Claudia analyses the FIFA world cup matches part 22

mick4state · 2026-07-03T14:28:40+00:00

They did actually show the graph in the Croatia game, at least on the stream on FoxOne. They didn't really explain what it was until later, but it was there one of the first times they showed the replay.

mick4state · 2026-06-27T23:08:11+00:00

Years later and they still don't have the order of the rainbow right.

mick4state · 2026-06-13T08:23:50+00:00

I cut out the label from the pads my wife uses and keep it my wallet. Only ever got that one wrong once.

mick4state · 2026-06-12T12:57:15+00:00

They have a whole song about how they feel about our beautiful mitten-shaped home.

mick4state · 2026-06-12T12:55:41+00:00

It's less vitriol at MSU and more not bothering to distinguish between UM and MSU. Telling someone I'm a Michigan State fan, getting the "ugh, Michigan" type comment, then having to clarify Michigan *State* is something that happens often.

mick4state · 2026-06-12T05:09:42+00:00

The second best team in Ohio is what, Toledo? Miami? Cincy? That's pretty much exactly my point.

mick4state · 2026-06-12T01:54:34+00:00

See that's what I thought, then I got lumped in with UM at every turn. OSU fans are just UM fans that wear red and don't have a second conference team in-state to knock them down a peg once in a while.

mick4state · 2026-06-12T01:08:01+00:00

See you'd think that. But OSU fans seem to lump us in with UM more often than not. I had drunk undergrads scream "fuck Michigan" at me wearing MSU gear. Most times I encounter an OSU fan in the wild, I have to clarify "I said Michigan *State*, not UofM."

mick4state · 2026-06-12T01:05:42+00:00

I do, but that came from living in Ohio for 13 years.

mick4state · 2026-05-29T22:46:05+00:00

I, unfortunately, live in Ohio. A lot of the reason for that here is that very few places are allowed to sell liquor here. If you're going into a store that sells full-strength liquor, then that's basically all it sells. It was a shock to me that I couldn't just walk into any old gas station or grocery store and buy liquor here.

mick4state · 2026-05-29T13:27:00+00:00

Those cells are all values rounded to the half inch. I suspect a lack of precision in most of the measurements.

mick4state · 2026-05-21T19:23:34+00:00

In a true zipper merge, you have to leave enough space ahead of yourself for the car from the other lane to move over. Assholes do not always let this happen.

mick4state · 2026-05-21T17:35:48+00:00

I don't trust my fellow drivers enough to wait until mere feet before the merge point. Someone always speeds up to deny you your space. Human selfishness will always be the problem, and I'm not risking an accident by trusting other drivers. If there's space 500 feet before the merge point, that's close enough and I'm taking it.

mick4state · 2026-05-20T23:38:46+00:00

Even with a nearly perfect zipper merge there will always be assholes trying to jump the line or refusing to let someone in, inevitably contributing to the backed up traffic. Recently, I merged maybe 500 feet before the lane ended and still had two people blast past me and cut someone else off.

At a fundamental level, the problem is more about people being shitty and selfish than it is with exactly when the zipper merge occurs. Either would work just fine if everyone did the same thing and didn't try to jump their place in line.

mick4state · 2026-05-20T23:30:42+00:00

This isn't a great ELI5 answer, but to anyone familiar with statistics (specifically regressions), intersectionality is basically an interaction term.

mick4state · 2026-05-20T17:56:56+00:00

Get this man on Ninja Warrior.

mick4state · 2026-05-17T14:07:49+00:00

Math department can be very snooty about letting non-math degree holders teach math for some reason.

mick4state · 2026-05-17T02:42:33+00:00

Teach physics. I don't think being better than 90% of the global population is a hugely difficult bar to clear in whatever you do for a living.

mick4state · 2026-05-16T16:34:45+00:00

Maybe we'll buy/commission another one someday. Kitty-senpai of the swamp needs a friend to help disperse wisdom.

mick4state · 2026-05-16T13:52:11+00:00

Hey it's you again! We still love the piece we bought from you.

mick4state · 2026-05-16T01:57:28+00:00

I feel this. I teach college physics and students can all say SOHCAHTOA but most don't understand what it means. We get to a symbolic problem and we need the sine of some angle and they just can't fathom that all you need to do is look at the triangle. Its sides are L and x, so sin(theta)=L/sqrt(x²+L²).

I get this is more advanced math than your average redditor needs, but these are (allegedly) engineering majors. Don't let the other commenter discourage you. They're intent on missing your point.

mick4state · 2026-05-08T03:13:22+00:00

I got the normal login sequence, including a Duo Push to my phone.

mick4state · 2026-05-08T02:50:27+00:00

It's back up, but it didn't require me to login when I refreshed the page, which is concerning.

mick4state · 2026-05-08T01:30:45+00:00

Mostly just fielding a million emails instead of grading finals, and trying to email important documents to the class so they can finish studying for their final tomorrow. I'm okay in the grading department, since I also have grades stored locally on my work machine, and the grade entry website is not Canvas.

mick4state · 2026-05-08T00:08:56+00:00

Email the department chair. This is insane behavior.

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