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by pokerface_86 2y ago
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
the world would be an infinitely better place if those 170 million people were capable of that. unfortunately, i think, by virtue of consuming short form content in 2025, they are beyond help.
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
tornadoes and hail are actually a big driver of property insurance rates. they typically aren’t catastrophic but the frequency is increasing quickly and they do cause an aggregation of claims.
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
i doubt the adage is california specific, and likely came about before prop 13. as an outsider, i think cali’s schooling system is beyond fucked, mostly due to the focus on the bottom 25% of students. the middle and high achieving students
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
it’s to make sure your kids go to the best school possible, and are surrounded by as many future successful people as possible. considering schools are funded based on tax revenue, it’s not the worst idea
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
i think that’s a characteristic of a lot of PhD’s though - they become so specialized they become inflexible. i’m more talking about applied math into industry types. in insurance, tech, etc, i always tend to find the mathy people are faste
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
i’ve always found that mathematical thinkers do better, no matter the role. it’s difficult to express how, it’s kind of intangible, but it’s just a mental process that helps break down tasks and come up with unique solutions. that being sai
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
math is low on the list then they bitch that they’re unemployable with a soft skill degree doing middle school level work. i get this is ironic as a pure math student is also fairly unemployable without extraneous skills, but they also tend
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
i never found foil stupid, but i also only have a bachelors in math. maybe this was because i had already been exposed to multiplying polynomial expressions, beyond just a 2 term * 2 term by the time i had learned it in school, but i never
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
it was more to illustrate the point that montessori isn’t just a brand, it’s a whole different way of teaching and learning
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
?? i went to a montessori school and i learned how to read and write poetry, cursive, tie my shoes, use scissors, all 4 mathematical operations, how to read novels, hell, i used to read our encyclopedia for fun, did a project on the bernoul
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
the inability the generalize the foil procedure to an expression with more than 2 variables speaks more to the non mathematically oriented population just sucking at generalizing things. i have found this to be a very “you have it or you do
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
girls in porn who blow the guys so they stay hard while they film. i think
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
i agree with you but you do realize what you’re saying right? the vast majority of people will never have 150k+ in liquid capital they can tap in to if they don’t like their job
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
the problem is, god forbid that worker is a protected class, or else you’re facing a 5-20 million dollar employment practices claim
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
then so is being socially expected to provide for a woman with the same or better opportunities than you
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
well one is allowed in a corporate setting and the other isn’t. that’s the main practical difference. i have literally sat in meetings where women are complaining about “old white assholes” in the industry (im not white) while my white male
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
sorry the formatting is messed up
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
> high food prices not really my problem the general population is unable to comprehend second and third order effects of a global pandemic and the subsequent money printing that followed > high fuel costs gas is 2.39 around me. major
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
train wreck? i’m in the top 10% household income bracket in the country and life is better than ever.
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
why don’t you take a look at the republican party’s policies and think about why that is?
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trump-said-hitler-... maybe take a look in the fucking mirror if you want to stop being called hitler LMFAO
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
most people buying specialty casualty insurance also have MUCH deeper pockets than even most people buying a cyber truck
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
i can’t imagine having sympathy for some foreign megacorp hellbent on controlling every way you interact with a game their employees made. fuck nintendo, maybe they shouldn’t release complex software exclusive to an underpowered piece of sh
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
i don’t, i use my car. no need for a train. until we have high speed rail on the level of japan across the continental US, i have no interest in seeing trains succeed
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
you face the exact same problems with coding, arguably more so as the trial and error and debugging process is worse than any proof i’ve ever had to do. if you can’t figure out how to apply basic integration techniques without a teacher for
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
when i was 12,13 i really enjoyed the algebraic manipulation parts of calculus without having to think too hard about setting up problems. just practicing integration, differentiation and limits was a good start
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
i didn’t even know i enjoyed math until i was fortunate enough to take multivariable calculus my senior year of HS, you don’t really get to do any cool shit in typical public schools so it’s hard to keep the interest
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
i’m okay with them not being banned? i don’t really give a shit if municipalities and train companies lose money
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by pokerface_86 2y ago
false equivalence, guns kill people, piracy doesn’t

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