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Always learning!... and helping others to do the same. I've done research, written papers, taught maths, physics and science at high school and university... now doing bits and pieces
#Physics #ITeachPhysics #Maths #Math #Mathematics
Theo Hughes | he/him/his | 🇦🇺

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phonner, to random
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There are very few circumstances under which I would choose to eat a raisin.

level98,
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@ColinTheMathmo @phonner Currant opinion?

drskyskull, to random
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Polaroid film is made of crystals of herapathite. How was herapathite discovered? "Herapathite crystals were first prepared when an assistant to the toxicologist Herapath mixed iodine with the urine of a quinine-fed dog."

level98,
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@drskyskull Herapath sounds like the name of one of the archangels from Neil Gaiman's "Good Omens".

dgar, to random
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If I'm being subjective, I'd say my favourite band is The Who.

If I was being objective, I'd say it was The Whom.

level98,
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@dgar The Who?... The Them.

The Whom?... The They.

level98, to random
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Satan: So, you're ready to sell your soul?

Me: No. But I'll sell you a subscription to it. Just sign these terms of service...

[SaaS = Soul as a Service]

level98, to random
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A culture-war?... that's bacteria battling it out in a petri dish!

level98, to random
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So JFK was assassinated by a grassy gnoll?

ccanonne, to random
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Some probabilists like to always refer to the expectation as μ. Other strongly prefer to stick with 𝔼[X].

This bitter controversy is known as the 𝔼/μ war.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War

level98,
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@ccanonne Is this what Dickens was writing about in Great Expectations?

Skepticat, to random
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"You go first."
👀

level98,
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@Skepticat FAFO

level98, to streaming
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I keep trying to first forward the start of broadcast TV shows, and pause them.

joannaholman, to random
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Love waking up to find out six hours ago someone edited a toot I’d boosted to say something wildly different and kinda problematic. There should be a limit to how much you can edit toots that have been boosted. Fix a typo? Absolutely. Totally change the content? No

level98,
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@joannaholman @stib @jedsetter Yes. The default could be that an edited post is Unboosted and Unfavorited until someone clicks they want to keep their boost / favorite. No problem if someone doesn't get around to saying "Yes" I want to keep it.

level98,
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@stib @joannaholman @jedsetter Great idea!

level98, to random
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This sign might be correct?

TheConversationClimate, to climate
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Australia’s long-sought stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. It’s back to business as usual https://theconversation.com/australias-long-sought-stronger-environmental-laws-just-got-indefinitely-deferred-its-back-to-business-as-usual-228090?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

level98,
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@TheConversationClimate How do these politicians live with themselves?

futurebird, to random
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A few days ago I posted about how, while "debunking" can be nice, just showing how things work can be better. I mentioned showing geology to someone who thinks the earth can't be 4 billion years old. Here is a great video about how exactly we know that that there was once a sea that split North America in two. I love how Dr. Cook is careful to explain not only what he knows but HOW he knows it in a way anyone can follow.

https://youtu.be/UCPnUAAOuDg?si=Fys8Xu4-xnvqXibW

level98,
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@futurebird Yes. Too often in teaching, especially science, we do not sufficiently explain "how" we know things.

Richard, to Astro
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Study reports that age is the driving force in changing how stars move within galaxies

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-age-stars-galaxies.html

level98,
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@Richard True of stars in Hollywood as well.

ColinTheMathmo, to random
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Everyone has a book inside them, which is exactly where it should, I think, in most cases, remain. -- Christopher Hitchens

level98,
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@ColinTheMathmo I feel like I've done the world a favour by not writing the many books II could have written.

bathtub_jen, to random
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My 17 year old cat keeps going to the basement and meowing. Not like regular meows, but like howling, yowling meows. I keep going to get him, and he keeps going back down there. I think he just likes the acoustics. 😼

level98,
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@bathtub_jen Shouting into the void?

level98, (edited ) to random
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Another day of pretending to be much younger than I am. But, hey, age is just a number... right?

The_Whore_of_Blahbylon, to random
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Daniel Kahneman (1934 - 2024)

level98,
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@darylgibson @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Great book.

RickiTarr, to random
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I remember when I was a kid, if someone was in therapy, people talked about it in hushed tones, like it was a shameful secret, and now people talk about it casually in every day conversation. It's good to see that things can change, even if it's just a bit.

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@WhiteCatTamer @RickiTarr We probably all need "therapy" to some degree or other,even if that just consists of sharing, with friends. But, like you said, easy to say but can be difficult to do.

RickiTarr, to random
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Y'all I realized that I have a really bad tendency of not looking people in the face especially strangers, it feels really intimate for some reason, does anyone else do this or have suggestions for being better about it?

level98,
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@RickiTarr Yes. And...

I spent time literally training myself to look people in the eye when talking to them i.e. consciously thought about it. It felt really awkward at first but got less and less so. Sometimes I still internally weird-out a little while doing it, but generally I'm not too bad now.

Though, I still find times I catch myself not doing it.

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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“This industry preys on (and profits from) health fears and beauty insecurity—and there’s no space for humor because Big Wellness needs us to believe that if we don’t buy what they’re peddling, our health (and beauty) will suffer dire consequences." https://lithub.com/erewhon-or-the-worst-possible-name-for-a-grocery-store

level98,
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@lilithsaintcrow TIL Erewhon... and a great article.

cloventt, to NewZealand

Today’s call to action: please make a submission opposing this bill that would give the government the ability to skip due process for new mines and fish farms.

https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/fast-track-outright-assault-environment

https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/sc/make-a-submission/document/54SCENV_SCF_083F0A7B-F182-41D5-0897-08DC3E31559C/fast-track-approvals-bill

level98,
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@cloventt An alternative headline: "NZ Government Seeks to Destroy Its Tourism Industry"

ElleGray, to random
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the only photo I'd ever put on a dating app

level98,
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@ElleGray A sign of the future.

LifeTimeCooking, to vegetarian
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The problem with food fashions is that really useful ingredients get put aside, left behind, left on the shelf. Remember cream cheese? If you are of a certain age you will recall the cream cheese dips. I had a particularly flavoursome one that involved chilli sauce, a jar of sweet and sour vegetables and loads of coriander leaves. It was quick, easy and magnificent.

But over time, cream cheese has lost its appeal in the food world. It is pretty much ignored in place of feta, ricotta, cream, tahini, avocado and other creamy and fashionable ingredients. In our kitchen, however, cream cheese still has its place on the refrigerator shelf amongst these other beautiful ingredients.

It isn’t a dip today, but the recipe is for a spread that we are making with cream cheese. It is so easy it is hardly a recipe. It is cream cheese mixed with orange juice and pecan nuts. Yum. Add some grated zest as well.

Use the spread on crackers, or on slices of fruit. If you would like to use it as a dip, simply whip it until it becomes lighter.


level98,
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@LifeTimeCooking Got cream cheese? Make Basque cheesecake!... the cheesecake that people who don't like cheesecake, like (at least, among people I know). 😀

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