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CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */

2024-12-10T12:40:22Z

‎Explanation

CalibansCreations: /* Explanation */

2024-10-17T10:12:05Z

‎Explanation

B for brain: /* Explanation */

2024-07-12T12:00:10Z

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Asdf: /* Explanation */ Mexico uses dmy, Canada uses a mixture, so potentially ambiguous even within North America

2024-06-02T08:41:04Z

‎Explanation: Mexico uses dmy, Canada uses a mixture, so potentially ambiguous even within North America

NiceGuy1: /* Explanation */ Removing the judgemental tone for a perfectly fine standard which works well as long as it's followed

2024-06-02T03:44:03Z

‎Explanation: Removing the judgemental tone for a perfectly fine standard which works well as long as it's followed

141.101.98.170: Undo revision 343285 by Ullallulloo (talk) Would not normally undo an undo, but could see no reason why the original edit (not mine) was deemed wrong. Quite a nice back-reference, in fact.

2024-05-30T18:45:02Z

Undo revision 343285 by Ullallulloo (talk) Would not normally undo an undo, but could see no reason why the original edit (not mine) was deemed wrong. Quite a nice back-reference, in fact.

Ullallulloo: Undo revision 343104 by 141.101.104.83 (talk)

2024-05-30T13:46:35Z

Undo revision 343104 by 141.101.104.83 (talk)

141.101.104.83: /* Explanation */ discouraged date format

2024-05-27T21:49:04Z

‎Explanation: discouraged date format

162.158.175.99: Undo revision 343085 by 172.69.7.175 (talk) Those are prime factors already. No need to combine them.

2024-05-27T17:00:19Z

Undo revision 343085 by 172.69.7.175 (talk) Those are prime factors already. No need to combine them.

172.69.7.175 at 16:39, 27 May 2024

2024-05-27T16:39:24Z

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 The first three {{w|prime numbers}} are actually 2, 3, and 5. So this technique easily identifies the first two digits "02". "05" is slightly wrong because it's not the second prime number; it's the third. And "18" is even more wrong because it's not actually a prime number; it's 2 × 3<sup>2</sup>.
-So the mnemonic itself doesn't really provide the method for remembering the code. Instead, figuring out how to apply the bogus mnemonic will reinforce your memory of the code. Unless you actually happen to be really bad at prime numbers and panicked while remembering them, in which case the bad mnemonic actually... helps?! Why is your memory like this?!
+So the mnemonic itself doesn't really provide the method for remembering the code. Instead, figuring out how to apply the bogus mnemonic will reinforce your memory of the code. Unless you actually happen to be really bad at prime numbers and panicked while remembering them, in which case the bad mnemonic actually... helps?! Why ''is'' your memory like this?!
 The title text points out that the code is also similar to a date in the ([[ISO 8601|potentially ambiguous]]) MMDDYY format - not an unexpected choice, seeing as Randall lives in the United States - so if you happen to have a relative who was born on February 5th 2018, the memorized code will help you remember this date if using said date format.  It is also a valid date in the DDMMYY format but in that case it would be the 2nd of May 2018, or in YYMMDD format, in which case it refers to 18th of May 2002.

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 Cueball and Megan are on vacation or otherwise traveling, and receive a code for their hotel room. Megan gives a seemingly nonsensical and unhelpful {{w|mnemonic}} by which Cueball can remember it... which, inexplicably, actually ''helps'' Cueball to remember the code. Cueball becomes VERY angry on realizing this.
-The first three {{w|prime numbers}} are actually 2, 3, and 5. So this technique easily identifies the first two digits "02". "05" is slightly wrong because it's not the second prime number; it's the third. And "18" is even more wrong because it's not actually a prime number; it's 2 × 3 × 3.
+The first three {{w|prime numbers}} are actually 2, 3, and 5. So this technique easily identifies the first two digits "02". "05" is slightly wrong because it's not the second prime number; it's the third. And "18" is even more wrong because it's not actually a prime number; it's 2 × 3<sup>2</sup>.
 So the mnemonic itself doesn't really provide the method for remembering the code. Instead, figuring out how to apply the bogus mnemonic will reinforce your memory of the code. Unless you actually happen to be really bad at prime numbers and panicked while remembering them, in which case the bad mnemonic actually... helps?! Why is your memory like this?!

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	Cueball and Megan are on vacation or otherwise traveling, and receive a code for their hotel room. Megan gives a seemingly nonsensical and unhelpful {{w\|mnemonic}} by which Cueball can remember it... which, inexplicably, actually ''helps'' Cueball to remember the code. Cueball becomes VERY angry on realizing this.		Cueball and Megan are on vacation or otherwise traveling, and receive a code for their hotel room. Megan gives a seemingly nonsensical and unhelpful {{w\|mnemonic}} by which Cueball can remember it... which, inexplicably, actually ''helps'' Cueball to remember the code. Cueball becomes VERY angry on realizing this.

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 So the mnemonic itself doesn't really provide the method for remembering the code. Instead, figuring out how to apply the bogus mnemonic will reinforce your memory of the code. Unless you actually happen to be really bad at prime numbers and panicked while remembering them, in which case the bad mnemonic actually... helps?! Why is your memory like this?!
-The title text points out that the code is also similar to a date in the North American standard ([[ISO 8601|though disliked by the rest of the world]]) MMDDYY format - a logical choice, seeing as Randall lives in North America - so if you happen to have a relative who was born on February 5th 2018, the memorized code will help you remember this date if using said date format.  It is also a valid date in the DDMMYY format but in that case it would be the 2nd of May 2018, or in YYMMDD format, in which case it refers to 18th of May 2002.
+The title text points out that the code is also similar to a date in the ([[ISO 8601|potentially ambiguous]]) MMDDYY format - not an unexpected choice, seeing as Randall lives in the United States - so if you happen to have a relative who was born on February 5th 2018, the memorized code will help you remember this date if using said date format.  It is also a valid date in the DDMMYY format but in that case it would be the 2nd of May 2018, or in YYMMDD format, in which case it refers to 18th of May 2002.
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 So the mnemonic itself doesn't really provide the method for remembering the code. Instead, figuring out how to apply the bogus mnemonic will reinforce your memory of the code. Unless you actually happen to be really bad at prime numbers and panicked while remembering them, in which case the bad mnemonic actually... helps?! Why is your memory like this?!
-The title text points out that the code is also similar to a date in the [[ISO 8601|discouraged]] MMDDYY format, so if you happen to have a relative who was born on February 5th 2018, the memorized code will help you remember this date if using said date format.  It is also a valid date in the DDMMYY format but in that case it would be the 2nd of May 2018, or in YYMMDD format, in which case it refers to 18th of May 2002.
+The title text points out that the code is also similar to a date in the North American standard ([[ISO 8601|though disliked by the rest of the world]]) MMDDYY format - a logical choice, seeing as Randall lives in North America - so if you happen to have a relative who was born on February 5th 2018, the memorized code will help you remember this date if using said date format.  It is also a valid date in the DDMMYY format but in that case it would be the 2nd of May 2018, or in YYMMDD format, in which case it refers to 18th of May 2002.
 ==Transcript==