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  • When playing games with the kids, we start at 0 being the position you are currently in, then count from there.

    e.g. in snakes and ladders, if you are on spot 30 and roll a 5, tap spot 30 and say “zero”, then spot 31 is “one” etc… till you are at spot 35 saying “five”.

    Teaches the kids about zero and avoids miss counts from the younger ones counting their current position as “one”


  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nztoMemes@lemmy.mlSchrödinger's Immigrant
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    12 days ago

    You are applying too much classical thinking.

    Something in superposition isn’t in some unknowable but definite position before measurement.

    It is all possible states, at the same time.

    Einstein famously did not like the implications of QM, saying “god does not play dice with the universe”, though his work on the photo electric effect helped pave the way for QM.



  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nztoMemes@lemmy.mlSchrödinger's Immigrant
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    13 days ago

    This is just a misunderstanding of superposition.

    A superposition is being in all possible states before “collapsing” into a defined state, after interacting with something (a measuring device).

    So Schrodinger’s immigrant will be in all possible states; they are obviously lazy welfare bums; whilst simultaneously taking all the jobs; and being so poor that they eat your pets; and having the time to organize groups to go raping; whilst also being trustworthy enough to be a housekeeper or nanny









  • Long ago when I worked in supermarkets, our 12 item line was a hard limit; the scanner stopped working at 12. If you had more than that, it was your hard luck item 13 simply wouldn’t scan.

    Many times this caused problems, mainly for the customer.

    Customer: Hey it is only 2 more items.
    Operator: But I can’t scan it, the scanner stops at 12.
    Customer: But it is only two more items!!
    Operator: I understand that, but the scanner won’t take them.
    Customer: FINE, just start a new transaction!
    Operator: If you will please go to the back of the line then.
    Customer: WHAT, but I’m here now!!!
    Supervisor: What seems to be the problem here?
    Operator: More than 12 items.
    Customer: I ONLY HAVE 2 EXTRA ITEMS!!!
    Supervisor: I understand, if you could please go to the back of the line to get the extra two items, we will be happy to help you.
    Customer: WHAT THE FUCK, IT IS JUST TWO EXTRA ITEMS!!!
    Supervisor: If you want, them in one transaction we can cancel this one and move you to a full sized checkout.
    Customer: …ENRAGED RANTING…
    Supervisor: If you are going to be abusive to me or my staff, I’ll have to ask you to leave.

    Word of that type of thing gets around, for the number of people through the supermarket, the total number of incidents was very low. But they happened at least once a week.








  • How?

    I’m in NZ, we have a whole bunch of politicians to choose from, and it always comes down to who is the least likely to fuck things up beyond repair. It is not often that an objectively good candidate, everyone has their flaws.

    In this example the question is not is Harris an objectively good candidate, but is she objectively better than Trump?

    In my opinion yes, yes she is! Trump is the worst, the way he has emboldened the far right world wide is truly terrible.