Mathematics

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TH The Career Ms · Sensual: An Erotic Life

I Read the “Marry Rich” Reddit Post That Broke the Internet, And I Can’t Decide If She’s a Genius…

A 20-year-old did the maths on hustle culture and decided the numbers don’t work

Aug 02, 2026 · 7 min read · 6,031 claps paywalled #feminism #gen-z #women

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FR Francesco Bellelli · TDS Archive

The fascinating world of Voronoi diagrams

A brief introduction about this ubiquitous pattern and its applications

Apr 02, 2022 · 9 min read · 4,303 claps #delaunay-triangulation #voronoi #art

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AN Anu maheshwari · Wander & Wonder

Weed in My Backyard: Free Will to Statistics!

Should Cannabis and other drug usage be left to free will or face hard regulations? What works?

Apr 24, 2026 · 5 min read · 3,259 claps paywalled #addiction #cannabis #drugs

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CA Can Artuc

He Called Linux Obsolete in 1992. His Own OS Now Hides in Your CPU.

In 1992, one of the field’s most revered professors declared a hobby kernel dead on arrival. Both sides were right. The proof stayed buried…

Jul 18, 2026 · 10 min read · 2,943 claps paywalled #open-source #linux #technology

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AL alex buzunov

When the Propagandist Admits the Truth: Russia’s Catastrophic Losses Revealed by Its Own…

A pro-Kremlin military blogger with 3 million followers just did the math. The numbers are staggering.

Jan 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 2,131 claps paywalled #russia-ukraine-war #russia #russian-propaganda

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DE Deanna Bugalski 💋 · Big List Energy

Proof the Internet Was a Mistake: 10 Stupidest Online Trends

Let’s look back at the viral trends that made no sense

Mar 26, 2026 · 7 min read · 1,958 claps paywalled #online-trends #viral-trends #stupidity

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BR B R SHWETHA

Mathematics Made Easy: Overcoming Fear, Embracing Fun

Mathematics is more than just a subject — it’s the foundation of countless aspects of our lives. From calculating grocery bills to…

Mar 05, 2025 · 4 min read · 1,906 claps paywalled #mathematics #teachers-role #myths-about-mathematics

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TU Tucker Lieberman

How the Bathroom Verification Cards Would Work

I think they want magnetic locks on public bathrooms

Jun 16, 2023 · 8 min read · 1,808 claps paywalled #bathroom-bill #transphobia #gender-nonconformity

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PA Pari Sharma · Heartline Publications

I Keep Meeting Myself

Proof that my coping mechanisms are just Disney plots

Jun 11, 2026 · 4 min read · 1,803 claps #heartline-publications #heartline-unfiltered #mental-health

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TA Tanmay Bansal · Artificial Intelligence in Plain English

Everyone Is “Learning AI”, But Nobody Really Understands This One Thing.

Prompting teaches you the interface. AI literacy means understanding geometry, probability, and failure modes.

Jan 21, 2026 · 6 min read · 1,772 claps paywalled #ai #artificial-intelligence #machine-learning

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NA Nakshatra - The Astronomy and Mathematics Society

Math In Music: The Sound Of Numbers

Introduction

Mar 13, 2026 · 18 min read · 1,465 claps #music #guitar #tone

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ET Ethan Siegel · Starts With A Bang!

LIGO’s 10th anniversary gift confirms Hawking’s theorem

10 years ago, LIGO first began directly detecting gravitational waves. Now better than ever, it’s revealing previously unreachable…

Sep 24, 2025 · 11 min read · 1,387 claps paywalled #ligo #hawking #area

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SU Suma Narayan · Fourth Wave

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Photo by Prince Mathews on Unsplash

Oct 28, 2021 · 1 min read · 1,385 claps #sari #sensuous #poetry-on-medium

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GA Gary L. Fretwell · Illumination: Retirement, Aging & Legacy

The Quiet Humiliation That Saved My Retirement

I’d run organizations for forty years. It took a woman behind bulletproof glass twelve seconds to show me I had no idea who I was.

May 07, 2026 · 7 min read · 1,326 claps paywalled #self-improvement #retirement #life-lessons

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ET Ethan Siegel · Starts With A Bang!

Ask Ethan: Could Octonions Unlock How Reality Really Works?

A fascinating mathematical structure exists that goes well beyond our common experience. Could it revolutionize physics?

Dec 21, 2019 · 8 min read · 1,287 claps paywalled #physics #octonion #mathematics

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AD Adrienne Beaumont · the Challenged

The London Eye — Yes!

And I have the proof!

Apr 27, 2026 · 4 min read · 1,275 claps paywalled #the-challenged #writing-prompt-response #london-eye

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RU Rudra Nath · Philosophy Of Physics

Almost no one outside of electrical engineering and applied mathematics even knows his name.

They spent millions of dollars trying to make the lines perfect.

Jun 07, 2026 · 3 min read · 1,254 claps #physics #life #science

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MA Maria Chambers

Underfunded Texas School District Cuts Math Program to Afford 4,000 Giant Granite Tablets

ODESSA, TX — In a triumphant display of compliance with the state’s newest educational mandate, officials at Ector County Independent…

Jun 11, 2026 · 2 min read · 1,185 claps paywalled #satire #religion #education

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RT R Tennakoon

🌙☀️ **THE IMMORTAL DISTANCE:

Why the Sun and Moon Are Not Where We Think They Are**

Nov 24, 2025 · 7 min read · 1,145 claps paywalled #business #deep-learning #education

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SU Sunita Chakraborty · Frequency Change

The Courtroom Ran Out of Math

The Daily Word #42: Raspy (322 words)

Jul 08, 2026 · 2 min read · 1,091 claps paywalled #change-frequencies #fiction #dark-humor