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A Mathematician’s Way* of Converting Miles to Kilometers

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

A Mathematician's Way* of Converting Miles to Kilometers

• 1 mi ≈ 1.609 km

• The ratio of consecutive Fibonacci numbers Fₙ₊₁/Fₙ tends to the golden ratio φ ≈ 1.618 as n increases

So Fₙ mi ≈ Fₙ₊₁ km

*This is how I do it 😅 pic.twitter.com/Jbuwj6rDC1
— Tamás Görbe (@TamasGorbe) August 5, 2019

The almost impossible chessboard puzzle

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

Wild cabbage got altered dramatically to produce many delicious veggies

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

Did you know that #Kale #BrusselsSprouts #Cauliflower and #Cabbage are all varieties of a single plant? Wild cabbage got altered dramatically to produce many delicious veggies. Source: https://t.co/OuK9HjfGN2 pic.twitter.com/4IqkAo1zmt
— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) February 25, 2019

The ride-or-die Royal Society outlook: Raphson on Leibniz

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

Raphson toeing the line on:
(1) Leibniz only devised his own notation to disguise his theft, and,
(2) It is a bad notation

The ride-or-die Royal Society outlook pic.twitter.com/480QRIdwyt
— Clare Moriarty (@quiteclare) July 15, 2020

Negative interest rates are the destruction of money

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

“Negative interest rates are the destruction of money.”@dlacalle @dlacalle_IA @TressisSV @edwardnh

🔥 Real Vision Live 👉 https://t.co/TTteWhKPox pic.twitter.com/MCBLfEedMc
— Real Vision (@RealVision) July 15, 2020

Twitter hack

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

Oh no: I’ve been hacked as well! Better send your bitcoin over here in exchange for, ah… me saying thanks? 14XiiDQHD7Rr7ZwwPrwAGhhgjfYhC9xk19 pic.twitter.com/ojSPvA5aKF
— Matt Parker (@standupmaths) July 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/kevinroose/status/1283513704407957506?s=20

Just realized this is the first time trump hasn't been able to tweet in years and i'd like to request twitter leave it this way
— Internet of Shit (@internetofshit) July 15, 2020

Why NIH’s Anthony Fauci is treating Ebola patients himself

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

Why NIH’s Anthony Fauci is treating Ebola patients himself

Throwback to 5 years ago when Tony Fauci, at 74 yo, was suiting up to treat an Ebola patient himself because he "wanted to show his staff that he wouldn't ask them to do anything he wouldn't do himself". This is what leadership looks like. https://t.co/QctW672ykC pic.twitter.com/71j5qNWOsP
— Adam Phillippy (@aphillippy) July 15, 2020

Non, les masques ne causent pas de baisse d’O2

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

Non, les masques ne causent pas de baisse d'O2. pic.twitter.com/OYPz5hQXVn
— Alain Vadeboncoeur MD (@Vadeboncoeur_Al) July 10, 2020

America has too many nuts

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1283486312096563201?s=20

Neowise comet

Posted on 2020/07/17 by Carl Robitaille

#NeowiseComet #neowise #neowisec2020F3 #FolloTheComet
11min at 200mm and 6 min at 95mm
Quebec city
July 15 pic.twitter.com/skVQD2VBjd
— Simon Villeneuve (@villeneuve80) July 15, 2020