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Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Easter Egg in Numberblocks

Watching series four of Numberblocks with the toddler this morning, and in the finale song I finally spotted how they represented 42: Simon Jones as Arthur Dent

https://alecmuffett.com/article/109552

#hhgttg #numberblocks

In our second session of the day, we heard from Jørn Hafver who trained an AI in audio recognition right in front of us - so it could tell how loud we were clapping at the end. Ben Ashforth spoke about a journey he went on, inspired by a talk from the last gathering, to visit roads named after every day of the year (details at http://benguin.co.uk/roads). @alisonkiddle talked about the maths behind the games Guess Who and Which One Doesn't Belong, and has a pleasing binary chop device made from card with pins and holes. Phil Ramsen followed up on his talk from three years ago and discussed slide rules and Kolmogorov. Daniel Johnson explored the possibly surprising link between Numberblocks and Polyominoes (https://youtu.be/htnZGHjX8p4?si=YzAXxPP7lT2-_Do5&t=522)- and @Tarim said what we've all been thinking and pointed out some illogical song lyrics - lions don't really live in the mighty jungle, and Kilimanjaro is nowhere near the Serengeti! #mathsjam #maths #ai #travelling #guesswho #wwdb #sliderules #means #averaging #kolmogorov #numberblocks #polyominoes #songs #logic #lyrics

At dinner --

Ms5, not paying attention to her plate, as she does: 36 plus 9 equals 45

(How much #NumberBlocks is too much?)

“Is Numberblock 11 a boy or a girl?”

*takes deep breath*

MY SIBLING IN MOSES, THE NUMBERBLOCKS ARE MADE OF CARTOON CUBES, STOP OBSESSING ABOUT WHAT’S IN THEIR NONEXISTENT PANTS

#numberblocks #cisnonsense

I’m starting to suspect that #Numberblocks is actually an entirely unregulated experiment in inducing color-number #synesthesia in a massive population. And I totally approve!

Kids are watching a crossover between #Alphablocks & #Numberblocks (#CBeebies shows about spelling & maths respectively).

Have you ever wanted to know what would happen if the letter X met the number 8?
No, of course not! No one could have imagined this abstract nightmare
#Parenting #ChildrensTV #tv

There is yet another math genius in the house and he's not even 4 yet. Kalvin, 5 times 2 equals, 10! Erm, WTH, my almost 4 year old is doing time tables! #numberblocks