By logging in #31415PI, North Korean hackers succeeded in transferring millions of dollars from the bank accounts of some US math profs to that of Chairman Kim.
by MathPlus March 15, 2021
The devil’s number that makes you feel bad or look stupid if you are not ranked top in everything you plan to do in life—the lie that not being first is only reserved for the weaklings.
Singapore’s obsession in being No. 1 in business, education, and technology is taking its toll on its oft-underrated, but overpaid citizens, who are told that if they’re not the world’s most productive or smart workers, they’re no different from their counterparts in any developing country.
by MathPlus November 13, 2017
The sociological equivalent of “Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid”—the unspoken observation about two neighboring frenemies, who are afraid of losing out and who are afraid of dying.
The foreign publisher is consulting its lawyers on whether the Singapore government might ban the sale of “Singaporeans Are Kiasu, Malaysians Are Kiasi,” which pokes fun at the idiocies and idiosyncrasies of Singaporeans and Malaysians.
by MathPlus June 22, 2018
Valentine’s Day during the coronavirus crisis. When singles worldwide feel less heart-broken or lonely that Covid-19 would prevent couples from going and dining out—the coronavirus is such a great leveler even on love matters, when it spares a thought for the unattached.
This Corentine, a number of food and flower businesses might just go under, or when most unmarried couples would reluctantly have to e-dine via Zoom.
by MathPlus February 12, 2021
The new shiny Covid-19 mutant first detected in South Africa that is currently in the limelight, as it hopes to eclipse the delta variant, by being the most infectious and transmissible viral killer in causing the most number of infections and deaths worldwide in 2021 and beyond.
The apparently deadliest omicron variant, which offers little protection against currently WHO-approved vaccines, looks like another devil-sent gift to vaccine producers to help them further profit or profiteer from the pandemic.
by MathPlus November 29, 2021
The last person to use the last piece of the toilet paper roll, with zero motivation to replace it, be it at home or in a public toilet.
Guesstimate the number of assrolls every day in the developed world, who expect their domestic workers at home, or toilet cleaners in public, to do the task for them.
by MathPlus May 23, 2021
Also known as “Xi Math.” When a dictator figured out that the political calculus in cracking down on democracy, imprisoning political opponents, green terrorists, and kidnapped reporters or publishers, without trial, and enacting a prolonged lockdown due to Covid-19 in spite of the economic costs, are worth the risks in securing a third-term or lifelong presidency via nationalistic means, such as indoctrinating students and teachers via his socialist writings, illegally annexing foreign lands, and sanctioning nations that side with Taiwan.
The mathematics of Winnie the Pooh shows that the odds of the power-hungry president trying to reunify autocratic China with the democratic Republic of China in coming decades are in his favor, as his life goal is to be the modern-day Mao of Taiwan.
by MathPlus September 05, 2022