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Marcus Helmer πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

@bertrandsballot

Fun lover. And by fun I mean building homes, protected bike lanes, funding transit and other things that are good for people. Also board games.

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We only need first degree polynomials. And if it's anything else it better be a first degree polynomial when I zoom in!

13.03.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Money is useful for

1. Buying illegal drugs
2. Hiring hitmen
3. A medium of exchange that facilitates modern technological civilization

Which one do you use it for?

12.03.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I can't read, appears yes

12.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
GitHub Status Welcome to GitHub's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.

www.githubstatus.com appears not

12.03.2026 01:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ha, I was appreciating the variety from what I usually listen to!

11.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I did not realize this until I used another application with only tags. I abandoned a lot of notes. It was a little devastating.

11.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Almost. But they solve slightly different problems.

Tags are like having a colored sticky note on a binder. Cloning is like having the same binder in 3 different drawers without increasing maintenance overhead.

I don't have to choose where the main note lives because they are all the main note.

11.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh forgot the best feature of why I chose it over Obsidian. Note cloning. Clones are the exact same. And if I'm organizing math notes, I might ask does something belong under "statistics" or "probability"? Often both! This solves that problem.

11.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Some features I like:
- My journal tells me what notes I edited that day
- Selective password protection
- Internal linking and relations
- Full scripting support
- Easily constructable templates

Not the craziest learning curve. Obsidian is a good choice too (which is more popular so more support!)

11.03.2026 22:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of math notes on BΓΌhlmann Credibility in the application Trilium.

A picture of math notes on BΓΌhlmann Credibility in the application Trilium.

Digitally via an app called Trilium. I keep my journal, notes on people, DnD notes, and math notes among other things.

11.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
A lab mix black and brown dog sitting on a couch staring directly at the camera.

A lab mix black and brown dog sitting on a couch staring directly at the camera.

Certified 100% goofball. And I'll take any and all tips on reducing reactiveness to people passing by.

11.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Neighbors are always surprised I know their names, but the trick is every time I meet a new friendly neighbor I write their name down and anything else I learned about them.

11.03.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Knowing nothing of Ohio politics, it's probably true? I still bristle at just straight ageism when you have people who are as old as Brown but still have great politics.

I just want good policy! No doubt Brown would use his power in the best way.

11.03.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

No matter the outcome, Sherrod Brown is a hero. It's hard to run again after a loss.

11.03.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Parseword - A tricky wordplay game Transform phrases through wordplay to solve cryptic crossword puzzles.

Big fan of this new puzzle from Josh Wardle (creator of Wordle!) if you love cryptics, you’ll love this too! And if you have always wanted to try cryptics but found them a bit hard to get into, this is a great introduction!

www.parseword.com

11.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I think a lot of the website will be shocked when Biss likely wins this. But he's a pretty established well liked politician. 🀷🏻

11.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Both dude. I'm not the one you need to convince cars are dangerous. Not even close.

11.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love both those expressions.

10.03.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As we extend what students can do (via algebra), expectations also increase (the problems become more difficult).

That can be really hard for students. They might not see a tool for handling a new class of problems β€” rather a thing they must learn to merely keep up.

10.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Because the demands are rising to match the tools I never felt that students believed me on this point.

10.03.2026 22:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Proteini? Nevermind I'm out

10.03.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can I get it without the wings? (vegetarian)

10.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Overblown? Probably. But politically better to get ahead of things. The mismatch between motorcycles and "e-bikes" is real and makes no sense. And it's kids who are doing the most dangerous stuff I've seen. Some thoughtful legislation would be great.

10.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Working out while angry? Just don’t do it - Harvard Health Anger or emotional upset may double the risk of having a heart attack. Heavy physical exertion appears to have the same effect. And people who do intense exercise while they’re upset or mad may f...

Source if you're interested www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health...

10.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just a small thing. Lifting angry (especially cardio angry) has a small but significant association with heart attacks.

Lifting helps regulate your emotions without needing to be angry during the exercise.

10.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"I have made AGI!"

you've ruined a perfectly good set of matrices, is what you did. look at them. they've got anxiety.

09.03.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm gonna die mad dude. No matter where we are years from now. I will still be mad because of what we've lost.

10.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hustle culture, but leftishly

10.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Boys Go To Jupiter β€” Revenge Tour (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)
Boys Go To Jupiter β€” Revenge Tour (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO) YouTube video by Boys Go To Jupiter

Good song and good album from my as of late favorite band.

10.03.2026 01:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was waiting for your reaction. Congrats on the schadenfreude.

10.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0