Jeff Lazarus

@jlazarus.bsky.social

I just learned that mathematicians David Cox and Stephen Zucker decided to write a paper together specifically to create an algorithm they could name the Cox-Zucker machine and this might be the best joke in the history of academia.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%E2%...

Jun 20, 2024 at 22:03 UTC

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Mr. Gay Man Watch @paragon12321.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 23:42 UTC

Rutgers excellence

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Catinahat @fizbansghost.bsky.social
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www.theverge.com/2016/7/7/121...

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@queenofattolia.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 08:07 UTC

Ah, men. Eternally 12 no matter how big their brains.

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Bill Jank @billjank.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 03:20 UTC

Every adult man is a two thirteen year olds with sunglasses and a trench coat and a book of dirty jokes they pilfered from their bachelor uncle's bathroom.

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@hansterkombat.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 10:33 UTC

😂😂😂

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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 22:04 UTC

Apparently Cox is also responsible for a “Cox Ring.” This keeps getting better. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox_ring

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DoRayMeFarTed @doraymefarted.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 19:32 UTC

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Molly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 22:50 UTC

I once worked on an academic book where a citation referenced a paper by Stone and Stonebreaker.

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Jim Mashek @jmashek.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 22:34 UTC

This author list, for a paper about the Big Bang, always makes me laughing

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%...

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Pyrito Hedron @pyritohedron.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 23:37 UTC

This is kind of like listening to a perfect album, or viewing a brilliant work of art. You just know you'll never reach the same heights in your own endeavors, if only because you lack the requisite last name. The nominative ceiling will always be there.

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