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It doesn’t need algebra, as long as you have a spreadsheet program ready to hand to do the grunt work for you. Put a number in cell A1, then put “=(A1+(3/A1))/2" in cell A2, then copy A2 and paste it down in the next twenty or thirty cells. You will find that the numbers going down converge to 1.732050808, with the… Read more

Mmmmmm, radish pie… Read more

My first thought was the Collatz conjecture Read more

It is a math thing. Specifically it is a nod to the Babylonian Method. This is a way to calculate square roots by hand (ha ha a radish is a root veggie). If you know the method you can look at the 3 in the riddle and know the answer is the √3.
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Math? In this economy? Read more

Those kids are adorable Read more

You didn't even have to flip it upside down? (I am certain security cameras have ended that play.) Read more

Easier to say than do. Its been changing, but for millanials...they sold us a fake bill of goods. Work hard in school, get into the best college possible, work hard graduate, get a job, no college degree and your are fucked, and probably you need a masters. College costs started exploding in the late 90s as a larger… Read more

My college had surprisingly good breakfast (so much so that my morning-hating ass got up at 7 for it) and to this day, the hamburgers they made were the best I ever had. Everything else about college sucked, though. Read more

As a former Aramark employee on a big college campus....I can flat out say that we did not care at all.  Like, we cared less than how small our paychecks were. 
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My school had really good food in the dining hall, being the “broke” college student I was...I’d take gallon size freezer bags in my backpack, eat my food then make a trip back to the various line and get hamburgers, club sandwiches, salads etc and shove them in the gallon bags and take them back to my dorm.  Always… Read more

Yikes, let’s not give away all of the kids techniques, eh? Next week: “Newly hired “dining hall monitors” harassing college students for taking a second helping of food at State U.” Read more

if this is called steinholding why is everyone holding a maßkrug?
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I would fill the stein with a light beer.... Read more

I find the trick to holding the stein longer is to drink from it, which is not actually prohibited according to the official rules
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holding a beer for up to 5 minutes without drinking any would be a challenge... Read more

holding a beer for up to 5 minutes without drinking any would be a challenge... Read more

A lot of the brunches in Life in Pieces have great moments. My thoughts however went to a less classy meal.