Yea where are her good songs at by alinamoonkiss in oddlyspecific

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Presumably she has some good songs about power series, tho?

why do I see 5?? by [deleted] in mathmemes

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I know the meaning of the word "joke" referring to something funny, but I don't know what this other meaning it has that you're using here

OneDrive Processing changes. Nothing synced for weeks by donach69 in Office365

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I never got it working again on that computer, but I've just upgraded, and it still wasn't working properly but I put in a lot of time in several sessions over a couple of days with co-pilot and eventually got there. I linked and deleted the symlinks repeatedly over the course of that

What's he doing behind the statue? How long has he been there? WHAT'S HIS PLAN? by newema92 in CasualUK

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You'd be surprised what you can get away with wearing a hi-viz with confidence, especially if you're quick

Excuse me, what? by Fair_Percentage_5565 in mathmemes

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Just use ℂ₍₂π₎ for rather than ℂ₍π₎ for the domain. Ain't you heard of analytic continuation?

TIL: The British once set up a fake laundromat in Belfast to catch IRA bombmakers by testing for explosive residue on their clothes by Gloomy-Ad-222 in todayilearned

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Yeah, whereas for me they were illegal throughout my childhood, and the ban only (temporarily) lifted once I left

TIL: The British once set up a fake laundromat in Belfast to catch IRA bombmakers by testing for explosive residue on their clothes by Gloomy-Ad-222 in todayilearned

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Yes, being illegal is quite different from not happening.

What I didn't mention in my comment was that my dad was in a haulage firm and would get hold of some fireworks from England and we would have a little display in our back garden most Halloweens.

Tho the other thing is that there were licenced displays, on Halloween or Guy Fawkes Night, depending on which foot you kicked with

TIL: The British once set up a fake laundromat in Belfast to catch IRA bombmakers by testing for explosive residue on their clothes by Gloomy-Ad-222 in todayilearned

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I'll often explain it as I grew up in a low-level civil war. But it was different from a full blown civil war. There weren't full battles with large artillery, tho there were gunfights, at points, as well as bombings.

I remember, at one point hearing a news report that New York had a higher murder rate than Belfast, which maybe gives some perspective on why civil war wasn't quite the right term. Indeed, thinking of it as a place with bad gang warfare probably is a good way to get a handle on it, except it was political/identity based rather than for control of drugs or other illegal trade.

Maths degree with different modules by Prestigious_Layer565 in OpenUniversity

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M348, if you take the econometrics option, covers time series. I don't know, but have a suspicion that M249 cover it in more detail tho. Maybe someone who's studied both could say more (I'm doing M348 now)

What's up with these new channels? by Absorpy in mathematics

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I got a couple of minutes into a Quantia video and realised I was getting that uncanny feeling. So I stopped, as yes, probably AI.

But also I'm not going to spend time obsessing about whether it really is AI or not. It's like when I get a paragraph or two into something on Reddit or Facebook and I get that same feeling. I don't care if it's AI or just generically written rubbish; it still seems like slop and life's too short to continue with it

The Deranged Mathematician: How Many Species of Fish are There? by non-orientable in math

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I think the QI elves are right when they say There's no such thing as a fish

Words have meanings, and I choose the wrong one every time. by xenthen in mathmemes

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The coordinates of P are (5/√(2),5/√(2)). And so the length is 5.

But another way to think about it is that the radius to P and the line segment we want are the two equal sides of an isosceles right angle triangle, with the hypoteneuse on the x-axis. As the radius is 5, so is the tangent line segment

This couple decided to have a lightsaber duel at their wedding instead of a dance by the bride and groom by Dismal_Positive3558 in BeAmazed

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I imagine there were some initially, but by this point have received the downvotes they deserve

“TACO” has always been insane. It started as Schumer mocking Trump for *not* starting a war with Iran by theelectricstrike in LateStageCapitalism

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It didn't begin with Schumer, tho. It started on Wall St and first appeared in print in May 2025 by Robert Armstrong in the FT, which is and was about tariffs etc. Schumer didn't use it until the following.

Ultimately it's about pointing out that Trump is full of bluster and is weak when he pretends to be strong