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Gary Fredericks
3 years
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@JDHamkins
Joel David Hamkins
3 years
@eigenknight Every positive real number r, including every positive integer, is realized as ∑ 1/k for k in some set A, since we can simply keep adding k to A, when the current sum is still not exceeding r. Since 1/k→0, we will get as close as desired this way, realizing the target sum.
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@JDHamkins
Joel David Hamkins
3 years
Let n be the number specified by this definition, plus 1, if indeed the definition does succeed, and otherwise 0.
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
I'm a bit perplexed as to where this one came from.
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
How many of us can truly claim to know which way the earth goes around the sun?
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
I don't always read the instructions, but when I do, I do it recursively.
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
Make sure to savor these last few opportunities to type the current year with only two keys, because it's going to be a long time before that happens again.
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@ctford
Chris Ford
3 years
@patio11 In Australian English, the only two As in "NASA banana" that are pronounced the same are the ones on the end.
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
I pointed out that it was wrong and it immediately conceded both points. I then asked for other interesting facts, and it made up more obviously-false ones.
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
Can't see anything to object to here.
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
The Spanish word for "currently" is "actualmente". The Spanish word for "actually" is "efectivamente". The Spanish word for "effectively" is "eficazmente". That's all I got, sorry, I did not say this tweet was going to be interesting, I hope you did not have to travel very far t
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
Whenever I see a set of concepts arranged into a snappy acronym I assume that the wording and ordering (and maybe even which concepts specifically were included) leave a lot to be desired in terms of clarity.
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
Is this a typo, or is there some reason to abbreviate Morocco with an A?
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@normative
Julian Sanchez
3 years
That thing where you distractedly walk into a restroom and then 5 seconds later suddenly remember the huge “M” on the door is “Mujeres”, not “Men.”
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
I would not have predicted as much conceptual overlap between sports trophies and culinary containers.
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
This is not good chart design.
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Gary Fredericks
3 years
I am compelled to pedantically object that this isn't actually an exception to the original statement.
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@felixsalmon
felix salmon
3 years
Someone at Bloomberg thought it would be a good idea to stack these bars, resulting in percentages of the population breaking above 100% https://t.co/usuG39PvXI
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