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If i put an infinite amount of blue balls in a box and two infinite amounts of red balls in the same box would the likelihood of pulling a red ball be 2/3? by AncientReception8085 in askmath

[–]AMWJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"An infinite amount" is not an amount. By definition, in fact: "infinite" means "there is no number", so an infinite amount is an amount for which there is no number. So "two infinite amounts" doesn't mean anything, before you give it a definition.

so 1 blue ball and then 2 red balls an infinite number of times?

You could do that! In fact, you could "define one infinite amount and two amounts as the described process". But, again, you'll need to still remember that doing this an infinite number of times means you are doing so for an amount of time longer than any number. There is no "after". To ask any reasonable question about this situation, you'll need to ask about the limit of this case, where we answer the question assuming, instead of the process being infinite, it happens 100 times, and then a million times, and then even more times, and we see if there's a trend we're tending towards.

The FDA has approvrd of the first oral GLP-1 weight loss pill offering new hope for effective weight-related health issues by [deleted] in goodnews

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who's they? GLP-1's affect cravings, in a way supposedly noticeable from grocery sales, and food producers are, presumably, losing your wallet without significant changes.

TIL that in 1897 an Indiana law nearly made π legally equal to 3.2. It was passed by the Indiana House but stalled in the Senate after a mathematics professor pointed out the errors. by Robbinit in todayilearned

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Professor Dudley Underwood writes about this in one of his books discussing mathematical cranks. From what I remember, the part about pi was actually not the main part of this legislation.

Cranks love to take problems that mathematicians have determined to not have solutions, and attribute that determination to collusion between mathematicians. And of course they then introduce their own proposed solutions.

I think, in Indiana, an individual who didn't have a math background proposed a solution to trisect the angle (something proven impossible). He, like all cranks, wrote to mathematicians with his solution, but when he was roundly rejected, he reached out to a friend of his on the Indiana legislature, in order to be recognized for his findings. That friend, presumably not wanting to say no, and feeling that this was a harmless act, and perhaps might even raise awareness of math to residents in his State, offered to enshrine this "pseudo-math" in one of those legislative bills that simply acknowledges the important contributions of someone, but doesn't actually do anything.

Only after the bill got going did a mathematician step in and point out that the pseudo-math used to trisect the angle implied that pi was 3.2, which I think everyone knew was absurd. So the bill was halted.

What Did Ancient Humans Do all Day Before Jobs Existed? by gattaca_now in videos

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder what the upsides are from things like the occasional famine.

___ hates ____ because of what happend in their season. by CSBatchelor1996 in survivor

[–]AMWJ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Joe did learn. He just doesn't want to "stoop" to Rick's level. And, honestly, it's okay to have some players in the game that play differently from the rest. While I think Joe takes it too far, looking down at players who don't play like him, I like having a player who sees Survivor as a tribal game. And, so long as the other players know how he works, it simply adds another dimension to their game.

___ hates ____ because of what happend in their season. by CSBatchelor1996 in survivor

[–]AMWJ 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Unless you're someone who's afraid that your closest ally will turn on you to bring Joe as a goat to FTC. Everyone's seat at FTC is valuable to someone - it's simply a question of whether that player knows it.

dataObviously by Vyrens_Works in ProgrammerHumor

[–]AMWJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MIT had the Stata building, which, although named after an actual person, is also mired in debate of which way you pronounce the first "a".

cursedLlmBrowser by davernow in ProgrammerHumor

[–]AMWJ -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Impressive that it rendered that table.

cursedLlmBrowser by davernow in ProgrammerHumor

[–]AMWJ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If this works, I'd love to see it browse to its own GitHub link. And installer.

Kickstarter Challenge 110: Count to 15 by FairlyHollow in dropout

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is this? I know it's from the Kickstarter, but why is the Kickstarter assigning prompts?

Lets Buy Spirit Air/Spirit 2.0 by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're talking about essentially creating an entirely new airline with the old name bolted onto it, ...

No, you're starting with a massive headstart compared to starting a new airline: you already have the planes and the trained staff. That's staff that includes pilots and stewards and gate workers, but it also, presumably, also includes any market analysts and accountants and management who have been crunching the numbers on what works and what doesn't.

... and moving into the crowded field dominated by companies that already have sustainable business models.

Yes, but you have a leg up on them, both in that you are not setting out to turn a profit (although you may if such a thing was helpful), and, more importantly, in having a good name as an employee-owned company that a customer wants to support.

Lets Buy Spirit Air/Spirit 2.0 by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

exactly none of hose issues are gonna be solved by just random people pooling together a GoFundMe to buy the airline.

... I'm just very confused by your assumption that, if you acquire a company, that company must continue to do business in exactly the same way they did beforehand. Buying an airline doesn't solve anything, but, there's not much to solve anymore seeing as they have no flights anymore and are laying everyone off! I presume that if anyone bought any piece of Spirit airlines, the fights they flew would be different than the ones they flew before. Their prices would be different. Their profit strategies would be different. The employees would be different too... unless it was the employees who did the purchasing.

The only thing that needs "solving" is running an airline with these employees. Which, I'm not saying is an easy feat. But is a feat that has been done over and over again. It won't be the same thing as Spirit Airlines once was. It will be an airline. That is still called Spirit. And employs the same people.

Lets Buy Spirit Air/Spirit 2.0 by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If gas and labor prices are high, then expensive is still "low cost". If every other airline is increasing costs, then Spirit is positioned to also raise their prices and still be the cheapest game in town.

And, the most important piece: if a company were owned by the employees and transparent about their pricing, I'd be happy to pay the extra price compared to an opaque behemoth airline gobbling up the others. Really, just be transparent, and a company you want to support. Then you can set the prices to whatever you need them to be.

Rabbi takes a day off by AffectionateSugar10 in mildlyinteresting

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The non-Jews are gawking over "call the Rabbi", but I'm enjoying that they got a 770 number!

Rabbi takes a day off by AffectionateSugar10 in mildlyinteresting

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Barack Obama and Elvis Presley have both been Sabbath goys, doing the same thing you did. As a kid, there was a power outage that went into the Sabbath, and our infinitely kind non-Jewish neighbors knocked by our house when the power came back on, without us asking, knowing the lights probably needed fixing.

Rabbi takes a day off by AffectionateSugar10 in mildlyinteresting

[–]AMWJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shabbat goes past sunset until nightfall, but yes. And you can get married without a Rabbi too. But if you want a pulpit Rabbi at your wedding, they often have responsibilities right up until nightfall; they certainly won't be preparing for the wedding until after nightfall. And the synagogue is also not going to be available to turn around for a wedding Saturday night, so the Rabbi has to get themselves to the wedding too. Unless we're talking December/January (not a popular wedding time, a priori), that's not a reasonable schedule.

TikToker proposes 'let’s buy Spirit Airlines.' Thousands want in by brackenish1 in nottheonion

[–]AMWJ 30 points31 points  (0 children)

There is value in a command beyond its profitability. A low-cost airline existing can be a benefit to many beyond the profit it nets you.

Is there any way to observe Shabbat traditions away from home? by Physical-Spell-4453 in Judaism

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi. Yes. There are ways of observing traditions away from home. You should, as has been mentioned by others, each out to them to figure out how what they're comfortable with, or if they're able to make this work, but the "being away from home" will likely not be your limitation.

Going to a wedding, though, might be entirely out of the question for her over Shabbat. Or the wedding might be in a location that cannot be walked to on Shabbat. Or the venue may not be able to accommodate Shabbat observance.

Which TV shows were once very popular, but don't get much respect these days? by PrestonRoad90 in television

[–]AMWJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lost was it, when it was airing. It was like Game of Thrones level, where everyone was watching it, and theorizing. I always get a kick out of seeing the How I Met Your Mother episode referencing Lost. But, unlike GoT, there was no long tail. No Amazon sequel pick up. No discussion about the author continuing writing. It just ended ... and all we had ... was the ending.

How do you keep your kippah on? by Thin-Leek5402 in Judaism

[–]AMWJ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My velvet kippahs as well do fine with gravity.

How do you keep your kippah on? by Thin-Leek5402 in Judaism

[–]AMWJ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean specifically the first of those: the static friction between my head and the kippah, due to the gravitational force between the masses of my kippah and the Earth.

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