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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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KeithDevlin, to random
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A more accurate headline would be " resulted in exactly what around half the population knew would happen and repeatedly said so at the time." 🙄 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/30/britons-brexit-bad-uk-poll-eu-finances-nhs

Heitec, to Aviation

Alaska Airlines returns the 737 Max 9 to service with Seattle to San Diego flight
#flight #boeing #safety #aviation
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-airlines-737-max-9-returns-to-service/

KeithDevlin,
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@Heitec Though the photo shows a United aircraft ...

BruceMirken, to random
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I was a regular customer for nearly 3 decades -- starting when they had just a handful of stores in southern California. NEVER AGAIN.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-26/trader-joe-s-follows-spacex-in-arguing-nlrb-is-unconstitutional

KeithDevlin,
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@BruceMirken Going on customer base, at least in Northern California where I live, this is going to cost them big time. And we have many alternatives to choose from

lauren, to random
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Duracell is now selling batteries with a "bitter coating" to discourage swallowing them by children (or adults, I assume).

KeithDevlin,
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@lauren Yes, and the coating means they won't work in an Apple Airtag unless you first wipe them with an alcohol wipe to remove the coating.

KeithDevlin, to random
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Apropos the Guardian lede, using nitrogen gas to exterminate a human being now has been tested. Alabama joins Nazi Germany in conducting lethal experiments on people. Several US states are working hard to make America an international pariah nation https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/25/alabama-executes-kenneth-smith-nitrogen-gas

NanoRaptor, to random
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Slightly belated time to post this but here's a version of one of the original Mac 128k brochures cleaned, restored, made ready for print to have your own crisp clear copy laying about.

I thought I'd uploaded this a year ago but apparently these things happen inside my head but not out, sometimes.

https://archive.org/details/apple-macintosh-128k-1984-brochure-8x-11in/

KeithDevlin,
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@NanoRaptor Nice! Thank you. Takes me back ...

KeithDevlin, to queen
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Take a trip down memory lane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcNgzm29n98

KeithDevlin,
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Here's another video of that concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUByziOgZFI

steve, to random
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Cycling in Toronto requires total vigilance. You have to assume the cars can't see you, because most of them don't. You have to assume that every car is out to get you, because some of them are. You have to be aware of the location and speed of each car at all times, and assume each car will pull some dangerous stunt right in front of you, because many of them will.

Schrödinger wouldn't last five minutes.

KeithDevlin,
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@steve Exhilarating as in, "It's too close for missiles, I'm switching to guns" ?

georgetakei, to random

Where are yours kept?

KeithDevlin,
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@CivilityFan @georgetakei Can confirm. Drawers in kitchen and two bathrooms and in my toilet bag for traveling. I'm 77 in March

mattblaze, to photography
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Wind Turbines, Tracy, CA, 2010.

Megawatts of pixels at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/4491948497

KeithDevlin,
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@mattblaze It's eery riding over the Altamont Pass on a bicycle when you get somewhat close to the windmills.

eff, to random
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Using AI to create a face from crime-scene DNA & then running it through face recognition tech isn’t only “junk science,” EFF’s Jennifer Lynch told @WIRED - “It’s very dangerous, because it puts people at risk of being a suspect for a crime they didn’t commit.”
https://www.wired.com/story/parabon-nanolabs-dna-face-models-police-facial-recognition/

KeithDevlin,
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@eff @WIRED This is Idiocy 101. It's easy to suspect the nation's police forces have poor performance when it comes to hiring.

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As New Hampshire voters prepare to cast their votes in the state's first-in-the nation primary, a robo-call is circulating in the state urging Democrats to stay home - using fake audio of President Biden. https://www.voanews.com/a/7450337.html

KeithDevlin,
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@w7voa Par for the course with today's broken Republican Party ...

KeithDevlin, to random
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I'm looking forward to giving the opening keynote at this upcoming conference in March. https://web.cvent.com/event/a5d7c077-26d6-4318-8553-0ad62eafadc8/summary?rt=b_Bet_7r-k6cBOtkx-k1UQ

KeithDevlin, to random
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Gestapo tactics in the UK https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/08c4cf90-b76e-4b14-bdf6-155fa2670779?shareToken=409368e5ccbfc4ea6b0469038e6fd287

KeithDevlin, to random
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Oh FFS, WaPo. There is as much a debate here as whether Santa Claus really exists. Only small children (and apparently some Fox-drunk Republicans) are on one side. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/18/haley-racism-america-presidential-election/

KeithDevlin, to random
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Now there's a fascinating photo album! https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67997406

Enema_Cowboy, to random
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@KeithDevlin In your opinion, were the maths featured more prominently in the early seasons of Numb3rs? It seemed to me in the later seasons the mathematic principles were just mentioned in passing.

KeithDevlin,
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@Enema_Cowboy Yes. I believe that was a decision made by the Scott brothers who were the producers who felt the focus should be more on the main characters. And Charlie got "darker". They likely knew what they were doing; they were good at what they did!

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🔥 🔥 🔥
This blog post by @Teri_Kanefield is a MUST READ https://terikanefield.com/can-democracy-work-in-america-part-1-there-are-no-yankees-here/

KeithDevlin, to random
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Attended big math meeting in San Francisco this month. (Drove there & back alone; no air travel.) Moscone Center, big spaces, lots of air flow. Vaxxed to the max for Covid and for RSV. Not many masked but distanced well (we can all Bayes the risks), and that seems to have been a sensible option given the social benefit. I took a risk on hand shaking with colleagues I had not seen since Jan 2020. Lost. Came home with a 5-day nasty head cold. No vaccines & transfer by touch. Just like old times

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    KeithDevlin,
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    @JackTheCat The depressing thing is there is now a growing fascist revival in Germany ...

    djnavarro, to random
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    Reflecting on my last post. It’s such a strange aspect to transness, the way you end up celebrating things that for everyone else would be utterly unnoticeable. Wearing a swimsuit. Someone calling you by your own name. Seeing that name in an email. Being called daughter. Seeing your name on a photo id. Making it through airport security. Being invited to a girls night out. Being permitted to take your medication. Each of these is utterly prosaic, yet something you have to fight so damn hard for

    KeithDevlin,
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    @djnavarro The societal aspects should not be so hard. It sounds like a long hard journey just for what it is. Your strength is a reminder of things most of us take for granted but are each of value to us. Thank you for sharing

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    @djnavarro ❤️

    KeithDevlin, to random
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    Bravo! 😂 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/15/desantis-did-everything-right-iowa-satire/

    KeithDevlin, to random
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    Forget the fascist Republican Party. Here in Blue California we know immigrants don't poison the blood. Quite the opposite; they make life better for all. One of my local cheese shops/cafes. (Oh, and they play a big role in CA being the world's 5th largest economy.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lkE9f57fqU

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