XKCD

[Miff]

I used to be able to integrate. Now I'm terrible at it.

[Kíeros]

For added hilarity, someone at the Mathematics Colloquium that I am in today had a presentation, and one of the steps involved integration by parts. About a good third of the room started chuckling when it was brought up, and the person presenting didn't know why.

[Dentrala]

Nice. My favorite part is the alt text. I think everyone had someone who yelled at them at some point for not putting +C.

[Nimz]

I don't bother yelling at them about it; I get to be the one that docks points off for not inserting the +C. Muhuhahaha!

Don't forget that integration by parts, and, indeed, the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, doesn't necessarily work for continuous functions if you are dealing with functions that are not absolutely continuous. Also, the 'dv' function ought to be in L¹, regardless of whether it is continuous, and the 'u' function ought to be in (at least) C¹.

In PDE colloquia, it is not uncommon to see an IBP step, with the speaker spending a fair amount of time justifying that IBP is something that can be done there.

[Kíeros]

Not xkcd, but in the vein of +C. I've not been able to use this (for some weird reason, double integrals are usually definite), but someone definitely needs to.

[Elementoid]

Today's strip made me smile when I realized what it was referencing.

[Dentrala]

Today's strip made me smile when I realized what it was referencing.

I definitely haven't caught on yet - care to prompt it? I'm assuming it's a song?

[Elementoid]

It's an old skipping rhyme or something from the "girls rule, boys drool" paradigm of children's humor.

____ go to college to get more knowledge

____ go to Jupiter to get more stupider

[Descriptor]

It's an old skipping rhyme or something from the "girls rule, boys drool" paradigm of children's humor.

I don't even come close to understanding that.
What's wrong with Jupiter, other than rhyming with stupider?
Gosh, you'd think kids would work harder on their rhymes.
Especially when said rhymes are meant to show superior intellect.

[Kíeros]

Especially when said rhymes are meant to show superior intellect.

Don't forget; "stupider" and "more" are both comparative adjectives, so it's redundant. The only way "more stupider" would be even somewhat allowable would be if that party put themselves there; however, the general use was to disparage the other gender, so it's especially wrong.

[unbridledExüberance]

FTFY is not a very good meme.

I wouldn't really call quote editing a meme. I'll not do that again, though. Sorry, mods!

In relevent news, Time never stopped being a thing that was updating. Looks like they're taking it up a notch.

[Miff]

Not xkcd, but in the vein of +C. I've not been able to use this (for some weird reason, double integrals are usually definite), but someone definitely needs to.

Because of Homestuck, I've been very tempted in the past to use and in math before. Also zodiac signs.

I don't do enough math anymore because I regret not trying it and confusing others.

[Isoraqathedh]

I also like the what-if articles he now makes. Some of them are a bit boring, but I just like pitting science into not-science things (what do you think I do as a hobby?)

[Dentrala]

Wow ok

so in my humble opinion, this comic completely knocked it out of the park.


It's humor based on understanding of concepts, in a way that's not just "hey look I referenced this concept, I can pop culture". It's been awhile since I appreciated an xkcd comic this much.

[unbridledExüberance]

I'm trying to find the big number on the left, but I can't see it. I can see the pattern of numbers that form a big 2 on the right side, but I'm having throuble getting a number on the left. A 9 maybe?

EDIT: Nope, it's a 4. Someone on the xkcd forums already colour-coded it:


As a bonus, this also seems to have an OCD test: that stupid little 2 there that's not part of either number. Gggrrrrr