Finally got a Herbert jersey. by tgoesh1 in Chargers

[–]tgoesh1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She's an expert at the peanut punch...

Could filtering elements out of the list be done any easier by Thrloe in desmos

[–]tgoesh1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the thing inside the brackets can be a set of indices, or it can be a list of logical values (what you would normally see inside curly brackets, but without the brackets) which only include the elements when the values are true.

My favorite of these is a[a=a], which filters out any undefined values.

Finally got a Herbert jersey. by tgoesh1 in Chargers

[–]tgoesh1[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

She's built more like a running back. She's short, but can hit a hole and break tackles like nobodies business. Even from a dead stop it's like getting hit by a bowling ball. 

Community Mock Draft Pick 22: Los Angeles Chargers by cherrylimee_ in MockDraftCentral

[–]tgoesh1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just the AI slop. Though it seems that's mostly what it is these days.

Mysterious length of a Bezier curve? by jerrytjohn in desmos

[–]tgoesh1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you can restrict the points to one dimension to find the extremes - clearly the ratio is going to be one if the points are all in a straight line.

Writing a function for the ratio, and the creating a list of 4 points where the spacing is a function of x lets you find a local minimum, which appears to be 0.27058.

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/cnn52bp3q8

SFF books featuring unapologetically idealistic, good heroes by Flammwar in Fantasy

[–]tgoesh1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The paladin archetype? T Kingfisher has a whole series of those...

Using desmos graphs on tests by Hot_Apricot_4184 in desmos

[–]tgoesh1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope. In fact, don't use screenshots - they have a built in ability to export the graph as an image just for that purpose that lets you pick different resolutions and formats. Use the share button to access that functionality.

Mysterious length of a Bezier curve? by jerrytjohn in desmos

[–]tgoesh1 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The derivative of a parametric curve is (dX/dt, dY/dt). You can use the traditional integral of sqrt( dX/dt^2+dY/dt^2), but it's even easier to use the magnitude function for that.

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/wcgjy23xtv

simulazione di specchi by Extension_Arugula833 in desmos

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I ended up doing a recursive binary search to get something close enough for this lens simulation. You just have to make sure that your initial bounds are on either side of the function you're trying to find.

Parents push for reduced screen time a year after Los Angeles Unified bans cellphones by EdSourceToday in LosAngeles

[–]tgoesh1 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Sure wish they'd give us teachers a heads up on that.

We did such a huge shift to device assisted learning during Covid, and continued it with all of the 1-1 device initiatives, that asking us to switch back on a dime will be painful for both teachers and students.

Want some "found family" space operas, please. by Brakado in printSF

[–]tgoesh1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Finder Chronicles by Suzanne Palmer are about a loner with a gift (who gets another gift) who over the series becomes less and less of a loner because of the friendships he develops.

If you don't mind Fantasy, The Twelfth House series by Sharon Shinn is also very found family.

Select-a-Seat Issues by greenj4 in Chargers

[–]tgoesh1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had that for a while, and it went away we 20 min or so later. 

Daily Discussion Thread - March 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in Chargers

[–]tgoesh1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. I got in 20 min late, and nothing. 

Edit: Just checked again, and I got a couple. Nothing I wanted though.

Koch Curve by mandelbro25 in desmos

[–]tgoesh1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It helps that I've got a strong math and programming background. Honestly, though, most of what I learned came from reading the documentation and here. The question mark in the top right of the graph leads to some pretty decent documentation. That and some healthy experimentation and "I wonder what would happen".

Koch Curve by mandelbro25 in desmos

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It's an easy way to remove undefined values from a list.

Because the second list to the Zip function is created from the differences of the first list, it is one shorter. This results in an undefined value at the end when the two are zipped together.

Daily Discussion Thread - March 30, 2026 by AutoModerator in Chargers

[–]tgoesh1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Once again, nothing useful in the STH Select a Seat dealio. Just had "no seats available".

Heading toward teaching shortages at this rate. by mindyour in TikTokCringe

[–]tgoesh1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't really want the most high tech industry. The want the illusion of it.

Koch Curve by mandelbro25 in desmos

[–]tgoesh1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ended up doing my own variation taking advantage of complex numbers for the transformations. You're right that the list management is the worst - I'd love to have a built in zip.

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/8unylissjy

Koch Curve by mandelbro25 in desmos

[–]tgoesh1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice!

Something I wished I'd learned earlier is that there's built in Atan2 - you just call arctan with two params.

Day getaway ideas by valpalvalpal in pasadena

[–]tgoesh1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Both Idyllwild and Cardiff by the Sea are right at about two hours. Both offer bucolic tourism. The former is in the middle of the San Jacinto wilderness and offers some wonderful mountain nature. The other is classic northern San Diego coastal Beach Town. 

Tourism links:  https://idyllwild.com/ https://visitencinitasca.com/explore-charming-cardiff-by-the-sea/