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[fresh_42]

Star Trek.

 

[etotheipi]

I don't think @fresh_42 is going to like the approximation clock very much...

 

[Ibix]

Love the limit of large 8.

We had a reverse clock at university - its hands and numbers went anti-clockwise. It was a perfectly good clock, but incredibly easy to misread. Exclamations of "****! I'm late for lectures! No... wait... never mind" were very common at about ten to two...

 

[Ibix]

Incidentally, what's the $\chi$ such that $\cos\chi\approx 1$? I tried googling "chi constant", but it turns out to be a deceased woman in California.

 

[etotheipi]

Incidentally, what's the $\chi$ such that $\cos\chi\approx 1$? I tried googling "chi constant", but it turns out to be a deceased woman in California.

I think $\chi$ is just an arbitrary variable and it's using $\cos{\chi} \approx 1 - \frac{1}{2}\chi^2 + \dots$

 

[Ibix]

I think $\chi$ is just an arbitrary variable and it's using $\cos{\chi} \approx 1 - \frac{1}{2}\chi^2 + \dots$

Surely it should be $\cos(\epsilon)$ then, no? Since $\epsilon$ is usually used to mean a small number.

 

[etotheipi]

Surely it should be $\cos(\epsilon)$ then, no? Since $\epsilon$ is usually used to mean a small number.

Probably... though I have the suspicion whoever made this doesn't care much for convention

 

[Ibix]

And what's $\varphi$? I was assuming the Golden Ratio, but that's about 1.6, so $\varphi^3\approx 4$.

I do need a new clock, but I don't think I'll buy this one...

 

[fresh_42]

And what's $\varphi$? I was assuming the Golden Ratio, but that's about 1.6, so $\varphi^3\approx 4$.

I do need a new clock, but I don't think I'll buy this one...

This one looks better:

 

[etotheipi]

And what's $\varphi$? I was assuming the Golden Ratio, but that's about 1.6, so $\varphi^3\approx 4$.

I do need a new clock, but I don't think I'll buy this one...

You're being too logical

Embrace the chaos: $\varphi \approx 2 \implies \varphi^3 \approx 8$

 

[WWGD]

Russell's paradox solved with Covid: If you don't shave yourself no one else will shave you. All barbershops are closed.

 

[etotheipi]

Russell's paradox solved with Covid: If you don't shave yourself no one else will shave you. All barbershops are closed.

 

[WWGD]

My ke yboard has kind of screwed up and three keys produce no output. I am thinking of may be creating a macro instead of just cutting and pasting the prolem keys in.

 

[fresh_42]

My ke yboard has kind of screwed up and three keys produce no output. I am thinking of may be creating a macro instead of just cutting and pasting the prolem keys in.

I did this as I lost my 1 and my e.

 

[Ibix]

I did this as I lost my 1 and my e.

...leaving you only $\pi$ and 0 to work with?

 

[fresh_42]

...leaving you only $\pi$ and 0 to work with?

Since I found AutoHotKey I don't bother anything. But I slowly run out of free keys. Maybe the Windows key will work beside Alt and Ctrl. Would be the first time this stupid thing is actually good for something, but I haven't figured out yet how to address it in the script.

Best of all: I eliminated Shift Lock!

 

[WWGD]

There is also , in Windows, an on-screen keyboard, a virtual keyboard that will pop up on your screen. You can access it by entering 'osk' on the search box.

 

[Ibix]

There is also , in Windows, an on-screen keyboard, a virtual keyboard that will pop up on your screen. You can access it by entering 'osk' on the search box.

...unless o, s, or k is one of the broken keys.

 

[WWGD]

...unless o, s, or k is one of the broken keys.

Good point. I think 'O' may be enough, maybe 'k'. I think you can use an external one .

 

[DrGreg]

...unless o, s, or k is one of the broken keys.

You can find the On Screen Keyboard with a mouse (or track-pad or touchscreen). On Windows 10 it's on the Start Menu under "Windows Ease of Access".

And once you've found it, you can pin it (i.e. make a shortcut) somewhere more convenient.

 

[Borg]

I can attest that it's definitely Monday.

 

[fresh_42]

 

[skyshrimp]

 

[WWGD]

I can't find my files after the Indian festival "Dalit" . Coincidence?

 

[fresh_42]

A not quite serious quiz:

1. Which number should be considered the beginning of mathematics?
   Spoiler

   0
2. Which real number is the most important for nature?
   Spoiler

   e
3. Which prime is the most mysterious?
   Spoiler

   137
4. Which angle is the most important to mankind?
   Spoiler

   104.45°

Who gets the vector correct?

 

[jedishrfu]

1) square root of 2
2) pi
3) e
4) the right angle

Who gets the vector correct? A tensor.

 

[fresh_42]

1) square root of 2
2) pi
3) e
4) the right angle

Who gets the vector correct? A tensor.

0(4)

 

[WWGD]

Indian festival 'Dalit' renamed 'Ctrl+ Alt+ Dalit' in Indian Tech sector.

 

[jedishrfu]

I suspect though this bit of Indian humor is racist against Dalits.

 

[WWGD]

I suspect though this bit of Indian humor is racist against Dalits.

I don't even know what Dalits are. Would be nice if non-Westerners mock some Western names that mean different things in their countries. I think many in the West mock themselves but I unserstand the current social , political climate has everyone on edge in this regard. Still, I don't see how I am mocking neither them nor their culture with my post.

 

[jedishrfu]

Dalits are the untouchable class in India. They are discriminated against at all levels of society.

 

[WWGD]

Dalits are the untouchable class in India. They are discriminated against at all levels of society.

I understand, and I don't condone it, but I don't think I was making light of that fact nor mocking them. Still, if it is better for PF, maybe better to delete it. Should I( Staff can then delete the followup posts)?

 

[jedishrfu]

I wasn’t suggesting that I just wanted to point it out that sometimes jokes sound funnier to people when they have a bad hidden meaning.

I remember as a kid the polish jokes that were often made which conveniently forgot about the Polish efforts to break Enigma during WW2 that gave the British the foundation they needed to carry on the task.

 

[WWGD]

I wasn’t suggesting that I just wanted to point it out that sometimes jokes sound funnier to people when they have a bad hidden meaning.

I remember as a kid the polish jokes that were often made which conveniently forgot about the Polish efforts to break Enigma during WW2 that gave the British the foundation they needed to carry on the task.

Agreed. I have trouble in particular with "Dumb Polish" jokes, not just for the obvious reasons but because Poles have a long and distinguished record of academic accomplishment.

 

[jedishrfu]

My friend and I once did a Relativistic polish parody for our modern physics class. It was the barn pole paradox where he was the pole since he was Polish. I can’t remember the details but everyone laughed.