Cuberoot

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[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Your math teacher might not approve of this proofThe given examples suffice to prove the general identity. Both sides are obviously degree 4 polynomials, so if they agree at 5 points (include the degenerate case 0^3 = 0^2), then they agree everywhere.


[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

You just listed a bunch of mammals, not a representative sample of predators. You think lobsters and spiders are cuter than cuter than deer and koalas?

edit: oops, 4 mammals and a bird

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 4 days ago

Knowing what little I know about the fine art market, he can probably have the ashes authenticated and sold for a profit.

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The least precision expressed on my monthly utility bills is 1000 gallons. Usually I either get rounded down to 0 or up to 1000 Gal. Check your bill again and find out what sort of units apply to 13 and 24 -- it isn't gallons/month.

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yes. I didn't like it.

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 34 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Interior design suppliers let you place orders like "6 feet of purple books."

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As it applies to 1A matters like Citizens United, the result would be that wealthy individuals could still spend a billion of their own money on whatever speech pleased them as individuals. Failing to extend this right to corporate entities would allow the government to interfere with organizations coordinating the political speech of thousands of smaller donors. This isn't the win some people think it is.

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 month ago

A computer program winning a Go tournament.

In chess, human grandmasters routinely beat the best computers, but changing that was simply a matter of faster processors and larger memory, problems solvable by the application of sufficient quantities of money. In principle the game was already solved, and within a few decades, would be solved in practice as well.

Go was considered a much harder problem. Programs of similar complexity to a decent chess program couldn't even look at a finished game between go pros and reliably say who won, let alone get there itself. Well, guess what?

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 month ago

Armand Hammer's fortune came from petroleum, not baking soda, but he supposedly bought a stake in Church & Dwight just for the pun of it.

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Oklahoma Sooners, settled in the territory sooner than the enactment of the law allowing them to do so, thereby giving them an advantage over the law-abiders in claiming the most valuable acreage.

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Minnesota is a state, not a city, but anyway, I suspect a more specific category is intended. At risk of giving it away, add to the list:

spoilerWinnemucca

[–] Cuberoot@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 1 month ago

Doesn't Starbucks advertise a tuition benefit? Then if you already have a degree, they don't have to worry about that.

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