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Matt Parker
@standupmaths
#1 best-selling author, also maths clown. Videos: youtube.com/standupmaths Also over here: mathstodon.xyz/@standupmaths/
London, UK
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    Matt Parker
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    Feb 2, 2020
    A lot of tweets about #PalindromeDay miss that 02 February 2020 is a palindrome in USA, UK and ISO formats; it is a palindrome day of the year (33) and there are a palindrome of days left in the year (333). This will never happen again. More details here: youtu.be/4fE_sXZjxng
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    Matt Parker
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    Oct 5, 2020
    When I first heard that cases were missing I thought “can’t be an Excel problem, the rows run out at 1,048,576 which is bigger than even total cases”. I never thought they’d have a case per COLUMN. Unbelievable. And yes: Excel columns end at 16,384 aka “XFD”.
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    Max Roser
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    Oct 5, 2020
    In the UK the number of cases rose rapidly. But the public – and authorities – are only learning this now because these cases were only published now as a backlog. The reason was apparently that the database is managed in Excel and the number of columns had reached the maximum.
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    Matt Parker
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    Nov 3, 2018
    This made me laugh more than it should have.
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    Matt Parker
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    Mar 19, 2020
    And coming in at number #1 on The Sorts of News Headlines We Need Right Now… NASA FIXES MARS LANDER BY TELLING IT TO HIT ITSELF WITH A SHOVEL
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    NASA Fixes Mars Lander By Telling It to Hit Itself With a Shovel
    From futurism.com
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    Matt Parker
    @standupmaths
    Nov 14, 2020
    6 ÷ 2(1+2) is going viral again. And the correct answer from a mathematician is “you need to write this better so it’s not ambiguous”. PEMDAS/BODMAS is not some law of maths. ‘Order of operations’ are a convention to make writing clear. (PS The solution is always MORE BRACKETS.)
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    Matt Parker
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    Jul 1, 2019
    Top notch effort, everyone.
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    Matt Parker
    @standupmaths
    Jul 6, 2021
    Ironically, the word "minimum" is the maximum amount of fun to type on a qwerty keyboard. Fight me.
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    Matt Parker
    @standupmaths
    May 25, 2020
    Love it. This is kind of absolute units I want to see in /r/memes reddit.com/r/memes/commen…
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    Matt Parker
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    Feb 24, 2021
    I still grin every time I do this in python.
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    Matt Parker
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    Jun 22, 2022
    A quick guide on which version of this meme to use.
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    Matt Parker
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    Aug 24, 2022
    I cannot believe this is a real question in a legitimate UK Government survey. Even ignoring the typos etc: this would fail KS3 statistics because even 12 year olds know those are some leading responses. gov.uk/government/con…
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    Matt Parker
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    Jul 5, 2024
    That’s my kind of room.
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    Matt Parker
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    Feb 2, 2020
    Replying to @standupmaths and @tweetsauce
    Ok everyone, I’ve just found someone named Hannah (palindrome) who is turning 22 (palindrome) on 02/02/2020 (palindromapalooza). We can all go home now.
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    Matt Parker
    @standupmaths
    Jul 5, 2024
    Matt Parker, Count Agent.
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