"By 1973, the first volume of the defining work of our craft, “The Art of Computer Programming” had been available in bookstores since 1968, and its first chapter literally consisted of a 100-something page long introduction to various mathematical concepts. Induction, logarithms, series, matrices, elementary number theory, permutations and factorials, Fibonacci numbers, are some of the subjects exposed in those beautifully typeset pages."
On MSNBC, Chris Hayes debunks right-wing media's "migrant crime surge" myth | Media Matters for America
https://www.mediamatters.org/immigration/msnbc-chris-hayes-debunks-right-wing-medias-migrant-crime-su…
For years, historians thought decimal points emerged when German mathematician Christopher Clavius began using them while writing about astronomy in 1593.
But new evidence suggests the decimal point may be 150 years older than previously thought:
A 15th-century Venetian merchant named Giovanni Bianchini appears to have used the mathematical symbol in documents that date to between 1441 and 1450, according to a paper published this month in the journal Historia Mathematica.
Hapoy to announce that our Minis Project has won 3rd in a hackathon!
https://warpcast.com/metaend.eth/0x29c6ad99
STUDY: Tradwife influencers are quietly spreading far-right conspiracy theories (Olivia Little/Media Matters for America)
https://www.mediamatters.org/tiktok/study-tradwife-influencers-are-quietly-spreading-far-right-conspiracy-theories
http://www.memeorandum.com/240501/p71#a240501p71
Looking for a book on #mathematics, from the old Time-Life series I doted on as a kid. It had a bit of Alice and the White Knight translated into symbolic #logic!
#ATTLG
Journalists are under attack.
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Fox News guest decrying “migrant crime” previously arrested after getting violent over a grilled cheese sandwich he deemed too cheesy | Media Matters for America
https://www.mediamatters.org/jesse-watters