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Dave
@rocking-dave Feb 20, 2018, 3:03 PM UTC

The Curious Case For Base 12 (Why Dozens Are Easier For Everyday Maths Than Tens)

Have you ever thought about why we count to 10 instead of 8, 9, 11 or better still 12? The decimal counting system (or base 10) feels intuitive and logical, but is there something better out there? Y…

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@rocking-dave Feb 15, 2018, 7:57 PM UTC

My Favorite Way to Encourage Children to Participate in Sports

Regular physical activity and exercise are of paramount importance for the proper development of every child, but getting enough exercise has been a problem for the youth for a long time now. And it'…

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@rocking-dave Feb 13, 2018, 12:36 PM UTC

1000+ Followers Milestone Reached Means Time For Stats: How Important Is The Followers Metric Anyway?

Reaching a milestone is always pleasant, but I can't help but wonder how valuable a thousand followers actually are. But first let me thank you all! Source I really appreciate the fact that I got to…

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@rocking-dave Feb 8, 2018, 4:51 PM UTC

What Do Cicadas Know About Prime Numbers And Math? (And Why Do Their Butts Sometimes Fall Off?)

Periodical cicadas (or Magicicada) are a genus of insects that live in the eastern parts of North America. What makes them particularly interesting are their long finely-tuned lifecycles. Periodical…

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@rocking-dave Feb 4, 2018, 4:19 PM UTC

Phew, I'm Done With My January Posting Challenge - And Here Are My Stats!

I stated 2018 by challenging myself to post every day during the month of January. Since I try make sure my posts have at least a bit of value to the platform, posting daily was quite grueling and ti…

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@rocking-dave Jan 31, 2018, 8:03 PM UTC

The Birthday Paradox and Our Awful Human Intuitions When It Comes to Probabilities and Exponents

Here's the riddle: you have a room full of people and you want to find two people who share a birthday. The question is how many people do you need to get in there so you would have at least a 50% ch…

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@rocking-dave Jan 29, 2018, 9:09 PM UTC

The Simplest Tool a Teacher or Parent Should Never Forget - The Question

Teaching is hard. It's so hard we sometimes tend to forget about the simplest things. But they are often the most effective... Source Doing something over and over again and getting better and better…

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@rocking-dave Jan 28, 2018, 8:21 PM UTC

Supporting Organizations Can Be Hard In A World That's Not Black & White

Life would be so much easier if it was like a formulaic blockbuster movie. It would be so easy if you knew if someone is the villain or the good guy the second you met them. But life and people are n…

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@rocking-dave Jan 27, 2018, 8:35 PM UTC

Janet Airlines - The "Secret" Airline Operated By The US Government You Could Snoop Around On Too

Looks like an ordinary passenger plane, but if you look into its story, the plane on the picture below is pretty special. Source That's because it's part of the feet of an airline that's kind of secr…

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@rocking-dave Jan 26, 2018, 8:24 PM UTC

Why Implementing A Two-Way Conversion SBD Hard Peg Makes Zero Sense

TL;DR: If you want stability and/or growth, making drastic changes is not the way to achieve it. # What's the problem that supposedly needs fixing? SBD was designed to be a stable asset that would al…

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