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Steve McCormick
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Sweden-based, Germany-adjacent, Scottish-Australian Mathematician. Geometric analyst who pretends to be a physicist sometimes.
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quasilocal.com
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    Steve McCormick
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    Oct 19, 2023
    Some thoughts on the struggles of mathematicians to keep our blackboard lecture theatres against myopic pushes to remove them (🧵) : Fundamentally, I believe that the disagreement comes from a misunderstanding of their purpose. The people pushing to remove them seem to (1/N)
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    Steve McCormick
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    Feb 2, 2024
    You are correct.
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    Steve McCormick
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    May 31, 2023
    Sorry mathematicians, it seems if you extend it a little more this new tiling doesn't work
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    Steve McCormick
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    May 18, 2023
    Based on the data collected, my tennis ball will reach orbit by tomorrow
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    Steve McCormick
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    Jun 2, 2023
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    Steve McCormick
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    Apr 10, 2021
    Me: LaTeX is great because everything just is formatted perfectly without ever having to think about it! Also me: \vspace{-2.37mm}
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    Steve McCormick
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    Sep 12, 2022
    "We have carefully included the thoughtful suggestions of reviewer 2"
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    Steve McCormick
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    Jul 25, 2024
    People who studied math: I find programming so easy to pick up quickly People who studied programming: I can't do math at all so you don't need it for programming
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    Steve McCormick
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    Apr 20, 2023
    "And then we just cancel this infinity with that one and we get the answer"
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    Steve McCormick
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    Jun 3, 2023
    Math is not special. Like any skill, everyone can learn it if they put in the effort. Like playing basketball, guitar, or anything else that takes practice. Math is not special. If you struggle with it, take comfort in the fact that everyone struggles with it. 🧵
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    Steve McCormick
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    May 27, 2021
    The birth of QFT
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    Steve McCormick
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    Jun 7, 2023
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    Steve McCormick
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    Feb 29, 2024
    I just heard a PhD student say "I just need to get through one more week and then things will be less busy..." I didn't have the heart to say anything
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    Steve McCormick
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    May 21, 2023
    As promised, back to memes
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