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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • OP had an ambiguous notation. One that tends to be taught in schools as the way to present a ‘proper fraction’ (or perhaps compound fraction, i forget, it’s not important) by factoring out the integer component.

    Later on in schooling, one is discouraged from using the notation because of the entirely reasonable way of interpreting it that you’ve used when thinking algebraicly.

    It’s like that Facebook shit that uses the division operator. It’s ambiguous, so there is no way to be authoritative in the interpretation.












  • On relieving cost of living pressures, National’s commanding 23-point lead before the election has swung to a 16-point deficit. Just 31% of voters now trust National most on this issue, down from 48% in August 2023, while Labour has surged from 25% to 47%.

    Hardly surprising. Cost of living isn’t something a politician can hide: it hits people’s wallets directly.

    Also, of the large volume of news covering what the government is doing, it’s mostly been bullshit that doesn’t affect most people as directly or as obviously: treaty principles (thats just the Murrays), speed limits (on other peoples’ roads), NCEA renaming, etc.