This article is related, and a little similar, to another recent article. While researching, I was simultaneously reading through both a Wikipedia entry and a Better Explained discussion on a subject I know fairly well (Imaginary Numbers). The articles were saying the same things from different […]
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How to set default opening folder for Nautilus file manager
There are several answers given to this question at AskUbuntu.com. What worked for me was the simplest of them, and what I did was one step simpler than what was given. So here's what works for me using PopOs 20 (which is just Ubuntu 20 with some elegant UI, drivers, and useability improvements). […]
If i² = -1, what's happening inside i² to get it to -1?
A confusing thing about imaginary numbers happens when they are accidentally conflated with reals as if they are somehow on the same line. As we know, if we imagine imaginary numbers the same way we imagine reals, there is only a single point where the imaginary line and the real line coincide -- […]
The famous Expert comedy sketch illustrates the scapegoat mechanism in play
If you have not already seen the famous 'Expert' comedy sketch, you're in for a treat. It's had 26 million views so far, so maybe you already know it. The sketch illustrates in a very funny way how badly an expert can be treated by a team of non-experts who all depend on his expert knowledge, but […]