Posts by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
(DIR) Post #A3t7QanZecDzi1Ici0 by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-02-03T06:10:20Z
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@orekix I'm glad Thunderbird is still around
(DIR) Post #A4686EIHqvkJnHhTDE by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-02-09T12:50:44Z
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@codesections I don't have that problem... because I've never heard of these 😆
(DIR) Post #A469Ic7nAzil8IGDA0 by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-02-09T13:04:19Z
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@CarlCravens I have used Linode's documentation to setup so many services.
(DIR) Post #A469LD82ZEaCTgcBOq by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-02-09T13:04:48Z
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@CarlCravens I have used Linode's documentation to setup so many services.
(DIR) Post #A4PXdyjJa2zt8y1Huq by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-02-18T21:34:02Z
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Nothing quite like reading through pull requests to reverse engineer outdated documentation 😢
(DIR) Post #A4zLVxZlmaNPUMWSHI by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-03-08T02:32:41Z
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@Gargron Hopefully, we'll see more platforms come out for reliably streaming video content. I feel this space is pretty noncompetitive at the moment due to the high costs and relative lack of interest.
(DIR) Post #A53QNC3npyf2Cy36qe by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-03-10T03:23:52Z
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@thumb @ndanes amazing. My one web font (Playfair Display) is 30kb by itself, but I really like it. So, I'm keeping it.
(DIR) Post #A5adqUBTnFYxPi9TUm by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-03-26T04:00:39Z
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@thumb Now I just need to get math to display properly on reader view. I'd like to support reader views on my blog, but MathML support is terrible and I don't know anything that works...
(DIR) Post #A5jFexrEuBx4mAlROS by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-03-20T06:30:00Z
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@christianp @11011110 @jix maybe you could just add the styles in a regular stylesheet.
(DIR) Post #A6TVuNiOgw8xI6mSPY by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-04-21T15:21:21Z
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@CarlCravens yeah, most people load images by default which basically guarantees address validation for the scammer anyway
(DIR) Post #A6pCG3Xke8eZUjyecy by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-05-02T02:24:43Z
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@thumb pretty cool
(DIR) Post #A6zr6AX5qPhbyffm76 by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-05-07T05:47:40Z
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@thumb This one is, but it doesn't let you share your pens.https://webmaker.app/
(DIR) Post #A7b4Wbe3EC2xn2gzVQ by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-05-24T21:21:53Z
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Bad idea of the day:Follow the convention set by the factorial function to use other punctuation marks as operators."The solution is 3? - 6. 2!."
(DIR) Post #A7b4WcXLuaHaYYZ9hg by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-05-25T04:40:21Z
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@tpfto Now we just need a special operation with periods
(DIR) Post #A85FoNSE7ZaDEFphMe by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-06-08T14:43:53Z
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@jix what about translating to polar coordinates?
(DIR) Post #A8MZAF8KwJeobqzKIS by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-06-17T00:01:51Z
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@ColinTheMathmo @JordiGH It's hard to argue that they won't use multiplication, division, or even exponentiation again. Are we talking about basic Algebra? Is that useless? Trig?I'm confused about what people spend a lot of time on that is not useful. I think most of the time is spent on very basic things.
(DIR) Post #A8XG9wl3UxDvEEnpzM by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-06-17T00:18:56Z
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@JordiGH @ColinTheMathmo When they take out a car, figure out how much to save for retirement, work out a budget,...Not even that, when they need to figure out how many boxes of pasta they need to entertain 6 guests or how many apples they need for two pies. When you need to figure out how long a Costco pack of toothpaste will last.I would say that there is almost no one who does not use multiplication or division in their lives. You can barely function as a person -- never-mind do your job.
(DIR) Post #A8XG9xmVh1yuP2UVtY by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-06-17T00:29:46Z
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@JordiGH @ColinTheMathmo It's not a matter of care though. It's just a basic thing that you have to actually learn. What you're pointing out is adults figure out multiplication even without formal education because it's just that important.Even if this works with pasta, it clearly does not work with even the most basic levels of financial literacy. Without education, people do not understand interest (at all) because exponentiation is not as obvious as multiplication.
(DIR) Post #A8XG9yjMAF3LLY1VcO by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-06-17T00:44:24Z
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@JordiGH @ColinTheMathmo You could make this argument for anything though: Most people don't need to learn how to read. They can pay someone to read for them.Why teach children to write when there are so many journalism majors out there who can write for them?Kids don't need to learn the civics required for voting either. They can just consult their election advisor.The truth is that people need to understand basic Math and the lack of basic mathatical literacy is already a serious issue.
(DIR) Post #A8rIeMT8LmuyjoJnM0 by mwt@mathstodon.xyz
2021-07-01T22:25:01Z
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An old April Fool's day article I found amusing:"On the Ratio of Circumference to Diameter for the Largest Observable Circles: An Empirical Approach"https://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0298Finally, an applied approach to Euclidean geometry.