Victor Minkov

Father 09/20 & 11/24; On X for maths, physics, and general education; Fitness, health, and longevity

[Victor Minkov @VVMinkov]

Is 4.5 x 10 in standard form?

Retweet for interest among maths teachers

@TickTockMaths @MathsImpact @mrbartonmaths @hegartymaths @danicquinn @ShakinthatChalk @suffolkmaths @VMN_alex @mathsjem @StudyMaths @JamesHandscombe @EmathsUK @Kris_Boulton @DrFrostMaths @giftedHKO

[Jimmy Carr @jimmycarr]

Jimmy's plan to tackle the Manosphere.

Get tour tickets: https://t.co/t5IE1NkmAj

[Jum @JesterJum]

When I look at my kids, I have 2 thoughts:

1) I have never loved anything as much as I love them.

2) I have never looked forward to 8:30PM so much in my entire life.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Most insightful comment I've seen on this war.

[Queen Natalie 👑 @TheNorfolkLion]

OK M&S just dropped something actually genius: their new 'Only… Ingredients' range 😍

Everyday staples like baked beans, sausages, burgers, ketchup, yoghurts, cereals... made with 3–8 recognisable ingredients MAX. No weird additives, no artificial colours, no preservatives, no ultra-processed nonsense. Just proper food, back to basics. 👏🏻

[Victor Minkov @VVMinkov]

@ShakinthatChalk @SparxLearning @hegartymaths Not a HoD

Is homework set up to be checked in class? - I'm imagining a teacher go through questions and pick students from class to respond and explain and deal with issues and methods etc

Or is it optimised for practice? marks it with no insight into method or workings?

[NihilarianZH - e/acc @NihilarianZH]

@_MAGA_NEWS_

[Chris Boettcher @chrisboettcher9]

I stopped taking advice from childless people.

Fitness. Productivity. Life advice. All of it.

And here's why:

It's not that they're wrong. It's that they're playing a completely different game.

Taking life advice from someone without kids is like getting marriage tips from a guy who's "really good at first dates."

Cool, bro. But you've never had to initiate the tough conversation and own your mistake just to keep the peace.

We're not in the same sport.

We've all seen some 25-year-old fitness influencer with non-negotiable 5am routine.

Wake up. Meditate. Journal. Cold plunge. 45-minute lift.

Sounds beautiful. You know what woke ME up at 5am last Tuesday?

A 3-year-old standing 3 inches from my face whispering, "Daddy, I frowed up."

There's no cold plunge for that. Just reality.

These people have optimized their lives around ONE variable: themselves.

I'm optimizing for:

→ A marriage that still thriving after 10 years
→ Kids who actually want to be around me
→ A career that provides for my family
→ A body that lets me keep up with all of it

That's a completely different goal and it requires a different formula.

Real discipline isn't waking up at 5am when your apartment is silent and your only responsibility is a houseplant.

It's a 10pm workout after the kids went to bed because your morning blew up showing up for your family when they needed you.

That's the game I'm playing.

Childless advice isn't just impractical. It's unrelatable.

Their goal: optimize for SELF.
My goal: optimize for FAMILY.

It's like a vegan telling me how to grill a steak.

You might technically know the steps. But I don't trust you with the tongs.

The best advice I've ever gotten came from parents in the trenches.

They don't talk about "optimizing morning routines."

They talk about:
• 20 push-ups while your kid eats breakfast
• Walking with your wife after dinner because it's the only time you'll get together
• Meal prepping Sunday because Tuesday night is a warzone

THAT'S advice that actually works.

So no, I'm not taking health advice from someone whose biggest inconvenience is their supplement stack being shipped late.

I want the guy who's been elbow-deep in a diaper blowout and STILL hitting their goals.

That's the guy who I'm listening to.

Find your people. Take their advice. Ignore the rest.

[Erikas Mališauskas @malisauskasLT]

Me and my girlfriend went on color hunting in Berlin this weekend. We picked two random colors and had to make a 3x3 photo grid featuring that color. I got yellow, she got blue, here's the result.

Had lots of fun - highly recommend!

[Mysticismail @xclusive_mystic]

A teacher gave a balloon to every student, who had to inflate it, write their name on it, and throw it in the hallway.

The teacher then mixed all the balloons. The students were given 5 minutes to find their own balloon.

Despite a hectic search, no one found their balloon, At that point, the teacher told the students to take the first balloon they found and hand it to the person whose name was written on it.

Within 5 minutes, everyone had their own balloon. The teacher said to the students, "These balloons arelike happiness.

We will never find it if everyone is
looking for their own. But if we care about other people's happiness, we'll find ours too."

May your day be filled with happiness!🎉

[Victor Minkov @VVMinkov]

@rainstormblue What sort of genius nerd bait hook is this "I have a PhD in maths and I can't solve this". Great marketing. Doesn't even have to be true

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

A Japanese game studio is making applicants draw in front of them during interviews to prove they don't use generative AI

The Chief Graphic Designer at the undisclosed company said, “It is humans who can create compelling characters and graphics from scratch”

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

One thing I learned from experience is that those who do solidly well in life never, practically never, do anything in bad faith. Reduce bad faith from, say, that tiny 5% bit to 0%, and see how it works wonders. Simple advice, @__paleologo.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Testing reveals speed, not depth. Real life is about depth.
RIP Jim Simons

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Fluid dynamics art
https://t.co/knancddwqt

[Victor Minkov @VVMinkov]

@Rainmaker1973 Next; a rep on the other side 🫣

[Victor Minkov @VVMinkov]

Cannot unsee

Just clicked on to X to see what's trending and the winner of celebrity @the_traitors_ is named in the WHAT'S HAPPENING section. Who tf was responsible for letting that slip? Trend reported.

I haven't watched the finale yet ... 💀💀💀

@BBCOne
@X

[Victor Minkov @VVMinkov]

@adamboxer1 Rarely the other way around, is it?

I had a class happily watch as I typed out an email. About them...

Luckily, I don't phrase emails much different to how I speak to the class so no harm done in that instance 🙃

[Erik Berlin @sferik]

6yo: What’s the biggest number?

Me: There are an infinite number of numbers so there’s no biggest one.

6yo: What’s the biggest number you know the name of?

Me: A googolplex.

6yo: Which is bigger, a googolplex or a googoobazillion?

Me: There’s not a number named a googoobazillion.

6yo: If there are an infinite number of numbers, there must be one named a googoobazillion.

Checkmate.

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

TRUE WEALTH (3rd Ed)
Worriless sleeping
Clear conscience
Reciprocal gratitude
Genuine sense you did your duty toward the Palestinians & other victims
Absence of envy
Foamy coffee
Crusty bread
Trustworthy friends & inexperienced enemies
Frequent smiles
No meals alone
Nice clothes in evening (& Sunday lunch)
No friends w/hypochondria
No gym classes
Gravel bicycling
Good digestive functions
No Zoom "meetings"
No chronic medication
Periodic surprises
Nothing to hide: financial and fiscal tranquility
Muscular strength & endurance
Ability to nap
Access to a hammock

[Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71]

Excellent point⬇️

There is an absurd paradox in the way we hold students accountable in a weak school system:

1. We use pastoral methods of consequence like restorative justice that assumes they have adult faculties of introspection, reflection and moral comprehension/ self growth
2. Simultaneously we absolve them of adult responsibility for acts that, were they adults they would be sacked or imprisoned.

Schrödinger’s Young Person: neither a child nor an adult, until you observe them, at which point they collapse into one state depending on who’s talking to them.