#Definition of Logarithm

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[sinister-inchworm]

(to the tune of we didn’t start the fire)

I didn’t fuuckin’ study!

oh the world’s on fire,

I want to retire

I didn’t fuckin’ study!

I did a quick review

It didn’t get me through

I didn’t fuckin’ study! :D

OUGH I just finished my math final.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[transhuman-priestess]

I've been wanting to try this film for a while. It's Lomography Fantôme Kino, also available as Wolfen DP31.

It's an ultra-low-speed Black And White film. It has an ISO of 8. Not 800, not 80, 8. So it's got incredibly high contrast, incredibly long exposure times, and it looks bitchin.

Film speed is logarithmic, every time you double the number, it doubles the sensitivity. Your standard walkabout film back in the day was 400, decently good for outdoor photography and indoor with flash. Your phone camera now is usually around ISO 800 at a minimum if you're indoors. (As a side note, ISO is not a unit, it's a rating. It's not correct to say a film has "8 ISOs")

Based on the above, this film requires about 7x as much light as my phone to make a good picture. This lets you slow down your shutter speed even in bright daylight to get long-exposure shots like the one in Row 3.

I'm surprised it shot so well with flash indoors.

I'm definitely buying this film again. It fucking rules.

P.S. I traded in my old canon A2 for a slightly newer Canon EOS 33 and it slaps. These were all taken on that one.

[anna-does-a-fandom-thing]

nothing serious.

professor! anakin skywalker.

a/n: hiii! so, @fuckmyskywalker came up with the idea for this concept, and I've decided to write my own fic on it! LOVEE me some starwars boy. But put him in a SUIT?? drool worthyyy.

tw!: smut. lots of smut. ahem. p in v sex, sort of breeding kink? it's small but it's there. use of the name pet!! unprotected sex! do not attempt! dumification kink? also miniscule but there. big big sir kink. Anakin loves asserting the fact that he's the top here.

Disclaimer: 18+ only please! I'm not responsible for the media you consume as an adolescent!

description: Attending the most sought after university definitely was the best decision you'd made regarding your college career, but one perverted professor almost makes you want drop out entirely. Anakin Skywalker, was in no short terms, egotistical and a hard-ass. At least that's what you knew, so why is he asking to see you after class?

Ah, Corscuscant University. One of the most popular STEM universities in the country. The same STEM university you attended. Being a biology major, it was a no brainer for you come here. When you arrived as a freshman Corscuscant felt like your dream school, but like every dream, reality had set in. Your painful reality was Anakin Skywalker; your math professor. Professor Skywalker was one of, if not the most attractive man you had ever seen. He knew he was good looking, too. Almost every person in school had a crush on him, one of those people being you. That's not to say you didn't find him annoying as hell, but you could appreciate a good complexion when you saw one. Despite his good looks, it didn't change the fact that Anakin Skywalker was an egotistical hard ass, whose courses were next to impossible.

It was easy to ignore his big mouth and jabs at any poor soul unfortunate enough to get a question wrong in the beginning, focusing on your studies and logarithmic equations. However, as the class began to get more difficult, your counselor started suggesting attending his after school lessons. Something you couldn't be bribed to attend. But alas, hell hath no fury like a college counselor.

The good thing about Anakin's tutoring is that it's only on Fridays. The bad thing, is that it's a ghost town most days. if he's lucky, Anakin might get 2 or 3 students. So by the second semester, it became just you and him.

Anakin Skywalker was now aware of your existence. He was aware you sucked at math, and he was probably aware of your attraction to college professors who made even Pythagoras hate math. So now here the two of you were.

Just earlier that morning, you'd been notified that the tutoring had been canceled, so your plans for the evening were to go home and sleep. But, before you can walk out of the classroom, Professor Skywalker calls your name. Leaning against his chair, he looks at you piercingly. "Come to my office as soon as possible. We need to discuss your grade in my class."

"Yes professor. " You stuttered, sending a questioning glance to your friend. You walked towards Anakin's office, knowing he'd already be in the room. You hesitated to enter, dreading whatever miserable information he had to bestow upon you, in private. You noticed while peering into the room that he's got a paper in his hand. 'please don't be mine,' you pray.

Once you entered, you moved to stand in front of his desk. "Are you free to stay awhile? I have some questions about your last exam." He says, seeming relaxed. You DID have plans, no, you were not free. Ugh. You guess you can't deny your teacher, so you nod politely. "Great to hear." He says, motioning for you to walk around the desk.

Anakin rolls out his seat, and moves to stand. Now standing in his personal bubble, per his suggestion, you fidget with your hands. "So, what about my exam? Did I fail it, sir?" You start to get worried. "No, no, nothing like that. You actually made top of the class once I graded it." Anakin praised. "I'd actually like to offer you some extra credit."

Anakin motioned for you to take a seat on top of his desk. "What kind of credit?" You asked, now level eye level with his chin. "Just some extra course work and a few more sessions in the week." Anakin shrugged, almost distracted. You hesitated, "I suppose I can, uhm, do that." Anakin smiled at your stutter. He placed his hand under your chin and lifted it to meet his eyes. "You're certainly obedient. I like that." You felt your brain screech to a halt. "Excuse me, what?"

Is Professor Skywalker hitting on you? This has to be a dream. You look up at him, and lo and behold, he's staring right back. He looks hungry, like you're a delicious piece of meat. "You behave when and how i tell you to. Has anyone ever told you that's attractive?" Anakin clarifies, placing both of his hands on desk, trapping you under him. You bristle at his statement. "Sir! that's inappropriate!" Anakin just laughs, and leans in. He says, quietly, "That's alright, pet. It's only inappropriate if someone finds out. I don't intend on telling a soul."

You feel your nose subconsciously scrunch up in confusion. "Pet?" Where did that come from? "You're my little teacher's pet, aren't you? It'll be our little secret." Anakin places one hand on your thigh, the other further along the desk to prop himself up. You can feel his hand wander to your hip, and you're not sure you want to stop him. You didn't know someone's hands could feel that good, with his feather like movements. You're about to let him continue, until you remind yourself that you didn't lock his door. Anyone could walk in.

"Wait, not here. Someone will see." You try to push Anakin away, but he grabs your wrist to restrain you, gently. "Yes here. I can't stop myself." Anakin ducks his head below your chin, and places butterfly kisses along your throat. You hold it in, but you want to moan at his touch. Anakin pulls away, "I'm going to give you your first extra credit assignment. Answer these 3 questions."

You try to focus on his words and not the pooling heat between your legs. "Yes sir." You're pretty sure Anakin noticed you squeezing your thighs together like no tomorrow, and he's just saying these things to rile you up. He quietly moans at your obedience. "Good girl, keeping doing that." You look at him, "What, calling you sir?"

Anakin nods, giving your hip a squeeze. "Yeah, baby. It means you know who's in charge here."

Clearing his throat, Anakin begins. "Now, question one. are you aware of how tempting your body has been to me?" You can feel your cheeks lighting on fire. He's certainly been bold. "N-no sir."

"That's okay, beauty, I'll show you. Question two: will you let me kiss you?"

Oh fuck. You knew that was coming. Oh well, you only live once. "Yes sir." As soon as the words left your lips, Anakin had cupped your cheek, pulling you into a passionate kiss. Anakin was a good kisser. You'd figured that was probably true a while ago, but now? To feel him? It was overwhelming. He pushed against your mouth, using one hand to lift your leg against his hip. Using the new angle, Anakin deepened the kiss causing you both to moan against each other.

You can feel Anakin get more and more aggressive in the kiss, to the point he's pushing the desk a little. You pull away from him for a moment, causing him to chase your lips. "Anakin.." You start, but he cuts you off with a growl. "Who, pet?" You should've expected that one. "You, sir. You're pushing the desk apart." You correct yourself quietly, murmuring your concerns into his ear. Anakin frowns in thought before donning a sultry grin. "I've got a better place for us to continue, dear pet." Before you can question him, Anakin wraps your legs around his waist and takes your mouth in a kiss. He lifts you from the desk before walking towards the couch in the corner of his office.

You yelp as Anakin gently throws you onto it, and you're once again locking lips.

"Mm, sir.." You moaned into his mouth, feeling him crawl on top of you. Anakin smiles, looking down at such a pretty sight. "Such a good girl, pet. You gonna spread f'me?" Anakin tapped your thighs, and you pulled them apart at his request. Anakin settled himself between your legs. "For the last question, pet," Anakin pulls up your skirt and hooks his fingers into the hem of your underwear. "How badly do you want me to fuck you?" Feeling your heart speed up, you replied shaking, "So badly, sir. Please."

"Good girl. you've earned yourself an A+." He rasps, sitting up and undoing his belt. Craning your head, you watch as Anakin unzips his trousers. You almost gasp when he pulls out his dick. You're not even sure you can take him, with how large he is. "It's alright, pet, no need to look scared." Anakin cooed, kissing your jaw. He lifted up your skirt, and pulled on the hem of your underwear. Discarding them, you were now bare for his eyes to see. "We'll go slow, baby." Anakin reassured you, lining himself up with your entrance. Gently as Anakin could be, he pushed into you. Whimpering, you felt tears well up in your eyes. It was both painful and overwhelming, and you instinctually pushed at his chest. "Relax, little pet, relax." Anakin grunted, already being squeezed like a balloon waiting to be popped. Anakin finally bottomed out, after what felt like forever. It felt so good. "Tell me when, darling." Anakin refused to move until you gave him a sign. Taking several deep breaths, you nodded. "No, pet. give me words. Use them, baby."

"Please, sir."

"Please what, my girl?"

You knew Anakin was getting impatient, but you were so overwhelmed with pleasure it was hard to form words. You him growl in your ear. Feeling his hand touch your soft flesh, Anakin gripped your waist and moved without warning, "I'm not going to wait anymore, little pet." You couldn't help but let out a guttural moan. Holy shit. He was so big, and you've never felt so filled in your life. "Sir..!" You cried, pulling him down and kissing him. Anakin begins to kiss you passionately, pressing you into the sofa. His mouth meets yours in a loving and desperate kiss as he starts to move faster, causing your loud whining to be muffled. If you weren't blissed out, you'd die of embarrassment at the lewd noises the two of you created. Anakin, on the other hand, loved it. Feeling him speed up, you pulled away from his mouth and almost screamed. You knew you were close, and you told him so. "Sir, please! Close, close, please.. mm," You were practically crying from how good he felt. "I know pet, I know." Anakin replied, grunting when he felt you squeeze him harder. "God, keep squeezing and I'm gonna burst, baby, fuck."

Hooking his hands under your thighs, Anakin lifted them onto his shoulders, pressing you in half. The new angle made your insides burst with pleasure, making you scream. "C'mon pet, you can do it." Anakin encouraged, hitting all the right spots harder. "Cum for me baby, cum all over my dick, yeah?" His words sent shivers through your spine, and your eyes rolled. It was too much. The coil in your tummy snapped, and you finished with a moan.

However, Anakin didn't stop. Despite your release, Anakin moved even faster. "No, no, sir! I can't!" You cried, already overstimulated to high heaven. "Don't be selfish pet, i know you can do it," Tightening his grip on your thighs, Anakin grunted over, and over, and over with every thrust. "Don't want my cum, baby? huh? Don't want your teacher to fill you up till you're full?"

Too fucked out to use your brain to respond, you squeezed around him again. It was too much for you, and now, the last straw for him. Letting out an animalistic growl, Anakin buried himself as far in you as he could, bottoming out fully. Your tummy felt so warm, being painted with his load for what felt like forever to you.

He collapses on top of you, panting softly. "Such a good girl f'me, baby. M'so proud of you." He coos at you, still out of breath from the intensity of the moment. After a few seconds, Anakin lifts his head and chuckles. "Poor thing, too dumb to respond to me?" He gives your thigh a gentle squeeze. You whine at his teasing, pouting at him. He leans to your ear and whispers, "Don't be shy, baby. You did so good f'me."

[bethanythebogwitch]

If you asked me as a kid what my favorite animal was, there's a good chance I'd respond "chambered nautilus", though I probably would mispronounce it. I don't know if it's still my favorite but it's definitely up there in the pantheon of weird critters. For this Wet Beast Wednesday, I'll discuss my childhood favorite.

(image: a nautilus)

The nautilus is a cephalopod that lives in a curved shell and looks similar to (but is not closely related to) the extinct ammonites. There are 6 living species in two genera, but 90% of the time when someone is discussing nautiluses they are referring to the most well-known species: Nautilus pompilius or the chambered nautilus. Nautiloids are ancient, going back to at least the late triassic with their more primitive ancestors going back as far as the ordovician period, a time when only invertebrates and primitive plants occupied the land and true fish had not yet appeared. Because of their ancient history, nautiluses are sometimes considered living fossils. I have ranted before on how misleading the term "living fossil" is so I'll spare you that for now. Nautiloids are considered a sister group to the celoids, which contains all the squid, octopus, cuttlefish, and everything else we thinks of as cephalopods. Nautiluses should not be confused with paper nautiluses. Also called argonauts, paper nautiluses are a group of octopi that make an egg case which looks like a shell.

(image: a nautilus)

The most noticeable feature of a nautilus is its shell. The shell is smooth and finely curving, naturally growing in the shape of a logarithmic spiral (though not, as is commonly stated, a golden ratio spiral). The shell has a stripy outer layer and an inner layer coated with nacre. Internally, the shell is divided into camarae (chambers) separated from each other by walls called septa. Each septum has a small hole in it through which a strand of tissue called the siphuncle passes. Most of the nautilus's body is in the foremost and largest chamber. The shell grows new septa as the animal grows, with the nautilus's body moving to a new chamber as it becomes too large for previous ones. Juveniles are typically born with 4 septa, with adults having as many as 30. In addition to providing protection from predators, the shell is also key for regulating buoyancy. The septa can contain pressurized gas or water and the siphuncle regulates their contents by either adding or removing water to increase or decrease buoyancy. Because of its pressurized contents, the shell can only withstand pressure at depths up to 800 M (2,400 ft) before imploding. Oddly enough, nautiluses can be safely brought up from deep waters where most animals would be killed by the pressure changes. To move, the nautilus pulls water into the first chamber of the shell using its hyponome (siphon) and shoots it back out. The chambered nautilus is the largest species, with a maximum shell diameter of 25 cm (10 in), though most get no larger than 20 cm (8 in).

(image: a diagram of nautilus anatomy. source)

Where celoid cephalopods have tentacles, nautiluses instead have numerous cirri. Unlike tentacles, cirri are less muscular, are not elastic, and have no suckers. They are used to grab objects using their ridged surfaces and can hold in so hard that trying to take an object away from a nautilus can rip off its cirri, which will remain firmly attached. In addition, the nautilus has modified cirri that serve as olfactory receptors and a pair that serve to open and close the shell when the nautilus needs to retract into it or emerge. Nestled within the cirri is the beak, which is used to consume the nautilus's primary prey of invertebrates, though they have also been seen scavenging fish. Their eyes are less developed than most cephalopods, lacking a lens and consisting of a small pinhole that only allows the nautilus to see simple imagery. Their brains are differently structured than most cephalopods and studies have found them to have considerably shorter long-term memories.

(image: a chambered nautilus (upper left) next to a rare Allonautilus scrobiculatus. source)

Cephalopod reproduction is quite different than that of other cephalopods. While most cephalopods are short-lived and semelparous (reproducing only once), nautiluses can live over 20 years and reproduce multiple times (iteroparity). They do not reach sexual maturity until around 15 years old, with females laying eggs once per year. Eggs are attached to rocks and take 8 to 12 months to hatch. Males have a structure called the spadix composed of 4 fused cirri that they use to transfer sperm to females. Females lose their gonads after laying their eggs and will regenerate them for the next year's mating season. Interestingly, male nautiluses seem to vastly outnumber the females. EDIT: @bri-the-nautilus in the replies found an alternate explanation for the disparity in male and female numbers you should check out. TLDR; the females are asocial.

(image: nautiluses mating)

Nautiluses are found in the Indo-Pacific reagion of the ocean and can be found on the steep slopes of coral reefs. They prefer to inhabit waters several hundred meters down. It was once believed that they would rise to shallow waters at night to feed, lay eggs, and mate, but their vertical migration behavior has since been shown to be more complex than that. They have noon been fished by humans for their shells, which have become popular subjects in art and can be made into a number of decorative pieces. The nacre of the shell can be polished into osmeña pearl, which can be quite valuable. Demand for the shells combined with the late sexual maturity and low fecundity is threatening all the species. As of 2016, nautiluses have been added to the CITES Appendix II, making them protected by limiting international trade of their shells. Despite this, they are still threatened and require further protection

(image: a carved and painted nautilus shell from the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan)

[queenjunothegreat]

A Logarithmic Love Story

Hiiiiii everyone! I was in the middle of writing something and got stuck, so I wrote something else to get unstuck! This was written in approximately two hours while I was doing PT, and is completely unedited, so do as you will *(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭*ଘ

Sometimes, Leo didn't know how he got to be where he was. Okay, well, that wasn’t quite true. He definitely understood the sequence of events that had led to him becoming somewhat friends with Jason Grace of all people. Jason Grace with his perfectly chiseled features and amazingly broad shoulders and darling blue eyes that had everyone on campus swooning. He understood that his mom had threatened to cut off his allowance if he didn't get a job, which had led to him signing up as a math tutor, which had led to Jason sheepishly coming up to him in the library to confirm that Leo would be the one to guide him through the murky waters of advanced logarithmic functions. He even understood that somehow or another, Jason actually started to look forward to their study sessions, simply because he enjoyed Leo’s company. Leo logically understood the timeline and that all of these things had happened, but sometimes his brain got so caught up on the absurdity of the fact that he was semi-friends with Jason Grace that it kind of forgot that all of those events weren't just some extended fever dream. (Leo would never have a fever dream about befriending Jason. If he was going to go through the effort of fantasizing up a whole relationship with Jason, it was not going to be friendly, to say the least. Or very PG-13, for that matter.)

So, with all that in mind, Leo thought it wasn’t completely unfair to cut him some slack when Jason hit him with a major curve ball at 7:30 AM on a Saturday. (Jason was a freak who loved early mornings, and Leo was a weak, weak man.)

Leo blinked hard and squinted at Jason in confusion. “Wait, run that by me one more time?”

“I just wanted to know if you were single,” Jason asked. He didn’t look up at Leo, too busy highlighting his notes like a dork.

“Why do you wanna know? Gonna make fun of me when I say yes or something?” Leo joked.

That actually got Jason’s attention and he looked up from his paper, nose scrunched up in confusion so that it knocked his glasses a little askew. “What?”

“You know, the whole ‘You’re never gonna meet someone who will put up with you, and you’re gonna spend the rest of your life third-wheeling Piper and whatever hot girl she's dating’ joke?” Leo prompted. “No offense, dude, but you need new material. Definitely not the first time I've heard that one.”

“I– No! That's absolutely not why I was asking!”

“Okay, I'll play your game,  Grace. Yes, I'm single. Why do you wanna know?”

Jason cleared his throat and sat up a little straighter, his cheeks pink. “Well, if you are single I'd like to change that.”

Now it was Leo's turn to be confused. He quickly started running through the list of Jason’s friends, trying to remember if any of them were single. “Uh, how? Do you have a friend you’re trying to set me up with?”

That was apparently the wrong answer because Jason's face got stormy. “Why the hell would I let any of my friends date you?”

Okay, ow, that one may have stung a little, but Leo did his best to play it off. “Yeesh, no need to be mean. I thought we were friends, dude. I mean, at least kinda. Not besties or anything, but, you know, friend-ly, at least.”

“We are friends,” Jason insisted, suddenly looking like a kicked dog. “How am I being mean? If anything, you're being mean.”

“Me?” Leo spluttered. “I'm being mean? You're the one who doesn't even think I'm good enough to date your friend group.”

“You’re putting words in my mouth,” Jason accused. “Words I never said because I don’t even speak the language of the words you just put into my mouth.”

“Okay, okay, fine! I misinterpreted  you. My bad.” Leo flapped his hands through the air dismissively. “But I still don't get why you called me mean.”

“Look, I was just trying to say I'm into you.” Jason was back to staring at his paper, cheeks a dark red. “You were the one making fun of me.”

Leo was pretty sure his brain would have worked better after getting trampled by a feral half-goat gym coach than it did after hearing those words come out of Jason Grace's mouth. “You are not into me.”

Jason once again whipped his head up just because Leo’s words had baffled him so much. “What? Yes, I am!”

“No, you're not,” Leo explained slowly, adopting the voice he used when Jaspn got scared of exponential equations. “Dude, have you seen yourself?”

“Is that a trick question?”

“Okay, have you seen me?” Jason's eyes very obviously trailed over Leo’s form and Leo thought for sure his hair was going to burst into flame. “Did you just check me out?”

Jason immediately jerked his head to the side so he couldn’t see Leo, looking just like those videos of dogs sitting next to a mess they’d obviously made and pretending they didn't do it. “Um, no?”

“Liar,” Leo grinned. Then the situation caught up with him and he went right back to confusion. “Why were you checking me out?”

“Because you're hot? Why else?”

“Incorrect. Only one person thinks I'm hot and that person is me.”

“Okay, well, congratulations. At least two people think you're hot,” Jason scoffed. “Though, Im beginning to think you don't actually think you're very hot at all.”

“Shut up,” Leo ordered, unwilling to analyze the validity of Jason’s accusation right then. “Look, you being into me doesn't make sense, like, mathematically speaking.”

“Okay, well, I am into you,” Jason insisted. “Look, if you're not into me, then I–”

“Woah, woah, woah!” Leo interrupted. “Now who's putting words into whose mouth? I am very into you; I have fully functioning eyes and hormones that are definitely buying what you're selling.”

Jason’s face went a shade closer to scarlet. “Alright fine then. Date me and prove it.”

“Maybe I will!”

“Fine!”

“Fine!”

The words hung in the air between them before reality his Leo like a truck. His breath hitched in the back of his throat and his cheeks warmed. He cleared his throat and Jason winced. “Uh, Jason? Did you just ask me on a date? Like, a real date?”

“Why do you wanna know? Gonna make fun of me if I say yes, or something?” Jason asked dryly. Leo furiously shook his head no, and a tiny smile formed on Jason’s lips. “Then, technically, I asked you to date me, but I haven't asked you on a specific date.”

“Oh.” Leo’s cheeks got somehow warmer, and he started fiddling with his fingers.

“Do you, um,” Jason cleared his throat awkwardly and adorably. “Do you want to go on a date? We could maybe get ice cream after this.”

“Uh, yeah. I like ice cream.”

“Cool.”

“Cool.” They went quiet again before Leo cleared his throat. “Hey, Jason?”

“Yeah?”

“Why the hell didn't you lead with that?”

Jason’s cheeks skipped right over scarlet to land in a nice purpley shade of maroon. “I was… trying to play it cool.”

Leo gaped at him. “Okay, do not do that. You cannot be playing games with my self-conscious, neurodivergent ass, man. I'm sensitive.”

“I'm sorry,” Jason said earnestly. “I was just really nervous and Percy said to do that.”

“What the fuck made you think getting dating advice from Percy was a good idea?”

“Well, he's dating someone out of his league, so I figured he could help me.”

“Dude, even I know that Annabeth is only dating Percy because she's as batshit insane as he is,” Leo scoffed. Then the world did a record scratch and he was blushing again, which was super bad for the very cool macho persona only 5’3” Latino twinks can pull off. “Wait, did you just imply that I am out of your league?”

“Obviously. Have you seen yourself?”

“Trust me, I try not to.” Jason's face puckered in that familiar way Piper’s did when she was concerned about something Leo had said about himself, and he wasn't ready to deal with that, so he just flapped his hands in the air again. “Okay, fine, we're both in the same league. Promote yourself to whatever league you think I'm in.”

Jason puffed his cheeks out slightly, displeased with and probably ignoring the order but he nodded. “Okay, we're both in each other’s league.”

“Alright.”

“Alright.” They went silent again for a moment, but this time Jason was the one who broke it. “Hey, Leo?”

“Yeah?”

“Do you wanna maybe get out of here?”

Leo flicked his eyes up to Jason who was giving him a shy little smile and looking at him with eyes full of adoration. Leo felt himself smile, wide and giddy and maybe a little goofy, but he didn’t care. “Yeah, Jason. I'd like that a lot.”

[frisktastic]

friendship decay...

random musing because I saw a post saying that they dont have any "friendship decay," which is a nice thought, but I do think that it's interesting to think about how friendship decay actually tends to work.

cause it's not linear. in most games, to be more simple, that's what they do; every day you don't speak, lose 5 points. real life isn't quite that simple! I think in my experience it's more like this:

it's essentially (negative) logarithmic, but with an bit of an initial grace period. after that it accelerates, then slowly levels off.

the decay rate changes as you move through different kinds of friendships

first are daily friends. your close friends, your go to for hangouts, are actively part of your life. they get the play by play life updates. you don't need to talk literally daily, but if more than a week or so goes by without any contact at all…

then you have steady friends. you see each other once every few weeks, maybe once a month, but not much less than that. you definitely know the highlights of their life, but miss the details. if the gaps are closer to two months are more you've got...

distant friends. you still see them sort-of regularly, you know the biggest moments of their life, but you'll have a lot more "wait, you got a new job???" moments. hanging out is more of a special occasion. at risk of turning into...

hiatus friends. imo unless I actually had an issue with them or a falling out, everyone who was once a friend still is one. we're just on indefinite hiatus. sometimes you might hear about their life through the grapevine, and wonder how they're doing.

why does this matter? it can take away some guilt to just acknowledge that someone is a distant friend, even if you care about them a lot. that's okay! trying to maintain daily friends takes a lot more effort than even steady friends.

also like, thinking about these categories in a more conscious way helps me not lose contact with people completely. like okay, maybe I tend to be able to see this friend once a month, but now it's been three. is this the new normal, or do we need to make more effort to connect?

you only have so much time and energy. it's okay to have different rhythms with different people!

[allneverknowingdustandgas]

i've definitely failed math this term. I can't even understand quadratic formulas and simultaneous equations, how the hell am i supposed to figure out logarithms or anything else?????? i am completely and utterly fucked

Frances Janvier was genuinely doing what is going to be impossible to accomplish but i kind of might need to accomplish it????? (what the fuck is school anymore ToT)

but honestly, fuck school, i'm happier when i don't have to do math at all

thank the universe for mid-term break, now i can lose my sanity without calculating anything

[kuliak]

Drone piece utilizing complex waveshaping.

Three Body is a great oscillator, this is without question. With the CV control and perfect ratios available for audio-rate modulation, there are loads of clean harmonic PM and FM tones available. But one thing I find is that it can be difficult to send complex modulation into it without devolving into noise, or at least clangorous tones.

Enter a small, discontinued, and in my eyes ideal module: Shapes, by Audio Damage. It's technically a waveshaper that works as a wavetable oscillator does, with an input and a lookup table (or one of another available algorithms). So that's where the magic happens: passing a ratio-locked oscillator from Three Body through the wavetable then routing it back to the center oscillator to modulate its phase. The result: 4 additional CV inputs to modulate the timbre of phase modulation, but without disrupting the harmonics.

As a proof of concept and exploration, here is a drone with all 4 Shapes controls, as well as phase index of oscillators 1 and 2 being modulated by Just Friends. Sine and Cosine have a clocked logarithmic envelope to make them pulse a bit, then go through Data Bender to add rhythmic content and a bit of reverb. A slow stepped sequence provides v/oct for Three Body and Just Friends, and also modulates the "repeats" parameter to change the rhythm dynamically.

I installed a jumper on the back of Three Body so that the square wave does not have its phase modulated, allowing for an accessible "fundamental" of the voice, even when it's under heavy modulation. Here, I'm using it to trigger Maths at audio rate to generate a formant-like impulse train (akin to the Mangrove oscillator), which goes through Erbe-Verb for grounding and atmosphere.

A handful of performance features programmed in as well, but it's all just small building blocks adding up to more than the sum of their parts. It's the first proper ambient recording I've made in a while, and definitely the most intentional and my favorite. I've learned a lot since I tried my hand at the genre, it's probably worth returning and flexing those muscles once more.

[crimson-lair]

ANOTHER CN EVENT SPOILERS

with NSFW copypasta below 👉👈 (that's me howling my desire)

SO HOT SO HOT!!! SHE'S DEFINITELY ANOTHER FAVORITE CHILD OF AISNO

no lube, no protection, all night, all day, from the kitchen floor to the toilet seat, from the dining table to the bedroom, from the bathroom sink to the shower, from the front porch to the balcony, vertically, horizontally, quadratic, exponent al, logarithmic, while i gasp for air, scream and see the light, missionary, cowgirl, reverse cow girl, doggy, backwards, forwards, sideways, upside down, on the floor, in the bed, on the couch, on a chair, being carried against the wall, outside, in a train, on a plane, in the car, on a motorcycle, the bed of a truck, on a trampoline, in a bounce house, in the ool, bent over, in the basement, against the window, have the most toe curling, back arching, leg shaking, dick thribbing, first clenching, ear rining, mouth drooling, ass clenching, nose sniffling, eye watering, eye rolling, hip thrusting, earthquaking, sheet gripping, knuckles cracking, jaw dropping, hair pulling. teeth jitterbug, mind blogging, soul snatching, overstimulating, vile, sloppy, moan inducing, heart wrenching, spine tingling, back breaking, atrocious, gushy, creamy, beastly, lip bitting, gravity defying, nail biting, sweaty, feet kicking, mind blowing, body shivering, orgasmic, bone breaking, world ending, black hole creating, universe destroying, devious, scrumptious, amazing, delightful, delectable, unbelievable, body numbing, bark worthy, cant walk, head nodding, soul evaporating, volcano erupting, sweat rolling, voice cracking, trembling, sheets soaked, hair drenched, flabbergasting, lip locking, skin peeling, eyelash removing, eye widening, pussy popping, nail stractching, back cuts, spectacular, brain cell desolving, hair ripping, show stopping, magniticent, unique, extraordinary, slendid, phenomenal, mouth foaming, heavenly, awakening, devils tangos, she could put a nuclear bomb inside me and i'd still ride it and I would give this woman the sloppiest, wettest, creamiest, soul taking, slimy, life changing, death DROPPING, heaven sent, flabbergasting, hypnotising, ungodly, astonishing, leg trembling, back arched, hands desperately grabbing the sheets, legs stretching out again and again, toe curling, voice breaking, whimper causing, waist slowly moving up and down, small heavy breath " I can't take much more of this", breaths getting quicker, twitching, throbbing, eyes shut, lip biting, edging begging for relief, warm hot rush bubbling up, spit upon the tongue twisting ground tip-talking against the mouth, sideways spit from the end and lick from the bottom to the top then spit and lick to the bottom, deepthroating, thrusting slower then faster, faster, FASTER twisting mouth around each side, spiritually enlightening, chakra aligning, mangekyo sharigan unlocking, golden light like a halo, noise from the very edge of her throat for the final, hardest release ever....and THEN I'd let her pound me so FUCKING HARD UNTIL SHE IMPRENATES ME WITH HER BABIES. My prayers for you be like no lube, no protection from the condom or the lord, all night all day, from the kitchen floor to the toilet seat, from the dining table to the church, vertically, horizontally, quadratic, while i gasp for air and scream the lord's prayer, YOU ma'am can OBLITERATE me and uses no lube, no protection, all night, all day, from the kitchen floor to the toilet seat, from the dining table to the bedroom, from the bathroom sink to the shower, from the front porch to the balcony, vertically, horizontally, quadratic, exponent al, logarithmic, while i gasp for air, scream and see the light, missionary, cowgirl, reverse cow girl, doggy, backwards, forwards, sideways, upside down, on the floor, in the bed, on the couch, on a chair, being carried against the wall, outside, in a train, on a plane, in the car, on a motorcycle, the bed of a truck, on a trampoline, in a bounce house, in the ool, bent over, in the basement, against the window, have the most toe curling, back arching, leg shaking, she could put a nuclear bomb inside me and i'd still ride.

The copy pasta isn't mine 🙏

[michaelsfavgirl]

Mike is so beautiful like, bro is the definition of perfection. he's a "no lube, no protection, all night, all day, from the kitchen floor to thetoilet seat, from the bathroom sink to the shower, from the front porch to the balcony, vertically, horizontally, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, while I gasp for air, scream, and see the light, missionary, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, doggy, backwards, sideways, upside down, on the floor, in the bed, on the couch, on a chair, being carried, against the wall, outside, in a train, on a plane, in the car, on a motorcycle, on the back of a truck, on a trampoline, in a bounce, in the pool, in the garden, bent over, in the basement, against the window, having the most toe curling, back arching, leg shaking, dick throbbing, fist clenching, ear ringing, mouth drooling, ass clenching, nose sniffing, eye watering, eye rolling, hip thrusting, earthquaking, sheet gripping, knuckles cracking, jaw dropping, hair pulling, teeth jitterbug, mind blogging, soul snatching, overstimulating, vile, sloppy, moan introducing, heart wrenching, spine tingling, back breaking, atrocious, gushy, creamy, beastly, lip biting, gravity defying, nail biting, sweaty, feet kicking, mind blowing, body shivering, orgasmic, bone breaking, world ending, black hole creating, universe destroying, devious, scrumptious, amazing, delightful, delectable, unbelievable, body numbing, bark worthy, can't walk, head nodding, soul evaporating, vulcano erupting, sweat rolling, voice cracking, trembling, sheets soaked, hair drenched, flabbergasting, lip locking, skin peeling, eye widening, pussy popping, nail scratching, back cuts, spectacular, brain cell devolving, hair ripping, show stopping, magnificent, unique, extraordinary, splendid, phenomenal, mouth foaming" type of dude, you get what I'm saying

well, anyways pookie bear is gorgeous

with all my love, hope ♡

no lube, no protection, all night, all day, from the kitchen floor to the toilet seat, from the bathroom sink to the shower, from the front porch to the balcony, vertically, horizontally, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, while I gasp for air, scream, and see the light, missionary, cowgirl, reverse cowgirl, doggy, backwards, sideways, upside down, on the floor, in the bed, on the couch, on a chair, being carried, against the wall, outside, in a train, on a plane, in the car, on a motorcycle, on the back of a truck, on a trampoline, in a bounce, in the pool, in the garden, bent over, in the basement, against the window, having the most toe curling, back arching, leg shaking, dick throbbing, fist clenching, ear ringing, mouth drooling, ass clenching, nose sniffing, eye watering, eye rolling, hip thrusting, earthquaking, sheet gripping, knuckles cracking, jaw dropping, hair pulling, teeth jitterbug, mind blogging, soul snatching, overstimulating, vile, sloppy, moan introducing, heart wrenching, spine tingling, back breaking, atrocious, gushy, creamy, beastly, lip biting, gravity defying, nail biting, sweaty, feet kicking, mind blowing, body shivering, orgasmic, bone breaking, world ending, black hole creating, universe destroying, devious, scrumptious, amazing, delightful, delectable, unbelievable, body numbing, bark worthy, can't walk, head nodding, soul evaporating, vulcano erupting, sweat rolling, voice cracking, trembling, sheets soaked, hair drenched, flabbergasting, lip locking, skin peeling, eye widening, pussy popping, nail scratching, back cuts, spectacular, brain cell devolving, hair ripping, show stopping, magnificent, unique, extraordinary, splendid, phenomenal, mouth foaming

I literally have no words besides AMEN TO THAT. + the visuals??? Mhm yeah scrumptious

[otesunki]

where can i find information on {0|0}. on *. i'm obsessed

colossal infodump incoming

alright there's this Very Very Good Book called Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays which explains combinatorial game theory and how they link into surreal numbers in what can only be described as an Unreasonable level of detail, including how it ties into Surreal Numbers oh God surreal numbers is just as loaded of a term Okay let me take a brief detour into That

so surreal numbers are like. imagine defining every number as a pair of sets of other numbers. a set of numbers Less than it and a set of numbers Greater than it. and we write this as foo = {less than foo|greater than foo}. so like. 0 = {|}, 1 = {0|}, 2 = {1|}, 1/2 = {0|1}, -1 = {|0}, that type of thing

the reason why surreal numbers are mindmelting is the fact that they happen to be the Largest Totally Ordered Proper Class and they contain Literally Every Other Totally Ordered Number System inside of them. totally ordered here means that any two numbers are related by < > or =. so like. complex numbers and quaternions aren't included. surreal numbers also behave just like real numbers in that you can do arithmetic on them exactly how you'd do arithmetic with any other real number. and for the surreal numbers that are also real numbers the classic laws of commutativity and associativity hold.

however the surreal numbers are. a.

a bit bigger than just all the real numbers. because there are also numbers that are infinitely big or small and you can make infinitely-bigger-than-infinte numbers and the arithmetic operations still work and also have you ever wanted to take the logarithm base infinity of a number too bad that's defined now

games are what happens when you look at the surreal numbers and go that's for rookies and decide that actually yes {1|-2} makes sense what are you Talking about. why Can't on = {on|} that's a perfectly sane definition also over = {0|over} also Also actually you can define a number that's Even Closer To Zero than over is and if you churn through the calculations you can literally Prove that 0 < tiny < over Yes the number is called tiny

right okay so what is star? in fact if x = {A|B} then -x = {-B|-A} and because A and B are both just the set { 0 } and 0 is {|} you can trivially prove that negating star gives you back star, it's not greater than zero because it has zero in the right hand side, it's not less than zero because it has zero in the left hand side, and it's not Equal to zero because playing a game with a value of zero means that the first player Loses but a game with a value of Star means that the first player Wins which means neither player has an advantage but it's a balanced game in a different way to how 0 is balanced and this is reflected in the Thermograph of star which is a way to draw what star looks like when you Heat it up and Heating a number basically means moving its left and right hand sides closer together in value until eventually they meet up

so Zero because both of its sets are empty is just a vertical line at x=0 because it can't heat up nor cool down but Star on the other hand stays at 0 when it is cooled down but if you Heat it up (make t negative) then actually the two zeroes in it begin Diverging and going in opposite directions

but because the whole thing is Horizontally symmetric it means that the number is its own negative because negating a number is equivalent to a horizontal flip. also if you thought thermographs couldn't get more complicated and involved you're wrong

so. That's. what. star is.

so have you ever wondered what would happen if you had a bunch of numbers that are all mutually recursive and not defined in terms of anything el-

[princeleste]

who even fucking invented logarithms im gonna shit myself it does not help that my quiz is tomorrow and it definitely does NOT help that my allergies and body have turned on me.

[wlwloverwrites]

get to know your mutuals

tagged by @cruel-as-sin thank you so much for the tag!!!

what is the origin of your blog title? i love women and writing, but also i go by the name lover! so i kinda combined all of those things

favorite fandoms? definitely marvel and criminal minds, but does how to train your dragon have a fandom? idk i just really love those movies. also avatar (the blue people) also i’m a baby army, i just recently got into bts, they are super great.

favorite color? red !

favorite game? i don’t really play a lot of video games, does papa’s sushiria count? if it does, i enjoy that game.

song stuck in your head? bed chem by sabrina carpenter, man i just love that song.

weirdest habit/ trait? think out aloud, a pair of airpods hates to see me coming cause i will use them as an excuse to talk to myself.

hobbies? watching movies, omg i could watch them all day.

if you work, what’s your profession? im a full time student, i’m also fortunate enough to be covered by a scholarship so i dont have to work!

if you could have any job, what would it be? ooo i wish i didnt have to work, but probably a full-time movie screenwriter! or a movie director!

something you’re good at? massages! i can do a really good deep tissue massage, although im not certified so maybe don’t schedule an appointment lol

something you’re bad at? mmmm moving on when i don’t understand something. ex: i didn’t understand logarithms when taking calculus in hs, and it tanked my grade cause i literally could not move on until i mastered it.

something you love? movies !! i love love love movies, even the shitty ones.

something you hate? probably not understanding something that seems easy to someone else.

something you collect? everytime i go out with friends or family, i try to take them to a photo booth and i put up the pictures on my wall.

what’s your love language? i’m a huge yapper so just having a good listener or someone who matches my energy and talks just as much. i love that, orrrrr maybe physical touch, i love touching people lol, just a simple hand on the back, touching their clothes, or biting them.

favorite movie/show? avatar 2009, and my favorite show might be daredevil !

favorite food? anything my mama makes! i love homemade mexican food. if i can’t have that i’ll have sushi.

favorite animal? black panthers or just really big cats!

are you musical? no :/

what were you like as a child? i’m the youngest so i was a little devil lol

favorite subject in school? math

least favorite subject in school? again math

best character trait? determined, i feel i am a very driven person.

worst character trait? i can come off a bit mean or aggressive when im speaking. im not mindful of my tone sometimes so i think that’s why that comes from, and im a pretty loud person.

if you could time travel, who would you like to meet? billie holiday!

tagging: @imdoingsortagay @elle-romanoff @tv-fanatic-2y5 and anyone else!

[erbiumspectrum]

Hi! Do you have any tips for studying chemistry? For some reason I cant seem to get all the formulas in my brain.

Hey!

My unhelpful but still favorite advice for shoving formulas into one's brain is to understand them 😅 A purely memorization-based approach is very bad for chemistry.

If the problem seems to be particularly understanding/ remembering formulas:

Ask yourself if this particular formula is just words turned into numbers and mathematical symbols. I think it may not work for everyone, but for example I found it easier to remember the literal definition of pH that is "the negative decimal logarithm of hydrogen ion concentration" rather than "pH = -log [H+]" bc otherwise I'd keep forgetting about the minus sign.

Check if you find deriving a formula from another formula easier than just memorizing it. Again, my personal example is I hate memorizing things so much I never really bothered to remember the equation that describes Ostwald's law of dilution - bc I knew I could easily, quickly, and painlessly derive it from the equilibrium constant for concentration + degree of dissociation (and I've done it so many times now it stuck in my brain anyway).

When all else fails, I turn to mnemotechnics. To this day I remember that Clapeyron's equation goes pV = nRT because many years ago someone on the internet shared a funny sentence whose words start with these 5 letters. The sillier the better.

If the issue is with chemistry in general:

Take it chapter by chapter. Chemistry, like most STEM subjects, is just blocks of knowledge upon blocks of knowledge. For example, if you want to learn electrolysis, you need to understand redox reactions first. Try to identify where the struggle begins and work from there.

Once you've picked a topic you want to work on, follow the reasoning in your textbook. If you get stuck, that might be a sign you're simply missing a piece of information from a previous chapter. If an example comes up, try to solve it along with the tips in the textbook.

If anything remains unclear, it's usually not the best idea to just leave it and move on. If the textbook becomes unhelpful, turn to the internet or maybe a friend. Otherwise, the next chapter may just turn out to be needlessly confusing.

Practice problems practice problems practice problems!! And not just the numerical ones. The theory-based ones where they ask you about reactions, orbitals, the properties of the elements etc. are important too.

Choose understanding over memorizing whenever possible.

Try to look at the big picture: the way certain concepts are intertwined, how one law may be a logical consequence of another law you learnt before, why some concepts are taught together, why you had to learn something else first to get to what you're studying now. Again, as an example, I think it's particularly fun to see towards the end of ochem, somewhere around the biomolecules: you need to integrate your knowledge of aromatic compounds, ketones and aldehydes, alcohols, carboxylic acids... Stack new information upon what you already know.

Study methods I'm a big fan of: spaced repetition, solving past papers (anything I can get my hands on tbh), flashcards for the things I absolutely have to memorize, exchanging questions and answers with a friend, watching related videos.

If by any chance you end up taking pchem, I have a post for that specifically.

I hope you can find something helpful here :) Good luck!

[hiwaporwave]

destiny sound designer

what were you DOING

context: using polaris lance in destiny 2, and complaining about a weird case of tinnitus, it just wouldnt seem to go away. I started to worry if i was losing my hearing or something. then it seemed to come in bursts, and.... wait....

I shot my gun, and ohhh my god oww my ears, that is the highest pitch I have ever heard in my life. I took it into audacity to have a look:

what the actual hell that is at the top of the spectrograph. analyzer says it B9 WHAT. the NINTH octave WHAT

so then i open up my music program (sunvox) just to double check, and for the love of god B9 is literally the top note on its interface

it doesnt seem like this is the top of the midi standard, but maybe its the same in other programs. did the designer straight up add a highest note sine wave??? to the ??? gun???

the hilarious part is that sunvox wont even let you play B9. I believe because of harmonics and nyquist? I could explain these seperately but what i mean here is that its tapering towards the high end (not that B9 is the "highest pitch" in machines or humans however). i guess they dont expect you to play a ballad in OCTAVE NINE.

this is like 15.8kHz, and with rough testing of my hearing, till 18kHz still sounds just as loud?? so its very. high. and we perceive tones logarithmically, so thats only like 4 semi tones up i believe.

these pitches might normally be in a sound, like a high hat, but definitely tapering down towards that end! not just a pure isolated pitch. maybe it was added for a machine-like sound? perhaps because of sensory issues it definitely signals in my brain as "machine that i want to walk away from very quickly"

anyways yeah, it seems it really was B9

it feels like they sprinkled CRT humm into the sound effect for good measure, and it is actually going to stop me from using this weapon. sad because i was liking it too

heres the pitch if you want to hear it but WARNING that it might actually be unpleasant to listen to if you are like me!

reminds me of when I received a synth that had a similarly high pitch, but even way way louder! to me it was genuinely unusable, but I realized because of the age of its creator, it was likely that he just couldnt hear it at all