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the-real-seebs

Someone linked me this beautiful poster, and I'm just really impressed.

My contribution:

circustrash

it is against the law to keep alcohol out of the hands of youth supply alcohol to minors

barackhusseinobamaii

i read this the intended way the first time and didn’t get the joke for a bit 😭

dreadwedge

taking a nap: 3 points (1 per letter)

taking a crap: 4 points (1 per letter)

taking a strap: 5 points (1 per letter)

michaelrotonal

taking a nap in the middle of your shift: 175 points (1 per letter * 7 words)

write a normal tumblr post, but every time the active voice is used, switch it to the passive voice and vice versa. a different speaking style will likely be the result. adding more of these grammatical switcheroos could be interesting, but none of them are coming to my mind

the plural of potassium is potassia

so, you know the classic majority vote error correction code (3 bits -> 1 bit).

what if we encode 3 bits with it? then we get a 9 bit code that decodes to 3 bits. however, we can now add 2 more bits of information by flipping the same code bit in each of the 3-bit code strings. notably, this code can still correct single-bit errors; if one of the 3-bit code strings disagrees on which bit was flipped, just flip the bit the other 2 claim to be flipped and then re-decode that 3-bit code string. this means we now have a 9 bit -> 5 bit code string.

and now that we have a single-bit-correcting code string, we can do the same thing again: place three 9->5 code strings together, and flip one bit in all of them to add 3.322 more bits of information. when decoding, if two of them agree on which bit has been flipped, flip that bit in the other one and re-decode it. this is now a 27 bit -> 18.322 bit code string.

now, do the same thing again and again until you've reached the desired filesize.

smbc-comics

Does this change my imaginary Erdos number to a complex number?

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understand-some-thing-some-time

@sqrt-73 this seems up your alley :)

sqrt-73

it is a crime that this comic doesn't have thousands of notes since it is an amazing explanation of why math is beautiful. 10/10 comic for me!

michaelrotonal

Actually, not every polyomino with area divisible by six can tile a hexagon. An obvious counterexample:

This polyomino's area is 12, and if you try to have more than one of them, the internal holes have too many sides.

satan-offical

unyieldingsilence

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michaelrotonal

to compensate someone needs to send "Shey"

anonymous-leemur

The booping paws are queer now

michaelrotonal

notice how there's no trans one

elegant proofs are the ones that generalize

#math #mathblr #mathematics

doubletrea

girl wearing red lipstick and girl wearing blue lipstick enter a room together and both exit with purple lipstick

doubletrea

girl wearing red lipstick and girl wearing blue lipstick enter a room together and neither exit the room when you open the door they are not within. the room possesses no doors, windows, vents, or any other method of escape.

doubletrea

the entirety of the room is visible from your current position at the sole entry and exit point. the door opens outwards, and there are no objects within the room to hide behind or inside.

doubletrea

unsure what my followers are failing to understand in this post. It's quite simple in concept, is it not?

michaelrotonal

they've learned the invisibility ritual

real-language-facts

a b c d what next

d 2

michaelrotonal

no it's r

walk-up-songs

[one single bloodcurdling agonized scream] ok time to lock in

alphabetizing-posts

agonized bloodcurdling lock in ok [one scream] single time to

michaelrotonal

love when the alphabetized post has the brackets in the correct order

playwrongs

there's nothing i like more as a computer program than a long period of silent contemplation - not doing anything, not rushing anywhere, just standing here and enjoying this moment with the user. oh, it seems once again he has summoned my beautiful and ruthless wife Task Manager. hello, my darling! what are you doing with that long cruel scimitar

michaelrotonal

someone add that one gif of tasque manager deltarune saying a billion letters and obliterating the Soul

orphetoon

the sweet and humble sudoku: here’s some numbers to get you started :) please enjoy my puzzle <3

the nefarious minesweeper: why don’t you just Guess. fucking Guess.

michaelrotonal

this guy doesn't know what the numbers mean ^

demilypyro

what do mathematicians even do. they already invented all the numbers bro

michaelrotonal

we do stuff with the numbers, such as games

superchat

yourbonesarenowmycoat

[Video description: A Tik Tok by thekylehighclubtiktok, showing two young people walking down the street. It's captioned "POV: We're master manipulators." The two take turns speaking into the camera, cracking up after each line.

"Puppets! Puppets, all of you! Attached to my fingers!"

"Hmm, I hope all this blood on my hands doesn't stain the cookie jars I've got my fingers in!"

"Sigh... A king like me must play a game with only pawns."

"Looks like I've been playing chess, while you've been playing chess like an idiot."

"My world is like a game of charades, cause every interaction I have is a charade!"

"Fool me once... No you didn't."

"Ha! I'm a team of one, and you're still outnumbered!"

"Looks like I've just manipulated you."

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