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[WWGD]

I didn't think it was that bad. Still, a waste of sacred bacon.

 

[WWGD]

Still waiting to see whether NK's Kim Jong Un is dead or alive.

 

[WWGD]

Idiot sitting right ne t to me in park when there are plenty of empty benches within short distance.

 

[gmax137]

I want to grow my own food but I can’t find bacon seeds.

 

[fresh_42]

I want to grow my own food but I can’t find bacon seeds.

They are easier to find in Germany. They are hidden in our walls:

 

[fresh_42]

Too bad we don't have a playground forum. I have found a machine which eats the simplest of all non trivial Lie algebras and spits out the gauge groups of the standard model.

 

[WWGD]

Ended up exhausted on a duscussion on whether 1=0.999... in the Surreals , Hyperreals and other models. I'm pretty far from having a full understanding of the topic.

 

[fresh_42]

Ended up exhausted on a discussion on whether 1=0.999... in the Surreals , Hyperreals and other models. I'm pretty far from having a full understanding of the topic.

It is a crackpot discussion. There is no ambiguity as soon as notation has been properly defined. It's a debate for hobby calculators.

I just found this - looks a bit like the Scottish west coast:

 

[WWGD]

It is a crackpot discussion. There is no ambiguity as soon as notation has been properly defined. It's a debate for hobby calculators.

I just found this - looks a bit like the Scottish west coast:

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No, there are actual issues if you work with Hyperreals or Surreals without the Archimedean property. True that it is settled within the standard Reals.

 

[WWGD]

Seems kind of strange these people who describe themselves as _passionate_ something: Chess players, Mathematicians, etc. Is this a separate sexual thing or do they have " feelings" towards these activities, etc?

 

[Ibix]

I just found this - looks a bit like the Scottish west coast:

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You know how maps like that in fantasy novels never look quite plausible? I strongly suspected I'd enjoy Juliet E McKenna's books the instant I picked one up, because the maps of her continents had long narrow triangular cutouts, so you could have cut them out and constructed a partial sphere (or polyhedral approximation to one, anyway).

This version seems to have the maps crossing the cutouts, but the version in the books doesn't.

 

[etotheipi]

Seems kind of strange these people who describe themselves as _passionate_ something: Chess players, Mathematicians, etc. Is this a separate sexual thing or do they have " feelings" towards these activities, etc?

I'm passionate about partial fraction decompositions

 

[WWGD]

I'm passionate about partial fraction decompositions

No details, please, unless you're a gorgeous woman.

 

[collinsmark]

No details, please, unless [...].

Reminds me of this

(Source: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-04-02)

[Edit: click the source link for a more readable version of the comic that avoids PF's auto-resizing.]

 

[WWGD]

The sentences that finally put a nail in the coffin on doubts about the usefulness of commas. " How do you know Einstein* ? "Me: I never said I knew Einstein .

*Instead of " How do you know, Einstein?"

 

[dlgoff]

This is the aftermath of a AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation)

 

[WWGD]

This is the aftermath of a AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation)
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Aftermath=? After Math=...? Good luck!

 

[dlgoff]

Aftermath=? After Math=...? Good luck!

Just hopeing I'll still have some math skills in the after math. Thanks for the "good luck"

 

[Ibix]

This is the aftermath of a AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation)
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You, I take it? I hope you're on the mend. Those staple things are amazing - they come out and barely leave a mark.

 

[dlgoff]

You, I take it? I hope you're on the mend. Those staple things are amazing - they come out and barely leave a mark.

They're coming out this coming Monday

 

[nuuskur]

Undergrad logic: non-constructive proof, instructor (I) can't give counter-examples to false claims in proof, therefore proof is correct.

 

[fresh_42]

Given it is made in China, it works astonishingly long.

 

[dlgoff]

Staples are out and I'm feeling great!

 

[skyshrimp]

I had BBQ ribs, fries and sweet pickled tomatoes for lunch.

I think I'll order Chinese for dinner. I'll get the House Special chow mein, the spicy king prawns and a pancake roll.

 

[dlgoff]

I have a new metal in my collection; titanium. Except it's in my head, not a jar.

 

[dlgoff]

I was told that my neighbor killed a big black-snake trying to get his baby chicks. I cried since I've caught a large one every summer for years; thinking it was my pet he killed. But I heard this sound in my chicken coop and low and behold MY Snake!

This big boy is 2 meters+ in length.

 

[etotheipi]

I thought this was mildly interesting to look at

 

[mfb]

"bi" means "two/twice"
"semi" means "half"
Why are biannual and semiannual synonyms in English?

 

[Ibix]

"bi" means "two/twice"
"semi" means "half"
Why are biannual and semiannual synonyms in English?

Because we have "biennial" to mean "once every two years", and we wouldn't want to confuse anything.

 

[DrGreg]

Why are biannual and semiannual synonyms in English?

Why does "flammable" mean the same thing as "inflammable"?

 

[Ibix]

Why does "flammable" mean the same thing as "inflammable"?

Aren't there serious efforts to deprecate "inflammable" and just use "flammable" and "non-flammable", because this is a genuine safety issue?

 

[Keith_McClary]

Aren't there serious efforts to deprecate "inflammable" and just use "flammable" and "non-flammable", because this is a genuine safety issue?

From TIL:

army : "say again", because "repeat" is an artillery command.

Do they say "conflagration" in the army?

 

[hmmm27]

From TIL:
Do they say "conflagration" in the army?

I imagine they do. Probably not so much over the radio in combat, which was what I was referring to.

 

[WWGD]

Why does "flammable" mean the same thing as "inflammable"?

Both are used...irregardless.

 

[WWGD]

Supposedly, thinking is calorie-intensive. Wonder if you could lose weight by eating the same amount of calories ( holding all else constant) and thinking more.