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[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could you remove a few more pixels? I could still read that...

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

My bad, I accidentally uploaded the HD version

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"A hole bowl? No sorry that's a "colander""

[–] naticus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, everyone knows this is a bottomlessbowl

[–] Deebster@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago
[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never understood the Sieve of Eratosthenes until this meme.

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You know what? Now that you mention it, I think reading that story in the Dulaires book of Greek myths was my first conscious exposure to the word "sieve."

Not that that's too interesting to anyone besides me, but you just unburied a long-forgotten pleasant memory, so thanks!

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Aka strainer. A colander has holes instead of mesh.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

My momma's talking to me trying to tell me how to live

But I don't listen to her cause my head is like a sieve