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Comment on Square root of 0<x<2 in ~science
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Comment on Square root of 0<x<2 in ~science
b3_k1nd_rw1nd I've watched that episode multiple times, including the follow-up with Weinstein too. I don't think he's mentally ill. I think Neil deGrasse Tyson (and to some extent Weinstein) had it right on...I've always assumed he's genuinely mentally ill.
I've watched that episode multiple times, including the follow-up with Weinstein too. I don't think he's mentally ill. I think Neil deGrasse Tyson (and to some extent Weinstein) had it right on the money. He has a very active mind and has had some exposure to concepts which has made him over-confident, but something that Weinstein said that I hope Howard takes to heart is that Howard needs to have far more humility about the subjects he is dabbling in. I think it's just enthusiasm and lack of humility honestly, and something of a thin skin.
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Comment on Square root of 0<x<2 in ~science
b3_k1nd_rw1nd I mean, you know what I meant. the answer will be a smaller number than the one being times by the fraction :-P and if they are both fractions, then it'll be smaller than both of them2 x 0.5 doesn't result is a smaller number. You double the 0.5 into 1
I mean, you know what I meant. the answer will be a smaller number than the one being times by the fraction :-P and if they are both fractions, then it'll be smaller than both of them
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Square root of 0<x<2
bit of a dated post but something I am curious about. I watched Terence Howard's first appearance on Joe Rogan and found it mostly funny but something he pointed out did pique my interest. the...
bit of a dated post but something I am curious about. I watched Terence Howard's first appearance on Joe Rogan and found it mostly funny but something he pointed out did pique my interest.
the root of his issues with basic math seem to stem from a fundamental misunderstanding (or dislike?) of 2 things in particular:
- that any number multiplied by a fraction results in a smaller number (basically he struggles a lot with logic of fractional math) and
- the fact that for x where 0<x<2 , that x2 < x*2 when he is apparently under the notion that x2 should always be bigger than x*2 and to him, the fact that that isn't the case for 0<x<2 is evidence of some big mystery or conspiracy
but it did make me wonder if there's a certain name or property given to the numbers where 0<x<2 to note the fact the fact that for those numbers, x2 < x*2?
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What kind of app/service am I looking for?
like anyone, I use a calendar app, (my choice of app is ProtonCalendar as I will install only open-source apps) anyways, I will make a reminder even for myself, let's say 2:00 PM tomorrow, I want...
like anyone, I use a calendar app, (my choice of app is ProtonCalendar as I will install only open-source apps)
anyways, I will make a reminder even for myself, let's say 2:00 PM tomorrow, I want to pay a specific bill.
so 2 pm tomorrow comes around, and I am not at home, so what I will do when I get the notification is to not swipe it away but leave it in the notification section of my Google Pixel and I will only swipe it away once I have actually done it. and if I dont get to it that day, I will go to my computer and schedule that event for another day so I don't lose track of it.
problem is, more than 1, I have accidentally swiped away a notification without meaning to and sometimes I had like 3-4 different ones and I had to go through the history of what notifications I had swiped to make sure I didnt swipe away anything too urgent. but I'd much rather just not be able to swipe away a to-do I haven't completed yet until I could check a box indicating I had completed it.
I have considered getting a to-do notes app, but I really like seeing these sorts of reminders on a graphical calendar interface.
any suggestion for what I should do or do I just need to be really careful to not swipe away notification and there's no other option for me?
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Comment on Wondering if there is a good discussion or debate on if issues affecting under-privileged folks should be more racially based or socioeconomic based? in ~society
b3_k1nd_rw1nd I don't know what kind of space that is referring to :sweat_smile:anarcho-syndicalist or socialist libertarian space
I don't know what kind of space that is referring to :sweat_smile:
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Comment on Wondering if there is a good discussion or debate on if issues affecting under-privileged folks should be more racially based or socioeconomic based? in ~society
b3_k1nd_rw1nd do you consider dissenters such as Sam Harris, Coleman Hughes and Bill Maher to be "right-wing demagogues"?do you consider dissenters such as Sam Harris, Coleman Hughes and Bill Maher to be "right-wing demagogues"?
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Comment on Wondering if there is a good discussion or debate on if issues affecting under-privileged folks should be more racially based or socioeconomic based? in ~society
b3_k1nd_rw1nd i figured it belonged there but I also saw my post about DEI ended up in life originally and to me, those are speaking to the same thoughts so I assumed there was something about categorization I...i figured it belonged there but I also saw my post about DEI ended up in life originally and to me, those are speaking to the same thoughts so I assumed there was something about categorization I am missing :shrug:
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Comment on Wondering if there is a good discussion or debate on if issues affecting under-privileged folks should be more racially based or socioeconomic based? in ~society
b3_k1nd_rw1nd there are people who I think are reasonably well-informed who think socioeconomic status should be the aspect targeted rather than race.I think the premise is accurate if you’re not well informed
there are people who I think are reasonably well-informed who think socioeconomic status should be the aspect targeted rather than race.
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Comment on Wondering if there is a good discussion or debate on if issues affecting under-privileged folks should be more racially based or socioeconomic based? in ~society
b3_k1nd_rw1nd I don't disagree but I believe there are some people who feel that the bigger issue is people of color or poor people and that both do not need to be addressed if you address just one, those are...I don't disagree but I believe there are some people who feel that the bigger issue is people of color or poor people and that both do not need to be addressed if you address just one, those are the kind of folks I am curious about.
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Wondering if there is a good discussion or debate on if issues affecting under-privileged folks should be more racially based or socioeconomic based?
basically, there seem to be 2 competing narratives of "people of color/poor people of all color tend to have it worse so let's create social programs specifically targeting them to left them up"...
basically, there seem to be 2 competing narratives of "people of color/poor people of all color tend to have it worse so let's create social programs specifically targeting them to left them up"
and I am see pros and cons to both sides and am wondering what people well-researched and versed on either have to say to each other.
- I really prefer to see a long-form discussion but I am not opposed to a debate as long as its a debate with no audience. I've really grown to hate watching debate participants try to argue for claps or score cheap points with the audience.
- Very minimal shouting or yelling over each other and each side lets the other finish.
- I prefer if its not "dark web" folks like Sam Harris or Coleman Hughes who are involved in discussion but am not totally opposed.
An example of a debate I kinda liked (would have liked it more if Fridman hadn't invited a streamer and treated it like he had the same level of expertise as historians or analyst): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X_KdkoGxSs
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Comment on TIL: there's a Hot Ones Quebec and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the latest guest in ~food
b3_k1nd_rw1nd no idea what they are saying as I don't speak french and they don't provide closed captioning in english and the full episode isn't even free :-/ but if the Freeland scandal is finally what does...no idea what they are saying as I don't speak french and they don't provide closed captioning in english and the full episode isn't even free :-/
but if the Freeland scandal is finally what does Trudeau in (which I doubt), his last media appearance will effectively be a hot wings show.
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TIL: there's a Hot Ones Quebec and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the latest guest
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Comment on For folks who use both Twitter and TruthSocial, I am curious, how is the experience difference? in ~tech
b3_k1nd_rw1nd Does it? people don't seem terminally online on tildes which I assumed would be a basic building block of creating an echo chamber forum.Tildes seems to fall prey to some of the same echo chamber issues of any partisan community.
Does it? people don't seem terminally online on tildes which I assumed would be a basic building block of creating an echo chamber forum.
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Comment on For folks who use both Twitter and TruthSocial, I am curious, how is the experience difference? in ~tech
b3_k1nd_rw1nd I didnt want to assume anything about tildes as I think people make the same mistake with thinking reddit is primarily left-learning when in truth, the conservatives on there just tend to...I don't think you're going to find many people who use Truth Social on Tildes, as the discourse leans heavily left here / heavily right over there.
I didnt want to assume anything about tildes as I think people make the same mistake with thinking reddit is primarily left-learning when in truth, the conservatives on there just tend to congregate in a select few subs that no one else goes to.
But I think I was hoping that given this is the tech group, someone on here might have opened a TruthSocial account just for the curiosity of seeing what it's like tbh.
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Comment on What does the delete button on a post do? in ~tildes
b3_k1nd_rw1nd just to clarify, I can hit ignore on a comment on a post I made or I can ignore a whole post only?just to clarify, I can hit ignore on a comment on a post I made or I can ignore a whole post only?
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For folks who use both Twitter and TruthSocial, I am curious, how is the experience difference?
Since Musk took over Twitter and made it a "free speech" platform, something that has interested me is has that basically render TruthSocial obsolete or is there some niche that Trump is targeting...
Since Musk took over Twitter and made it a "free speech" platform, something that has interested me is has that basically render TruthSocial obsolete or is there some niche that Trump is targeting with TruthSocial that Elon is not with Twitter?
The biggest obv difference is just the reach with Twitter having more people than TruthSocial but with all the headlines I see about how people are leaving Twitter en-masse, I figure it's just a matter of time before it loses mainstream attention?
But beyond the number of users, it is basically the same environment, albeit with different tech stacks?
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Comment on What does the delete button on a post do? in ~tildes
b3_k1nd_rw1nd eh partly. most of the comments were helpful and insighful, which I appreciated. but towards the end 2 people came in and instead of answering the question, started passing judgement and throwing...It seems unlikely that his actual reason for wanting to delete the initial post is that it's outlived its usefulness and more that he doesn't think it reflects well on him, especially if it's linked from his profile.
eh partly. most of the comments were helpful and insighful, which I appreciated. but towards the end 2 people came in and instead of answering the question, started passing judgement and throwing around wild accusations and basically calling me some sort of assaulter and instead of ignoring the accusations like I should have, I reverted to how I would act on reddit and fired back in kind and deimos understandably shutdown the convo.
although I am sure people on tildes would disagree with my characterization.
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Comment on What does the delete button on a post do? in ~tildes
b3_k1nd_rw1nd I see, wasn't sure if the admins had some sort of cron job that would wipe the post from the db or something thanks for the infoI see, wasn't sure if the admins had some sort of cron job that would wipe the post from the db or something
thanks for the info
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Comment on What does the delete button on a post do? in ~tildes
b3_k1nd_rw1nd So all the comments and etc are deleted and no longer visible? It wasn't a productive post. partly my fault but still.It removes the post.
So all the comments and etc are deleted and no longer visible?
But that's a very selfish way of looking at it. If you post a question and someone answers it, someone else can find that thread in the future which could help them. So just because it isn't useful for you anymore doesn't mean you should delete it.
It wasn't a productive post. partly my fault but still.
something I will say is that there are interesting patterns in math. speaking for myself, I find it really interesting how if you plot xn, you get a graph of lines which all start out as fractions, and then all converge on
(1,1)
(no duh since 1any number is 1) and that they all pass the line of2x
between1<x<2
.it can look like art at a certain point.
!graph
tried to link to the graph but I don't think it worked :shrug: