What I saw on the web on 2022.5.23

1. Ask Uncle Colin: Can you find an oblique asymptote without polynomial division?
   by Flying Colours Maths
   https://www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/ask-uncle-colin-asymptotes-without-division/
   honestly, the first 1.5 of his methods are polynomial division in disguise. and the piratical method is, well, piratical. as he says, learn polynomial division
   via rss
   
   
2. Too busy to make comics, again
   by David Morgan-Mar
   https://www.dangermouse.net/wordpresshome/2022/05/23/too-busy-to-make-comics-again/
   mostly for the mildly absurd political news out of Australia
   via rss
   
   
3. 51.4% (the end of Jason Kenney?)
   by Susan on the Soapbox
   https://susanonthesoapbox.com/2022/05/22/51-4-the-end-of-jason-kenney/
   what really led to Jason's possibly-imminent downfall
   via rss
   
   
4. The massive Fatigue Carousel helps keep roads safe
   by Tom Scott
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlhMk1hEZw
   exactly what it says on the tin
   via rss
   
   
5. Olympiad level counting
   by 3Blue1Brown
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXCLR3Wric
   generatingfunctionology for the win!
   via rss
   
   
6. Refreshing Honesty About Bank Loans & Environmental Destruction
   by Ian Welsh
   https://www.ianwelsh.net/refreshing-honesty-about-bank-loans/
   a cogent argument for radical change
   via rss
   
   
7. Exceptionnelle démo de beatbox
   by MB14
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl8K3ysWpO4
   for all your french/arabic beatboxing needs
   via boing
   
   
8. Storm
   by Otyken
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqwrwwOzVcQ
   there's a lot going on here. i think this is folk-metal from somewhere in the mongolia/tuva/siberia area?
   via reddit