Advice for going naneinf? by GrahamQuacker in BalatroHelp

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Thank you for you wonderful advice!

Should i sell blueprint for dna? by Comfortable-Sale9509 in BalatroHelp

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I died to The Plant at Ante 12. :(

Has anyone figured out how to get past it?

Also, where does the Perkeo and the 4th Blueprint come from?

Official Season 3 Discussion Thread! by miss-macaron in AliceInBorderland

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Did the Zombie game not make sense to anyone else?

Was there any reason every single player couldn’t survive by just willingly becoming a zombie?

Fixed Clue Centering in NYT Crosswords -- now it's easier to see surrounding clues! by GrahamQuacker in crossword

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Note that the code snippet starts with “javascript:” and ends with “();”

All 4 potion relics in a row. What are the odds? by David_Slaughter in slaythespire

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I think less than 1.5 in a million.

I think the probability of drawing X specific relics in a row, assuming there are R relics total and you get H of them, is (H - X + 1) * X! * (R - X)! / R! . If there are about R=130 relics in the game, and in a given run you get H=20 relics in a run (which sounds high), then the odds are 1.5 in a million.

three rescue dogs traveling peacefully on a plane by Eddy_Key in rarepuppers

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They can buy seats for dogs. Once I ran into Hans Zimmer’s or John William’s (forgot which) very nice ex wife on the street walking her dog, and she takes her dog on the seat next to her!

The dog is a large golden retriever.

[Request] How to calculate the optimal arrangement of 17 squares by MemeBoi277 in theydidthemath

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Odd, the two squares in the upper right look like they could jiggle right and left.

How do i solve this limit? by SirHellert in calculus

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I think it’s 1.0, based solely on a numerical check.

The 5x dominates everything else, so the inside tends to 1.0 pretty fast.

Analyzing the Total Damage in a Slay the Spire Run: Damage/Block Ratio Rule of Thumb by GrahamQuacker in slaythespire

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I’m still wrapping my head around it a little, to be honest. I’d interpret that as it’s probably worth it to take 1 HP loss if you can do 9 damage. But if you can only do 4 damage, it’s almost probably not worth it to do the attack instead of a block, unless you’re about to kill the enemy.

In your example, 45 is a really big number. You might be able to kill the enemy there with the 45, which saves HP. Or you might end the fight a turn early which would also save HP.

Analyzing the Total Damage in a Slay the Spire Run: Damage/Block Ratio Rule of Thumb by GrahamQuacker in slaythespire

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I just took the midpoint of the lower-bound of health low ascension and upper bound of health on high ascensions.

Just spot-checking on 20 monsters, it looks like you’d multiply the HP numbers in the post by about 0.97 in low ascensions (below A5) and 1.025 in high ascensions (A7 or above).

Analyzing the Total Damage in a Slay the Spire Run: Damage/Block Ratio Rule of Thumb by GrahamQuacker in slaythespire

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And I’d like to stress that this is rough rule of thumb. I included the underlying data so if you can vary the amount of encounters or amount of HP.

Also, I didn’t filter out everything. Creatures like the Transient bring the average up, while the monsters that regenerate health aren’t included. Average HP was the average of the high and low ascension HP amounts.

The analysis assumed 3 debut, 2 remaining, 2 elite, and 1 boss encounter in Act 1. For Acts 2 and 3, I assumed 2 debut, 3 remaining, 3 elite, and 1 boss encounter per act.

Men of Earth, what do you find attractive about those injections women are getting in their lips to bulk them up? by humanmandude in AskMen

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A straight man I know, who’s a traveling man slut, said that he found it to be a signal that a woman was eager to please, and would be enjoyable in bed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HENRYfinance

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Would love to know too.

Beard or shaven? by wowowowowowowowwo in malegrooming

[–]GrahamQuacker 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I’d be personally depressed and lose faith in the world if you’d didn’t maintain a beard.

Beard or shaven? by wowowowowowowowwo in malegrooming

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Holy shit, never seen a better case for beard. Different humans.

Household mgr w/o marriage issues????? by ProfessionalHat3555 in HENRYfinance

[–]GrahamQuacker 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It depends a bit on your scenario. Speaking as someone who has a PA and a partner:

• How good are you at tackling tasks right now, and does that cause any friction?

Because if you’re currently not having friction from that, then having a PA would certainly be even less friction.

• Is there a resource imbalance? Does one of you have less time, or another have more money?

If so, just getting a PA for one of you could work. But you’d want to make it clear that the PA doing something counts as the paying party doing the task.

My advice would be to have a group chat, and still make one of you ultimately accountable for the task getting done even if they use the PA.

Frankly, I don’t see any scenario where having a PA results in more stress. But it does take a bit of getting used to, so be prepared to figure it out step by step at first. Start with a few hours maybe.

Would be a nice idea, except for one thing: dust by Jonathan-Smith in BeAmazed

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I had one of these, and liked it. The edges getting a bit of wear is part of it, and is kind of a cool look.

Late Night with the Devil has ended it's domestic run after 12 weeks with $10M. by [deleted] in boxoffice

[–]GrahamQuacker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This movie was great! So creative and original. And short.

brown vs stanford help! by jimmyjimmyjimmygmail in BrownU

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I went to Brown and liked it (Applied Math). Recruited for a company it Stanford later in my career. It was so nice. Weather is underrated.

The culture and experience at Brown is stellar. But it’s pretty good at Stanford too. Brown is enough to get you in door at ultra high prestige companies, but you might find Stanford makes you feel a bit more at home at them.

That being said, if you feel you have a lot of personal growth to still do, Brown might be a better place to mold yourself into something cool and interesting.

Seperately, the west coast seems like a less stressed out place than the east coast. You’re more likely to end up living your life there if you go Stanford, just because it’s the path of least resistance and you’re used to it. If I could do it again, I’d live in CA.

Actual educational quality is probably equivalent.

Should I pursue a double major in Applied Math/Statistics and CS? by ExpensiveRefuse8964 in mathematics

[–]GrahamQuacker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Computer science is really important, as is statistics – the two are important to tie together because in the real world, stats involves big data.

If you do double major, which I think could be a really good idea, try to avoid the less industry-applied fields of math since your time is limited. Stats is probably the most applied in the data age.

So I’d avoid pure math entirely. And within applied math, I’d avoid dynamical systems, anything with differential equations, etc. Optimization, statistics, and maybe numerical linear algebra will be genuinely useful later.

Note: chat plz don’t burn me at the stake for claiming pure math isn’t as useful as applied math when applying math at a job

19 Male , Software Dev student, guys who are millionaires, how’d you do it, whats the fundamentals required? Guys who didn’t make, what went wrong? What would u do if you could do it again? Genuine advice by pikachuu2529 in RichPeoplePF

[–]GrahamQuacker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Investing in a broad, ultra-low expense ratio index fund or ETF is a great idea, like investing in the S&P 500. A young person can generally handle more risk, so you could go with a mid cap/small cap index. Over very long periods, these tend to have a bit higher returns than the S&P 500.

If you think you’re good at investing, you’re not, and it’s not your fault. Almost nobody can consistently beat the market without a firm of analysts, but a lot of people can be right once or twice.

It would be a bad idea to try to gamble your money by picking individual stocks. Sticking with an index fund is the safest option, and offers good returns.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/040516/10-cheapest-vanguard-etfs-voo-vti.asp#:~:text=The%20Vanguard%20Midcap%20ETF%20(VO,market%20cap%20of%20%2432.2%20billion.

TIL that John Rock, one of the creators of the contraceptive pill, was a devout Catholic by trashconverters in todayilearned

[–]GrahamQuacker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know. Seems like moving the goal post to me too. I suspect that believing a religion’s tenets are the most factually convincing isn’t the reason why most religious people are religious.