Fun with probability theory: things that are bound to happen with 100% certainty doesn’t necessarily happen, and things that happen with 0% probability might. Tasked to pick a random number between 1 and 100, there’s 0% chance of randomly picking 17 as there’s (uncountably) infinitely many other possibilities. Really, though, 17 is the most picked […]
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I feel so dirty. Today, I’ve set up one meeting and asked to have another one set up for me. Is this what I’ve become? Somebody who increases the number of meetings in the world… That’s pretty much the exact opposite of what should happen with the number of meetings. […]
Private Sector Will Provide Muscle for New Global Goals | Shared Value Initiative
That’s unusual… people making more sense instead of less… One reason less to dislike Bono: “I’m late to realizing that it’s you guys, it’s the private sector, it’s commerce that’s going to take the majority of people out of extreme poverty and, as an activist, I almost found that hard to say.” Now we’re pretty […]
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I’ve now ordered two, zero or one new iPhones (I don’t think anybody can’t guess which color I went for). T-Mobile Netherlands’ system refuses to send or display any confirmation, so I’ve been thru the ordering process two times with exactly zero confirmations to show for it. I did get the assurance from a sales […]
More math jokes. Still means “not jokes.” 😉 […]
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Math humor. As is well-known, almost any qualifier in front of the word “humor” means “not.” http://www.lefthandedtoons.com/1835/ […]