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  • Got_Bent@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlMath
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    20 days ago

    Most of the math I do at work is related to compound interest. Of all the math I believe the general public should understand, the concept of how paying interest to others is a total screw would get my top vote.

    I have a co-worker who took out a car loan last week at, wait for it, FIFTY THREE PERCENT INTEREST! No concept of what that was costing her. She could only see, “I can afford the monthly payment.”

    (1 + r)^n and its friend 1/(1 + r)^n have been the two most important concepts in work and personal life that I’ve ever learned and applied.


  • I know several of those. One I don’t see listed is stuff made here. If you’re a fan of backyard scientist, you’re gonna love stuff made here.

    Smarter everyday is really a special one. The way that guy involves his kids and his own boyish excitement when he finally gets an experiment right is downright heartwarming. Then there was the whole episode checking in on physics girl. He had no particular incentive to do that. He just really seems to care.









  • I thought this was North Korea for the following reasons:

    The street is largely empty

    There’s a foreign car

    The license plates are significantly different than what I remember

    Never heard of Pangyo

    Looking all of those things up (except the empty street) I realize I would absolutely not recognize the country I lived in thirty years ago