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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[โ€“] leftzero@lemmy.ml 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The set of all integers is not larger than the set of all odd integers.

The set of all real numbers, on the other hand, is.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinality_of_the_continuum

[โ€“] vexikron@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago

Ah, you are correct, my example was flawed.

Thats what /I/ get for not having brushed up on Set Theory 101 in a decade.

Derp.