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  • I don’t use Signal to talk to people I know only pseudonymously through the internet. I use it to talk to people with whom I would already share my phone number. That social graph can be ascertained a thousand ways already. I think it is worth pointing out as you do, however. If I wanted to attempt to hide the fact that I was contacting someone from the state, I’m not sure where I would start, but it wouldn’t be Signal.







  • Bilb!@lemmy.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyzUS education
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    4 months ago

    It’s worth remembering that this is not the type of textbook used in American public schools and most American students do not attend weird private religious schools. I was also raised as a Catholic and learning about science (including evolution through natural selection, of course) was always encouraged. Evangelicals are nuts.





  • Bilb!@lemmy.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyzCursed
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    5 months ago

    You could arrange them that way, but the goal is to find the way to pack the small squares in a way that results in the smallest possible outer square. In the solution shown, the length of one side of the outer square is just a bit smaller than 12. If you pack them normally, the length would be larger than exactly 12. (1 = the length of one side of the smaller squares.)