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Alasdair McAndrew

@amca01

Tertiary mathematics educator, incompetent bungler, and amateur musician, he/him

 Melbourne, Australia
numbersandshapes.net
Joined February 2009
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AU Marriage Equality@AMEquality16 Nov 2013
Sam de Brito in his letter to Fred Nile says " That doesn't sound very Christian to me" Read here... fb.me/RuINcjpT
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Peter Cooper
@cooperx8615 Sep 2012
An amazing, detailed explanation of using 0x5f3759df and float/int casting to calculate inverse square roots fast: blog.quenta.org/2012/09/0x5f…
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Quite Interesting
@qikipedia26 Jul 2012
We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics-BILL VAUGHAN
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NTEU@NTEUnion23 Jul 2012
The #Tafe4all site has a goof tally of the impact of Baillieau's TAFE cuts to date bit.ly/QdDzFr #tafe
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New Scientist
@newscientist6 Jun 2012
Missed the transit of #Venus? There's another one this year, on 21 December. Visible from #Saturn bit.ly/MyaMtp #venustransit
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Dave Richeson@divbyzero5 Jun 2012
Transits of Venus and the Astronomical Unit—in Math Magazine Dec. 2003 bit.ly/MaTSia
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Simon Singh@SLSingh4 Feb 2012
Brill maths puzzles by @standupmaths eg Arrange 1 to 15 in a line so every pair of adjacent numbers adds up to a square tgr.ph/zZjsZq
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Antonio Cangiano
@acangiano4 Oct 2011
Very funny parody. The President's Speech : goo.gl/S3Wc1
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Cliff Pickover
@pickover17 Aug 2011
Women make eerie horse sculptures from driftwood. tinyurl.com/3kxtucv
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Quite Interesting
@qikipedia17 Aug 2011
If a man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. JAPANESE PROVERB
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Ben Goldacre
@bengoldacre7 Jul 2011
The perils of writing in an unfamiliar language http://post.ly/2LlUT
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John D. Cook
@JohnDCook2 Jul 2011
If celebrities tweeted honestly http://bit.ly/jIdEb2 from @abrahampiper

22 Words

A blend of everything from the serious & creative to the silly & absurd. Funny & fascinating viral content as well as more obscure pics, videos, & more.

twentytwowords.com
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Analysis Fact@AnalysisFact2 Jun 2011
Analytic proof of Collatz conjecture
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john burns@j0hnburns1 Jun 2011
say no to planking http://bit.ly/lpLCB0

Planking

Realizing your friends have a problem is the easy part. Getting them to go into Meme Rehab, and resisting the urge to detonate their nuts with a swift kick, is where it gets tough.

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The Economist
@TheEconomist21 May 2011
Most trending: Think you know who the world’s biggest gamblers are? Economist Daily Chart http://econ.st/mF1iSg

The biggest losers

Think you know who the world’s biggest gamblers are?

economist.com
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Peter Bowditch@RatbagsDotCom20 May 2011
6PM is several hours away. I'm waiting for God. Oh. (Sorry about that)
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Are graphical calculators pointless? bit.ly/eijWRS
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Topology Fact@TopologyFact5 Apr 2011
The Möbius Gear http://ow.ly/4sHRi
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Tara Rae Moss@Tara_Moss2 Feb 2011
A striking comparison of Cyclone Yasi, Tracy, Larry and Katrina: http://tinyurl.com/4zdqwcv (image found via @DavidBromage)
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Roger Highfield@RogerHighfield18 Dec 2010
Prince Charles so muddled about science that he should never be King - by my former boss, Sir Max http://bit.ly/hs5pJ6 (via @grahamfarmelo)
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