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[fresh_42]

Star Trek.

 

[etotheipi]

I don't think @fresh_42 is going to like the approximation clock very much...

 

[Ibix]

Love the limit of large 8.

We had a reverse clock at university - its hands and numbers went anti-clockwise. It was a perfectly good clock, but incredibly easy to misread. Exclamations of "****! I'm late for lectures! No... wait... never mind" were very common at about ten to two...

 

[Ibix]

Incidentally, what's the $\chi$ such that $\cos\chi\approx 1$? I tried googling "chi constant", but it turns out to be a deceased woman in California.

 

[etotheipi]

Incidentally, what's the $\chi$ such that $\cos\chi\approx 1$? I tried googling "chi constant", but it turns out to be a deceased woman in California.

I think $\chi$ is just an arbitrary variable and it's using $\cos{\chi} \approx 1 - \frac{1}{2}\chi^2 + \dots$

 

[Ibix]

I think $\chi$ is just an arbitrary variable and it's using $\cos{\chi} \approx 1 - \frac{1}{2}\chi^2 + \dots$

Surely it should be $\cos(\epsilon)$ then, no? Since $\epsilon$ is usually used to mean a small number.

 

[etotheipi]

Surely it should be $\cos(\epsilon)$ then, no? Since $\epsilon$ is usually used to mean a small number.

Probably... though I have the suspicion whoever made this doesn't care much for convention

 

[Ibix]

And what's $\varphi$? I was assuming the Golden Ratio, but that's about 1.6, so $\varphi^3\approx 4$.

I do need a new clock, but I don't think I'll buy this one...

 

[fresh_42]

And what's $\varphi$? I was assuming the Golden Ratio, but that's about 1.6, so $\varphi^3\approx 4$.

I do need a new clock, but I don't think I'll buy this one...

This one looks better:

 

[etotheipi]

And what's $\varphi$? I was assuming the Golden Ratio, but that's about 1.6, so $\varphi^3\approx 4$.

I do need a new clock, but I don't think I'll buy this one...

You're being too logical

Embrace the chaos: $\varphi \approx 2 \implies \varphi^3 \approx 8$

 

[WWGD]

Russell's paradox solved with Covid: If you don't shave yourself no one else will shave you. All barbershops are closed.

 

[etotheipi]

Russell's paradox solved with Covid: If you don't shave yourself no one else will shave you. All barbershops are closed.

 

[WWGD]

My ke yboard has kind of screwed up and three keys produce no output. I am thinking of may be creating a macro instead of just cutting and pasting the prolem keys in.

 

[fresh_42]

My ke yboard has kind of screwed up and three keys produce no output. I am thinking of may be creating a macro instead of just cutting and pasting the prolem keys in.

I did this as I lost my 1 and my e.

 

[Ibix]

I did this as I lost my 1 and my e.

...leaving you only $\pi$ and 0 to work with?

 

[fresh_42]

...leaving you only $\pi$ and 0 to work with?

Since I found AutoHotKey I don't bother anything. But I slowly run out of free keys. Maybe the Windows key will work beside Alt and Ctrl. Would be the first time this stupid thing is actually good for something, but I haven't figured out yet how to address it in the script.

Best of all: I eliminated Shift Lock!

 

[WWGD]

There is also , in Windows, an on-screen keyboard, a virtual keyboard that will pop up on your screen. You can access it by entering 'osk' on the search box.

 

[Ibix]

There is also , in Windows, an on-screen keyboard, a virtual keyboard that will pop up on your screen. You can access it by entering 'osk' on the search box.

...unless o, s, or k is one of the broken keys.

 

[WWGD]

...unless o, s, or k is one of the broken keys.

Good point. I think 'O' may be enough, maybe 'k'. I think you can use an external one .

 

[DrGreg]

...unless o, s, or k is one of the broken keys.

You can find the On Screen Keyboard with a mouse (or track-pad or touchscreen). On Windows 10 it's on the Start Menu under "Windows Ease of Access".

And once you've found it, you can pin it (i.e. make a shortcut) somewhere more convenient.

 

[Borg]

I can attest that it's definitely Monday.

 

[fresh_42]

 

[skyshrimp]

 

[WWGD]

I can't find my files after the Indian festival "Dalit" . Coincidence?

 

[fresh_42]

A not quite serious quiz:

1. Which number should be considered the beginning of mathematics?
   Spoiler

   0
2. Which real number is the most important for nature?
   Spoiler

   e
3. Which prime is the most mysterious?
   Spoiler

   137
4. Which angle is the most important to mankind?
   Spoiler

   104.45°

Who gets the vector correct?

 

[jedishrfu]

1) square root of 2
2) pi
3) e
4) the right angle

Who gets the vector correct? A tensor.

 

[fresh_42]

1) square root of 2
2) pi
3) e
4) the right angle

Who gets the vector correct? A tensor.

0(4)

 

[WWGD]

Indian festival 'Dalit' renamed 'Ctrl+ Alt+ Dalit' in Indian Tech sector.

 

[jedishrfu]

I suspect though this bit of Indian humor is racist against Dalits.

 

[WWGD]

I suspect though this bit of Indian humor is racist against Dalits.

I don't even know what Dalits are. Would be nice if non-Westerners mock some Western names that mean different things in their countries. I think many in the West mock themselves but I unserstand the current social , political climate has everyone on edge in this regard. Still, I don't see how I am mocking neither them nor their culture with my post.