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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

As much as I liked Visual Studio, its privacy intrusiveness was my final straw.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

I would immediately erase everything that I have ever posted, anywhere. I would go underground as much as possible, online speaking. When the purges come, I would be a target.

IDK if we would leave. We are not prime immigrant status, not qualifying for Canada. That shocked me, TBF.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I spent a few nights in a straw bale home, wanting to experience what they were like. They are incredibly quiet. Each bale is 1.5 ft of soundproofing/insulation. The loudest part of the house was the clock ticking. The house was heated by appliances such as the refrigerator and water heater. A local monastery built several to rent out for people wanting a tranquil contemplation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Too long. Loser or inmate # are appropriate.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Nope. Cotton in the wet and cold are miserable to wear. I avoid denim jeans, too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I keep one until the battery dies. Then I replace the battery with a second rechargeable lithium and a new watch band. By the next time the next battery goes dead, the case is shot, too. Make absolutely sure that you follow the battery replacement directions carefully, reading the directions fully BEFORE attempting it. There are very tiny parts that can drop out and easily lost.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I have a little nicer watch. Accurate to the second and water-resistant to 100 m. My OCD is smiling, inside.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

My class is different. They have to qualify, and have to ask to get in. When they leave, they are giants who can mike drop things that 99% of adults cannot do. (And they have a blast, while learning.) If it isn't fun, they are not going to learn. The secrets to herding cats is either a string or a laser light.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

These are advanced common core students. I wanted them to experience that they can choose variables to make sense for them. I also needed to introduce a third dimension to their math equations. We have played with Pi before, so that irrational is not new.

Pizza is loved, and I wanted to campaign for the vast superiority of Chicago Deep Dish. It is to bait them, it has vegetables... ewe... But they could see that more pizza might be a great advancement in the history of pizza. The pneumonic of PiZZa being the greatest equation in the world was too good to pass up. And Pi day was coming up.

The kids got pizza as a reward, so it was a complete win in their minds.

You are right about area should be A, instead of height, and radius should not be Z, either, but I improvised and made it the Z axis.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I will be happier if they remember their math, and carry that on to their next generation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

I have been teaching my 4th grade students their first actual equation that also is the greatest equation of the ~~world~~ universe. The secret parts are that the height is A, and the distance from the center to the edge is Z.

The greatest equation is that the actual volume of pizza that you get in any pizza is equal to...PI x ZZ x A. They ate it up.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Silly MedPiggy, ~~Tax~~ breaks are for Billionaires.

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