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1. about 8 hours ago on Tank McNamara

   ’Kay.

2. 9 days ago on Spot the Frog

   The answer may surprise you!

   (This is a story full of twists.)

3. 21 days ago on Petunia & Dre

   Oh, I’m sorry to lose the comic, but it’s worth it for the opportunity you’re taking. And very glad things seem to be turning out well for you and your husband and son and … well, just everything. Best of luck.

4. 22 days ago on Free Range

   I believe Whitehead made a mistake transcribing the symbols. The numerator has a limit of 0; the denominator doesn’t have any well-defined value. (You can see this because if x is a tiny bit greater than 0, then (e^2 – 1)/x is a huge positive number; while if x is a tiny bit less than 0, then (e^2 – 1)/x is a huge negative number. To be a defined limit, the values when x is a tiny bit greater and a tiny bit less than 0 have to be close to the same number.)

   What’s likely wanted in the numerator would be the limit of (40 x^2 + 3x) / (4x^2), which would be 10.

   Similarly what’s probably wanted in the denominator would be the limit as x→0 of (e^x – 1)/x, which would be 1.

   This would mean the entire expression would have a value of 10/1. The kid would have until the count of 10, in that case.

5. about 2 months ago on Little Nemo

   www dot ultimaterollercoaster dot com/forums/roller-coasters-theme-parks/182428 quotes an article describing one of these rides at Baltimore’s Electric Park in 1909.

6. about 2 months ago on Little Nemo

   So it happens this past week I learned that multiple amusement parks in the 1900-1910 era had “Human Laundry Machine” rides that gave the rider the experience of a mechanical collar-washing experience, down to being pressed through an immense wringer.

   I don’t know that there were any at (Brooklyn) Coney Island, which the commentary here has mentioned as direct influence for panels and wild features, but it seems … imaginable? At least?

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7. about 2 months ago on Richard's Poor Almanac

   Oh, thank you! I wasn’t even imagining nominating petitions.

8. about 2 months ago on Richard's Poor Almanac

   I have wondered if anyone knows whether “Tony Williams” is referencing some specific person or phenomenon of the circa-2000 Metro Washington area or whether it’s just, yeah, that name sounds like it belongs to one of those guys who has a sheaf of documents that all need signing where the post-it notes are?

9. about 2 months ago on Breaking Cat News

   “Wait ’till she remembers she has kids!” is such a great punch line. Best laugh in days.

10. 2 months ago on Home Free

    Going to argue with the ‘ugly’ description here. Turkeys are basically peafowl in autumn colors. They’ve got majesty to them.