. it snows. the 3 dismiss it. it thunders. the 3 dismiss it. finally a voice calls from heaven, “hes right”. so one of the rabbis says: “alright, now its 3 against 2”
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History has vindicated them completely.
Jun 12
The so-called “calculator riots” of 1986 serve as a powerful reminder that today’s anxieties about artificial intelligence replacing human thinking are far from new.
In April 1986, a determined group of math educators staged a vocal protest outside the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) annual convention in Washington, D.C. Led by influential textbook author John Saxon, demonstrators carried signs declaring, “The Button’s Nothin’ ’Til the Brain’s Trained.”
They were opposing the NCTM’s new recommendation to incorporate electronic calculators into mathematics education at every grade level, including homework and exams.
The protesters worried that reliance on calculators would erode students’ mental arithmetic skills, numerical intuition, and deep conceptual understanding, potentially creating a generation of “calcuholics” overly dependent on machines.
The NCTM countered that calculators would free students from repetitive, low-level calculations, enabling them to tackle more complex problem-solving and higher-order thinking. Ultimately, the debate led to a pragmatic compromise: students would first master core mathematical concepts and mental strategies before using calculators as tools for more advanced work.
This balanced approach allowed technology to enhance, rather than replace, mathematical reasoning.
Today, as schools navigate the rapid rise of generative AI, the 1986 calculator compromise offers a valuable blueprint: prioritize genuine understanding first, then thoughtfully integrate powerful new tools.
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"built compelling resumes during high school"
LOL
Jun 10
Disagree. The absolute top colleges have no shortage of interesting applicant essays. Many students have not lived compelling lives or built compelling resumes during high school. The essays exist to sift those kids out. The essays are actually very good for this reason.
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My guess was Minnesota, which is tied for 7th lowest, so I don't feel too bad.
Jun 10
Without looking it up, take a guess at which U.S. state has the lowest GINI coefficient, in other words which has the lowest inequality (the answer in the replies).
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Tell it to the Pope.
Jun 10
The World Cup starts tomorrow. I have only one wish:
For God's sake dont call it soccer. The name of the world's most popular sport is football.
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No, it's perfectly rational: they saw that they were down in the count and did what they needed to do to close the gap. Happens all the time in lots of domains.
Jun 11
HOW CONVENIENT THAT THE LATE POINTS FAVORED THE KNICKS.
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I don't think Anthropic's decision to nerf LLM work in Fable is problematic. It's a natural consequence of something people have been saying for a while: with these models, there's no moat.
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The Catholics have their ruling: it's "soccer."
Jun 10
The World Cup begins tomorrow, and many will watch the matches. Soccer reminds us of something we must not forget: life is not a race to show off on our own, but a path we learn to walk together. Anyone who does not know how to pass the ball, even if they have talent, has not yet understood the game. Anyone who does not know how to live with and for others has not yet understood life. #ApostolicJourney
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Canada is a real country worthy of respect, because it has a Major League Baseball team.
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Four red cards? Did they bring guns or something?
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This is what it looks like when I write a paper.
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Any interesting new theorems autonomously proved today?
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