🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@stux @BreachCat There’s probably more bikes in the canals of #Amsterdam than there are active in the l streets of many other capital cities. 🚲

Homework: assume that of all mathematicians with an English-language social media account, 1 in 16 is working with expectations on any given day, of which 1 in 1024 comes up with the above joke, of which 1 in 8 decides to post it on their social media, of which 1 in 2 actually do so. Assume the decision whether to post is a Bernoulli trial.

Write down the expectation of the number of times the joke has been or will be made this calendar week (as of this post) given your current information.

@freemo That got me a short answer

https://stackoverflow.com/a/73861151/1435803

that includes a link to a much deeper rabbit hole than I care to explore.

It used to be the case in #Haskell that

:t 3

would give you

3 :: Num a => a

but

let x = 3
:t x

would give you

x :: Integer

because storing a value in variable forced the system to commit to a specific type.

Nowadays, though, the latter gives you

x :: Num a => a

What changed? I'm at a loss as to how to search the web for an answer to this one.

#programming #FunctionalProgramming

Was @freemo the Half Life 2 protagonist and hides a Gravity Gun in his basement?

@trinsec @freemo @peterdrake

@freemo Depending on the definition of "butt", do snakes count?

@freemo

"There's got to be some food in that hand somewhere, and I'm going find it...."

@funny

"He who learns must suffer"
- Aeschylus

#calligraphy by Freemo
#quote #tragedy #tragic #life

original calligraphy here:
https://qoto.org/@freemo/103649261426431196

Aeschylus often described as the father of tragedy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus

(525/524 BC - c. 456 BC - died aged ~67)

A fun little #QOTO animation by @puzzl
QT: https://qoto.org/@puzzl/103593103998879671

Add Mastodon logo to your website as contact method!

E-Mails are getting blocked or have lack of management (some don't even check it at all !).

Add logo to menu / sidebar / floating social site list, whatever!..

If you believe in Mastodon - add it!

My Mastodon pictures and variations can be found here:
http://freeschool.0id.org/mastodon-pictures-logo-remixes/