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Toby Donaldson

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Epistemology: just say know
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I’m trying to think of ways to make online teaching more interesting so decided to make trailers for my classes. Here’s my first attempt.
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Lena Olson@zehlyi3 Nov 2019
You could emulate 95% of feedback my advisor gave me about graphs with this one checklist.
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Minecraft is adding tigers to real life.
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Gamers in the 90s: Wow, everything in this game looks so real! The game:
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UXR@uxresearch29 Dec 2018
Me ten years ago, on seeing a poorly designed interface “Wow, what idiot designed this?” Me, today: “What constraints were the team coping with that made this design seem like the best possible solution?” Empathy trumps fundamental attribution errors.
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Garry Kasparov
@Kasparov6324 Dec 2018
I think I'm the Kasparov of that.
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I like this video about how one less than the square of a prime (more than 3) is always a multiple of 24: youtube.com/watch?v=ZMkIiFs3…
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Its proof relies on the useful fact that among any n consecutive integers, at least one of those integers is evenly divisible by n.
This made me laugh ... then cry a little. – at Austin, TX
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David Novick@NovickProf18 Jul 2018
A new Munker illusion, which I call confetti. All the dots in the background are the same color (RGB 250, 219, 172) but are perceived as four different colors. The differences are subtle, though, and depend on the size of the image when it's viewed. cc @AkiyoshiKitaoka
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Erik Brynjolfsson
@erikbryn8 Apr 2018
Don't jump to conclusions. The blue lines are parallel.
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Getting ready for Cuban chicken chili #chefsplate
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Cornflake crusted fish #chefsplate
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Parmesan zucchini bites #chefsplate
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Drawn by Emily, age 6 #ShowUsYourInq
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Scrambled! #cube
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Getting ready for turkey tikka masala #chefsplate
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David Frum
@davidfrum19 Mar 2017
“A class of intellectuals that find corruption funny rather than outrageous”: Arendt ahead of the curve again, via lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
Why Arendt Matters: Revisiting “The Origins of Totalitarianism” | Los Angeles Review of Books

Why Arendt Matters: Revisiting “The Origins of Totalitarianism” | Los Angeles Review of Books

Roger Berkowitz reviews Hannah Arendt’s landmark “The Origins of Totalitarianism,” framing the book within the context of contemporary politics.

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Out of the oven! #chefsplate
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