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The X factor that would make math geeks or symbol-minded folks stand out in a crowd—when they are seen as an odd in a sea of evens.
Most math educators worldwide dread their oft-underpaid or overworked or unfulfilled day job, because few of them have learned to recognize or leverage on their π factor to become a candidate of choice among the unicorns or decacorns.
by Fasters June 3, 2023
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Even in low-corruption Singapore, it’s an open secret that Robinhood publishers continue to thrive, because most authors who’ve a sixth sense of being shortchanged couldn’t afford the legal means to suing them for their decades-long shady business practices.
by Fasters October 21, 2022
Get the Robinhood Publishers mug.The mathematical equivalent of “Kama Sutra” that even those who are apathetic about or allergic to the number π want to order a copy or two, after it became the post-pandemic bestselling pop math title on Amazon.
Although “Pi Sutra” is filled with juicy pi factoids, reveals some creative ways of making the irrational number exciting even to math-anxious folks, and discuses some easy-to-understand cool theorems on mathematicians’ constant of choice, however, some ultra-MAGA parents have asked their governors to ban the recreational math book in school libraries, because it’s the potential to pervert the minds of teenagers.
by Fasters September 27, 2022
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by Fasters August 25, 2022
Get the Pi Sector mug.When you meditate on the number π through all five senses, by disconnecting from the use of all technology with screens—only a pen and paper allowed, if need be—in the hope of experiencing an aha!
Going barefoot, being naked or/and blindfolded, and wearing a mask are some recommended frames of mind for those who are serious enough to put themselves in a pi posture.
by Fasters January 30, 2022
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Believers of Xianity are lured to the gospel teachings of Hannity and Tucker on Fox News, while the hardcore believers, who’re obsessed with the white population being outbred by immigrants, Mohammedan migrants, and refugees, would get their daily spiritual feeding on OANN and NewsMax.
by Fasters January 14, 2023
Get the Xianity mug.A geekspeak term for “50% success”—indirectly referring to the angle measure of a semicircle being π radians or 180 degrees.
For simple-minded persons, “π success” would sound like a cool way to mean “3.14% success,” but not so for symbol-minded Martians.
by Fasters January 28, 2023
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