I majored in math and took a bunch of graduate level courses back in undergrad. And I wasn't taught anything about parametrization. Kinda pissed off I didn't get to learn this until now.

The United States with all the energy post 9/11 couldn't subdue Afghanistan or Iraq after 20 years. You really think a war with the country that sits between them, who has better organization and resources would be *easy*? And even if you did manage to topple that government, what then? You really want less stability, more poverty and more death in that region? Because that's exactly what you'll get.

GM, you'd be more bullish if you studied Austrian economics.

GM, appeal to GMax is not an argument.

Math thing I learned in using rational geometry instead of trigonometry: Find the area of a triangle whose corners are at (1,1), (4,6), (8,3) You can use Heron's formula, which would be really messy and have all sorts of square roots that you need to get. You can be way more clever and get the enclosing rectangle and subtract the three right triangle areas. But fundamentally, these areas are rational. You don't need heavy machinery of trigonometry to solve them and there are some really nice formulas you can derive that make problems like this trivial and less prone to using calculus-derived, complicated functions over irrational or transcendental numbers.

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An obvious pattern I've seen for many years now: 1. Complain about toxic maximalists 2. Launch an altcoin/Sell out reputation 1 almost always precedes 2 and usually follows 2 as well.

GM Nostr, have a blessed Sunday!

I have no idea if any of you are math nerds, but I had a lot of fun doing this contest last year that's run by a math professor at U of Texas. You can sign up here:

Last Mathematician Standing VI

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Reminder: If it's free, you're the product.

GM, a lot of these physical attacks on crypto holders seem to me to be altcoin shenanigans more than anything purely Bitcoin.

The natural end of hedonism is narcissism. I pray that Bitcoiners do not meet this fate.

GM, I'll bet the merchants that use Zaprite are way more familiar with Bitcoin and do more business with Bitcoin than the Square terminal merchants.

First Murph ever. 1 hr, no vest.

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Real courage means a willingness to suffer. And so few people have it.

GM, I'm invited to a bunch of graduation parties for my friends' kids. I'm giving them all Bitcoin and telling them to hold it until they graduate.

GM, block 900,000 is less than two weeks away.

Meat-za for Pizza Day