#Pause

Shakuntala Devi is often described as "India's most famous woman mathematician". Her biopic led discussion like what does a mathematician do? Is mathematics all about performing massive computations? Or is
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1/ My latest for @gurufocus, 'Tesla: The High Price of S&P 500 Inclusion', just went live."A closer review of what Tesla had to do to gain admission to the S&P
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@mynameisjerm 13:39 – Jerm says that if you see the world as it is, rather than as it ought to be, you’re more firmly grounded. He then goes on to
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I wrote a blog post about the @ravelry accessibility debacle. It rounds up all the tips & tricks for managing the site that I've been able to find, & says
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I want to push some of this from @derspiegel out in a thread, because it's based in part on the sort of universal testing (within the study referenced) that we
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THREADThe Hunter Biden story broke two months ago. Most of the media ignored it or called it “Russian disinformation,” despite no evidence that it was.Now that the election is over,
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I think @HoffProf succinctly sums up my views, as do discussions with @jdmortenson & others in this & related threads. 1/25https://twitter.com/HoffProf/status/1295931941271801856 I want to teach in person in a university
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What is an Optimal Buy Point? (thread) Your results as a trader/investor boil down to three statisticsAverage Gain - Average % gain on winning TradesAverage Loss -Average % gain on
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The family’s annual Christmas Eve viewing of It’s A Wonderful Life has commenced Prayers are up in Bedford Falls for George Bailey Clarence brought in by Joseph to help George
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okay, but seriously:I was/am an educator and I am a huge fan of the socratic method, where you ask questions designed to guide students towards finding knowledge themselves rather than
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I see other writers sharing their best of 2020, and it’s made me pause to think about how fortunate I am to have worked on stories that meant so much
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People of Color searching for a competent therapist: I strongly urge you to ask [at initial intake/consultation] - “can you please share with me your thoughts about the psychological impact
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Since Abigail Shrier is promoting the unsupported hypothesis of ‘rapid-onset gender dysphoria’ in her new book, let’s talk about why it’s wrong. I will be basing this off my recent
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21 Powerful Habits you need to improve for the year 2021Either improve these habits or remain mediocre and modern slave//-// Thread //-// 1. Stop using the phone before bedThis is
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Lemme tell you a story you may not know by heart but will definitely recognize.Here’s why you should never feel bad for Wall Street... We’ll start in the 1930s. Following
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Dear Diary,Today I went to: --Gym where ppl stood on X marks even tho there was lots of room around them--Bank drive-thru where cars dutifully lined up even tho there
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