Just got a push notification on my phone:
To receive nearby offers and coupons, you need to agree to the location service's Terms and Conditions.
Um... no, thank you?
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@Mark Connolly π» π΄πΌββοΈ (he, him, his) I'm sure you will...
In fact, I think I've seen this notification once before.
Just took my first dose of metformin. The only thing I had on hand to take it with was Coke
This was not well planned out. I'm clearly off to a great start.
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In the world of computers, no matter what tool you use, someone will hate it and tell you you're an idiot for using it.
Don't worry about those people. Use the tool that works you.
(This advice probably extends beyond computers.)
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I actually wrote a column about this ten years ago, that is sadly still relevant:
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Trying to remember the formula to calculate sin (in radians). I remember it was an infinite sum of increasingly small fractions that would eventually iterate closer and closer to the answer.
It bothers me more that I never understood why the formula worked. If I did, I could just work it out myself (like the quadratic equation).
Maybe youβre looking for the Taylor Series?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylorβ¦
Hereβs the derivation for sine:
@John Best Based also on another response, I'm inclined to answer yes.
Now I just need to make my brain understand why it works. I'm sure I'll be able to if I just have a chance to sit down and think about it. I'm already 90% there, I think.
nth term is (-1)^(n-1) x^(2n-1)/(2n-1)!
Itβs valid no matter how large x is (i.e. it has an infinite radius of convergence).
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So when I was mormon and got my endowment, I was given temple garments (special underwear) that I was instructed to wear day and night. I was also told never to show them to anyone (especially non-members).
At the time, I was a convert to the church living at home with my non-mormon family. Once a week, I used to smuggle them down to the laundry room to wash them without anyone seeing them.
I was eventually told by a priesthood leader that this was unnecessary, but still...
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@Mx. Luna Corbden Bishop Roulette strikes again!
But yeah. The temple worker who gave me my garments laid down the law.
The trouble with making satirical posts is that it's not always obvious that they're satire. I'm learning that it's often better just not to.
(Or maybe I just suck at satire. I don't know.)
A while ago my old temple clothing turned up. Just had an interesting conversation with Katy that made me realize something I hadn't before.
There's a specific bag that the church sells to put your temple clothing in. As far as I know, there's no rule saying you have to use it, but a lot of mormons do. I never really thought about it, but it's totally a dog whistle/status symbol. To an outsider, it's just a pretty ordinary (cheap looking) bag. To a mormon who's had their endowment, it screams "I'm worthy to go to the temple."
Due to poor planning on my part, I'm going to run out of coffee before more discretionary funding becomes available.
Boo.
@Todd on :mastodon: ain I'll survive. I'm not out quite yet, and I can switch to tea for a few days.
At least all the essentials are covered.
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Unexpectedly? One of the first things I learned was that my parents wouldn't let me watch the cartoons my older brothers watched.
That reason was explicit lewdness and graphic violent views of the world. Pretty sure when I got to violate those rules, my first intro was Akira. Not a huge fan of fan service, I'm in for the bleak apocalyptic stories.
Next question, how do I get subtitles for media that doesn't already include them?
I have much to learn!
@Shae Erisson @TanekRune I've found that most media already has subtitles, bit there's always opensubtitles.org
Unfortunately, the subtitle files often need a little tweaking to get the synchronization right.
Well, booked my first appointment with the new doctor today. Haven't had my records transferred because I don't have $200 just sitting around for the digitization fee at the moment. Hopefully he'll be willing to renew my #ADHD meds using the previous prescripiton bottles as sufficient evidence of their necessity. I really don't want to jump through those hoops again.
It's not like I'll die without them or anything, but my life will get a lot harder.
@Shae Erisson I do plan to eventually pay the fee to have the records transferred. That should help quite a bit. It's just that the supply of meds won't hold out that long.
I should've gotten my act together sooner to take care of this, but you know... ADHD. π
For me, turquoise is green.
You should answer the questions as if those where your only two color words, so that any color they can possibly show you is either "green" or "blue".
But, *of course* most of the colors they showed me I would *actually* describe as "cyan", a common color from my CGA roots.
I just put a loaf of #sourdough bread that I've been working on all day in the oven. Just realized that I forgot the salt.
I've made this mistake once before. It'll still be edible, but damn it makes me angry with myself.
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@justinto This one is essentially what I do, but I also add in grated cheese both into the batter and on top of the batter once itβs in the loaf pan. But the cheese isnβt needed.
kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/cβ¦
Classic Beer Bread
This classic beer bread recipe, with its four simple ingredients, requires nothing more than a bowl, spoon, pan, and oven in the way of tools.King Arthur Baking
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Ugh, I'm sorry.
Toxic family is hard to endure, hard to break away from, and hard to be reminded why we broke away from them in the first place.
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I've been working through some #soroban exercises try to actually become reasonably proficient in its use. Interestingly enough, I'm doing much better with multiplicaiton/divison than I am with the addition/subtraction questions, but that's because the latter involve summing a column of values rather than just multiplying two numbers. There are more places to screw up.
Still, these questions seem designed to deliberately screw me up with things like multiple carries, changing the value on a rod just to immediately revert that change, etc.
Still, it's probably that way for a reason.
I don't want this place to be a "Twitter replacement". I came here (in the pre-Musk era) because I wanted something better* than Twitter. The fedi certainly has its shortcomings, and we need to work to improve it (especially regarding the treatment of marginalized people), but Twitter should not be the yardstick we measure ourselves by.
* "Better" is of course subjective.
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I am neither for nor against AI, mostly because it's essentially a meaningless word. What does bother me is the number of people who are shoehorning it into their products because investors lose their minds and shovel boatloads of money at them.
It's not that I have a problem with fools taking other fools' money; I'm just really sick of them trying to sell me their magic beans.
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Ep. 323 My Life in the Children of God - Episode 154 Remastered Part 2
In this remastered episode I talk with author Mary Mahoney who details her experiences in The Children of God, talking us through the trials of her memoir. MarySpreaker
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