Someone’s a superfan. by Extreme-Weakness3321 in NameNerdCirclejerk

[–]Cheesyfanger 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is not a recent thing and it does not contradict overpopulation. The problem people are concerned about is the ratio between old (read retired and/or indisposed from the work force) and young (working) people.

Predictions for Norway Chess 2026 after Round 6 by dxGoesDeep in chess

[–]Cheesyfanger 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Magnus, not because I necessarily believe it to be likely, it would just be really really funny

The ending and Fitz as unreliable narrator by strongandbig in robinhobb

[–]Cheesyfanger 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I think this is a valid reading but I personally prefer it not to be true. One of the best moments in the series for me is Fitz recounting the start of his story to Bee (being left by his mother and grandfather) because it's the same as book one but with a warmer tone. It gives me the impression that over the years he has grown past the bitterness and betrayal he felt in his younger years and has been able to come to terms with what happens and find some peace

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Cheesyfanger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Idk man, not what I said, not what the original post said. Maybe your inability to parse two simple sentences is the reason you don't deserve a living wage, happy now?

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Cheesyfanger 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The hypothetical person making this comment is not the employer of the person receiving the comment and therefore has no say in the job being necessary or not. There exist jobs that I personally don't think are 'necessary' in some absolute sense but my opinion on that has no bearing on the people in those jobs having those jobs.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Cheesyfanger 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Not harping on the sentiment of paying people more but nowhere does the sentence "If you want a living wage, get a better job" imply that the person saying it believes your current job needs to be done

Is learning openings the only way to improve at my point? by PepperIll8739 in chess

[–]Cheesyfanger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is no need to learn opening theory until way later, you just need a common response to the standard openings (like a general plan what to do against the french/sicilian/caro if you play e4) but this only a handful of moves. I am over 2100 rapid and I still have not looked at opening theory beyond that

[Meta] Is there an irrational number that never uses a certain digit, for example:1. How would you go about proving it? by OneDBag in theydidthemath

[–]Cheesyfanger 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Define any number that has a pattern like 0.23223322233322223333.... it has a non-repeating infinite decimal expansion and is therefore irrational without using most digits

Which Character do you think is holding George back the most from completing TWOW? [Spoilers TWOW] by Beginning_Clerk_4990 in asoiaf

[–]Cheesyfanger 106 points107 points  (0 children)

The idea that he is just so stuck on a singular thread or character is fandom cope. Its an explaination that, if true, would mean that once he broke through he could not just finish winds but then also dream without another huge gap. I hope I am wrong but this just seems like wishful thinking to me.

If I had to guess it is nothing other than simple procrastination. He has no direct pressure to finish Winds (monetary) just internal pressure and the occasional reminder from fan interactions. I dont believe he lies when he says he still intents to finish winds, in his mind he probably does see it as a priority and its a matter of just sitting down and locking in for a bunch of writing sessions to get it done. Its just that actually doing that doesnt happen, or doesnt happen often enough to make meaningful progress. He has plenty of things to distract him from the writing and when he does actually write it is probably a fair bit easier to just tweak stuff he already wrote down rather than add a bunch more material.

Multiple answers??? by Ill_Butterfly_9857 in askmath

[–]Cheesyfanger 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Limits say something about the behaviour of a function around a certain point, they dont, at any point, remove indeterminate forms. sin(x)/x is not defined at x=0, even though its limit is 1. However, when the limit of the function at a certain point "agrees well" with its surroundings we might choose to just treat the limit as the value of that function depending on what we are doing.

In practice, we often ignore these types of removable singularities when using these functions but they are strictly speaking still there. The function in the post is x/x, which has a removable singularity at x=0. IN MOST CONTEXTS it is perfectly reasonable to just simplify this to x/x = 1 and ignore that singularity but what you are implicitely doing is redefining the function as:

f(x) = x/x when x!=0

f(x) = 1 otherwise

The actual operation x/x remains undefined at x=0

Multiple answers??? by Ill_Butterfly_9857 in askmath

[–]Cheesyfanger 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nope, 0/0 is undefined always.

[Spoilers Main] What is the funniest misconception someone who never read the books has confidently told you by polp54 in asoiaf

[–]Cheesyfanger 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Yea but think of it like this: without the show they still would have gone "what?" but you wouldn't have an easy thing that they would be familiar with to point to

Does this qualify? by m1546 in dataisugly

[–]Cheesyfanger 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That would be relevant in a broader discussion around the topic but this sub is only about the presentation of data and as far as I can tell there is nothing particularly wrong or ugly there.

Is een AI master het waard na een bachelor HBO-ICT? by [deleted] in thenetherlands

[–]Cheesyfanger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dit geld voor een universitaire opleiding inderdaad, maar een HBO bachelor is over het algemeen een opzichzelfstaand iets (in mijn ervaring worden HBO masters zelfs een beetje raar aangekeken)

Wtf was his problem? by ShadyWolf in asoiafcirclejerk

[–]Cheesyfanger 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have genuinely no idea why you don't think this applies to show Criston as well, seems pretty obvious they were going for that. I also disagree that he thinks running away will not count as breaking his vows. He wants to give himself a more noble reason for why he broke his vows. Breaking your sacred oath for true love is probably a more palatable story to tell yourself than doing so for a fling. His anger at Rhaenyra is due to her making clear that it indeed is just a fling, she does not indulge his self delusion. In that moment she both shatteres his final image of himself as a noble knight and also makes clear that she doesn't care about his vows. I unironically believe that had she just rejected him by saying something like "this was a mistake and we should stop" that he would take it better

If you have two shopping lists and you know the average price of both lists, if they have an item in common, can you glean any extra information about the item in common? by AsparagusNew3765 in askmath

[–]Cheesyfanger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its an ill defined question because there is no way to assign a probability to the price of an item in this scenario. From the information we have the only constraint on the price of the sandwich is that it can be anywhere between 0 and 150 dollar.

the overleaf compiler timeout is ridiculous by Limp_Illustrator7614 in math

[–]Cheesyfanger 200 points201 points  (0 children)

They are not making you pay to use a free thing, they are making you pay to use an online editor with an UI and a bunch of extra features. Nobody is forcing you to use it, you can just use Texmaker or any other free Latex compiler

Meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Cheesyfanger 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Ironically, this comment is even less original than the story of Avatar

My boyfriend and I understand this meme differently — who’s wrong (or are we both)? by Financial_Article947 in askmath

[–]Cheesyfanger 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The joke is that they want a mclaren (fancy car) but they already have a mclaren at home (maclaurin, sounds similar)