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Fun stats trick: you can quickly estimate the median of some distribution just by drawing 5 random samples. There's a >90% chance that the median is between the highest and lowest values of the drawn samples #MathsSky #Math #Math

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

This whole thread is hilarious

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An unexpected benefit of self-hosting my personal website on my own domain is that the website is not blocked in China.

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Power outages reported in the St George's area in #sydney In the middle of 38C weather too 🔥

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You’re still arguing about tabs vs. spaces? May I present…

submitted 65 days ago • 163 comments

New blog post! If you are a Kotlin or Java Android developer, this one should make you go 🤯. www.romainguy.dev/posts/2024/n... I'm not even sorry.

submitted 70 days ago • 19 comments

"rules" that terminal programs follow jvns.ca/blog/2024/11...

submitted 78 days ago • 24 comments

This is a great explanation of the Niven proof of the irrationality of π www.ams.org/journals/bul...

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It is well-known that π is irrational, but proving that π is irrational is a surprisingly tricky thing to do. There's a really good video on YouTube that walks through a proof of this. #MathSky #Maths #Math

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