Next time someone asks you to name a computable irrational number that has been proved *not* to be normal in any base (i.e. does *not* contain every finite sequence of digits with equal density) you can turn to this beautiful example from Greg Martin: arxiv.org/abs/math/00060…

Academics: Missing deadlines since at least 670 BC. (SAA 10, 255)

Robert Lowell, from his last book, Day by Day (1977).

city sidewalk- no tide can erase your footprints #haiku

“Also, “don’t look at an old man’s ass”, which is used for people who are no longer useful in the same things.” καὶ, Ἀνδρὸς γέροντος μήποτ’ ἐς πυγὴν ὁρᾶν, ἐπὶ τῶν πρὸς ἔνια μὴ χρησίμων. #Suda #Proverbs

What does this button do? A. Launch the octopus. B. Activate the showerhead. C. Activate the Grow Light This is why unfamiliar icons need labels. #ux #design #LaunchTheOctopus

Huge wave smashes train window through Dawlish today. Here's the inside view. #dawlish #stormbrenden #dawlishstorms

5,000 people died before being repaid over benefits error theguardian.com/society/2020/j…

The year is 2022, Big Ben has been been bonging constantly for 1358 days straight, new amplification technology ensures that every home in Britain can hear it. London has been abandoned. Most people live six miles underground now. Sunlight is a forgotten dream.

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