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futurebird, to random
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What is the best explanation you’ve heard for 1 not being a prime number? For me it’s “because it breaks everything in my programs since the loops won’t terminate” but that’s obtuse. “Because the God of math decrees it so!” is compelling, but shallow.

“it can only be divided by 1 distinct number” is contrived.

1 “feels” prime— it has the fewest factors. (Primeness being about NOT having factors) ruling it out for having too few? eh.

“it’s the zero of multiplication” is better… thoughts?

jvluso,
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@futurebird @weaselx86 this is how a lot of math terms are. The set theory definitions of integer addition and subtraction, which form the basis of arithmetic and higher math weren't formally defined until the 1920s, but the concepts of addition and subtraction were widely used and agreed on for thousands of years before that. The definition that gets formalized is the one that's the most useful in the most situations.

mattblaze, to random
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Just got asked (politely) to tag my "technical" posts about photography because they make the person's eyes glaze over.

I definitely don't want to harm anyone's vision, but I really can't granularly predict what topics will bother people this way. I talk about nerdy stuff. I'm a nerd. That's not for everyone, I get it.

I suggest using the unfollow button if your eyes are strained by technical discussions. But also, see a qualified ophthalmologist. It may be a sign of something more serious.

jvluso,
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@snarkysteff @mattblaze They're the Mastodon HOA, waving their canes and shouting at kids to get off their lawns.

eniko, (edited ) to random
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Why are people mad at Linus Tech Tips?

EDIT: I'm not watching several 45 minute videos on this I was hoping for the cliff notes

jvluso,
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@eniko the company had a frat bro/grindset culture which led to bad processes, reviews based on faulty testing, theft from a small company, and sexual harassment allegations.

rolle, (edited ) to mastodon
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How many times you have switched instances? #Mastodon #Fediverse

jvluso,
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@rolle wait where's 1 time

SmokingKills223, to random

how it's going.



jvluso,
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@futurebird @eowyn @SmokingKills223 whenever I used to bring up the idea of letting kids vote to parents of my friends when I was a kid, I would get two kinds of answers - 'no we shouldn't, that just gives parents an extra vote' or 'no we shouldn't, kids don't know anything and would make bad decisions.'

Which answer I got generally lined up with whether their kid trusted them pretty well.

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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How many distinct (as in you can distinguish between them yourself) objects can fit in a breadbox?

(Not all at once. I'm asking how many "different" things are small enough to be placed in a breadbox. This is either permutations or philosophy. )

jvluso,
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@futurebird oh oops answered before I noticed the parenthetical, should have voted for uncountable infinite instead of a large finite number if it's not all at once.

jvluso,
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@futurebird @tallseth we really just need a single set of objects with a mapping to the real numbers that we could distinguish, and being able to read makes that seem pretty doable.

jvluso,
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@epw @futurebird @tallseth I guess that does put a fundamental length limit on what can be written, even given the time to find differences.

jvluso,
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@3geek14 @epw @futurebird @tallseth if I were choosing a set of objects that are distinguishable, I wouldn't choose ones that need an audio player to distinguish them.

LilahTovMoon, to random

The average US President has been indicted on 1.54 felony counts.

Only one US President has ever been indicted for felonies, but you can't argue with averages, right?

jvluso,
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@LilahTovMoon the spiders georg of committing felonies as president.

esther, to random

I’m sorry, if you seriously believe that Germany’s present investments wouldn’t have happened if the country hadn’t shut down its remaining power plants, that’s just incredibly naive.

Conflating the issues of nuclear power and coal and framing things as if these are the only two options benefits only those who benefit from either (or both) of them.

Both need to go. And one being successfully ended now after literally two whole generations of activism is absolutely a success and doesn’t hinder the fight against the other.

Don’t let yourself be played against your fellow comrades.

jvluso,
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@esther Activists fighting against nuclear energy aren't fellow comrades though. Nor are activists fighting against offshore wind farms. Nuclear energy isn't a major contributor to global climate change, and is in fact an alternative source of energy to those forms of energy that do contribute to climate change.

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