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Joe Moeller (May 27 2020 at 19:36):Rongmin Lu said:
John Baez said:
Joachim Kock said:
Rongmin Lu said:
How did you find out about the TWFs by John Baez? Probably a bit unfair, since I can't remember myself, but maybe you do.
Actually, my father told me about it :-)
Go ahead, make me feel old. :upside_down: These days I get people saying "I really liked This Week's Finds back when I was in high school".
TWF started when I was in middle school, so yeah...
But I think it was David Michael Roberts and the others at Adelaide who told me about it.
TWF started about half-way between birth and beginning Kindergarten for me, and now I'm John's most senior current student.
Todd Trimble (May 27 2020 at 19:45):Oh stop it!
John Baez (May 27 2020 at 19:47):Did your folks get you started on TWF when you went to kindergarten, @Joe Moeller?
Joe Moeller (May 27 2020 at 19:48):I wish. My dad delivered pizzas at that time. I didn't get consistent access to the internet until I graduated high school in 2009.
Joe Moeller (May 27 2020 at 19:50):I was able to buy a laptop with my community college's funding because I didn't have to pay rent since I was homeless (couch surfing). :upside_down:
sarahzrf (May 27 2020 at 20:10):what's TWF
sarahzrf (May 27 2020 at 20:10):oh looks like that started before i was born :halo:
John Baez (May 27 2020 at 20:16):What's TWF, they ask... kids these days.
John Baez (May 27 2020 at 20:16):They also don't know what PSSL is.
sarahzrf (May 27 2020 at 20:23):look, 2010 was before i started doing rigorous math >:(
sarahzrf (May 27 2020 at 20:24):TWF was hardly relevant to my life :halo:
sarahzrf (May 27 2020 at 20:25):oh wait does it still exist, i saw "1993 to 2010" on the page i found from google and missed that that was the timeline for its old name rather than its existence at all
sarahzrf (May 27 2020 at 20:25):topological woqnɼɑʁ forms
John Baez (May 27 2020 at 20:33):Of course it still exists. It's where I explained all the math and physics I knew, in 300 essays. Most of this stuff is still true.
John Baez (May 27 2020 at 20:33):Actually 329 essays, but the last 30 or so were different.
sarahzrf (May 27 2020 at 20:35):well i meant "still exists" as in "is still running"
John Baez (May 27 2020 at 20:36):Oh. No, I'm not writing them anymore.
John Baez (May 27 2020 at 20:36):I'm gonna turn the best parts into essays, but that belongs in the other thread!