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Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract? by wvlia5 on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @10:12AM (#45425718)
Once I taught the binomial coefficient formula to a girl after sex
Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract? by grues-dinner on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @10:36AM (#45426012)
"So you see if the chance of pregnancy is constant per..uh..encounter, and given that the condom just broke, we're on a spectrum from the chance of a second round roughly doubling the odds but the overall chance is still small, or it doesn't make much difference anyway. Either way, the numbers say we should go again."
Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract? by dominicrose on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @11:09AM (#45426496)
that's not too abstract, I can see how this formula applies to sex

I tried using if for this: https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/12 but computer said no

Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract? by mbork_pl on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @10:18AM (#45425793)
The Fibonacci sequence might have been more appropriate.
Re:How has mathematics gotten so abstract? by lo_zamoyski on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @10:26AM (#45425890)
Not if they were using contraception.