Chris Hellings @alephthought

math prof in virginia with interests in science, education, baseball (go Phils!), skepticism, my wife and son (probably not in that order) Charlottesville, VA Joined February 2014

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Our Old Ball Game @ouroldballgame

a year ago

“Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.” -Babe Ruth

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National Museum of Mathematics @MoMath1

a year ago

𝑦Θµ⠀⊂αℕ⠀∫ρΣ∠∠⠀ω𝒊+∦⠀Θℕ∠𝑦 ⠀𝑚α+∦⠀∫𝑦𝑚βΘ∠∫⠀𝒊𝑓 𝑦Θµ′ℝΣ⠀βℝα√Σ⠀ΣℕΘµ𝑔∦

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MathMatize Memes @MathMatize

a year ago

Mathematicians watching physicists do math

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Orin Kerr @OrinKerr

a year ago

Congratulations to the Class of 2024! We’re expecting great things from you, unlike the Class of 2023, which we all knew was never going to amount to much.

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With #RankedChoiceVoting in our presidential elections, neither major party would have to worry about 3rd-party candidates playing "spoiler." Voters would get more choices & a representative, majority winner.

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Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes

a year ago

Take note of the people expressing more outrage today at police arresting trespassers than they did at Hamas brutally attacking Israel.

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Derek Thompson @DKThomp

a year ago

A new study of 350,000 European adults screened for genes and surveyed for lifestyle determined that, other than being blessed with good genes, the 4 best things you can do to live past 75yo are (listed by the rank of the size of the effect estimate): 1. Don't smoke. 2. 150…

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Jack Fritz @JackFritzWIP

a year ago

The Phillies starters have allowed one earned run this week. It was on Monday.

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Christina Holland 🐀 @americanwombat

a year ago

I think it's great that in the old days you wouldn't know about an eclipse until you suddenly see it and tremble that the gods have cursed you but now we can know ahead of time which regions will be cursed by the gods and the curse potency percentage

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Stew @Stewbiedo0

2 years ago

Lutefisk Hotline: yah so what's the deal dere? Sven: Ya we run outta Lutefisk LH: Oh Jeez Sven: ya, Oh Jeez

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Probability Fact @ProbFact

2 years ago

'There are only five probabilities the average human can handle: 99 percent, one percent, 100 percent, zero, and 50-50. That’s it.” — Richard Thaler

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Trung Phan @TrungTPhan

2 years ago

The iPhone camera uses computational photography, applying software to every snap. This wild photo is an eery example: the subject tries on a wedding dress and each mirror shows her in a different pose. Why? Apple insider says it’s a “mistake” in the computational photography…

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𝕀𝕁𝕂 @iconjack

2 years ago

Determinants of all the 3×3 matrices made from the 9! = 362,800 permutations of {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9} range from −412 to 412. The smallest value that doesn't occur at least once is ±324. Histogram of the values with some highlights and lowlights marked: