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ColinTheMathmo, 11 days ago to random

I've seen mathematicians take a piece of paper, draw an arrow, not even a domain or image, stare at it, then say 'No that's not it', scrap the paper and start all over again... -- https://x.com/Friteszilla/status/1794489258436092280

ionica, 11 days ago

@ColinTheMathmo I have seen a mathematician staring at a white wall for two hours before saying 'Ah yes, that's how it works'.

ionica, 11 days ago

@christianp This made me snort tea over my keyboard. Thanks.

ionica, 27 days ago to random Dutch

Zoon komt terug van een zeilwedstrijd en hij had gewonnen - MAAR HIJ IS GEDISKWALIFICEERD (omdat er een teamlid te weinig was). Houd op met me.

ionica, 27 days ago

Zoon vraagt nu hoe Joost Klein het op het songfestival heeft gedaan (hij was sinds donderdag weg en had geen mobiel mee) 😩

ellendebruin, 28 days ago to random

Nou, #EvenTotHier kan weer terug naar vanavond

ionica, 28 days ago

@ellendebruin ik had per ongeluk kaartjes voor een dansavond gekocht voor vanavond - en kon ze niet teruggeven. Nu heb ik een excellent plan B!

ionica, 28 days ago

@Belle Ik houd normaal nogal intens van het songfestival.

ionica, 28 days ago to random Dutch

En ik maar hopen dat dit alles onderdeel was van de strategie van Gover Meit 😭

ionica, 28 days ago

Nou, geen Joost Klein vanavond dus op het songfestival.

18+ christianp, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

@ionica I've been meaning to send you a photo of this for ages - a while ago I saw some Karin Luiten books and aprons on sale, so bought them for my kids. I thought she might like to know that she's inspiring kids to cook in the North-East of England!

Today we're making pizzas 🧑‍🍳🍕

18+ ionica, 1 month ago

@christianp that is so cool! I will share your message with her (and your kids might end up as test cooks for her one day…)

ionica, 1 month ago

@CodingThunder @christianp Want to add that I also appreciate your excellent alt-text, you set such a good standard.

notjustbikes, 1 month ago to random

I was clearing out some old photos and videos from my hard drive and came across this photo of the Leiden University Medical Centre.

Maybe it's just because I went to a really ugly University, but this looks SO nice to me. :)

#leiden

ionica, 1 month ago

@notjustbikes I bike past there so often and it never looked as beautiful as in this picture!

christianp, 1 month ago to random

The people whose house we want to buy have just decided they're not selling after all. We have a cash buyer for ours and lawyers were about to start doing searches.

I feel like smashing things.

ionica, 1 month ago

@christianp Nooooooooo

ionica, 1 month ago to random Dutch

Wil één van jullie misschien checken wat deze formule voor n=5 en m =2 geeft? (Ik heb het met de hand gedaan en ben iets minder scherp dan normaal en ga zo in het vliegtuig een column maken waarin ik het antwoord nodig heb...)

ionica, 1 month ago

@christianp Thanks! I did end up much higher. Did you add the squares?

ionica, 1 month ago

@christianp (I wish I was better at coding, I tried putting it in Wolfram Alpha, but it gave too many errors...)

ionica, 1 month ago

@christianp Hurrah, thanks! That's what I had!

d_yellowlees, 1 month ago to random

I've had a super busy week - good but draining.

Getting feedback like this though makes it all worth it!

If you have researchers who need presentation skills give me a shout!

ionica, 1 month ago

@christianp The quote says PhD researcherS, so maybe a dozen PhD students each attended a different one and they all agreed that Duncan's was better?

ionica, 2 months ago to random Dutch

Had ik al verteld dat ik volgende week in Texas ben om hopelijk een volledige zonsverduistering -zonder wolken- te zien?

ionica, 2 months ago

@thomastospace Ja! Ik ga nu mee met een collega van sterrenkunde die straks in noord-Portugal eeen publieksfestival wil organiseren rond die zonsverduistering. Dan ga ik hopelijk ook kijken...