Posts by dmself@mstdn.social
 (DIR) Post #AiJ6wll6di3yaGRP1s by dmself@mstdn.social
       2024-05-27T05:52:23Z
       
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       @futurebird Feline space enthusiast and human companion recreate the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz docking mission. By booping noses, they symbolically re-create the famous "handshake in space" between Leonov and Stafford, reminding us all of an iconic (if short lived) thaw in the Cold War.
       
 (DIR) Post #AjpOIrt0em4mcVLiuu by dmself@mstdn.social
       2024-07-11T17:05:21Z
       
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       The Eastern #Bluebird who knocks on my back door every day to beg for worms? He brought one of his kids to breakfast.#bird #birds #bluebirds #birdsOfMastodon
       
 (DIR) Post #AjpOIuMVS4rKIZAJAe by dmself@mstdn.social
       2024-07-11T17:15:26Z
       
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       Here is another photo of the #Bluebird family. Dad is sharing breakfast with two of his kids in my tomato garden. #bird #birds #bluebirds #birdsOfMastodon
       
 (DIR) Post #Al836GwqnxWZynIeq8 by dmself@mstdn.social
       2024-08-19T15:09:27Z
       
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       @pavlovs_mog @futurebird (I assume... but there could hardly be 2 such shows.)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3CBOpT2-NRvoc2ecFMDCsA
       
 (DIR) Post #An6F4SnVdQpPGsDIrg by dmself@mstdn.social
       2024-10-17T14:12:47Z
       
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       @futurebird Not a coin, but a roulette wheel.August 18, 1913 in Monte-Carlo, a roulette wheel landed on black 26 times in a row, leading to people losing vast sums of money betting on red because they believed it was "due".This incident led to the Gambler's Fallacy often being called the Monte-Carlo Fallacy.When I was an undergrad, we once calculated the probability of this event, given that the game was played daily for many years, and I don't remember the answer, but it was much > 0.
       
 (DIR) Post #An6jP88MecmftFjt9E by dmself@mstdn.social
       2024-10-17T19:52:38Z
       
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       @futurebird @alienghic @malin From the opposite direction:When I taught pre-cal, students would ask how an infinite series could add to a finite number. I would say "It's proved with limits, which you won't learn until Cal 1, but this will help...", and then I would draw a square, cut it in half, and label "1/2". Then repeat, "1/4", making a spiral shape.Students usually realized that I was never going to get done, but also I was never going to escape the square. So it's always <= 1.