TIL... (Today I've learned...)

[Skiward]

(2016-04-14 02:18:07)Milkmann Wrote:

(2016-04-13 22:51:36)Skiward Wrote: I need to actually run during Track practice lol

did u have a shitty meet

I ran okay times, but could be a lot better

I dunno how much you know about track, but I ran the 400 and the 4x4 and my 4x4 was faster than my 400 open, smh


I learned today that I am a monster

[Quilava]

Today I learned that people on eBay sell empty boxes and people actually buy them for like 10 dollars.

[Milkmann]

(2016-04-14 17:03:52)Skiward Wrote:

(2016-04-14 02:18:07)Milkmann Wrote:

(2016-04-13 22:51:36)Skiward Wrote: I need to actually run during Track practice lol

did u have a shitty meet

I ran okay times, but could be a lot better

I dunno how much you know about track, but I ran the 400 and the 4x4 and my 4x4 was faster than my 400 open, smh


I learned today that I am a monster

It's actually pretty normal for your 4x4 split to be faster than your actual open 400m time, partly because of the hype and adrenaline and partly because you get a bit of a flying start.

[Zee]

I learned that lobsters don't age in a conventional way like most creatures.

[Firebird]

Today I've learned that I am a procrastination god
Right now I'm trying to learn the proof of the Kruskal-Katona theorem. (if that means anything to anyone)

[Skiward]

(2016-04-14 23:35:27)Milkmann Wrote:

(2016-04-14 17:03:52)Skiward Wrote:

(2016-04-14 02:18:07)Milkmann Wrote: did u have a shitty meet

I ran okay times, but could be a lot better

I dunno how much you know about track, but I ran the 400 and the 4x4 and my 4x4 was faster than my 400 open, smh


I learned today that I am a monster

It's actually pretty normal for your 4x4 split to be faster than your actual open 400m time, partly because of the hype and adrenaline and partly because you get a bit of a flying start.

My start for the 4x4 was so bad, I didn't use blocks so when the gun went off I kinda stood there for like a second and then started running
No idea how I managed to do it but I did

[Alice]

Today I learned that if someone strives to get the last word on you, trying to one-up them is bad. Their opinion will never change, and you shouldn't even attempt to change this fact.

[y'a pas moyen]

TIL that there are dry townships in NY

[Skiward]

I learned the lyrics to some song

[Nagato]

I learned how to do Data Analysis on Excel.

[ASDruska]

TIL that I suck at math. Because i've been abducted by moths.

Actualy TIL that i'm a useless human bean. I bet mr.Bean is a better human bean than me.

[Camer the Dragon]

TIL I've only been off here just under 3 months, felt a lot longer

[Zelante]

TIL that you cab use a computer mouse on your Android smartphone if you connect it with an OTG cable. It even shows the cursor and you can click+scroll

[Mystery]

Today I've learned to always try to be nice to people even if they haven't always been nice to you. You never know how much emotional weight something you say can have on a person.

[SouthAnd960]

Bump.

TIL the following one command makes not only DVI file, but also PDF. Before I learnt the being of the tool I used to have my own shell script that executes platex and dvipdfmx in order.

Code:

>ptex2pdf -l your_tex_file_name

[SouthAnd960]

TIL how to use VRoid Studio a little.

[SouthAnd960]

TIL several tips of Pandoc.

• LaTeX macros can be used on markdown file.
• { width=50% }, as an example, generates \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth,height=\textheight]{file.jpg}.
• Simply put \pagebreak and \newpage for page-breaking.
• Etc.
  

More can be found on official manual page.

[Verdusk]

How I've always misheard the Japanese word 宣伝. Everything makes sense now.

[Ena]

TIL more than 3 coffees a day will really make my ass hurt

[(Xeleton)]

I've learnt that nobody deserves your kindness.

There are winners and losers in society, and being nice is being the loser.