Miscellaneous

Nice. See also Lisa Simpson on the curve of knowledge. [via reddit]…

SMBC pokes fun at big “informational” graphics with a self-referencing graphic that displays…

By way of reddit, analog traces, or as they’re more commonly known: dirt.…

Josh Sundquist and Hannah Hart made a video about pies, the edible variety…

The title caption reads: “A classmate was caught using his phone in maths.…

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdős, written by…

Paul Miller disconnected from the Internet completely for a year. He describes an experience of at first feeling free and unburdened but eventually feeling lonely and, well, disconnected.

Ben Orlin likes math and teaching. He’s bad at drawing. He has a…

In this straightforward video, Marius Budin offers a look at our insecurities as…

Ph.D. students rethink the tenure track. The traditional approach is to get your degree and then look for a professor job. That’s changing though, and more people leave academia after they graduate. I think when I first got into graduate school academia was top on my list, too, but after working with my adviser and other professors, it didn’t seem like a job I’d enjoy.

An old one from xkcd. I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry,…

From Reddit user ddurrr while visiting London. Pretty much my current status and…

I’m almost certain this relationship is significant. Side note: Is there a meaningless-correlations…

Run for your lives. The red concentric circles on the green squiggly are…

Something changed. [via]…

Meta. Is it people’s interest, or is it actually 50 percent of statistics…

By designer Stephen Wildish, a taxonomy of arse. No comment necessary.…

USA Today launched a redesigned logo last month. It’s a circle that reflects…

Yes, this is real. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used a bomb-shaped diagram…

It’s another label-your-axes joke from SMBC. Yep, still funny.
See also: this, this,…