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   Violinknitter (violinknitter@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 00:20:19 JST Violinknitter

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   And in case you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000 who isn’t familiar with XKCD’s famous “Ten Thousand” comic, here you go: https://xkcd.com/1053/

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     Violinknitter (violinknitter@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 00:20:25 JST Violinknitter

     Why it’s fun teaching teens: you’re so often there for their “lucky 10,000!” moments. Example from yesterday:

     Me: And that system of tuning is called Pythagorean tuning

     Student: Wait, like the Pythagorean thing from math?

     Me: Yeah, Pythagoras was interested in music as well as math!

     S: Wait, there was a guy?!? I thought it was just a name for a math formula!

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.