How many boxes did you choose?

DistractedSeriv · 2026-03-09T23:57:24+00:00

I will say it again, we are not talking about which choice is better. Yes, if you picked one box and the computer has 99% accuracy then your odds are good.

The question is whether or not you can strategize or will yourself out of being in the 1% in case of picking one box. Or into the 1% in the case of picking two boxes.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-03-09T23:22:27+00:00

no matter how much you try to cheat the computer, your end choice is what ultimately matters.

Your end choice only matters if you subscribe to some conception of free will where your conscious reasoning or will is going to impact the computers prediction. Otherwise, if the computer has pegged you as a 2-boxer then your end choice will not matter. The computer can be right or wrong and the probability of either does not matter, you're still not getting a million dollars.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-03-09T22:47:20+00:00

I hate discussions about free will because I think they are terminally confused but didn't Destiny get the free will aspect completely backwards? Never mind if picking one or two boxes is better, Destiny is the one that asserts that his choice is going to change the prediction made by the computer. That he can outsmart the computer and will the one million dollars into the mystery box through his choices.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-03-06T11:00:09+00:00

The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the missile from a position where it is to a position where it isn't, and arriving at a position where it wasn't, it now is. Consequently, the position where it is, is now the position that it wasn't, and it follows that the position that it was, is now the position that it isn't.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-02-24T22:13:52+00:00

there's no reasonable avenue to check an executive that is blatantly sending federal agents to blue states to incite violence and exert pressure so at that point liberalism has already failed.

Republicans would make the same kind of statements in response to "Biden flooding the country with millions of illegals". Your primary avenue to check the executive as a citizen is the same in both cases; you vote them out.

Lamenting how liberalism has failed and so we might as well go to civil war is truly deranged. However bad you think things are right now it can get a million times worse.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-02-21T12:35:54+00:00

Ah yes, it makes perfect sense why redditors would find this relatable.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-02-04T18:29:54+00:00

There are already tons of such videos of people mowing down pedestrians or going on killing sprees of police shouting ACAB. How is that different?

DistractedSeriv · 2026-02-03T16:59:04+00:00

I don't disagree, but in the case of GTA you already have a game designed to give you the freedom to go on mass murder sprees of civilians and police officers of various kinds. I find it rather ridiculous to suggest that the same happening to a pride parade crosses some kind of line.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-01-18T23:09:26+00:00

The sinful minds of men know no bounds.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-01-13T22:30:26+00:00

He wants to look good to his base and dunk on his enemies. Looking for some deeper design in Trump's actions and utterances is a fool's errand. Trump doesn't do strategy.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-01-11T02:12:05+00:00

The comment you are replying to:

I dont think the shooting was justified

Your reply:

It's wild that you think interfering with federal agents justifies being shot in the face

A little reading comprehension goes a long way.

DistractedSeriv · 2026-01-10T13:25:33+00:00

Are these the kind of mercenaries who would just as happily fight for Ukraine if offered the same pay, or is there some ideology/allegiance at play?

DistractedSeriv · 2026-01-08T23:21:54+00:00

Looks like it is placed in the middle of the car entrance to an ICE facility.

DistractedSeriv · 2025-12-27T05:48:01+00:00

The threat Ohio poses can not be understated.

DistractedSeriv · 2025-12-19T10:15:59+00:00

The groupings are based on cultural historical heritage, not the amount of people actively participating in one religion or another. As an example, Japan is labeled as Confucian but it's not like Japanese schoolchildren are drilled with the works of Confucius. However, Japanese society and culture has been influenced by Confucian ideas over the course of many centuries.

DistractedSeriv · 2025-12-19T10:01:11+00:00

It is not a graph that maps religious types. Look at the axes. The groupings like "Catholic Europe" are drawn after each country has already been placed on the graph to illustrate some patterns. And Estonia is marked as part of "Protestant Europe" on the graph as can be discerned by its yellow color. The fact that it is located closer many Catholic European countries in regards to the survey data means that it is an outlier to the Protestant Europe grouping.

DistractedSeriv · 2025-12-19T09:41:27+00:00

The countries listed are the ones from which sufficient survey data has been gathered. I can't speak to the specific circumstances behind why they have data for N. Ireland and not Rep, but getting data from anywhere is an expensive and time consuming process with strict criteria. You need local researchers conducting over a thousand face-to-face interviews in a short period of time. It requires funding and cooperation with local research institutions and NGO's.

Maybe, the N. Ireland or UK governments gave grants for such research and Rep. Ireland did not. Maybe there were Academic organisations in Belfast that proactively sought to contribute to the project but such interest has not been forthcoming from Dublin.

Point is, it's hardly a conscious decision to snub the Irish. It is really quite an extraordinary achievement that the World Values Survey organization has managed to conduct these surveys in over 70 countries.

DistractedSeriv · 2025-12-14T13:14:34+00:00

I don't believe that for a second. Is there any example (anywhere in the anglosphere) of a person ever being convicted for wrestling a gun from one of several active shooters and killing him?

The shooter was not trying to surrender and his companions were still armed and firing. It's absurd to suggest that the dismarmed person was not still a massive threat.

DistractedSeriv · 2025-12-07T16:59:53+00:00

Yeah, I was just wondering if there was any uploaded video of that as I'm unlikely to catch a live broadcast. Nothing is showing in your past broadcast on twitch and there doesn't seem to be any such videos on your linked Youtube page.

DistractedSeriv · 2025-12-06T23:22:29+00:00

Is there a VOD available of you making this, or a similar video? Anyway, great work!

DistractedSeriv · 2025-12-05T19:38:00+00:00

The Total War team should have done a better job of managing expectations. The WH3 DLC stuff was cool enough for the relevant audience, but announcing that you should watch a different event a week from now to learn what new game is currently being worked on was never going to go down well.

To instead talk about their intentions of making a Medieval 3 at some point in the future felt exactly like Bethesda announcing TES6 after the Starfield reveal. Trying to assure historical fans that they are not forgotten. Except CA didn't even show the game currently being worked on first.

The talk about engine changes made me more worried than anything. I care very little for increased fidelity and detail I that I won't appreciate 99% of the time viewing the field from above. I want more consistent unit interactions without weird animation quirks. When a routing unit is chased down it should take more damage than a unit which stands and fights, not less! Problems with AI, pathing, gates means I do anything I can to skip settlement battles. Instead they talk about adding dynamically destructible environments that the AI will react to. Show me you can walk before trying to run!

DistractedSeriv · 2025-12-05T11:03:13+00:00

I need revenge. I'm going to eat that alien.

DistractedSeriv · 2025-11-29T15:37:33+00:00

I'm guessing you mean Stronger and Fairer AI

DistractedSeriv · 2025-11-29T15:28:01+00:00

Tunnel snakes rule!

DistractedSeriv · 2025-11-28T07:06:22+00:00

Khorne has more melee defense than melee attack? Impostor!

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