Ben Finn @optimablog
I like optimization of all kinds - productivity, creativity, happiness, investing, tea. Former music software entrepreneur; co-inventor of Sibelius optima.blog London Joined February 2020-
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An amusing puzzle: Water is to infinity pool as grass is to _________
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🟣 World Happiness Report 2025 is here! This year’s edition, the second to be published from Oxford, presents the latest global evidence on caring and sharing. Read more 👉 worldhappiness.report/news/world-hap…
Lest there be any doubt about the state of degradation of America: In a fancyish tea/coffee shop in Chicago. Ordered Earl Grey tea with milk. Teapot arrived but no milk. This mystery suddenly ‘explained’ by pouring (examine closely the liquid emerging from the teapot). WTAF?!!
This review of Deliveroo tells a sorry tale
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Aggressive move by this wikipedia contributor to geometrically visualize the binomial theorem. Oh, do you "have trouble" seeing things in 4D? Sorry that life is so difficult for you. Stop whining and try harder.
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Wow, I did NOT know this: Buddhist logicians had discovered the Gettier problem c. 770 AD:
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Within the Realm (acrylic on canvas - 2016)
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Surely worth paying more than one millionth of the revenue involved?
Surely worth paying more than one millionth of the revenue involved?
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Penny farthing race in 1928. This should be brought back for the next Olympics. It’s brilliantly bonkers. 🚴🥇
This uninvited guest outstayed its welcome by 3 hours this afternoon (sound on)
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Gazelles and their shadows, galloping over the Namib sands. [📸 Solly Levi]
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Parcel delivery firm DPD have replaced their customer service chat with an AI robot thing. It’s utterly useless at answering any queries, and when asked, it happily produced a poem about how terrible they are as a company. It also swore at me. 😂
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@historyinmemes In 1913, the US Post Office's Parcel Post began offering its services to deliver mail too heavy for normal letter post. Americans were now able to send packages that weighed up to eleven pounds. Within the first few weeks, a handful of parents had tried to send their children via…
The indescribably beautiful video of our secret wedding beside a glacier in Iceland. The gods of the mountains, rivers and sky blessed us with a lifetime of scenes of surpassing beauty. youtu.be/QNpvN4bnGAo?si…
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“The world is full of problems, which people are often very aware of. But most people have no idea about the many improvements we have listed below, and therefore they lose hope for the future and think the world is doomed.” See full list here: gapminder.org/facts/improvem…
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