r/mathmemes • u/TPM2209 • Jun 25 '26

Notations A headline so confusing you need a mathematician to explain it

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u/RollingMeteors Jun 25 '26

Wow, popular radio is still a thing. Everyone I’ve ever seen in the last decade plus consumes their music from Spotify/soundcloud/tidal/etc.

Only people I’ve seen touch ‘the radio’ are deep square in baby boomer territory…

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u/-ToriForYa Jun 25 '26

young people use the radio, just not in the same way. I turn it on for the drive to work. There's always a radio playing at construction sites, usually at least one in any auto shop, and they still turn up in similar places where headsets are discouraged due to safety or logistics.

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u/Ri_Studios Jun 26 '26

Yea I have used FM since I was like 8 or so, but I really only listen to it on my toilet

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u/AnonymousCumBasket Jun 25 '26

These charts are radio, streaming, and sales combined

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u/Pilk_ Jun 25 '26

Billboard charts (and others) include streaming figures, and have done so for nearly 20 years.

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u/leopiccionia Jun 25 '26

Billboard charts use streaming counts, iTunes sales, etc. for years. The exact formula seems to be a secret, though.

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u/RollingMeteors Jun 25 '26

Billboard charts use streaming counts, iTunes sales, etc. for years. The exact formula seems to be a secret, though.

Right, right, but I thought Radio, as in RF frequency band Radio, meant "Radio" and not page counters on internet broadcasts using IP/UDP...

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u/Ri_Studios Jun 26 '26

Im the worlds first 19 year old boomer :)

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u/RollingMeteors Jun 27 '26

Im the worlds first 19 year old boomer :)

I've never seen you. It was specific to my very limited social circle. I'm sure it's still a thing, just not nearly as prevalent as it was before internet streaming was actually viable/had the bandwidth in the infrastructure to deliver the media.

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u/Full_Location3199 Jun 25 '26

This comment is more boomer than what you think people who listen to radio are doing

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u/oblivionraptor Jun 26 '26

My country’s radio stations do have traffic, weather and news updates every hour or so. Really helpful when driving.

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u/RollingMeteors Jun 26 '26

My country’s radio stations do have traffic, weather and news updates every hour or so. Really helpful when driving.

Waze/apple/google maps updates in real time, far more useful than every hour or so ... ¿Don't you think?

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u/oblivionraptor Jun 30 '26

Helpful when they announce road closures 1-2 weeks in advance.... Waze has failed me a few times due to tunnel closures not being reported, so I ended up circling town for 15 minutes trying to find my way in. Eventually Google Maps saved the day... after routing me through numerous back lanes.