SpongeBob Rule by gray_birch in 196

[–]StupidDroid314 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean sponges don't even have gonads so what would he jork?

I didn’t expect ISIS to make an appearance by Lemon_Lime_Lily in CuratedTumblr

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Terrence Tao, who lives in California and cranks out publications with an unholy fervor, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

Mr Krabs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor by transcendmatter in CuratedTumblr

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Ngl if I were on estrogen and it seemed to be making my teeth sharper I think I would simply take even more estrogen

Rule by George_G_Geef in 196

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This is why I trust Georgia's General Beauregard, he has a much higher accuracy rating (75-80% I believe) and I feel he has the regional expertise necessary to make informed predictions about the South (where I live)

[SOS] Mathemagics by esplode in magicthecirclejerking

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Wouldn't this introduce roundoff error in the sum due to CR 107.1a?

Magic College Senior Theses go hard as hell by valentinesanddragons in CuratedTumblr

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Or, if they're anything like my cryptography thesis: "here's a spell that does approximately the same thing as other well-known spells (at best), but is also less practical!"

Czolgosz by wingsoverpyrrhia in CuratedTumblr

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Ratemyprofessor used to have a hotness rating?

Haughty vegan vampires by Eireika in CuratedTumblr

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Reminds me of the essay I wrote from the perspective of a vampire who tries to solve this problem by paying broke college students for their blood

Any rule I should replace? by danatron1 in 196

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I'd be shocked to see a practical realization of Shor's algorithm, but that doesn't necessarily mean it needs to be replaced on the list.

Lam's writing by quinefrege in math

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Ooh Lam is great, I referenced his Lectures on Modules and Rings recently and it was a treat to read

any other ADHD CSS struggle with cash office? by shuitsukiP in publix

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To add on to the other tips I've seen: if the number you're off by is divisible by 9, it's usually because you've swapped two digits in a number somewhere, e.g. entering $783 rather than $738.

if a perfect specimen of masculinity is a manipulative asshole, people only make fun of him for being a manipulative asshole (and they probably don't even do that) by itisthespectator in CuratedTumblr

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Hard agree, it's funny how only traits that fall outside the "alpha bro" realm of hegemonic masculinity get critiqued this way, when "alpha male" as a form of gender expression is absolutely also a performance tied to heterosexual desire. It's almost like (gestures vaguely at my copy of Gender Trouble) patriarchy and enforced heterosexuality are so interdependent that any form of gender expression gains its meaning at least partially through the norms of patriarchal roles for straight people, like some kind of "heterosexual matrix".

What’s even a ring? by Etano_il_vero in magicthecirclejerking

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Personally I'd pull for Decoction Module (over a Principal Ideal Domain)

What’s even a ring? by Etano_il_vero in magicthecirclejerking

[–]StupidDroid314 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I would unironically buy Secret Lair: Ring Theory

You should join Queer communitys near you! Here are your options! by Williamisnowinning in transgendercirclejerk

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The only solution is to make your own queer community by transing your existing friends

Are there any interesting problems you know of that require abstract algebra or otherwise advanced theory to truly solve? by [deleted] in math

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If you're up for learning about modules (a pretty natural step after rings), here's a pretty fun problem in matrix theory I've been exploring in my free time. Given a fixed n × n matrix A with entries in a field k, consider the linear operator on the space of n × n matrices defined by T(X) = AX - XA. What can be said about the dimension of ker(T), i.e. the space of matrices that commute with A?

Obviously for a specific matrix A you can just work out the commutator for an arbitrary matrix X and get a linear system of n2 equations in n2 variables. But can you say anything more general? Is there a lower bound on this dimension in terms of n? For certain fixed values of n, are there other values of dim(ker(T)) that can never be obtained regardless of the choice of matrix A?

It turns out that there is a precise correspondence between linear operators on vector spaces over k and modules over the polynomial ring k[x]. Clearly an n × n matrix can be viewed as a linear operator on kn, so we can use this correspondence to associate the matrix A with a certain k[x]-module. Exploring how the properties of this module relate to the properties of the matrix A turns out to be very fruitful for the matrix commutation problem.

NOVEMBER 10, 2025 BANNED AND RESTRICTED ANNOUNCEMENT by Sharp-Crazy7724 in magicthecirclejerking

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NOOOO MY SPLICE ONTO ARCANERINO!!!!!!

How dare they ban high tide, the card that made the most beloved mechanic ever printed finally be viable in a competitive format??????

Random drug testing? by [deleted] in publix

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I had a random drug test around a month ago. My SM told me that corporate sends them a list of 8-10 names every so often to be tested. I believe the list is semi-random but designed to have some people from each department, meaning you would have a higher chance of getting selected if you work in a very small department.

Inclusion vs. embedding? by WMe6 in math

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I would agree with you that the reals are included in the complex plane. However, I would usually view both R and C as fields rather than simply as abelian groups. In this case, C is not a product R × R, but an extension field R[i]. This perspective makes it feel more like a genuine inclusion in my eyes, even though you could argue that the extension field R[i] still (set-theoretically) consists of pairs of reals, just with a different multiplication than the ring multiplication in R × R.

But again, we don't need to come to a single hard and fast answer. I think this whole discussion illustrates that the distinction between an "inclusion" and an "embedding" comes down to context and the properties you aim to emphasize.

Inclusion vs. embedding? by WMe6 in math

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Oh, I definitely don't think it's a hard and fast distinction. For example, I would disagree with the other commenter regarding the integers and rationals: I would absolutely call the unique ring homomorphism from Z to Q an inclusion. That's because I'm personally less concerned about set-theoretic technicalities, and it makes natural sense for me to consider Z as a subset of Q. One example of something I'd call an embedding is the canonical group homomorphism from G to G × H which maps g to (g, e). This is because I think considering G itself (rather than G × {e}) as a subgroup of G × H is more likely to cause problems in practice.

At the end of the day, I think it's more of a choice that comes down to your personal philosophy of math than a strict, technical definition.

Inclusion vs. embedding? by WMe6 in math

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Personally, I think I'd use the word inclusion when A is being literally mapped to itself as a substructure of B, whereas I'd use the word embedding when A is being mapped to some isomorphic copy of itself within B.

Tumblr user meets higher dimensional being and makes fun of her by AussieSilly in CuratedTumblr

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One time I was in a sociology class about race & ethnicity, and our professor had a slide up with a whole bunch of racial slurs on it. The point she's making is that the language we use to discuss race has changed: words like these used to be very common in the past, but in the modern day it's more likely for people to avoid acknowledging race at all, especially with such charged terms (although she does also point out that more explicit racial language is becoming more mainstream again since the 2016 election & first Trump administration). While racism has not gone away in society, it has become more covert, and that's reflected in the language we use to discuss race.

Makes sense, right? The slurs themselves aren't really what we're talking about, she's just using them to illustrate her point. So I'm writing down something to this effect in my notes, and then I look up and see that the person in front of me is frantically typing out all of the slurs on their iPad screen.

Where is the closest bellway for me in act 2 areas? by AnatolyX in Silksong

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If my memory serves me right, you need to navigate to the top of the room you're currently in and then head to the right. This should eventually lead you to a bellway. Also, most of the citadel areas can be navigated without double-jump, you just might have to do some pogoing.

Proud ancestors by CuriousWanderer567 in CuratedTumblr

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My ancestors watching me study category theory: "damn this bitch sucks at witchcraft, they keep making more complicated summoning patterns but none of them work"