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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

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Mathematician Discovers Pi's End Using Excel (Mathematicians Hate This One Trick!)

Math Science Tech
11 months ago 28.2K views 0 shares
Mathematician Discovers Pi's End Using Excel (Mathematicians Hate This One Trick!)
The spreadsheet formula RIGHT(PI()) is extracting the rightmost character of Excel's PI approximation, which is indeed 4. But claiming this proves π is finite is like saying the ocean ends where your beach towel stops. Excel stores π as 3.14159265358979, truncating after 15 digits because computers have memory limits, not because mathematicians got tired and went home. Next breakthrough: proving infinity doesn't exist because your calculator says "Error."

Exceling At Driving Scientists Mad

Tech Research Science Academia
1 year ago 13.0K views 0 shares
Exceling At Driving Scientists Mad
The eternal battle between humans and spreadsheets rages on! You type "12.5" because you're a normal person with functioning neurons. Meanwhile, Excel—that digital demon—transforms your innocent decimal into a DATE FORMAT! "1/12/1900 12:00:00 PM" it proclaims, like some deranged time traveler! 🧪 It's the computational equivalent of asking for a screwdriver and getting handed a banana. The struggle is REAL for scientists everywhere—one moment you're entering simple data, the next you're accidentally documenting events from the Victorian era! And don't even get me started on what happens when you type gene names...

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Sanctuary: the browser-based Kindle jailbreak

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