A Reddit Refugee. Zero ragrets.

Engineer, permanent pirate, lover of all things mechanical and on wheels

moved here from lemmy.one because there are no active admins on that instance.

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Cake day: December 22nd, 2023

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  • Frequently drive multiple hours through BFE in some very meth infested country. Go camping in national forest lands every other week during the summer where cougars abound. And in the case of my parents, ranch pest control and something to make use of the landowner permit deer tag they get once in a while.

    I don’t carry in town vast majority of the time, for obvious reasons, but I’ve got plenty of reasons to have a couple firearms. They are useful tools like any other. Also high precision target shooting is fun af.


  • I disagree with calculus being mandatory. Most students still won’t need it and it will increase dropout rates.
    But a pre-calculus course with calculus as an optional offering would sure be beneficial. Most highschoolers get their ass kicked by college calculus courses because the logic jump from even moderately complex algebra to differentials and integrals is fairly high. Problems become significantly more abstract with more ways to solve things rather than rigid solution paths. A good precalc class gets them strong on the trig identities and more complex algebra rules that they’ll need moving on.