John D. Cook

@JohnDCook

Counselor at math

Houston
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Joined November 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    8 Oct 2015

    Productivity tip: Work hard.

    389 retweets 524 likes
  2. 16 hours ago

    Just saw the first presidential campaign bumper sticker after I began looking for them a couple days ago:

    1 retweet 13 likes
  3. Oct 14

    Neptune is the only planet that emits more light than it receives from the Sun, but all the giants emit more heat.

    630 retweets 1,203 likes
  4. Oct 14

    It's... so... perfect.

    2,683 retweets 4,289 likes
  5. Oct 14

    No, cashier, I did not "find everything I am looking for." But you did not mean it as an existential question. I absolve you.

    192 retweets 411 likes
  6. Sep 18

    Rocket science made difficult.

    147 retweets 149 likes
  7. John D. Cook followed , , and
    • functionalgeekery
      @fngeekery

      A podcast on Functional Programming, covering topics across multiple languages. Hosted by .

    • Galois, Inc.
      @galois

      Galois applies cutting edge computer science and mathematics to solve difficult technological problems.

  8. Oct 14

    "Data isn’t fissile material. It doesn’t spontaneously reach critical mass and start producing insights." -- Marko Karppinen

    79 retweets 86 likes
  9. Oct 14

    Step 1) Internet gets ironically obsessed with some random person for no reason. Step 2) Internet tears random person down for no reason.

    102 retweets 274 likes
  10. Oct 14

    The big deal about neural networks

    18 retweets 33 likes
  11. Oct 13

    Current development speed is a function of past development quality. -

    91 retweets 61 likes
  12. Oct 12

    I hope Elon Musk never gets in a scandal, because Elongate would be sure to get really drawn out.

    3,868 retweets 6,018 likes
  13. Oct 13

    Hubble suggests there are 10x more galaxies than we thought.

    67 retweets 60 likes
  14. Oct 13

    Noticed a conspicuous lack of campaign yard signs and bumper stickers this year. Zero in my neighborhood AFAIK.

    3 retweets 12 likes
  15. Oct 13

    It's Thursday. Get rid of something.

    2 retweets 8 likes
  16. Oct 13

    "Non-profit" doesn't mean "unconcerned with money." Many non-profits are obsessed with money. And many for-profit companies are not.

    15 retweets 41 likes
  17. Oct 12

    The Unsung Engineer

    8 retweets 6 likes
  18. Oct 12

    The benefits of data and theory multiply. It doesn’t matter how much you have of one if you have none of the other.

    45 retweets 60 likes
  19. Oct 11

    The world is getting close to eradicate guinea worm disease. From 100,000s of cases in the 80s to 22 last year.

    60 retweets 70 likes
  20. Oct 12

    Someone sent me a note with a question regarding his underground thesis. Apparently he meant "undergraduate" which is much less interesting.

    11 retweets 72 likes
  21. Oct 11

    This is what a time lapse photo of Hundreds of sunsets looks like - Matt Molloy

    201 retweets 355 likes

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