Exalted

NEW DOCTOR INCOMING! I seriously cannot wait for Christmas this year. Somebody with a TARDIS, would you mind picking me up?

Really like this one. It's fancy, and the reference is subtle enough that the people who don't get it wouldn't feel confused.

I recall reading somewhere that Kaladin's "power explosions" were related to his Adhesion surge somehow, but I can't find any WOBs on the subject other than the one that says "you'll find out eventually", so maybe I'm just misremembering.

...one hour later, when I should probably have been doing homework or something useful:

Ah, yes, the absolute value signs. I can never remember that those exist, as evidenced by the fact that I keep leaving them off on tests and losing points.

I don't have too much knowledge of calculus, so the most I can say is that the constant of integration does weird things when you mix it with logarithms (like how the derivative of ln(5x) = (1/x), but the integral of (1/x) = ln(x) + C. Technically, somehow, you can mess with the constant of integration to make the two graphs the same, and the same is probably true for the example you gave.)

I don't know how much you know about derivatives, so I'll try my best to explain (and apologies if I take happen to detail something you already knew). When you take the derivative of a function that can be described as f(g(x)) involving the sub-functions f(x) and g(x), you obtain the result using something called the chain rule. The derivative of any such function is f'(g(x))*g'(x). For your first example, if we define f(x) as ln(x) and g(x) as (x-1), then f'(g(x))*g'(x) is (1/(x-1))*(1), or 1/(x-1). For your second example, if we define f(x) as ln(x) and g(x) as (1-x), then f'(g(x))*g'(x) is (1/(x-1))*(-1), where we distribute the negative to the denominator of the fraction in order to swap the terms, leaving us with 1/(x-1), which is the same as the above answer.

Structural neutral, ingredient purist.

Nah, I doubt it. I just have to make it through the next two weeks and I'll be good.

"Just putting the knives down would be fine," Laeran replied, "and I'd like to know what business you have here as well." After a moment's hesitation, he added, "I'm Laeran al'Elarin, and I'm just a wanderer." Ha, yeah, he's going to believe that, he thought to himself. But it was true--he was just wandering, the Light take him, because he was too afraid to stay in one place too long. Not wandering, then. Running. He spied another man approaching out of the corner of his eye and shifted his weave of Earth to prepare to block the newcomer, but he ignored him as he waited for Shae's answer.

Well, we'd best leaf them to it, then, and help out by searching things!

If we get enough people to join us, maybe their endeavor will bear fruit.

That's...really impressive. I may have to begin branching out into this search engine. (Pun completely intended )

It what now? Please explain more.

Still here, but dying under the weight of upcoming AP exams, unfortunately. I'll type something up and post it tonight, though (maybe. If I have time).

Morgoth/Melkor is from the Silmarillion, which I've heard described as basically the Bible for Middle-Earth. It's really good, and I recommend reading it (actually, the entire Middle-Earth mythos is amazing, and I recommend reading anything you can find on that as well).

Favorites Book: fluctuates, but right now: Order of the Phoenix Favorite Character: Hermione House: Ravenclaw

"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of Number Four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. [But] then the murders began." (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. And then the murders began." (The Hobbit) "When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. And then the murders began." (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) "The sun peeked over the horizon like the head of a giant radioactive manatee. And then the murders began." (Calamity)

If there's room for one more, I'd be interested in joining as well.

Well, in my experience most teams are divided up into a bunch of "subteams"--Mechanical (they build the robot) and Programming/Software (they program it) are the two that work mainly with the robot. There are also a bunch of others, like Imagery (they do PR stuff) and Chairman's (they're in charge of organizing community service and other events for the Chairman's Award, the highest possible award a team can earn). I'm on Programming, and from what I've seen the 6-week build season is divided up into two main sections: Weeks 1-5: Mechanical scrambles around like headless chickens trying to get things done. Week 6: Programming scrambles around like chickens with even fewer heads trying to get things done. I can't speak for all of the other teams, but most of them are pretty busy as well. It all pays off come competitions, though, which are a lot of fun. I might even see you there, depending on the team you join--a lot of us travel pretty far during competition season. Also, you will meet lots of weird people. Do not panic; this is normal. If all goes well, you will be assimilated even make some new friends on the team. Overall, good luck! And I hope to see you at a regional somewhere.

I'm on a team right now, but in my experience each one is very different. What kind of experiences are you looking for--Engineering? Social? General? Flat-Out Weird? I have stories about all of them.

I'd be interested in this, if it's still a thing that's going on.

Behold, the power of electricity jokes. They're a real joule of the pun world. (Yes, I know joules are work, not power, but I couldn't resist it.)

Just realized that that sounded a bit critical, sorry--I was giving clarification for Quiver, not criticizing what you were saying.

For clarification, "is" means "sharp" (#) and "es" means "flat" (♭), which are the commonly-used terms for describing notes. A note without either is known as "natural".