John D. Cook

@JohnDCook

Mathematician, consultant, entrepreneur

Houston
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Joined November 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    8 Oct 2015

    Productivity tip: Work hard.

    366 retweets 496 likes
  2. 12 hours ago

    Good news: Conservation works Bad news: They're gonna need a new logo

    Breaking news! 🐼 Thanks to amazing conservation efforts the giant panda is no longer classified as endangered
    162 retweets 230 likes
  3. 11 hours ago

    Ha ha!! Guess not much has changed… RT San Francisco described in a 1930s history book

    41 retweets 44 likes
  5. Sep 3

    Things native English speakers know, but don't know we know:

    41,575 retweets 59,332 likes
  6. Sep 3

    Since August 1, about 258,000,000,000,000 gallons has rained upon the Continental USA ... spatial avg of 3.92"

    63 retweets 58 likes
  7. Sep 3

    ... then I’ll be Socrates throwing rocks at those mediocrities ... -- Hamilton

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  8. Aug 27

    It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations. NARRATOR.

    36 retweets 71 likes
  9. Sep 2

    Common source of nonsense: using the word "random" when you mean "typical."

    57 retweets 61 likes
  10. Sep 2

    New post: ETAOIN SHRDLU and all that

    1 retweet 1 like
  11. Sep 1

    "No matter how complex ... it is often the quality of the glue that most directly determines the power of the system." -- Hal Abelson

    20 retweets 42 likes
  12. Sep 1

    “Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before” Steven Wright

    27 retweets 25 likes
  13. Sep 1

    Australia, mapped only by its dirt tracks, roads and highways

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  14. Sep 1

    'Good general theory does not search for the maximum generality, but for the right generality.' -- Saunders Mac Lane

    34 retweets 48 likes
  15. Sep 1

    'Type structure is a syntactic discipline for enforcing levels of abstraction.' -- J. C. Reynolds

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  16. Sep 1

    Did nobody ask "Why are our bills so complex that our customers would appreciate an explanatory video?"

    What's the worst idea you've ever had? Was it worse than this?
    20 retweets 29 likes
  17. Aug 31

    That awkward moment when you nearly delete an email from someone who actually does want to send you money.

    1 retweet 20 likes
  18. Aug 31

    ‘Intelligent technology in the home’ (a recent cartoon for ):

    502 retweets 561 likes
  19. Aug 30

    When Economic Doomsayers Stumble: Cautionary Tales From Brexit, Grexit and U.S. Budget Battles - WSJ

    7 retweets 8 likes
  20. Aug 30

    Love it when something suddenly moves from "interesting but impractical" to "practical and urgent."

    15 retweets 42 likes
  21. Aug 30

    "If you ask a web developer how long 10 minutes will take, they'll tell you 3 minutes." -

    72 retweets 74 likes
  22. 4 Jun 2014

    Doppelgängers. If you don't look good, we don't look good.

    26 retweets 71 likes

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