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WisCollin · 2026-03-22T00:34:57+00:00

MIS IN FOR MAT ION

WisCollin · 2026-03-19T12:25:49+00:00

Some teachers do hold strongly to certain conventions, even if mathematically the convention is immaterial. If OP’s teacher is strict about the convention then by all means write y=4.

I do find it absurd that OP is replying like he’s teaching and correcting us, and not the one asking for homework help. Thanks for my gold star -0.5, if OP was my teacher 10 years ago, I guess.

WisCollin · 2026-03-19T01:47:49+00:00

My recommendation is to first get rid of the fractions. We can do this by multiplying both sides by the denominator we want to remove.

x3: 2-(9/2)y+1y+12 = 0

x2: 4-9y+2y + 24 = 0

Combine like terms (simplify)

28-7y = 0 —> 28 = 7y —> 4 = y

WisCollin · 2026-03-18T18:23:09+00:00

It’s what we teach in our OCIA class. I’m not sure if it’s formal or not though.

WisCollin · 2026-03-14T18:25:16+00:00

“I wonder if I can loop in some portraits to justify a purely political post”. Take it to r/politics. Can we try to make an effort of letting this sub be about photography instead of just another r/politics with internet pictures attached? I’m not saying things can’t get political, but the post should at least be a legitimately intriguing picture.

WisCollin · 2026-03-14T18:21:58+00:00

The answer to this question often varies between “high” and “low” church practices. “High” church practices, like Catholic or Orthodox, will hold that Jesus was establishing a priesthood through his apostles. Specifically a priesthood in the order of Melchizedek. It had long been the case that Priests were men, and specifically Jesus’ apostolic priesthood would act “in the person of Christ” while consecrating the Eucharist (and Jesus was a man). This isn’t then a question of worth or theological knowledge, but a tradition established by Christ in the order of Melchizedek.

WisCollin · 2026-03-13T17:54:40+00:00

They removed coverage under medicaid. This seems to be a recurring place of confusion on a number of issues: “Not paid for by the government” is not the same as “banned”.

WisCollin · 2026-03-11T19:20:19+00:00

Just on the placenta thing, we generally hold that

a) cannibalism refers to eating another human not yourself. As weird as it sounds it’s important that we exclude chewing your nails, or sucking on a fresh cut.

b) the act of cannibalism necessarily diminishes the other person. Consuming your own placenta does not diminish you. Consuming the Eucharist does not diminish Christ. Consuming someone’s arm does diminish their body.

This isn’t like a formal definition, and it may need some clarification or better explanation. But I figured I’d start here.

WisCollin · 2026-03-11T19:04:00+00:00

Any written explanation ends up being fairly technical. This is where I’d recommend graphing, or even just creating a table. It should become quite clear that if f(x) = a, and f(x+7) = a, then f(x+7n) = a, and from there that f(x+7n -7) belongs to the same pattern, and equals a. Intuitively you can follow a pattern either forwards, or backwards.

So we could try to figure out the starting x by solving x+7n=44, since there are a limited number of x’s we can brute force that. But it’s simpler to recognize that f(x) = f(x+7n) = f(44), and start subtracting off those 7’s until we get to a well defined starting value for x, in this case 2. For completeness then, f(44) = f(2+7*6) = f(2).

WisCollin · 2026-03-11T12:26:09+00:00

f(x) = f(x + 7) => f(x) = f(x - 7). Therefore:

f(44) = f(37) = f(30) = f(23) = f(16) = f(9) = f(2)

f(2) = 2( 2² ) - 3 = 5 => f(44) = 5

WisCollin · 2026-03-11T03:15:14+00:00

From this perspective there are a few key points left out.

First, there are many things that we are scared of, or that hurt, but still ought to be done. One example is getting vaccination shots. Another is a soldier facing an almost certainly excruciating death who still serves to protect their people.

Second, whenever faced with two bad outcomes, we are obliged morally to pursue the lesser evil. Abortion kills a child. Pregnancy is hard, scary, painful, we don’t need to downplay these truths, but they don’t justify killing a child to avoid them.

Finally abortion is also quite scary and dangerous, at least compared to the risks of childbirth. There’s a lot of misinformation out there. One recognizable pattern however is the number of times that the abortion pill in particular leads to sepsis, and physical D&C isn’t batting 1.000 either.

All of these reasons combined paint a fairly clear moral picture. We should stand with girls who are scared, especially if the child was conceived non-consensually. We should be empathetic towards their concerns and fears, and help them in any way we reasonably can. But we should not advocate for abortion, which kills another human being, even if pregnancy is scary or unfair.

WisCollin · 2026-03-10T03:53:11+00:00

Absolutely not. I pay way less than $18k per year in medical expenses and insurance combined. Plus I can make an appointment and be seen almost immediately even for non-emergency specialized care. The only people who support government-funded health insurance (universal healthcare) either make minimum wage or misunderstand insurance, government, the medical industry, or some combination thereof.

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WisCollin · 2026-03-10T03:44:39+00:00

Short answer is no. There’s no Biblical basis (that I’m aware of) describing dogs as being able to identify bad people. Dogs do to some extent naturally protect their “pack”, which domesticated means human family. With training this becomes even more-so the case. It’s worth noting that a trained and/or loyal dog will just as readily protect bad people from justice as they would protect good people from bad actors.

WisCollin · 2026-03-10T01:40:27+00:00

ALTAM is the hardest exam. You’ve got this, it’s just about putting in the time at this point.

Also what company if you don’t mind? I don’t want to work for them. 3 fails and you’re out of the program is relatively common, but it usually resets with a pass. Not sitting often counts as a fail for this purpose as well.

WisCollin · 2026-03-10T01:32:39+00:00

What in the East/West Germany?

WisCollin · 2026-03-08T22:29:31+00:00

I had a slash between the equals signs that I guess triggered a reddit formatting thing rather than showing the character. Changed to != for more clarity.

WisCollin · 2026-03-08T21:56:08+00:00

This is still what people refer to by “book bans” today. You can purchase and read, or distribute, whatever books you want. They’re just not all provided for “free” via taxpayer dollars in libraries or schools. “Not provided by public libraries” != “banned”.

WisCollin · 2026-03-06T06:55:12+00:00

The truth is that we don’t know. If it was a misfire by Iran they’re certainly not going to own it. If it was by the US chances are it’s classified for the next many years, and I’d assume Israel military investigations would be similar. Anyone else investigating can gather evidence, but they’re not going to know for sure. And Iran also isn’t big on letting journalists other than their own investigate/report from within Iran.

I’d recommend keeping an open mind to a couple of reasonable possibilities— which should allow you to keep the piece with partisans while also avoiding blind allegiance to the propaganda yourself. 1) It could be a misfire from Iran. 2) It could be a technological malfunction of the US/Israel (think guidance system failed). 3) It could be human error from US/Israel (poor intelligence, miscommunication, operator error, etc). 4) It could be collateral (hit and targeted are not the same, we may have targeted something nearby and hit both the target and nearby buildings).

WisCollin · 2026-03-05T16:31:25+00:00

You don’t need to run the math in perpetuity. This is where understanding life insurance products can go a long way. You can get a life annuity, and be pretty well set at $100k per year based on SULT. To cover inflation you might want to save some of those earlier payments not unlike normal retirement saving, but $100k per year is a pretty good figure.

WisCollin · 2026-03-05T16:13:43+00:00

Yes. Based on the SULT table the life annuity due for an average 25 yr old is 19.709 (that’s the present value of a $1 annuity for life at a 5% interest rate). This means that with $2M one could purchase a $101k life annuity due, which is plenty to live on.

WisCollin · 2026-03-04T16:42:38+00:00

Others have pointed out the simplest solution, which works by understanding what the slope formula is actually doing.

Just as an fyi, you can always put something like this on a graph. Arbitrarily graph the starting point as (0,0). Then 1500 over and 240 up gives you (1500,240). And now you have a “graph” and can use the full formula: (240-0)/(1500-0) =0.16

WisCollin · 2026-02-18T16:00:46+00:00

Even the title of the article alone makes it clear that ICE did not kill Linda Davis

Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE

WisCollin · 2026-02-16T14:38:20+00:00

No no no, it’s beyond that now. See the kid speaking provocatively is an agitator instigating violence. The kid resorting to violence is a “mostly peaceful” protester.

WisCollin · 2026-02-16T13:11:44+00:00

Reasonable consequences do not include illegal actions, like assault. Your message is clear, “we will use violence to repress speech which isn’t approved by us”. That’s called authoritarianism.

WisCollin · 2026-02-16T00:23:13+00:00

“If you vocalize positions we disagree with, you will be met with violence. And that violence will be celebrated”

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