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FactChecker replied to the thread Announcement PF Style 2026.Thanks. Yours is a thankless job. I appreciate your work. Just remember that old farts like me are desperately clinging to being able... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Announcement PF Style 2026.I don't know about the compliance standards, but the new format is harder to read. I have run into this before. Here are before/after... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Announcement PF Style 2026.Ha! I never even knew about user preferences! Thanks! -
FactChecker replied to the thread Announcement PF Style 2026.How do we get back to the old style? -
FactChecker replied to the thread Announcement PF Style 2026.The font seems significantly smaller to these old eyes. Did it get smaller, or am I just imagining things? -
FactChecker replied to the thread Undergrad Meaning of division by non-whole real numbers.You can approximate it with a sequence of integer divisions. Long division by hand does that -- never going over and keeping track of... -
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Are you comfortable with long division using pencil and paper? My generation was taught how to do this. There is no problem in... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Undergrad Solving the chess game (quantum computer wise).I'm not sure that there is a solution. That would imply white, who has the advantage of the first move, has moves that guarantee black... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Undergrad Solving the chess game (quantum computer wise).I'm sorry. I just made that up without thinking. All I know is that it would be a huge number. It's far too hard for me to figure out. -
FactChecker replied to the thread Undergrad Solving the chess game (quantum computer wise).Your solution would have to to include the best answers for all 100! possible alternative combinations of opponent moves. That's quite... -
FactChecker replied to the thread An intuition I had about infinite numbers -- Is it valid?.Sure. Conceptually, you can divide the whole into 2 sets, assigning them alternately to one of the sets. Then you can pick one of those... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Undergrad Solving the chess game (quantum computer wise)."Solve" is too strong a word. A chess game "solution" depends on what the other player does at each move. It's a game theory problem and...
