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anyone mathy here able to explain why people say it's wrong to think of df(x)/dx as a literal ratio of infinitesimal quantities?
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neat math/physics puzzle: For a rigid pendulum of mass m and length L, starting at rest with an angle θ from vertical, find the tension in the massless rod that supports the pendulum as a function of time

i think this is a particularly interesting one to puzzle through because it's not the thing you're normally asked to do with this and i wonder if it's possible to solve this without ever solving for the pendulum's motion
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now i want an empanada but we already had lunch
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a calzone is just the empanada of pizza
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The student bowed.
"Master, I am sorry."
"Why were you absent yesterday?" the sword master asked.
"I don't know. I... simply could not get out of bed."
"If this happens again..."
"Yes?"
"Allow yourself to stay in bed."
"Master?"
"A blunt sword can be honed. A broken one can not."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

whoever answered less than zero i would very much like to know what you mean
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how many heads is the best number of heads

"content" has become the new corporate-speak word for any form of media and it bugs me because it's Not Good but it's arguably a better word for it than media because "media" technically refers to the method of conveying information, not the information itself.
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our internet went out right after we typed this for about two hours in an attempt to prevent me from getting this out into the world which is how you know it's good
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you get one:

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A reminder that there are other, secret ways of voting. Protesting and supporting protests materially and labor-wise is one. Calling public officials to pressure them is another. Take some time and read this now, then act on it tomorrow.

mastodon.social/@Caudle/104678

h/t @Felthry

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CALL

YOUR

REPS

RT @cosmicloak@twitter.com

"The Delivering for America Act" bill was introduced today to undo the damage done to the USPS. Please call senators&reps to say YES in support of it.

article w/ bill details: forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/

adding links below how to contact reps/senators 1/3

🐦🔗: twitter.com/cosmicloak/status/

remembering that it took us *way* too long to realize that the reason blue LEDs always looked like they were lower on the device when they were on than when they were off was because of chromatic aberration in our glasses
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i guess the heater would probably just instantly burn out, actually
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what would happen if you used an electron gun in atmosphere

would it just glow like a corona discharge thing i guess?
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blrf, someone we sent money to for a commission a long while ago is now doing more of the same type of commission and seems to have forgotten ours completely and we tried gently poking them about it but i don't know what to do

they didn't reply, but i don't know if they *ever* check fedi anymore, i think they crosspost from twitter
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