@KeithDevlin@fediscience.org
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KeithDevlin

@KeithDevlin@fediscience.org

Mathematician (Emeritus Stanford), author (inc. many for a general audience), and avid cyclist. For many years "The Math Guy" on NPR. Co-founder of the ed tech company BrainQuake. I write an edited monthly blog for the Math. Assoc. of America called "Devlin's Angle", often (not always) about #mathed. The ranking site AcademicInfluence.com ranks me No.1 of the world's "Ten Most Influential Mathematicians 2000-2020". [https://tinyurl.com/w6p2bx5s] Being active on sites like this probably helped!

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VPS_Reports, to random
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I will not vote for Biden and I urge everyone I know to abstain from voting for him or Trump. They are the same. This is a dual-party fascist state. Biden is a 21st Century Hindenburg. I previously felt a need not to give presidential voting advice publicly. Today changed that. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-biden-collide-split-screen-trips-border-immigration-spotlight-rcna140899?taid=65e1095ae6aea10001992eb2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

KeithDevlin,
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@VPS_Reports Biden is playing Trump. The guy's been in this game a long time and is a past master at getting what he wants ...

KeithDevlin, to random
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Excellent way for billionaires to put their money to good use. I hope my wealthy neighbors in Silicon Valley take note https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/26/nyregion/albert-einstein-college-medicine-bronx-donation.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20240226&instance_id=116093&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=73803742&segment_id=159174&te=1&user_id=10a006dbdb5927dddcd3af03293353ee

KeithDevlin, to random
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Excellent, well-researched article showing that the are working closely with Putin to dismantle democracy and why they have thrown their lot in with Russia https://terikanefield.com/why-some-prefer-oligarchy/

w7voa, to random
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Within minutes of the polls closing in South Carolina, Donald Trump is projected to be the victor in the state's Republican primary.

KeithDevlin,
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@w7voa That 60% of voters want as president a bitter old man who has transparently lost his mental faculties and can no longer even utter a simple sentence or hold his thoughts does not bode well for the US. He will pass, those deluded citizens will still be with us

KeithDevlin, to space
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Congratulations on the lunar landing, . It's been my entire career since you were there before.

arstechnica, (edited ) to random
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Measles erupts in Florida school where 11% of kids are unvaccinated

Over 100 children at the school are susceptible to virus.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/measles-erupts-in-florida-school-where-11-of-kids-are-unvaccinated/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

KeithDevlin, (edited )
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@arstechnica Nothing like putting your children through this just so you can be a good MAGA and own the libs ...

KeithDevlin, to random
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https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2024/02/18

petergleick, to random
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How come a political pollster has never called me?

What other groups of people are never called, and hence never represented in polling data?

KeithDevlin,
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@petergleick We never answer the phone unless we recognize the name or number of the caller

ElleGray, to random
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    KeithDevlin,
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    @ElleGray I've essentially said that lots of times, but boy I wish I'd thought of that way to say it! 👏 👏 👏 🙂

    KeithDevlin, to random
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    At root, the would like to be able to lynch Fani Willis. The closest they can get is an appalling, trope-filled verbal assault on an elected public official

    KeithDevlin,
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    https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/fani-willis-racism-trump-georgia-rico-romantic-relationship

    KeithDevlin, to random
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    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/world/europe/aleksei-navalny-dead-russia.html

    mattround, to random
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    This just keeps getting funnier every time I remember it

    KeithDevlin,
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    @mattround Musk never actually RAN those companies, though he did bully those who did into taking risks they should not have. Plus, people have died because Tesla's software does not work right.

    KeithDevlin, to random
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    This is one example of why the Republicans' intention to withdraw from NATO if they get into power is so dangerous. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/13/russia-puts-estonian-prime-minister-kaja-kallas-on-wanted-list

    ianbetteridge, to random
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    One of the most embarrassing things I have read

    KeithDevlin,
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    @ianbetteridge Musk was a "successful" businessman because in all his previous enterprises, he provided the initial money and others made all the decisions, sometimes going to great lengths to keep him at arms length

    lolgop, to random
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    We have to start with the assumption that Trump wants to destroy NATO. He knows exactly what it is.

    But he lies about it for the same reason he lied about Obama's birth certificate -- it's a con man's assault on reason, using the biases of his audience. Racism with birthering. Mob talk for NATO.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/opinion/trump-campaign-biden-aging.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE0.GFsX.ys_labuNh06Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

    KeithDevlin,
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    @lolgop Putin instructed him to do it. This is not a coincidence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/13/russia-puts-estonian-prime-minister-kaja-kallas-on-wanted-list

    mikeyb, to random
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    I do believe Germany would know a little something about Fascists.

    KeithDevlin,
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    @mikeyb The poll is not wrong. The is now an American version of Hitler's Nazi Party. They even use the same hate statements, translated into English

    tristansnell, to random
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    Neville Chamberlain sold out Czechoslovakia to the Nazis — and he’s regarded as one of the worst leaders in history.

    Donald Trump tonight just sold out all of Eastern Europe to Putin — and if he gets back into power he will destroy Europe — and drag America to shame and ruin.

    KeithDevlin,
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    @tristansnell Trump and the GOP are Putin's most effective weapon ever. Made possible by a population with too big a percentage of gullible citizens, a corrupt SCOTUS, and a crazy system to choose presidents.

    monsoon0, to random
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    Counterexamples are so useful. Why are they buried in the middle of papers authored by people who didn’t actually formulate them? In the paper I’m reading, one small benefit at least is that the inventor of the counterexample is named 🤷🏽‍♀️ But I want to know more, so much more …

    KeithDevlin,
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    @monsoon0 The Aronsjazn Tree, named after the Polish-American mathematician Nachman Aronsjazn (d.1980), is a counterexample to extending König's Infinity Lemma from aleph-0 to aleph-1

    djnavarro, to random
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    Nice article by Jane Caro in The Saturday Paper, albeit a rather sad one. It’s genuinely frustrating to look at how the mishmash of Federal/State level funding of education creates a system that massively disadvantages poorer states. And honestly I still don’t understand why the Federal government has any public policy justification for funding private schools.

    https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2024/02/10/simple-idea-225-fully-fund-public-schools

    KeithDevlin, (edited )
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    @djnavarro Here in the US, the poorest states are overwhelmingly Republican, and many of them actively oppose anything resembling a modern education, opting instead for highly restrictive, anti STEM curricula; which guarantees they remain at the bottom. Tragic

    donwatkins, to puns
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    A Buddhist monk walked up to a hot dog vendor and said, “make me one with everything!

    KeithDevlin,
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    @donwatkins What one took a few seconds ... Nice!😀

    monsoon0, to random
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    Let’s imagine that a person has prepared lecture notes, tutorials, and all the material for a semester-long course, which she was allocated several months ago to teach for semester 1, which is starting in a week. /1

    KeithDevlin,
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    @monsoon0 @christianp Definitely not okay

    KeithDevlin, to cycling
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    TIL that Camelbak is headquartered in my home town. Though not for much longer. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/north-bay/camelbak-plans-to-close-petaluma-headquarters-43-jobs-affected/

    djnavarro, to random
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    I am so sick of the men who insist on referring to me as “Daniel” in emails. These are men who have never known me by any name except “Danielle”, and as far as I can tell have not clocked me. “Danielle” is the only name that appears anywhere in documents. Women never do this to me, only men (about 5-10% of them). Nobody, regardless of gender, makes the reverse error. Not once in 30+ years did it happen

    I think it’s plain misogyny? Some men are simply too lazy to use women’s names correctly

    KeithDevlin,
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    @djnavarro Men very insecure in their own gender I suspect

    cindyweinstein, to random

    Existential document from North Carolina. Thanks to a post by @usluck.

    KeithDevlin,
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    @cindyweinstein @usluck Though there is a logical reason to have such an option; how else do you correct an erroneous entry?

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