#bad notation

[shapefrog27]

Lowercase xi is actually a biblically accurate angle and we math students bow down in its presence.

[businesstiramisu]

This person has a more expansive definition of plagiarism than me, and I think some of the translation problems likely are more of a problem in their specific domains. But the points about re-wording the sources to be less accurate and just incorrectly citing sources altogether (using them as references for things those sources don't even say!!) seem likely to affect Wikipedia in general. I've certainly notice plenty of poorly written, confusing sentences on Wikipedia just in my casual browsing.

And the "cascading errors" -- arising from multiple editors trying "improve" articles without checking the sources, thus making the Wikipedia article *more* incorrect -- seems like an intrinsic property of how wikipedia works.

[juicybeetz]

So after staring at this thing for a half hour or so, here are at least the first few lines from the Marriage Agreement in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice:

By signing the contract (below?) the above party Lydia Deetz agrees to enter into an eternal, everlasting marriage of love. Lydia Deetz agrees to marry the irresistible Beetlejuice in a marriage a long time in the making and agrees to becoming the loving wife of Beetlejuice and satisfy all his needs. By signing this contract “I Lydia Deetz agree that I am of sound mind, Beetlejuice is the one I want, the one I have always wanted and needed. I love that man, and I cannot wait to finally marry him.” By signing this contract, Lydia Deetz agrees to declare her (something) love and affection for Beetlejuice and declare void any previous (something) between the two of them (and I can’t make out the rest of the sentence… not sure if it’s voiding previous marriages or voiding any negativity between the two of them). Lydia Deetz agrees to remain a committed wife of Beetlejuice in life, death and afterlife, and will remain by his side through every living and dead circumstance. This agreement shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of the afterlife.

I would try to decipher more but doing just that part above gave me a headache. 😵‍💫 The text is unfortunately very blurry and the film grain on top of it doesn’t help. There’s a part I really want to read about that talks about what would happen if any code violation would occur between either party, but, again, I am in pain just trying to decipher the first few lines. 😆

The only part of the movie where some of the text is easily readable (easier than in the church scene above, anyway) is when he signs Lydia‘s name on the agreement (see below). The only problem is that it’s just the right side of the agreement that’s visible. Sigh. Really wish that they released the whole document somewhere because it’s pretty cute and I bet there are more funny things in it.

[zylphiacrowley]

and I'm in love with you too.

[omophagic-beast]

thinking abt a d6 dice pool system where its pass/fail, but you could not only roll, say, one 6 to succeed, but could also roll two 5s, three 4s, four 3s, five 2s, or six 1s

im not sure how this would work out probability-wise, but do think it would be fun to roll a big handful of dice, see a bunch of 1s, and realize that you rolled so many 1s that you still managed to succeed

especially since rolling that many 1s is less likely than rolling one 6

thoughts? is there a game with this kinda thing out there?

[unproduciblesmackdown]

from gilbert l. bailey ii (phil filmore) & then will roland (orville wingate)

& these production pics from gilbert as well, highest res version of the "lucky day" pic & the one with corbin bleu (joe ross) is new to me

[kitschyclown]

chess notation is so funny i make a bad move and it's all ?? and i make a good move and it goes !! what a cutie it's even enough to fool me into thinking this game is fun

[goldensunset]

‘there are easier ways to get the sheet music you want’ no there aren’t

[unnonexistence]

*quietly repeating to myself* i will not correct the bad math in that post i will not correct the bad math in that post i will not correct the

[nonstandardrepertoire]

regarding the big Finale end-of-life announcement:

an offer without any expectation: i've been using the (free, open source) program LilyPond for all my sheet music engraving for years. i think it is powerful, flexible, and beautiful, but i also know that it has a steep learning curve and runs differently from many other programs. if you're curious about it, i'm always happy to talk about how it works, show you my process, and field any questions that come up for you if you decide to try it out. this is a standing offer; feel free to drop me a line about this at any time if you decide it's something that might be right for you!

[kraniumet]

miracles and statistical anomalies that have happened to me, tally:

-my high school math teacher was life changingly good

[italiantea]

brainrot is once again making me learn new skills through sheer force of will (transcribing songs in musescore so i can one day play them on the guitar)

[welcometogrouchland]

I support the "Batman was unfairly biased to Stephanie for XYZ reasons" crowd so strongly bc DC claims that Bruce is a master planner who is able to understand anyone's psychology but he didn't realize that literally every single one of Steph's problems as a teenager would've been solved by her joining a shitty punk band. If he couldn't figure that much out then he didn't understand her for a minute

[dnalt-d2]

Guys don't be a writer

Don't do it

One day you're gonna use a figure from mythology/religion as a secondary character in your story thinking he's nothing but a basic bitch practically nameless guy and then one day when you try to make a ranking system you'll find out that actually that character represents your zodiac sign in some circles, then in an effort to clarify what the hell happened there you'll find out he has another name that denotes that he's a SUPER big deal and also has another-nother name that's EXACTLY the same as your online pen-name and then that their power somehow perfectly fits the power system you've made for this story and then randomly you'll also find out that someone else used this character as the base for a DC character (Yes the comics) and you'll basically find some of that information in one night and then the rest over the next three years after the initial discovery and then one night three years later you'll find out something new about it that says that the original name you picked is actually this other big-name guy who's the entire leader of a rank that you ignored initially when making said ranking system and

I'm fucking spiraling guys

*EDIT

I HAVE POSTED THIS TO THE WRONG ACCOUNT AGAIN

I DO NOT CARE ANYMORE I AM NOT REWRITING THESE NOTES

[foryouthegays]

my toxic trait is taht i would literally rather reshuffle a cube before figuring out a specific algorithm

[stary-night]

Migraine all day, 1E10 dead, 1E25 injured