MMR February 6 2024 - Any Bombshells?

Pathetic America. He alone can ruin it.

I guess with no migrants to yell at they resort to yelling at each other.

Category 6

This seems like an unfortunate sign for the future, though probably a good idea...

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/02/category-6

There is your verdict foggy, no immunity for the menace from the appeals court.

Donald Trump loses appeal of his 'presidential immunity' from criminal prosecution for J6

www.rawstory.com/trump-loses-presidential-immunity-appeal/

One bombshell.

Parenthesis are tools to clarify, just as the Oxford Comma is a tool to clarify. There are times where we should be explicit but 99% of the time when we are not explicit, a common meaning can be discerned.

It should also be noted:

(a/b)(c/d) = (ac)/(bd)

Why the fuck would we go {term on top}/{term on bottom}{term on top}. That's not a simple way to communicate. Oh, we might do it in terms of:
({numerator of first concept}/{denominator of first concept})({numerator of second concept}/{denominator of second concept}), but each section is an explicitly separate section so it would actually make more sense to use parenthesis to separate them since they are distinct concepts. However, the simplest form of many expressions has many items in both numerator and denominator so it makes sense, in that simplest form, to be communicating it in the simplest way. For example:

PV = nRT - the gas equation
T = PV/nR - restructuring the gas equation to solve for temperature

That's the simplest form of communicating that information.  Any reasonable person can easily follow that logic of that separation and there's no reason why R would be considered part of the numerator.

In fact, if I wanted:
T2(P2) - T1(P1)

I'd probably write it as
T2 - T1 = (P2V/nR) - (P1V/nR)
= (P2-P1) * (V/nR)

That first line there, why am I putting parenthesis around those terms when BEDMAS says that they clearly would be handled first anyways? Well, because they're about explicitly defining the concept. I'm highlighting what I'm defining. It enables stronger communication. But putting it around the denominator? It provides no benefit to communication. It enables no greater understanding of what is being done.

XKCD is adapting their What If Articles to youtube!!!!

NTSB Preliminary Report: The Alaska Airlines plane arrived at Boeing's plant in Renton on Aug 31st. On Sep 1st, a repair order was logged for 5 damaged rivets with the location of the order requiring the removal of the bolts for the door. The bolts likely were not reinstalled as evidenced by an absence of any sign of contact damage or deformation in the bolt holes.

www.cnbc.com/2024/02/06/ntsb-boeing-737-max-9-report-bolts-appeared-missing-from-alaska-air-plane.html

Per special counsel: No charges are expected against Joe in his docs case.

Stick figs in motion 😄