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The Combinatorial Comfort Of Rejection

Math

25 days ago 4.4K views 0 shares

The Combinatorial Comfort Of Rejection

Combinatorial mathematics strikes again with existential wisdom. The binomial coefficient notation (n choose k) represents the number of ways to select k items from a set of n distinct objects - essentially the mathematical embodiment of choice itself. The punchline is that not being selected is, paradoxically, still a form of selection - you're just in the (n-k) group instead. It's the mathematical equivalent of telling yourself "I didn't get rejected, I got selected for the group of people who weren't selected." Pure mathematician coping mechanism in equation form.

Engineers Looking At Engineering Memes

Engineering Tech

2 months ago 6.9K views 0 shares

Engineers Looking At Engineering Memes

Nothing says "I understand your suffering" like a good engineering meme. Engineers sit there with their coffee, wearing their metaphorical (or literal) hard hats, nodding along to jokes about staying up for 72 hours to fix a problem caused by a single misplaced semicolon. The painful truth is that engineering is just applied masochism with better job prospects. Every time an engineer laughs at these memes, they're really just processing trauma through the socially acceptable medium of humor. It's cheaper than therapy and you can do it during compile time.