The Spence
@adambspencer.bsky.social
Gettin’ geeky funny stuff done one day at a time
TODAY’s DATE IS AWESOME (and incredibly rare)
However you write it 09/27/2025 or 27/09/2025, it’s a perfect square!!!
3045 x 3045 = 9,272,025
and
5205 x 5205 = 27,092,025
Yeah baby!!!
However you write it 09/27/2025 or 27/09/2025, it’s a perfect square!!!
3045 x 3045 = 9,272,025
and
5205 x 5205 = 27,092,025
Yeah baby!!!
September 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
TODAY’s DATE IS AWESOME (and incredibly rare)
However you write it 09/27/2025 or 27/09/2025, it’s a perfect square!!!
3045 x 3045 = 9,272,025
and
5205 x 5205 = 27,092,025
Yeah baby!!!
However you write it 09/27/2025 or 27/09/2025, it’s a perfect square!!!
3045 x 3045 = 9,272,025
and
5205 x 5205 = 27,092,025
Yeah baby!!!
Today’s #NerdNews describes an AI model that is claimed to write great creative prose (by the owner of the AI!)
Read the story, read a piece written by the AI, review it & maybe win one of my (100% human written) books and subscribe to (free) #NerdNews
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/has-a-n...
Read the story, read a piece written by the AI, review it & maybe win one of my (100% human written) books and subscribe to (free) #NerdNews
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/has-a-n...
Has a new AI cracked creative writing?
As always, people are divided. Some laud its metafictional genius. Others call it pastiche garbage. Nerd News invites you to be the judge.
www.adamspencer.com.au
March 19, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Today’s #NerdNews describes an AI model that is claimed to write great creative prose (by the owner of the AI!)
Read the story, read a piece written by the AI, review it & maybe win one of my (100% human written) books and subscribe to (free) #NerdNews
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/has-a-n...
Read the story, read a piece written by the AI, review it & maybe win one of my (100% human written) books and subscribe to (free) #NerdNews
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/has-a-n...
The Maths of Monkeys!
My latest #NerdNews newsletter explores the mathematics of monkeys and typewriters
Have a read and sign up for my (free!) NerdNews for your weekly geekly hit
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My latest #NerdNews newsletter explores the mathematics of monkeys and typewriters
Have a read and sign up for my (free!) NerdNews for your weekly geekly hit
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https://www.adamspencer.com.au/post/the-monkey-of-venice
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February 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The Maths of Monkeys!
My latest #NerdNews newsletter explores the mathematics of monkeys and typewriters
Have a read and sign up for my (free!) NerdNews for your weekly geekly hit
t.co/xkWKLmX6cX
My latest #NerdNews newsletter explores the mathematics of monkeys and typewriters
Have a read and sign up for my (free!) NerdNews for your weekly geekly hit
t.co/xkWKLmX6cX
Did you know #ValentinesDay may well have its roots in Lupercalia - a pagan purging festival that involved murdering goats, stripping naked & frocking up in their skins!
Have a read and subscribe to my (free!) #NerdNews newsletter for you weekly geek hit
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/the-mat...
Have a read and subscribe to my (free!) #NerdNews newsletter for you weekly geek hit
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/the-mat...
The mathematics and science of Valentine’s Day
Beneath the romance, there’s a hidden world - from the geometry of love to evolutionary biology.
www.adamspencer.com.au
February 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Did you know #ValentinesDay may well have its roots in Lupercalia - a pagan purging festival that involved murdering goats, stripping naked & frocking up in their skins!
Have a read and subscribe to my (free!) #NerdNews newsletter for you weekly geek hit
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/the-mat...
Have a read and subscribe to my (free!) #NerdNews newsletter for you weekly geek hit
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/the-mat...
Hey BlueSky
My latest (free) NerdNewsletter explains the whole DeepSeek thing
Check it out and subscribe for ongoing (free) geek-dives into the world of tech, maths, AI and all things beautifully nerdy
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/deepsee...
My latest (free) NerdNewsletter explains the whole DeepSeek thing
Check it out and subscribe for ongoing (free) geek-dives into the world of tech, maths, AI and all things beautifully nerdy
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/deepsee...
DeepSeek: Game changer or flash in the pan?
A global stock market shock caused by a Chinese AI company that didn’t exist 18 months ago...
www.adamspencer.com.au
February 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hey BlueSky
My latest (free) NerdNewsletter explains the whole DeepSeek thing
Check it out and subscribe for ongoing (free) geek-dives into the world of tech, maths, AI and all things beautifully nerdy
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/deepsee...
My latest (free) NerdNewsletter explains the whole DeepSeek thing
Check it out and subscribe for ongoing (free) geek-dives into the world of tech, maths, AI and all things beautifully nerdy
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/deepsee...
My first NerdNews of 2025 is dedicated to two gorgeous numbers - 25 and 2025
Get your geek on and subscribe to my FREE!!! weekly salute to science, maths and general geekiness
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/hello-2...
Get your geek on and subscribe to my FREE!!! weekly salute to science, maths and general geekiness
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/hello-2...
Hello 2025 + a brand new year of geekery
Instead of saying, “Have a happy 2025”, why not really nerd it up and say, "Have a happy 45²!"
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January 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
My first NerdNews of 2025 is dedicated to two gorgeous numbers - 25 and 2025
Get your geek on and subscribe to my FREE!!! weekly salute to science, maths and general geekiness
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/hello-2...
Get your geek on and subscribe to my FREE!!! weekly salute to science, maths and general geekiness
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3 years ago today
Happy Anniversary Leah xxx
Happy Anniversary Leah xxx
January 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
3 years ago today
Happy Anniversary Leah xxx
Happy Anniversary Leah xxx
From todays notorious Friday cryptic in the Herald and The Age
“School’s principal station? (5,4)”
HINT; (6) = “schools” + (3) = “principal” to give (5,4) = “station”
🤞
“School’s principal station? (5,4)”
HINT; (6) = “schools” + (3) = “principal” to give (5,4) = “station”
🤞
December 20, 2024 at 1:17 AM
From todays notorious Friday cryptic in the Herald and The Age
“School’s principal station? (5,4)”
HINT; (6) = “schools” + (3) = “principal” to give (5,4) = “station”
🤞
“School’s principal station? (5,4)”
HINT; (6) = “schools” + (3) = “principal” to give (5,4) = “station”
🤞
Dropped my latest NerdNews this week on the critical issue of the insatiable energy demands of Generative AI systems
Check it out here and subscribe to my ongoing, FREE, newsletter
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/ai-insa...
Check it out here and subscribe to my ongoing, FREE, newsletter
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AI's insatiable power demands
Increasing concerns about their rapacious hunger for electricity to power them and water to stop them overheating.
www.adamspencer.com.au
November 28, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Dropped my latest NerdNews this week on the critical issue of the insatiable energy demands of Generative AI systems
Check it out here and subscribe to my ongoing, FREE, newsletter
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/ai-insa...
Check it out here and subscribe to my ongoing, FREE, newsletter
www.adamspencer.com.au/post/ai-insa...
Lovely clue from todays David Astle cryptic in the Sydney Morning Herald
“Censor tender deed (6)”
HINT; answer = “censor” and is (3) + (3) for the other two words in the clue
🤞
“Censor tender deed (6)”
HINT; answer = “censor” and is (3) + (3) for the other two words in the clue
🤞
November 28, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Lovely clue from todays David Astle cryptic in the Sydney Morning Herald
“Censor tender deed (6)”
HINT; answer = “censor” and is (3) + (3) for the other two words in the clue
🤞
“Censor tender deed (6)”
HINT; answer = “censor” and is (3) + (3) for the other two words in the clue
🤞
When they said “meet me in the dedicated car wash area” I was assuming something a bit more … how do you say …
November 28, 2024 at 8:44 AM
When they said “meet me in the dedicated car wash area” I was assuming something a bit more … how do you say …
Dr Oz … Linda McMahon … Matt Gaetz …
Like wow
Like wow
November 20, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Dr Oz … Linda McMahon … Matt Gaetz …
Like wow
Like wow
They are serving lunch at the corporate event I’m MCing and the buffet tables are flush against a wall so you can only serve from one side
Snaking long queues
Witnessing the inefficiency is hurting the mathematician in me at a cellular level
Snaking long queues
Witnessing the inefficiency is hurting the mathematician in me at a cellular level
November 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
They are serving lunch at the corporate event I’m MCing and the buffet tables are flush against a wall so you can only serve from one side
Snaking long queues
Witnessing the inefficiency is hurting the mathematician in me at a cellular level
Snaking long queues
Witnessing the inefficiency is hurting the mathematician in me at a cellular level
And a thrill to have you included @dylanodonnell.bsky.social
Good to see you here, my favourite ex-JJJ breakfast mathematician. I’m still honoured to be in one of your books :)
November 17, 2024 at 10:00 PM
And a thrill to have you included @dylanodonnell.bsky.social
Sweet bippy we are literally cooked
Breaking News: Chris Wright, chief executive of the fracking company Liberty Energy, is President-elect Trump’s pick for energy secretary.
Trump Transition and Staffing Live Updates: Chris Wright Picked for Energy Secretary
Mr. Trump said Chris Wright would help “drive U.S. energy dominance.” He hasn’t yet announced the leaders of the Treasury, Commerce and Labor Departments, among other roles.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Sweet bippy we are literally cooked
Cheers Hino
It’s great to look out and see a few people in the crowd who clearly didn’t listen first time around - and wonder how they got here!
And great work by your mum! Classy lady with impeccable taste
It’s great to look out and see a few people in the crowd who clearly didn’t listen first time around - and wonder how they got here!
And great work by your mum! Classy lady with impeccable taste
@adambspencer.bsky.social Was lovely seeing you tonight in Adelaide. I grew up listening to clips of you and Wil my mum had saved on the computer and I finally got to see you both in action! Best of luck with the rest of the show <3
November 16, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Cheers Hino
It’s great to look out and see a few people in the crowd who clearly didn’t listen first time around - and wonder how they got here!
And great work by your mum! Classy lady with impeccable taste
It’s great to look out and see a few people in the crowd who clearly didn’t listen first time around - and wonder how they got here!
And great work by your mum! Classy lady with impeccable taste
Sure @bsky.app has added a million in a day
But in even more exciting news @adambspencer.bsky.social added 100 already existing bskyers to his new account!
But in even more exciting news @adambspencer.bsky.social added 100 already existing bskyers to his new account!
November 15, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Sure @bsky.app has added a million in a day
But in even more exciting news @adambspencer.bsky.social added 100 already existing bskyers to his new account!
But in even more exciting news @adambspencer.bsky.social added 100 already existing bskyers to his new account!
Well this looks like fun
November 12, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Well this looks like fun