[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Those are skulltulas.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Just need to know if they're heavier than a duck.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Early Access karma whoring.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

No, but it is raising some alarm bells.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

No, but I found Waldo.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

"Found my new Tinder bio"

-- Allen Ginsburg

 

It would certainly appear so.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I haven't actually seen it, but I hear this was pretty awful.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

I mean... They're not fucking wrong.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Maybe, but as I always say, today's "crazy conspiracy theory" is tomorrow's news.

Only if you're inclined to believe the conspiracy theory first.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Doesn't mean plenty of them don't know or care that he's trying to put microchips in people's brains.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What an interesting error to point out in support of pemdas.

Clearly the formatting of a paragraph of text in a textbook full of clearly and unambiguously written formulas discussing the very order of operations itself compared to the formatting of an actual formula diagram is going to be less clear. But here you've chosen to point to a discussion of why the order is irrelevant in the case under question.

Your example is the conclusion of a review of mathematics.

First we shall review some mathematics.

...

The actual order of differentiation is immaterial:

The fact that the example formula is written sloppy is irrelevant, because at no point is this going to be an actual formula meant to be solved, it's merely an illustration of why, in this case, the order of a particular operation is "immaterial".

Even if ∂^2f/∂y∂x is clearly written to mean ∂^2f/(∂y∂x), it doesn't matter because "∂2f/∂x∂y=∂2f/∂y∂x". So long as you're consistently applying pemdas, you're going to get the same answer whether you derive x first or y.

However, when it's time to discuss the actual formulas and equations being taught in the example text, clearly and unambiguously written formulas are illustrated as though copied from Ann illustration on a whiteboard instead of inserted into paragraphs that might have simply been transcribed from a lecture. Which, somewhat coincidentally, is exactly what your citation is.

[-] unoriginalsin@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That's a weird argument.

It's not an argument for going to prison, it's a commentary on the deplorable state of American society.

Suicide is even cheaper, should we recommend that?

You think people haven't considered and even exercised that option for that very reason?

incarceration is not an experience most people enjoy...

If the point of prison is to remove joy, then why not just have convicts play No Man's Sky?

But seriously, should that even be the point? Isn't the point of having a justice system a bit more nuanced than that? Shouldn't our aim be to create a better society in general? Not simply through mere incarceration, but also education and mental health care?

Don't we owe it to the members of society who have been failed by society to lift them up when possible to a place where they no longer need to subvert and disrupt society's rules for the sake of their own survival? Don't we owe it to the rest of society to provide a path to a productive life for so of its citizens, regardless of our previous unwillingness or inability to do so?

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