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pokerface_86

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    the world would be an infinitely better place if those 170 million people were capable of that. unfortunately, i think, by virtue of consuming short form content in 2025, they are …

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    tornadoes and hail are actually a big driver of property insurance rates. they typically aren’t catastrophic but the frequency is increasing quickly and they do cause an aggregatio…

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    i doubt the adage is california specific, and likely came about before prop 13. as an outsider, i think cali’s schooling system is beyond fucked, mostly due to the focus on the bot…

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    it’s to make sure your kids go to the best school possible, and are surrounded by as many future successful people as possible. considering schools are funded based on tax revenue,…

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    i think that’s a characteristic of a lot of PhD’s though - they become so specialized they become inflexible. i’m more talking about applied math into industry types. in insurance,…

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    i’ve always found that mathematical thinkers do better, no matter the role. it’s difficult to express how, it’s kind of intangible, but it’s just a mental process that helps break …

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    math is low on the list then they bitch that they’re unemployable with a soft skill degree doing middle school level work. i get this is ironic as a pure math student is also fairl…

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    i never found foil stupid, but i also only have a bachelors in math. maybe this was because i had already been exposed to multiplying polynomial expressions, beyond just a 2 term *…

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    it was more to illustrate the point that montessori isn’t just a brand, it’s a whole different way of teaching and learning

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    ?? i went to a montessori school and i learned how to read and write poetry, cursive, tie my shoes, use scissors, all 4 mathematical operations, how to read novels, hell, i used to…

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    the inability the generalize the foil procedure to an expression with more than 2 variables speaks more to the non mathematically oriented population just sucking at generalizing t…

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    girls in porn who blow the guys so they stay hard while they film. i think

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    i agree with you but you do realize what you’re saying right? the vast majority of people will never have 150k+ in liquid capital they can tap in to if they don’t like their job

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    the problem is, god forbid that worker is a protected class, or else you’re facing a 5-20 million dollar employment practices claim

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    then so is being socially expected to provide for a woman with the same or better opportunities than you