Saying no to almost anything, or giving zero answers to most questions—when someone is afraid of giving his views on most issues lest he might be taken advantage of by others.
Ali is such a naughtical person that no one wants to include him in their team—he's a complete liability rather than a commendable asset to the company.
by MathPlus September 24, 2017
When a misplaced or missing comma, or inserting an extra comma, in a contract can cost a company lots of money, as the meaning of a sentence inadvertently favors the employees instead of the employer.
By accidentally inserting a comma between “fruit” and “plants” in the draft containing “fruit plants, tropical and semi-tropical, are exempt from import tariffs,” all imported fruit suddenly become duty-free; as a result, the government loses tens of millions of dollars for that “dear comma.”
by MathPlus December 24, 2018
When high-GDP countries often sans scientific basis would unitedly react irrationally or paranoiacally, by banning travelers from a developing country, where the allegedly deadliest variant of Covid-19 has been caught, which may escape the protection of any WHO-approved vaccines—when their economic supremacy can afford them to act selfishly with quasi-zero penalty in return.
Imagine if the omicron variant were discovered in the UK or the US instead of South Africa, it’s unlikely that most Western and some Asian countries would implement a travel ban on the natural resources-rich nation within hours of the official announcement of the discovery of the mutant—like vaccine apartheid, doesn’t their quick action characterize ban apartheid?
by MathPlus November 28, 2021
Also known as B.1.618. The name of the WHO’s yet-to-be-approved label for the sexier and deadlier variant of Covid-19 that arguably exhibits both beauty and symmetry, because the ratio measurements of certain parts of the coronavirus approach the golden ratio—some nickname the variant of interest the “golden variant.”
Where phi first originated, how many countries have so far identified it in their population, and its resistance against the vaccines remain unknown.
by MathPlus October 07, 2021
The use of marijuana or illegal drugs as a means of relaxation, or as an outlet for creativity, among the best brains in academia to crack those fiendish math problems.
It’s a common sight to see that a number of first-rate mathematicians are heavy smokers, especially when they need a break from their half-baked proofs; however, less commonly known is that the more daring ones would consider marijuana math, hoping for an aha! experience in the process.
by MathPlus January 17, 2018
Mean or shitty statements uttered at the number π by other constants, or by some real and imaginary numbers, that are numerically or symbolically envious or jealous of her popularity or fame in many branches of mathematics.
“Pi is a chameleon that changes its value according to the situation she is in to appear ever useful.” or “π is an overrated irrational number that has bedeviled so many vain mathematicians, who have spent much of their working lives misusing obscene amounts of computer power to reveal as many digits of hers as possible.” or “Pi wants to be selfishly associated with the circle, which is arguably the most beautiful curve in mathematics.” Are these rantings mere pi poop to discredit the most beloved constant in mathematics?
by MathPlus October 09, 2021
A bourgeois word for “infected,” which may sound like being colonized by an army of invisible deadly coronaviruses.
Guesstimate how many diehard Trumpublicans and QAnonists could have avoided being coronalized in 2021 had they religiously or selflessly gone for their shot.
by MathPlus October 02, 2021