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Pi Check

When the number π signs checks and creditors decide not to cash them because they have gotten her signature on—when pi’s personality or identity is more valuable than the amount owned.
The pi check shows that a number of people would go for value rather than money, because money doesn’t calculate value, and value is often based on the wider contribution to culture or society.
by Fasters August 25, 2022
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Swiftematics

The aftermath the overwhelming demand for Taylor Swift’s limited supply of wallet-unfriendly concert tickets has on math or math education among teenagers and young adults in some high-GDP nations and emerging economies in Asia—when there seems to be an inexplicably positive correlation between idol worship and a rise in the quantitative literacy among the Swifties.
Two Swiftematics quickies tailor-made for middle- and high-school Swifties are:

1. Guesstimate how much tourism revenue Taylor Swift’s six concerts would generate when she toured the “fine” city of Singapore in March 2024.

2. What are the chances that a Singaporean Swiftie would get to watch their American idol live when she performed in “Disneyland with the death penalty” next year?
by Fasters July 10, 2023
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Taiwan Math

Often mistaken as “China Math.” Little-known methodologies using 3D abacus and problem-solving strategies or heuristics, and non-Marxist or non-Maoist pedagogies, practiced by local non-drill-and-kill math educators in Taiwan, which are waiting to break free to enlighten the global mathematical community.
The global success of Singapore math has spurred cottage industries in math education like Shanghai Math and Korea Math, which have come and gone quietly. What about Taiwan Math considering that Taiwan is one of the four little dragons besides Hong Kong, South Korea, and Singapore?
by Fasters August 3, 2022
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Xnon

A suggested substitute among geeks for “Anon.”—an abbreviation for “Anonymous”—where the letter X stands for an apparently unknown source.
Guesstimate how many symbol-minded people worldwide would prefer Xnon to Anon., by pretending not to know the source of their plagiarized works.
by Fasters May 13, 2022
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Toilet App

An app for those who need a sense of peace or tranquillity while they are doing their business, by listening to some soothing or classical music, wise biblical verses or warnings, or worldly advice from successful businesspersons or celebrities.
The subscription-based version of the toilet app not only feeds you with daily spiritual and worldly nuggets from the best brains around the globe, but also tells you which clean or dirty public toilets in your vicinity still have advertisement space to promote your products or services.
by Fasters January 30, 2023
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3 + 2 = 1

A mathematical statement most grades K–2 students would disqualify as being an equation, thus revealing their partial understanding of the meaning of an equals sign, which has different meanings.
What percentage of elementary math students (and their teachers and parents) would claim that statements like 1 + 3 = 2, 3 + 2 = 1, and 2 × 3 = 1 aren’t equations, because the sum or product is incorrect?
by Fasters May 9, 2022
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Anti-Pi Day

A hands-on educational event for math-anxious students and adults that would offer them some fun non-symbolic things to do on Pi Day—a mathematical equivalent of an anti-Valentine’s Day for singles.
To empathize with tens of thousands of kids who feel left out or alienated on Pi Day, a Singapore NGO is organizing a “Anti-Pi Day” concert to boost their low self-esteem in math.
by Fasters May 22, 2023
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