Cactus Codex

Story 2 Chapter 2 Part A

Story 2 Chapter 2 Part B

Story 2 Chapter 2 Part C

Oh god PC is turning into Homestuck.

celestiawept2:

wow ah did tumblr replace the icons for the text and photo and video interface??

AAAHAHAHAH

(Source: astr4ltr4in)

That weird moment when everyone suddenly goes to bed.

I should elaborate. There’s nothing wrong with video games. I’m just glad that I didn’t get involved in the culture and quasi-journalism stuff because Gamergate makes my brain melt.

It’s times like these where I thank my parents for isolating me from video games.

sprinkszepony:

babycakesbriauna:

nikkisshadetree:

randomqueerbrown:

jelly-bean-machine:

According to NBC Washington, this is one of the ridiculous ways Common Core teaches kids problem solving and critical thinking… with simple beyond reason math problems.

I found this image on Facebook and shared it and even asked my stepfather to take a look at it. An aerospace engineer (a career involving a heavy amount of calculus) could not figure out what was going on here. If you’re making math so hard that someone who studied his ass off in calculus classes can’t understand it, you’re making it too hard for kids. Burn Common Core to the fucking ground.

yes!!

I can’t even begin to understand why this new fangled way is necessary. Like…I’m so confused right now looking at this shit. Bish whet?

Fuck the American public education system. This shit is why out children don’t tank top 10 globally. This is why our children can’t get jobs.

Okay, for the record, if you actually look at it, it’s really not that hard to figure out what’s going on here. They start off with the smaller number (12) and just continue to add to it until eventually they get the larger number (32). They then add up all the small numbers they had added to it and get the difference (20). Yes, it’s a longer and less simplistic way of doing simple math, but what you have to remember is that everyone learns differently. The fact that they are showing both the “Old Fashioned” way and the “New” way allows children to learn their own way.

The reason that the public education is garbage is NOT because of trying to introduce new methods of learning, it’s because of forcing children to learn only a single way. If the teacher was railing for the children to only ever use this new method or to only ever to use the old method (which to an adult is obviously incredibly simple but not necessarily to the mind of a young child) THAT would be a problem. Pigeonholing children is what causes them to not be able to learn their own way and struggle, giving them a variety of options helps them grow and learn more naturally.

Also, this new method is much closer to how we (or at least I) solve subtraction problems mentally in the real world. Because it’s a little cumbersome to borrow ones from other digits with your head. Also, admit it, adding is easier than subtracting.

For example. Your groceries miraculously round out to $22. You’re paying in cash and will pay using a $50. What’s your change?

Make 22 become 30 by adding 8, then add 20 to make it 50. 20 plus 8 is your change.

Compare that to this. 50 minus 22. First digits, 0 minus 2 does not work so borrow a ten. 10 minus 2 is 8. Second digits, 4 minus 2 (because 1 was taken away) is 2. 2 and 8 make 28.

Also, the new method allows children to understand the relationship between adding and subtracting much more easily, which is essential when algebra comes around.

(via scifibrony)

pegasoponews:

Hello world! Welcome to PGN-78’s official news feed!

We currently serve local news to all 6 districts of Pegasopolis, all three provinces, and pretty much the world if needed.

Staff includes Painter Frame of the Local desk, Red Sunrise of the Concordia desk, and Monealtea of the World desk.

We’ll be taking questions and input as we go so go on and ask us anything!

(We speak many languages!)

So I started a fake news blog to be a companion to theponyvillediaries. Go follow if you like world building and satirical stuff! o2o

It appears that my tablet is on its last legs.

Pen recognition is now very erratic, pressure sensitivity spikes are near constant, and there’s strange “ghost cursor” effect that randomly registers the pen hovering over the surface as double clicks.

Help. ._.

That may have been a bit of a misunderstanding between me and Sam. Specifically, I may have forgotten to explain the emotions a bit more carefully in the scripts. >_<

The way I pictured it, she was supposed to be much more cross and in a hurry to get back through the portal when rehearsing a pre-made speech.

"Hello good sirs and/or mares. My name is Sweetie Belle and I come from a world similar to yours, but is not exactly yours if that makes any sense blah blah blah I am not the Sweetie you are looking for, okay goodbye."

I just missed correcting it because shipping. ;2;

youobviouslyloveoctavia:

Unless the original image is 1024 pixels wide, you are mistaken.

Actually, it’s 1280px wide and 1920px tall for Tumblr’s “hi-res” images.

I think pegasoponews will be the first time in so long that I’ll be able to write material in a more loosely restrained comedic style.

Believe it or not, I have and still do censor a lot of PC’s writing and jokes because I’m worried that my sense of humor will translate poorly to many Tumblr folk. Because “jokes are supposed to be funny” and whatever, despite that be quite objective.

 I prefer much darker or political kinds of jokes and unfortunately, Tumblr is the wrong place to do those. :T

Hopefully, running a fake pony news site will help me satisfy that need while also staying mildly funny.

Assuming that I’m funny at all. :U

tocifer:

visambros:

walkersinthelockers:

It’s October! You guys know what that means right?

You guys probably think you know what this is, but you really don’t. Watch it, you won’t regret it.

WHY DOES IT FIT SO GOOD

(Source: silvercr0ssbow, via dreamofhircine)

broken-pen-draws:

GUYS LOOK AT THE NOTES ON THIS POST

Fixed them. :2222

postcrusade-mod:

@Pegasoponews

Join us on 13 October 3971 for our Tumblog’s launch party! There’ll be chips and soda and multiple assortments of cold cheeses and salad leaves. We’ll tell jokes about politics, the racial tensions at hoof, and all have a laugh until the booze kicks in!

And be sure to tune in to the Pegasopolis News at 12, 5, 6, and 11 PM, only on PTS. Check your local listings for channel number.

PEGASOPONEWS: Equestria’s #1 news resource.

Okay, this has to be delayed until Wednesday due to some oversight. .2.

(Source: post-cactus)

razethisbarn:

conspicuouslad:

Upon request I made French Toast today.
I haven’t had them in a while. And today I learned that I prefer almost any other breakfast.

Pancakes > waffles » french toast.