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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

Swift programming Memes

Posts tagged with Swift programming

Forgotten Maclaurin Is Crying In The Corner, Planning World Domination

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11 months ago 19.7K views 0 shares
Forgotten Maclaurin Is Crying In The Corner, Planning World Domination
When you ask for Swift but get a Taylor series instead! The meme brilliantly plays on the classic "Mom, can we have X? No, we have X at home" format, but with a mathematical twist. What you wanted was the pop star Taylor Swift, but what you got was the Taylor series expansion—a mathematical formula that approximates functions as an infinite sum of terms. The equation shown is literally how mathematicians "expand" functions around a point, breaking them down term by term. Even funnier is the Swift programming language logo thrown in there, creating a triple pun! Poor Maclaurin series (Taylor's special case where a=0) never gets the spotlight despite doing all the heavy lifting in calculus classes.

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