Math is an integral part of my life

Hecate | 20-something  | Ravenclaw | Snapchat: mathbymoonlight  | all-around nerd

[humormewithyourbullshit]

Why is this me

[arithmetical-design]

I want to follow all of you!

[destiny-islanders]

If there was a way to run SUPER MEGA AD BLOCKER on this website I fucking would

[celtic-pyro-deactivated20230725]

“Please oh please open up your computer to a porn virus! If you don’t you’re evil!”

[history-student-against-antis]

Freeloader Comin’ through!

[moonlight-fox]

We didn’t start this war internet users have with ads - We might have moaned about banner ads, but it was only when they started making noises when we might be listening to music or a podcast or whatever, causing two sound sorces at once, that we started trying to block ads universally rather than just a specific type of ad (pop ups).

And since then ads have gotten worse - Actual malware rather than merely breaking one of the fundamental sins of web design - though shalt not autoplay anything with sound. And the more aggressive a website is with ‘please turn off adblock’ the less I trust it to bother to vet ads and advertisers to make sure they’re not installing malware.

[bramblepatch]

Not to mention that the idea that avoiding ads is “freeloading” is hilariously backward. Advertisement is a transaction between the platform and the advertiser, the user has no obligation to provide the views/clicks the platform has promised. Using an adblocker isn’t freeloading in the same way that leaving the room to get a snack during a commercial break isn’t cheating the tv network.

[pocosun]

Ok y’all, I work as a web developer and I’m here to tell you that you are 100% right and that it’s shit. SO I’m going to tell you how to get around websites that block you from using their website if you’re using an adblocker. 

Every website uses a language called JavaScript; long story short it’s a website language that allows developers to do the crazy shit you see on websites. Now the easiest thing to do is to disable JavaScript to stop them from knowing you have an adblocker:

Oh no! I’m blocked from viewing the website. It would be a terrible shame if I were able to right click and select the “inspect” feature

Click the three dots in the top right and open the “Settings” Menu

And then scrolled down to “Debugger” and checked the “Disable Javascript Option”

And then just refreshed the page

[eggfucker1]

Reblogging to save my life

[studyblrsophie]

I spent my entire school career afraid of being wrong because I was taught that to make a mistake was embarrassing. Now I’ve discovered that making a mistake just means you are one step closer to the right answer, and everyday I have to work to shake the mindset that a single wrong answer equals failure.

[shoyowo]

Hey remember when US and Russia was all like “We’re the best!!! We’ve won the space race!!!!” But India sent a kick-ass space probe to Mars and the whole mission was fuel efficient, costed less and a roaring success in the first try and then they were like “…..wait no that can’t be true” and still have the audacity to call us “underdeveloped” or only view us as a ‘third world country’? :)

For anyone who needs more info, the probe was called Mangalyaan (which literally means space probe vehicle) or Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) and you can also get more information here and here

[shoyowo]

Remember when NYT mocked India for this very thing and an TOI (a major indian newspaper) responded with this? :)

They were being racist asf and we were till respectful literally fuck you if you think ‘third world counties’ can’t be better than you

[shoyowo]

white people can and should reblog this

[seriesofnonsequiturs]

and shout out to the women engineers integral to the launch

“Indian staff from the Indian Space Research Organisation celebrate after the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft entered Mars’s orbit.

On November 5, 2013, a rocket launched toward Mars. It was India’s first interplanetary mission, Mangalyaan, and a terrific gamble. Only 40 percent of missions sent to Mars by major space organizations—NASA, Russia’s, Japan’s, or China’s—had ever been a success. No space organization had succeeded on its first attempt. What’s more, India’s space organization, ISRO, had very little funding: while NASA’s Mars probe, Maven, cost $651 million, the budget for this mission was $74 million. 

This was not the only success of the mission. An image of the scientists celebrating in the mission control room went viral. Girls in India and beyond gained new heroes: the kind that wear sarees and tie flowers in their hair, and send rockets into space.”

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[giftedkiddos]

gifted culture is having a god complex with 0 self esteem

[softheartedsuggestion]

you got through everything you thought you weren’t strong enough for

[mathbymoonlight]

You know this period is going to be "FUN" when the cramps hit and your first thought is "haven't had cramps this bad in a while"

[mathbymoonlight]

Oh but the sense of relief you get once the Midol kicks in...

[mathbymoonlight]

You know this period is going to be "FUN" when the cramps hit and your first thought is "haven't had cramps this bad in a while"

[mathbymoonlight]

Just started the new semester. Gonna rock this senior year!

[matematickcom]

Nice explanation 🤦‍♀️😂😂😂

[catlaila]

hi folks. there’s a crisis going on.

you might have heard about the amazonian rain forest in the news lately. maybe not, maybe so. most likely the former, because the media has decided to neglect to show that the forest that provides us 20% of the oxygen we breathe has been on fire for more than three weeks straight. são paulo, brazil’s largest city that’s over 2,000 kilometers away from the amazon, have seen massive black smoke and ashes clouding over their city, and its only going to get worse from here.

the president of brazil, who is outright ignoring what has been going on, has been funneling money towards lobbyists and industrial companies, and in turn draining from the environmental agencies that protect the rainforest. president bolsonaro had the director of the INPE fired after he defended scientific proof that deforestation was 88% higher in june that it was last year, claiming he was telling “lies”. he’s done nothing in response to the fires. no funds. no nothing.

y’all, this shit is bad. this is extremely important, and we’ve seen little to nothing done. the loss of biodiversity in the forest will just accelerate climate change, and if this continues, it will grow exponentially. spread awareness. demand coverage. we need the help now more than ever.

[tywvin-archive]

if you want to help, here are some links that might be of use:

greenpeace petition to protect indigenous lands

change.org petition to start an investigation to discover the cause of the fire

rainforest action network’s ‘protect an acre’ program

worldwide fund for nature (wwf) program against climate crisis and towards protecting species

rainforest trust

amazon watch

amazon conservation association

amazon conservation team

here’s also an article you might find useful if you know very little about what’s going on.

please spread this. pressure governments into taking action. force the media to cover the news. donate if you can and reblog anyways. send the petitions links to everyone you know. do something.

we won’t have a second chance to save the earth. it’s now or never.

[fassstalk]

starry night

[r-dankmemes]

creds to cosmobhoi on reddit

[anxietyproblem]

[vacuously-true]

Well. My thesis advisor, a Harvard and Brown graduate, a full professor, associate department head, a number theorist, with a popular math book on cryptography, just super glued his shoe to his foot. And texted me to tell me about it. I'm very proud of him.

[vacuously-true]

@rhombu I try to be careful not to share identifying information about the professors whose shenanigans get shared on this blog. Since his name is on his book, and names are kind of identifying, I checked to make sure it was okay to tell y'all:

HERE IT IS.

(I read it before I knew him well so I was fairly unbiased, and I really liked it. Even before he gave me a cat. Even though cryptography isn't my thing.)

[mathbymoonlight]

Reblogging to bookmark. Must purchase book before the semester begins

[thewriterkb]

The Diverging Family Tree of Indo-European Languages.

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