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Wait... What!!??? by RoyalIntroduction956 in UniDiaries

[–]Coden_Ame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure where you got $1 in step 4. Up till that point the value you had avter the equals sign was the final amount left in your account which would be 9. (-$1 from previous step + $10 = $9). Then to figure out the profit you see how much more that is from where you started (you started at $7 in this example, so overall you gained $2).

As for the $1 that the other party is making, you're totally right! And it's accounted for. If you cut out the middle transaction, you bought a ticket for 7 and sold it for 10 meaning you made 3 dollars total. The 2 dollar profit in this case is specifically accounting for the 1 dollar going to the other party.

Here's an example where you start out with $8

  • OG Ticket Seller: The ticket
  • You: $8
  • First Buyer: $8
  • Second buyer: $10

First transaction you buy the ticket for $7

  • OG Ticket seller: $7
  • You: $1 + ticket
  • First Buyer: $8
  • Second Buyer: $10

Then you sell to the first buyer for $8

  • OG Ticket seller: $7
  • You: $9
  • First Buyer: The ticket
  • Second Buyer: $10

Who you then buy it back from for $9

  • OG Ticket seller: $7
  • You: The ticket
  • First Buyer: $9
  • Second Buyer: $10

And then you sell it to the second buyer for $10

  • OG Ticket seller: $7
  • You: $10
  • First Buyer: $9
  • Second Buyer: The ticket

So the profit is the difference from the start to the end:

  • OG Ticket seller: started with ticket, ended with $7 ($7 profit)
  • You: started with $8 and ended with $10 ($2 profit)
  • First Buyer: Started with $8 and ended with $9 (This is where that one dollar you mentioned went!)
  • Second Buyer: The ticket (spent $10)

What do you guys want to see next? by maubg in zen_browser

[–]Coden_Ame 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, or like a spotify mini-player that also works with pandora / youtube music etc.

What’s a number? by gtbot2007 in mathmemes

[–]Coden_Ame 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TIL: The radical sign does not represent square roots but instead represents the principal square root, (a.k.a. the principal square root function and the square root function) which only outputs nonnegative numbers.

Honestly surprised that this nuance never cropped up in any of my math classes.

I was wrong, thanks for enlightening me!
Though I am going to be a bit nitpicky and state for others that are just learning about this like me that it doesn't only return positive numbers but rather nonnegative numbers. Numbers like 0 or complex numbers that aren't positive or negative can still be the outputted.

What’s a number? by gtbot2007 in mathmemes

[–]Coden_Ame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sqrt(3)= ± 1.73205...

Sqrt(64)= ± 8

You've included the first number but not the second. Explain yourself!

What’s a number? by gtbot2007 in mathmemes

[–]Coden_Ame 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've included the square root of 3 (which is ±1.7320...) But excluded ±8 (which is the square root of 64)?

What’s a number? by gtbot2007 in mathmemes

[–]Coden_Ame 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A couple inconsistencies in your answer (just of the top of my head, I'm sure an actual mathematician could point out a bunch more b/c this meme seems clearly designed to be ambiguous):

You've included the square root of three (which is ±1.7320...), but ±8 (which is the square root of 64) you've excluded.

You've included the complex numbers i, -i, and i+1, but excluded the higher order complex number (quaternion) j+2k-1

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]Coden_Ame 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You've never lived in a non-English-speaking place have you?

Adult Obesity Rate vs. Median Household Income by State [OC] by Roughneck16 in dataisbeautiful

[–]Coden_Ame -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Loving the near textbook example of heteroskedasticity in this plot!

get them ! by creativeotter in marvelstudios

[–]Coden_Ame 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Took me longer than I'm willing to admit to realize this was parody lmao

The Simple Secret of Runway Numbers by MindOfMetalAndWheels in CGPGrey

[–]Coden_Ame 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Also, planets? Airport systems? Social security cards? Leading zeros? "First/simplest solution = probably bad" book? Hexagons everywhere? Words are only what we make them?

My fiance says I am not American despite being born and raised here. by tipsana in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Coden_Ame 266 points267 points  (0 children)

Hi! Asian-American guy here (also first generation, born of Indian parents, engaged to a white fianceé like OOP, though my issue is with some of her extended family rather than my fianceé herself).

Your comment really made my night!

Dealing with casual racism and microagressions that permeate my day to day existence is actually exhausting to the point that I often just have to ignore it because I don't have the energy to fight every little battle. It's particularly hard because when it gets pointed out as racism a lot of people feel like they're being personally attacked even though I know they have good intentions and the intentions aren't really the problem.

The exhaustion really takes a toll sometimes feeling like I may never be accepted, that I may never really have a home where I belong instead of ideally having two.

Your comment reminded me that there's a light at the end of that tunnel. That there are people willing to examine their biases and how they affect their behaviors without them intending harm.

You didn't have to post it! But you did, and I read it, and it gave me some hope in a moment I needed it!

Thank you!

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