What other reasons will the rich come up with to take land away from the poor? So sad.
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1215817159504474112
Vocabulary
Definitions of new words and concepts I learned with them.
Definition: Faience and Auroch
Not the most interesting of words today… sorry. They count for new words learned by me, though.
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1215072369691238400
Definition: Pleonasm
Now, this word, pleonasm, LOTS of people could find uses for in this day and age… and forever, likely! Love it!
Oddly, the word got a mention in the Freakonomics podcast, but it was never defined, or really used! It’s an excellent episode, nevertheless!
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1215813975478358018
Definition: Findspot, Necropolis, Lunar Pectoral
Some terms from archaeology and old art… but you can use findspot today for any object.
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1215848394444484608
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1216042284388683776
Definition: Optimal Stopping Theorem, Nerd Sniping, Negativity Threshold
Three beautiful concepts today, with equally beautiful uses!
Optimal Stopping Theorem
also known as Early Stopping Theorem
A theorem concerned with the problem of choosing a time to take a particular action, in order to maximise an expected reward or minimise an expected cost (i.e. optimal time to stop something, like dating for best chance at permanent or true love). Also widely used in statistics, economics, and mathematical finance. (Wikipedia)
Nerd Sniping
presenting someone, often a mathematician/physicist with a time consuming problem or challenge (often impossible to solve or complete) in the hopes of it appealing to a person’s obsessive tendencies, and/or cause harm from the distraction created.
Negativity Threshold
when the wife becomes so frustrated by her husband that she responds very negatively (low threshold is secret to a lasting relationship)
https://twitter.com/digitalcitizen/status/1215821480547799040
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