Palindrome day
The only palindromic date during our lives. Next one 12/12/2121.
Any special Wizard celebration?
Quote: SOOPOO02/02/2020
The only palindromic date during our lives. Next one 12/12/2121.
Any special Wizard celebration?
A few people born recently will live to see both
Quote: SOOPOO02/02/2020
The only palindromic date during our lives. Next one 12/12/2121.
Any special Wizard celebration?
This is super cool! I hope they don't celebrate at the Super Bowl by scoring a safety. There will be a number of WoV members celebrating today, but for another reason.
I am open to ideas on how to celebrate.
Somebody should have done a prop bet on whether the Super Bowl score would ever be a palindrome, like 34-43.
Quote: Wizard(snip)Somebody should have done a prop bet on whether the Super Bowl score would ever be a palindrome, like 34-43.
The chance is greater than 4% and less than 5% for the game to end in a "palindrome score"### .
###: I counted true palindromes and also "one-way*** palindromes" in this figure
***: An example of this would be a score was 37-3 (since 3-37 would not count, i just halved the figures from "pro-football" site below, to get an estimate).
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game-scores.htm
Lastly, I am not going to go through each individual game, but I thought some people may find this interesting enough.
Quote: ksdjdjLastly, I am not going to go through each individual game, but I thought some people may find this interesting enough.
Thanks, I did.
Quote: WizardThis is super cool! I hope they don't celebrate at the Super Bowl by scoring a safety.
I thought you swore that bet off for good?
Quote: DeucekiesTo be clear, this is the only INTERNATIONAL Palindromic Day of our lives. There have been several Palindromic Days since 2000, but this is the only one that fits for DD-MM-YYYY, MM-DD-YYYY, and YYYY-MM-DD.
Exactly - the next one in "local" format is 12/02/2021, which is December 21 in some places and 12 February in others.
Quote: Wizard
Somebody should have done a prop bet on whether the Super Bowl score would ever be a palindrome, like 34-43.
31-13 is a very popular score and every time that I see it the first thing I think of is palindrome.
Quote: WizardSomebody should have done a prop bet on whether the Super Bowl score would ever be a palindrome, like 34-43.
I assume you mean the final score - otherwise, every "yes" bettor would claim that the score was 0-0 at the start of the game, and you didn't limit palindromes to each team having two digits.
Quote: SOOPOO02/02/2020
The only palindromic date during our lives. Next one 12/12/2121.
Any special Wizard celebration?
12/02/2021
If you're gonna use the placeholder zero, then use it.
Quote: Actuarial12/02/2021
If you're gonna use the placeholder zero, then use it.
Today is “special” because it works in both types of formats: MM/DD/YYYY and DD/MM/YYYY.
Quote: unJonToday is “special” because it works in both types of formats: MM/DD/YYYY and DD/MM/YYYY.
Thanks. I must have misread the original article. My sons are texting me palindrome after palindrome that I hope we are alive for...
Quote: AZDuffmanI thought you swore that bet off for good?
I cut back, but I can't not make a positive EV bet.
Quote: WizardI cut back, but I can't not make a positive EV bet.
It might or might not make you happy to know I defended you on that bet to a coworker a couple years back. I told him the payout and he said, "your 'friend' has no clue what he is doing. You bet $100 and win $10? What is with that?'" I told him it was not some bar friend but a top guy in the industry, not mentioning your name or site. You were just a mystery person.
Same guy would bet on anything. Won $100 on a lottery scratch off. I will give you two guesses as to what he did with the winnings but you will only need one.
Quote: AZDuffmanIt might or might not make you happy to know I defended you on that bet to a coworker a couple years back. I told him the payout and he said, "your 'friend' has no clue what he is doing. You bet $100 and win $10? What is with that?'" I told him it was not some bar friend but a top guy in the industry, not mentioning your name or site. You were just a mystery person.
Same guy would bet on anything. Won $100 on a lottery scratch off. I will give you two guesses as to what he did with the winnings but you will only need one.
Thank you for defending me. I won't even bother to explain why I'm right.
Yes, of course he blew the $100 on more lottery tickets. Just goes to show some call it a tax on the stupid.
If you take e^02 + e^02 + PI + 2, it’s pretty close to 20. Spooky.
Quote: Ace202/02/20
If you take e^02 + e^02 + PI + 2, it’s pretty close to 20. Spooky.
19.9197 ? Okay. A bit low on the spooky meter, IMO.
2.02*PI^2.002 is closer to 20 and involves two short palindromes.
Quote: gordonm88819.9197 ? Okay. A bit low on the spooky meter, IMO. 2.02*PI^2.002 is closer to 20 and involves two short palindromes.
You’ve missed an important adjustment.
Add sin (2.020) / 2.020 and you’ll be much closer to 20. In degrees.
Quote: Ace2You’ve missed an important adjustment.
Add sin (2.020) / 2.020 and you’ll be much closer to 20. In degrees.
I now get 19.93715. I'm still not very spooked out.
