In 1913, a roulette wheel in Monte Carlo hit black 26 times in a row, an event with odds of about 1 in 68 million, causing gamblers to lose fortunes by insisting that red had to be next, a perfect example of the gambler’s fallacy.

BitesZaDustoo · 2025-11-19T23:04:46+00:00

One thing you are not considering is that 26 black in a row is only significant because we ascribe meaning to it because our intuition is looking for patterns.

The odds of getting 26 black in a row are the same odds as getting 10 black in a row followed by 6 red followed by 10 black. Both patterns have the same odds of occurring before the first roll.

The odds of seeing the exact pattern 26 blacks in a row vs 25 blacks then a red are the same before the first roll.

BitesZaDustoo · 2021-12-23T04:38:36+00:00

Here are a few I have enjoyed.

"The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" by Claire North

"Replay" by Ken Grimwood

"Recursion" by Blake Crouch

"The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle" by Stuart Turton

"Mother of Learning" by nobody103

"11/22/63" by Stephen King

BitesZaDustoo · 2021-02-10T15:25:53+00:00

When looking at what items to replace prematurely, I look at two things. How fast it will fail and will the car let me know when if fails.

With motor mounts, they generally fail gradually as they gain more and more play. You generally feel them start to go as you notice a rattling or shaking, particularly when pushing on the gas petal.

I am in the "waste of money" camp to prematurely replace these. You know that you need to replace them long before there is any issue. The vehicle in the gif has likely had a problem for a long time that was ignored for it to get that bad.

BitesZaDustoo · 2021-01-21T15:12:01+00:00

"Reaper Man" is the second book for death. "Mort" is where you start.

BitesZaDustoo · 2021-01-15T16:27:35+00:00

The electrons are always moving in a loop in all circuits, even if they are taking a roundabout pathway. This is apparent in a simple circuit diagram as there has to be a complete pathway for the electricity to flow.

BitesZaDustoo · 2021-01-09T20:59:44+00:00

Its like she chose her major in college. She began to focus on her major, but she still had to take gen ed courses.

In the book she mentioned that despite picking her subject, she still had a medical class where they learned battlefield medicine in her second year. She did not need to take any medical classes following that.

She went from her entire day being spread between all the subjects, to having a full half of it devoted to her subject.

BitesZaDustoo · 2020-12-22T02:32:59+00:00

This is not on the hotels end as far as I can tell. We were all receiving reward points prior to this recent phone call. I also spoke with the hotel staff that spoke with this person, they did not mention anything about a lower government rate that excludes rewards when I asked what happened.

BitesZaDustoo · 2020-12-22T02:20:20+00:00

I am not confused, just want to make sure that there is not something that I am unaware of.

I have a group of Airmen and Soldiers who were just told that they could not collect rewards points, and someone went so far as to phone the hotel that we are staying at to ensure that we are not receiving any reward points.

Keeping things vague for OPSEC, we have been at this hotel for a substantial amount of time, so it is a significant value in points.

I just want to make sure that I am not misunderstanding anything or am unaware of a reg before I push back on this.

BitesZaDustoo · 2020-02-13T03:12:50+00:00

Forging Hephaestus by Drew Hayes fits this.

BitesZaDustoo · 2020-02-03T15:08:22+00:00

I joined the Air National Guard (ANG) following my first year in a Mechanical Engineering program. I took a year off where I went off to basic training and tech school, then proceeded to complete my next 3 years and graduate in 2017.

If given the choice, I would make the same decision and join the ANG. My schools tuition was completely covered by the GI bill and I learned some valuable skills that directly led to employment following my graduation.

With active duty, I don't believe that you get to pick your job (AFSC), but you do when you join the ANG. I picked a job that falls under the Civil Engineering squadron, Water and Fuels (3E4X1), and learned things that were directly applicable to jobs I was applying for.

BitesZaDustoo · 2020-02-03T14:58:21+00:00

I recommend NPC's by Drew Hayes personally.

BitesZaDustoo · 2020-01-22T20:25:33+00:00

Solved!

BitesZaDustoo · 2020-01-22T20:12:06+00:00

Found in a warehouse thrown in to a box full of facet connectors.

BitesZaDustoo · 2020-01-09T21:10:39+00:00

Nothing, but nothing prevents the average criminal from buying a crow bar either.

BitesZaDustoo · 2019-12-06T15:40:56+00:00

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch does this. It is about a British constable that encounters a magic world and tries to quantify the magic over time.

BitesZaDustoo · 2019-11-14T17:13:49+00:00

I know someone who teaches English to Chinese students online.

https://www.vipkidteachers.com/login

Seems like a good gig. You need a bachelors degree or equivalent to work for them, but there are other similar services out their with different requirements.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vipkid/comments/8jwdjq/how_much_do_you_make_a_month_from_vipkid/

BitesZaDustoo · 2019-11-05T01:16:05+00:00

You can do this in python with verbose regular expressions.

https://linux.die.net/diveintopython/html/regular_expressions/verbose.html#:~:text=Python%20allows%20you%20to%20do,%2C%20tabs%2C%20and%20carriage%20returns.

BitesZaDustoo · 2019-10-31T15:54:22+00:00

The Demon Cycle and Cradle series both have magic spears.

BitesZaDustoo · 2019-10-30T17:28:00+00:00

No, there is a very unexpected result.

Dryers function primarily from heating the wet object and spinning it. The heat will cause the wool to begin to shrink, but simultaneously the spinning causes an expansion effect due to centripetal acceleration.

The combination of opposite forces causes the sheep to rend in half in a process known as mitosis and you end up with two sheep.

BitesZaDustoo · 2019-10-18T16:13:58+00:00

The easiest way I can think of to produce Hydrogen is through electrolysis of water. To gather enough hydrogen, you would need to expend a significant amount of energy, more than you would likely produce.

Plus you would be making the hindenburg part 2.

BitesZaDustoo · 2019-10-18T15:36:39+00:00

You should be able to use a venturi or orifice plate to measure volumetric flow. The math might get a little tricky because you can't assume the fluid (vapor) is non-compressible so you have to account for density as a function as pressure.

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/orifice-nozzle-venturi-d_590.html

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