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February 1st, 2020 at 7:13:18 PM permalink
02/02/2020


The only palindromic date during our lives. Next one 12/12/2121.

Any special Wizard celebration?
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February 1st, 2020 at 7:20:49 PM permalink
To 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.
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February 1st, 2020 at 7:30:46 PM permalink
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02/02/2020


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
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February 2nd, 2020 at 1:44:46 AM permalink
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02/02/2020


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.
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February 2nd, 2020 at 2:43:07 AM permalink
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(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.
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February 2nd, 2020 at 6:06:34 AM permalink
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Lastly, I am not going to go through each individual game, but I thought some people may find this interesting enough.



Thanks, I did.
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February 2nd, 2020 at 6:14:21 AM permalink
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This 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?
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February 2nd, 2020 at 7:58:49 AM permalink
Quote: Deucekies

To 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.
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February 2nd, 2020 at 8:17:28 AM permalink
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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.
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February 2nd, 2020 at 9:20:07 AM permalink
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Somebody 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.
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February 2nd, 2020 at 9:31:10 AM permalink
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02/02/2020


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.
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February 2nd, 2020 at 9:41:57 AM permalink
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12/02/2021

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.
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February 2nd, 2020 at 10:02:30 AM permalink
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Today 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...
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February 2nd, 2020 at 10:22:35 AM permalink
I prefer palindromic time in Unix epic time. Monday, February 3, 2020 3:00:51 PM PST is the next one.
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February 3rd, 2020 at 3:51:23 AM permalink
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February 3rd, 2020 at 7:53:44 AM permalink
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I thought you swore that bet off for good?



I cut back, but I can't not make a positive EV bet.
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February 3rd, 2020 at 4:53:24 PM permalink
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I 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.
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February 3rd, 2020 at 6:37:07 PM permalink
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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.



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.
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February 3rd, 2020 at 7:16:37 PM permalink
02/02/20

If you take e^02 + e^02 + PI + 2, it’s pretty close to 20. Spooky.
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February 3rd, 2020 at 8:24:18 PM permalink
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02/02/20

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.
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February 3rd, 2020 at 8:56:54 PM permalink
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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.


You’ve missed an important adjustment.

Add sin (2.020) / 2.020 and you’ll be much closer to 20. In degrees.
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February 4th, 2020 at 5:28:20 AM permalink
Quote: Ace2

You’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.
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February 4th, 2020 at 8:48:49 AM permalink
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I now get 19.93715. I'm still not very spooked out.

2.02*PI^2.002 + sin(2.02)/2.02 = 19.9997
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