Personally, I'm going insane with my job. I'm supposed to be a sys admin, but after automating 90% of my work I'm a glorified helpdesk worker. The first couple of years were fun for me because I had a massive pile of shit to fix, but now it's no good.
Unfortunately, my external debts make a requirement that I have to stick at this job (I'd love to just blow them off, but wife and all of that). I can't find anything posted in my region that pays as well, I don't have enough saved to move (and no, that's not something likely to happen soon).
So, obviously for me it's cash and a new pile of shit to work on.
What would get you to move to a new job?
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[–] mineMineMINE [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I saw the pi is wrong = 4. Funny stuff.
Never thought about throwing out a dollar to get them to write like that, obviously they won't, but that's still funny. Sad day when people don't know how to accept that views are not the same. Although I have to agree with you on the 0.9... the whole argument comes down to too much meta about an operation ( / ) which never comes to an end in base 10. Really, just switch to a separate base and you can't run this argument. But, whatever. Oh god, now I'm spouting about this in my head, it's a virus (BASES, SWITCH TO BASE 9 YOU HAVE NO ARGUMENT - SHUT UP BRAIN).
[–] TheBuddha ago
Oh, shit... Sorry for blowing up your inbox - but look up Tau Manifesto. That's what I speak of when I say Pi is wrong. According to them, it's not wrong, per se, it's stupid and wasteful. They suggest Tau instead of Pi. It kind of makes sense, from my reading.
[–] mineMineMINE [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Ah, I thought you were talking about the square around a circle taking out infinite number of edges. That joke was out there somewhere, but it was funny as can be. I've heard of using tau, but will have to check out the tau manifesto.
[–] TheBuddha ago
https://voat.co/v/Mathemagician/2251730
See that thread and the link that it goes to! I knew I'd find it. ;-)
[–] TheBuddha ago
The truth of the matter is that 0.999... = 1 AND I can prove it. It's also bullshit - but it has to be true, else the whole thing collapses.
Here's a quick essay that I wrote a week back:
http://thebuddha.ml/2017/11/28/0-333-%e2%89%a0-1-3/
If it didn't work, then we'd have some serious math problems. However, anyone that tells you 0.999... = 1, tell them they're a liar and that you have the word of Dr. TheBuddha to go on - and that he gives you permission to call them a liar.
I use these things to demonstrate that math is not some higher magic or wizardry, that it's just an expressive language that's best used for expressing the philosophy of logicism. I am considered a heretic amongst other mathematicians - and many of them actually like it but a few of them will get REALLY upset when you tell them that you don't have to obey the rules.
It's a language. It tells lies, truths, stories, and more. It's even devious in how it tells some lies. There's nothing special about it. It's not the language of the universe. It's not a universal language (so far as we know). It's not even universal among all humans. Very few people speak the language of math. Most never get beyond learning arithmetic by rote - and don't even like that.