gay math nerd

xkcd has been putting out so many bangers lately

“Symbolic integration” is when you theatrically go through the motions of finding integrals, but the actual result you get doesn’t matter because it’s purely symbolic.

Differentiation and Integration [Explained]

I have never related more to an image. I tutor online and doing derivatives is so easy all the time and then. I get someone integrating something. And I go check how to start on WolframAlpha, and the engine there is like “fuck man I turned it into a Taylor Series and integrated THAT” which should never be the answer for a Calc 1 problem... 😭

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I sort of wish my texting app showed the percentage next to each person, but also sort of don’t want to know.

Who Sends the First Text? [Explained]

Saying ‘what kind of an idiot doesn’t know about the Yellowstone supervolcano’ is so much more boring than telling someone about the Yellowstone supervolcano for the first time.

School teaches you that ignorance is shameful, rather than being a person’s default AND ENTIRELY FIXABLE state. Sucks the fun outta learning, if you let it.

I may have posted something to this effect before, but it bears repeating if so: This is a marvelous way of looking at the world, and may be one of the best lessons Randall Munroe has ever taught us. It certainly prompted a change in my own behavior. “You’re one of today’s lucky 10,000″ leads to a lot more fun in life than “What do you mean you don’t know about _____?”

Common sense is something you learned so long ago that you forgot learning it, and it’s extremely regional.

People now are like, “Your right to free speech doesn’t mean you can express an offensive opinion” Like what the fuck does right to free speech mean, then?

The mouse-over text for the above cartoon says: “I can’t remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort of the ultimate concession; you’re saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it’s not literally illegal to express.”

Transcript of cartoon for anyone using a text reader et cetera: XKCD comic strip in which a stick figure says:

“Public service announcement: The right to free speech means the government can’t arrest you for what you say.”

“It doesn’t mean that anyone else has to listen to your bullshit - or host you while you share it.”

“The 1st Amendment doesn’t shield you from criticism or consequences.”

“If you’re yelled at, boycotted, have your show cancelled, or get banned from an internet community, your free speech rights aren’t being violated.”

“It’s just that the people listening think you’re an asshole,”

(image of a door standing ajar)

“and they’re showing you the door.”