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man-and-laptop

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    The function f(x)=1/x is continuous, but its graph is not connected. It's an interesting one to explain to people.

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    How is this arts centre funded?

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    Again, I never said that psychologists could prescribe medication. I only talked about psychiatrists. I think I may have misread the parent post. > ("Sectioned". We don't use commi…

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    I was referring to psychiatrists. I never claimed that psychologists could prescribe medication.

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    There are psychologists today who think that higher IQ is a cause of greater wealth and success. I wasn't referring to the original incarnation of IQ theory, which was designed to …

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    In the UK, they can encourage you to take certain kinds of medication. I've seen them get quite pushy with this. They can't force you unless you get committed.

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    See here: https://github.com/jkabrg/Spherical-law-of-cosines-proof-usi... I'll provide more explanation later.

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    > A fractal isnt a manifold Some are. A Koch curve for instance.

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    I just derived the spherical law of cosines that's the foundation of this formula using quaternions and Sympy. The quaternions were modelled as 4x4 matrices. The philosophy is that…

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    The advantage of calorie-counting is that it's quite easy - especially when you use something like My Fitness Pal. That doesn't mean it's correct, of course. What alternative is th…

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    Apologies, I guess I overreacted. I do that sometimes.