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@foone

I sometimes think about how if part of robotics competitions was charging the robots with a stationary bicycle we might get more respect as a proper sport.

@benroyce

well that’s why he’s dead I guess

@mansr @econads @Kierkegaanks

Well I will never buy one then.

@synx508 @Extelec

Pica also hates ads.

She likes fixed camera footage of a landscape with suspicious rustling leaves. Or just looking at herself in old videos.

@synx508

It’s good to not be alone.

@sbourne @sewblue

Every time I write a poll on here I do my best to make options comprehensive and considerate enough that no one will complain that I didn’t make an option for them. Since we have only four options allowed and since I’m not perfect I always fail.

Since many people seem curious about this distinct question:

If you have a TV is it set up to watch broadcast media?

That is, can you watch cable TV or local channels?

Do you have a TV in your home?

That is a large screen on a shelf, table or wall for watching videos and movies not a computer monitor.

(A screen with a keyboard in front of it that you sit at is not a "TV")

The Seraphim have six wings and many eyes. But perhaps that is just a typo. It must be six legs, four wings, and many eyes I think.

@seawall

Whatever you say babayaga

@Felila

To be fair to "Mr. P" he tried. But you could tell the other math teachers cornered him into teaching that course.

@Felila

I was the only girl (and black person) in a calculus course taught by the wrestling coach. LMAO.

I only made it past that one because mom knew calculus and told me she would kill me if I didn't learn it and I think she would have. To this day.

@zenkat

It just keeps increasing very strongly. He never uses numbers correctly they are 1000 percent more wrong every day. We are seeing this happening worse and worse it's going down to levels of incorrect that have never been seen.

@Quantensalat

This is one of the neat wrinkles of how percentages work, but I think the most important thing to understand about percents is that they allow us to compare changes in quantities of different sizes.

1,000 people moving to NYC isn't the same as 1,000 people moving to a town with a population of 300.

How do you compare those population increases in a way that makes sense?

A fraction could work, but using a fraction out of 100 is very practical and easy to understand.

@Quantensalat

Among adults? At least like 70 percent. It's not obvious, and in many cases the numerical difference isn't that great...

@MegaMichelle @philbetts

It's confusing to use a large number to convey how small something is, I agree.

@JessTheUnstill

I'm always looking for ways to get better at explaining things without any hint of an implication that I'm doing it because I don't think that you know.

Enthusiasm can be a good tool here too. "this is just so neat I *need* to gush about it"

With men older than me I use "can you tell me if I've got it right?"

But the best (and most difficult) is making it as clear and simple as possible. So it doesn't seem like an explanation at all. It's just an extra sentence.

@JessTheUnstill

As a teacher I find projecting intelligence on to other people can be very effective.

"You might not have thought about percents for a while, but I'm certain someone like you can see how ... "

Then fully explain it as you would to someone who didn't know how it worked. Invite people to join the "we get it club" instead of just laughing and keeping them out.

@bradr

I guess the math stands out to me more because I care about it.

And so much of it isn't debatable in any reasonable sense.

@Uair

Fundamentally I agree, although I will try to be nicer about it. Mostly because I think there are barriers (often barriers that serve the powerful) that keep people from learning these things.

And no matter how old you are or how late it is if you are willing to try to get it I'll help. I will forget the resentment I feel about it.