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Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by ehudla » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 8:48 AM UTC

Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician
standupmaths.com

Re: Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by adito » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 9:08 AM UTC

Speaking of which, this is my favorites skits from Matt's Youtube channel https://youtu.be/Bcr9-93wXng (Stand-up comedy about Equations That Correspond to Vortex Motions (aka "smoke rings”).).

Re: Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by mjlee » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 9:12 AM UTC

Given we've got Matt Parker and Excel on the front page at the same time, it feels like I have to recommend this video of both:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBX2QQHlQ_I

Re: Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by abulman » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 9:30 AM UTC

I do enjoy his geeky humour, and the rest of the Festival of Spoken nerd's (@fotsn), and actually went to see him and others just a couple of weeks ago at @AEOUD.

It was also the day before he posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSSsZLTMDq0 which explains how I was the 'Thirty-seventh' commentator - though you'll have to sort by newest comments and go down to at least the first couple of hundred comments to get that joke :)

Re: Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by standupmaths » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 10:05 AM UTC

Hello everyone. Didn’t expect to see myself here. I was so startled I made an account.

Ah… you’ll probably enjoy my new book about maths mistakes. Check if your favourite programming error is in there!

http://wwwh.umble-pi.com

Re: Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by d2p » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 10:08 AM UTC

standupmaths wrote: post #5

Hello everyone. Didn’t expect to see myself here. I was so startled I made an account. Ah… you’ll probably enjoy my new book about maths mistakes. Check if your favourite programming error is in there! http://wwwh.umble-pi.com

Did you use a "maths mistake" in HN to get yourself here? ;-)

Re: Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by antibland » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 10:11 AM UTC

mjlee wrote: post #3

Given we've got Matt Parker and Excel on the front page at the same time, it feels like I have to recommend this video of both: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBX2QQHlQ_I

It's daring, but comes nowhere near the great spreadsheet comics of the past.

Re: Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by discobean » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 10:15 AM UTC

Also recommend Numberphile YT channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A that also has some cool stuff w/ Matt and others

Re: Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by y4mi » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 10:22 AM UTC

standupmaths wrote: post #5

Hello everyone. Didn’t expect to see myself here. I was so startled I made an account. Ah… you’ll probably enjoy my new book about maths mistakes. Check if your favourite programming error is in there! http://wwwh.umble-pi.com

that url is dangerous.

it uses a strategy which is mainly utilized by phishing websites to mask the legitimacy of a fqdn. Its also http, so easily modified by hostile parties.

imo a very poor idea considering how you ultimately end up on a shop. i know its just a 301 redirect vhost, but nonetheless...

Re: Matt Parker – Standup Mathematician

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Post by andrewshadura » Sat, Oct 06, 2018, 10:50 AM UTC

standupmaths wrote: post #5

Hello everyone. Didn’t expect to see myself here. I was so startled I made an account. Ah… you’ll probably enjoy my new book about maths mistakes. Check if your favourite programming error is in there! http://wwwh.umble-pi.com

Hi Matt, great to see you here, I enjoyed your performance at freenode.live last year in Bristol.