@codek_tv the trick is recognising that 2024^2 - 1 = (2024 - 1)(2024+1). the rest follows from that.
nothing to do with smarts. either you learnt that rule or not. it's like saying people who know the capital of france are smart.
@Noahpinion i did not realise india has a much lower nominal gdp/capita (2.8k usd) compared to places like vietnam/indonesia (5.2k usd) or even philippines (4.4k)
very impressive growth nonetheless
@datingbyblaine 'plans to marry a late-20s / early-30s model' just that sentence sounds absolutely bizarre to me.
I mean I get looking for a certain type of profile, but surely it goes beyond looks/age, and there needs to also just be room for some 'serendipity' when it comes to romance.
@kitten_beloved i hate this type of ideological take over.
then again i did eg really like the Broken Earth trilogy (written by a black woman) which features LGBT stuff but wasn't too heavy handed. but it probably got the hugo award only because it aligned with the political agenda. shame.
@prd_008 that first tweet is great. i'm wondering how to internalise that into my son as early as possible. The rule of law, infrastructure, a working society, healthcare are only there because people make it work.
@metahacker_@Deshpacito661 elvish bread is actually just radioactive bread with elvish magic that causes the radioactive energy to power humanoid cells as opposed to destroying them.
@KrisAdIntel@JoshuaBarzon "Especially large numbers of Firstborn Apostolic Lutherans and many members of the most conservative congregations within the Word of Peace group do not use birth control because they believe that a child is a gift from God; therefore, many Laestadian families are large."
yepp
@paulnovosad "Being a Muslim feminist, at least in public, was once very rare. But Muslim feminist
influencers are building followings online, even if they are not yet mainstream."
i mean this is just great