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Acrofales
Spain18488 Posts
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On October 10 2016 16:12 Acrofales wrote: How come cascade is the only person in this thread who understands Pythagoras. Is math education really that bad? I think it was just magpie that accidentally missed a square somewhere or something. Doing maths is tricky written in forums like this. How come TL doesn't have latex support yet?? TL+?  | ||
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Hryul
Austria2609 Posts
On October 10 2016 16:25 Cascade wrote: I think it was just magpie that accidentally missed a square somewhere or something. Doing maths is tricky written in forums like this. How come TL doesn't have latex support yet?? TL+? whom do we have to is it 'whom' or 'who'? | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On October 10 2016 17:25 Hryul wrote: whom do we have to is it 'whom' or 'who'? In this case 'to whom,' as it is the object of the sentence, and I say ask R1CH | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
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Simberto
Germany12078 Posts
On October 10 2016 22:47 Incognoto wrote: Wrong because the lower line (=2) is not mathematically equal to the upper line (=sqrt(2)), you just drew it that way. I gotta say, i am amazed at how many people not only fail to notice the actual point when stuff goes wrong in the fake proof, but are also very convinced that they totally know what the problem is, despite being completely wrong. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
Disclosed is a shitty paint pic alluding to what I'm talking about. http://imgur.com/hpjLU1B Totally stealing this | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18488 Posts
On October 11 2016 00:38 Incognoto wrote: If you zoom in enough on the segment which is supposed to be equal to 2, what you have is not a line, but a staircase. The sum of all the segments of that staircase is equal to 2. The line next to it is equal to sqrt(2). Disclosed is a shitty paint pic alluding to what I'm talking about. http://imgur.com/hpjLU1B Totally stealing this You'd have to zoom in infinitely far, though so good luck with that. It's better to say what Cascade said: that while the number of stairs goes to infinity, the length of each stair goes to 0, resulting in fact in lim (stairs -> infinity) length_of_staircase = sqrt(2). And not, as the original" proof" implies, 2. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46687 Posts
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
On October 11 2016 01:16 Acrofales wrote: You'd have to zoom in infinitely far, though so good luck with that. It's better to say what Cascade said: that while the number of stairs goes to infinity, the length of each stair goes to 0, resulting in fact in lim (stairs -> infinity) length_of_staircase = sqrt(2). And not, as the original" proof" implies, 2. yes | ||
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AbouSV
Germany1278 Posts
On October 10 2016 07:26 Cascade wrote: I think the moral of the story is that: length(limit(paths)) Is not always equal to limit(length(paths)), even if both converge nicely. So yes, be careful around infinities.  For those still not convinced, this is the most accurate explanation. An infinite sum of something decreasing to 0 can give anything. eg : 1/1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 + ... = +inf but 1/1² + 1/2² + 1/3² + 1/4² + 1/5² + ... = pi²/6 | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Sent.
Poland9336 Posts
On October 12 2016 10:07 JimmiC wrote: Why is saying #all lives matter offensive to people? Is it not taking the black lives matter movement serious enough? Or mocking it in some way? Seams like a ok statement. More or less because http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2016/07/07/all-houses-matter-the-extended-cut/ | ||
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Dark_Chill
Canada3353 Posts
On October 12 2016 10:07 JimmiC wrote: Why is saying #all lives matter offensive to people? Is it not taking the black lives matter movement serious enough? Or mocking it in some way? Seams like a ok statement. People use it as a counter-point to #BLM for whatever reason. It's more that it's a stupid and unnecessary thing to say, as no one was saying no lives matter, nor does saying blm mean other lives don't matter. Imagine if someone was having a conversation about food and said "I think Italian food is really good". Then another person said "all food is good". | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On October 10 2016 16:12 Acrofales wrote: How come cascade is the only person in this thread who understands Pythagoras. Is math education really that bad? what was wrong with my math | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
On October 12 2016 10:07 JimmiC wrote: Why is saying #all lives matter offensive to people? Is it not taking the black lives matter movement serious enough? Or mocking it in some way? Seams like a ok statement. In isolation it is of course a fine statement. But in the context of black lives matter movement, yes, the two things you said. | ||
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On October 12 2016 10:07 JimmiC wrote: Why is saying #all lives matter offensive to people? Is it not taking the black lives matter movement serious enough? Or mocking it in some way? Seams like a ok statement. Falls equivalence. Black Lives Matter spawned from the high amount of police killing of Blacks. It is the specific statement that Blacks are being killed, seemingly en mass. When you say "All Lives Matter" you are creating a false equivalence wherein you are suggesting that the plights of blacks are equal to the plights of non-blacks, essentially pretending that racism and discrimination does not exist. Its a direct stance that you believe that black people being shot by police is okay and normal and is simply part of life that has to be accepted. | ||
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OtherWorld
France17333 Posts
On October 12 2016 13:01 Thieving Magpie wrote: Falls equivalence. Black Lives Matter spawned from the high amount of police killing of Blacks. It is the specific statement that Blacks are being killed, seemingly en mass. When you say "All Lives Matter" you are creating a false equivalence wherein you are suggesting that the plights of blacks are equal to the plights of non-blacks, essentially pretending that racism and discrimination does not exist. Its a direct stance that you believe that black people being shot by police is okay and normal and is simply part of life that has to be accepted. I'll add to that very good explanation that false equivalence is sadly a much used tool of conservative/reactionary movements to fight against their opponents, thus it's hardly surprising to see them use All Lives Matter. | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
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Sent.
Poland9336 Posts
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