Paul Connor

Teacher of Mathematics, Computing Science and IT.

PhD in mathematics (continuum mechanics).

In the other place I'll be @[email protected]

[Paul Connor @pconnor30]

@sonukg4india The sequence alternates between 4 for odd-numbered n and 1 otherwise.
The first 2m+1 terms consist of m 1s, m 4s, and the final term 4 for a sum m+4m+4=5m+4.
(5m+4)/(2m+1)->5/2 as m->\infty

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@anon_opin And that's enough internet for me today.

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@postbus88 @qikipedia Canada is a neighbour to the US, Denmark and, if we also include sea borders, France.

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@austenff @SteveStuWill Only those in the Faculty of Long Divisions.

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@teaforpterosaur Me: Single to Northampton please.
Driver: You'll have to change at Bedford
Me: It says Northampton on the front
Driver: You'll still have to change at Bedford.

Glasgow drivers facing similar queries have noted 'aye, and it says India on the tyres but it's no going there either'

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@JamesMunro5 Never knew that shop. I've memories of buying books in Grants in Union St in the 70s/80s ready for journeys back home. I believe you turned right out of the stn entrance, so not the burned building, but it's hard to find details of where exactly it was.

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@anon_opin Always had to emphasise this when teaching databases. The usual convincer was to ask when they expected to do any arithmetic with a phone number.

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@JamesMunro5 My usual London terminus - so another Gilbert Scott building of significance to me.
Eurostar? Or just in the neighbourhood?

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@djpaterson @MarkJCarney @HackedOffHugh Fair comparison. I saw a shortened version included in this. I have to also recommend This Hour Has 22 Minutes - check out their old regular feature 'Talking To Americans'
https://t.co/ekH9CrcSoB

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@susie_dent @hayfestival Names are probably a rich source of these. I thought a character's name from The Broons was pronounced Daffn. Despite there being a Daphne in Scooby Doo, making that connection between the spoken and written word was too much for my younger self.

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@djpaterson She has form for her shaky grasp of UK history.

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@fesshole I'm fairly confident there'll someone reading this who's unsure where Inter Alia is.

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@JamesMunro5 Answers that question! I know nothing of the man other than the company he keeps in these streets from my hometown.

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@sonukg4india 4/(6+π).
It does make it easier to see by moving the shaded segment - but it must swap places with the unshaded segment and not just cover it over, and that is why it's not 1/2

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@74WTungsteno No. Each tile must cover exactly one white and one black square if you imagine a checkerboard pattern imposed on the 10x10 board, but with the removal of the two corner squares there is no longer an equal share of both.

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@JamesMunro5 But did the news reports offer updates?

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@anon_opin And that was from Opera.

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@anon_opin I also wonder why hotels think we need to see close up photos of the bathroom sink & taps.

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@MisterIx @anon_opin Well played.