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  • Beethoven's 9th Symphony

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  • yup, but that answer was based entirely on the assumptions present in the question. D is all divisible work, and C is everything else, because that's literally all you can assume to make the math work. D has to therefore be 12 months worth of divisible work minus C. C could very well be 12 months of work, meaning D is zero and adding more workers won't matter.

  • Beethoven's 9th Symphony

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  • Well, if T is total time to build, D is the time that can be distributed equally among any number of workers, and C is constant, indivisible time extra time that goes along with construction, and X is the number of workers, then:

    T - C = D / X

    so, since T is 12 and 6 is half of 12, then:

    T/2 - C = D/X * 1/2

    or

    T/2 - C = D/2X where X > 0, C = 0, T=12, and D = (T - C) / X

    which is both the answer it's looking for (twice as many workers) and the correct answer (it depends on at least two things we don't know), while assuming what they're assuming, which is C = 0

    (Stupid ass junior high math problems piss me off, junior high is a traumatic experience)

  • If Trump’s conviction lands him in prison, the Secret Service goes too.

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  • U.S.S.S was founded in 1865

  • Shit...

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  • What will Royal Mail’s takeover mean for customers and postal workers?

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  • DeJoy. Founder of a FedEx competitor called XPO. He's STILL there due to the way appointments to the office are done, and continues his fuckery. But even he hasn't managed to fucking privatize the US mail system.

  • What will Royal Mail’s takeover mean for customers and postal workers?

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  • Even the U.S. under Trump didn't do this. Wow.

  • Microsoft Rule

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  • "For as massive as it was, even Marvin with his planet sized mind couldn't pinpoint the exact moment the pain in the diodes down his left side turned to pleasure. The safe word remained well behind his moist lips"...

  • Adjusting for inflation, they're probably at least $16 by now

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  • fuck, it's been a day.

  • Adjusting for inflation, they're probably at least $16 by now

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  • If you account for inflation, that's now about $11.

  • “Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”

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  • Conceptually, the nihilists are right! Nothing does matter.

  • “Nothing” doesn’t exist. Instead, there is “quantum foam”

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  • Oh snap, so this guy is on the faaaaaaaar side of the bell curve wearing the hood and agreeing with me. Well played.

  • AI Suggestions

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  • Up until now most people hated when shit randomly popped up while they were typing.

    The Apple went and made the iPhone and now we have a whole generation that expects it.

  • Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT

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  • Lemmy's bigger than ever, and that's a direct consequence of reddit's enshittification, so there's that at least.

  • Boy Scouts of America rebranding to more inclusive Scouting America

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  • Very true. Sadly, probably not something they'll budge on any time soon, but then again it's a volunteer organization, so maybe there's hope.

  • Boy Scouts of America rebranding to more inclusive Scouting America

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  • I can't argue with that, but I'd have no qualms about "lying" about a ''make believe'' thing anyway. Tons of kids get their religious award and then never step foot in a church again. It would be very nice if kids could be honest about it though, even just picking a religion to earn the reward for as an academic exercise should be allowed I think learning about how much of a part religion can play in people's lives, how it affects their judgement, is a good thing for a person to learn about, and perhaps that's the final test. Respecting the requirement for the sake of the ceremony maybe. Even a (respectful) atheist would take their hat off in a place of worship if asked to.

  • Boy Scouts of America rebranding to more inclusive Scouting America

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  • it is, BUT, if you read between the lines of the requirements, there's plenty of room for pragmatic atheists (in pragmatic packs/troops). It's not perfect, but overall Scouting has absolutely embraced inclusiveness.

  • Thanks Biden

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  • The reality of global geopolitics stands as evidence against your assertion being correct. It's similar, that's true enough, but there are some key differences:

    Back then, the six-day-war was fresh, Israel and its allies had proven Israel couldn't be easily destroyed, and Israel learned it is vulnerable. Lots of local opposition to its actions in Egypt and Lebanon.

    Today: Israel is in a much better defensive position, and is actively the aggressor with little pretense. Lots of local support for a very aggressive PM that is hell bent on openly killing all the Palestinians.

    It's very worse, and very different today.

  • Thanks Biden

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  • I'm not saying he's in the right, I'm just directly comparing the current PM of Israel with the guy from your Regan quote. It's not the same situation: Netanyahu, sadly, is being encouraged to continue on his path, and nothing will change until he's ousted.

  • Thanks Biden

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  • We only get a summary, not a transcript, but:

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/05/06/readout-of-president-joe-bidens-call-with-prime-minister-netanyahu-of-israel-5/

    I think this speaks far more about Netanyahu than it does about Biden. I have no doubt he'd double down on the crazy if the U.S. unilaterally ceased support, even going so far as to threaten or use nukes. Menachem was under significant economic and political pressure in his own country at the time, Netanyahu isn't facing that yet. His own people will have to force his hand before a foreign leader can.

    Also: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/12/politics/biden-israel-losing-support-netanyahu/index.html