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Non-Negative At Least
Math Science
10 days ago 4.7K views 0 shares
Non-Negative At Least
Found the mathematician in the chat! When Tashara says "I prefer positive feedback," they're unwittingly making a brilliant math pun. In mathematics, positive feedback means the absolute value of something—even if the input is negative (like "you suck"), the output remains positive (still "you suck," but now it's constructive criticism!). It's like when my students hand in terrible proofs and I write "wonderfully wrong" on their papers. The mathematical equivalent of putting lipstick on a differential equation.

Are You Dom Or Sub With Your Control Systems?
Engineering Physics Tech
1 month ago 11.5K views 0 shares
Are You Dom Or Sub With Your Control Systems?
Engineers watching their underdamped system overshoot like it's auditioning for a dramatic role! That curve is basically the control systems equivalent of "I'm just gonna send it" followed by "wait no I went too far" and then several increasingly half-hearted attempts to correct itself. Every engineering student knows the pain of tuning PID controllers only to watch their system oscillate wildly before finally settling down like it's exhausted from all the drama.

The Peer Review Pizza Of Doom
Academia Research Science
2 months ago 4.6K views 0 shares
The Peer Review Pizza Of Doom
The scientific paper equivalent of "yes, and..." improv! That bizarre pizza-chicken-candy monstrosity perfectly captures what happens when you desperately try to please every reviewer simultaneously. One committee member wants more experimental data, another suggests theoretical framework changes, and somehow you end up with chocolate sprinkles on your methodology section. The peer review process transforms your elegant hypothesis into this Frankenstein's monster of academic compromises. The real irony? Your advisor will still say it needs "minor revisions."