The nice thing that happened in class today:
Grade 5 students solve a puzzle where they put cuneiform numbers in order (there is no guidance, just work with the symbols, how do you order them?)
I told them they are like archeologists cracking a code. They did it!
"But where is zero?"
"It wasn't invented yet." I said this seriously. I mean ... it's true.
Later that day the same student asked if it was a joke. I got to tell them no! Zero had to be invented. Everything had to be invented!
@Unixbigot @futurebird damn warp core runs on taking the local warp constant and dividing by the number of seconds since midnight. It crashes at midnight with an F_DIV_ZERO error.
“We’re out of warp, what’s wrong?” “Nothing, it happens every morning at this time. Just reset it. You haven’t been getting that on B-shift?” “No, and how long—holy crap!” “What?” “Warp degradation has added three days to our ETA so far. TELL ME if stuff breaks; if we miss the book sale on Rigel Four everybody’s getting Curium ash for christmas.” #Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot
@becomingwisest @Unixbigot @futurebird
We would've figured this out sooner had there been the usual warp core dump, but ever since StarshipOS 11.0 fricking systemd has hidden them away somewhere stupid.
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