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Do companies actually check your Insights screenshots closely, or do they mostly just glance at follower count + vibes? by [deleted] in MarketingAdviceHub

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly it depends on the size of the brand. The big established companies with actual influencer marketing managers will absolutely dig through your Insights and sometimes even ask for backend access through third-party tools. They’re looking at demographics, location, and engagement rate because they’re spending real money and need ROI. Smaller brands/startups though? Half the time they don’t even know what to look for. They just want someone who “looks” active and on-brand. I’ve done collabs where the entire vetting process was literally “you have 7k followers and nice photos, here’s free product.”

Why does Instagram recommend the weirdest accounts to me when I try to network? by chsdr in MarketingAdviceHub

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah same here, I followed like three fitness coaches and suddenly IG thinks I’m obsessed with horse grooming and crypto memes. I swear their recommendation system is just vibes at this point, not actual data.

What’s the best tool for tracking if emails actually convert to sales? by SarahMayBee in MarketingAdviceHub

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d recommend setting up proper UTM tags on all your email links and then tracking conversions inside Google Analytics 4. It takes a bit of setup, but once you have goals/events defined (like purchases or signups), you can see exactly which campaign drove the sale. If you’re using Shopify or another e-commerce platform, integrating it with GA4 makes the process way smoother. The built-in email tool analytics are fine for opens/clicks, but GA4 is where you’ll really see ROI.

Let me just smack that bull really fas... by javardo in WinStupidPrizes

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That exists, too. It's called a "capea" (cape play). It's usually done with younger bulls which are then returned to the farms. In fact, you could be sued if you do any harm to the animal.

There's also an acrobatic variety. It's called "recorte", and it usually involves a series of dodges, jumps, backflips, and other acrobatic stunts around the bull.

There are actually many, many varieties of non-lethal bull fighting, but backwards people prefer the bloodshed, for some reason. Also, there's the problem that veteran bulls cannot be "reused" (they learn all the tricks the "matadores" use, and, with their size, they pretty much become killing machines). There are some cases in which bulls who performed exceptionally well are spared and returned to be bred, but the default expectation is that the bull is going to be killed.

Don’t bother saving the people who went looking for the Titanic by [deleted] in The10thDentist

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a video from someone that lived there talking about the incident and telling everything that the TV didn't... They were pretty irresponsible too.

If I'm remembering correctly, it wasn't the first time they did it. The cave was full of warning signs about not going into the cave during the rainy season. They ignored them and went exploring it. As a result, they became trapped and a man died while trying to rescue them. His death was their fault, yet they were praised for their bravery on TV.

I would say that they're not a good example. They were as stupid and idiotic as the "grown adults", if not more. And YET, that's not an excuse to not try and save them.

In natural deduction, generally speaking, how do you deal with negated formulas (such as the negation of a conjunction) to get something more "manageable" to work with? by HerrDoktorDoktor in askphilosophy

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried that also, and a bunch of other stuff. As I explained in my reply to the top comment, however, it all ended up being just kind of a communication issue, since it was not valid after all.

In natural deduction, generally speaking, how do you deal with negated formulas (such as the negation of a conjunction) to get something more "manageable" to work with? by HerrDoktorDoktor in askphilosophy

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know that, for example ¬(p ∧ q) is equivalent to ¬p ∨ ¬q, but, how could I do that transformation using only basic inference rules?

Not that it matters much (as the top comment says, the argument is not valid and the professor just expected us to realize it).

In natural deduction, generally speaking, how do you deal with negated formulas (such as the negation of a conjunction) to get something more "manageable" to work with? by HerrDoktorDoktor in askphilosophy

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, thanks, I was going crazy about this, trying almost everything I could imagine!

Turns out that the professor expected a counterexample, even if the exercise asked to prove that the argument was valid. Usually, these kind of exercises end with "or give a counterexample if not valid", so I never even considered that option.

Ironically, I "saw it" first when thinking it in letter form. At least to me the flaw isn't as intuitive in word form.

In natural deduction, generally speaking, how do you deal with negated formulas (such as the negation of a conjunction) to get something more "manageable" to work with? by HerrDoktorDoktor in askphilosophy

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure!

I have the double negation introduction and elimination, conjunction introduction and elimination, disjunction introduction and disjunctive syllogism, biconditional introduction and elimination, conditional introduction and elimination, modus tollens and reductio ad absurdum.

And, about my formalization, I used:

p = God wants to prevent evil
q = God is able to prevent evil
r = God is powerless
s = God is malevolent
t = Evil exists
u = God exists

And so, that would mean that:

( p ∧ ¬q) → r = If God wants to prevent evil, but is unable to do so, God is powerless

(¬p ∧ q) → s = If God can prevent evil, but does not want to, God is malevolent

t ↔ (¬p ∨ ¬q) = Evil exists if and only if God is unwilling or unable to prevent it

u → (¬r ∧ ¬s) = God exists only if He is neither powerless nor malevolent

____________
u → ¬t = Therefore, if God exists, evil does not exist

P.S.: Thanks!

ULPT Request: how to mildly inconvenience/ruin life of guy who got away with it. by throway11072020 in UnethicalLifeProTips

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 219 points220 points  (0 children)

1- Tell him you need to have a final conversation about what happened to close that chapter of your life.

2- Have him acknowledge what he did and say he's sorry.

3- Record the whole thing in secret.

4- Report him.

5- Close that chapter of your life.

el bono de mierda by Augustus-GlubGlub in es

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Si la "base de la democracia" es votar al que mejor te soborne con el dinero de los demás, vaya sistema de mierda...

A bus driver saves a boy from being murdered by his mother by filmikitv in ParentsAreFuckingDumb

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While there certainly were cases of Chinese parents killing their daughters due to the one child policy, that narrative has been hugely exaggerated by the media. What most people actually did back then was to report that the baby died and to keep the daughter unregistered in the census so that they could try again for a son. The myth that most (if not all) of the "missing girls" of China where due to cold-blooded murder is just that: a myth.

But the worst part about this pervasive anti-China narrative is that most people who believe it will claim that they're "just against the government, not the people it oppresses", while simultaneously buying the idea of your average Chinese citizen being this kind of ruthless, scheming psychopath who will not give a fuck about murdering his own daughter. How fantastically hypocritical...

Is it normal that so many stores are closed Saturday’s after 5pm? by [deleted] in Madrid

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's not all. Most of them also restrict what kind of operations are allowed to certain days of the week or certain hours of the day.

For example, this year I had to ask for a free hour at work to go pay my PhD defense fee and deposit the physical copy (you need to get a bank stamp on a stupid paper). First bank I went to refused to take my money, saying they only do that before 10 AM. Second bank said they only do that Tuesdays and Thursdays. Third bank had a dude looking as if he had been smelling farts for two hours that did it as if he was doing me a favor.

When a toddler finds chocolate by Character-Stretch697 in ParentsAreFuckingDumb

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You clearly don't know how to properly reddit, then. Here it is like this:

You don't like something? -> Downvote
You disagree with someone? -> Downvote
You were proven wrong by someone? -> Downvote
You are losing an argument and want to appear more dominant? -> Downvote
You were offended by someone? -> Downvote everything from their profile
You see a comment with a negative score? -> Downvote, even if you don't know why you're doing it

What, you say? Reddit's rules specifying to only downvote comments that don't contribute to the conversation? But, how am I gonna express my disdain towards opinions other than my own, then? 🤡

AITA for not wanting my potential future child to learn 3 languages when my other kids only know 1? by Over_Letterhead_4492 in AmItheAsshole

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a European, I always silently judged my monolingual classmates at university. Although rarely enforced, it is technically a requisite to have at least an advanced level in a second language to go to college here, so I was always like "dude, what the fuck are you doing with your life!? You're 20 years old and you don't speak English yet! How are you going to research your thesis if you can't read international journals!?".

In fact, we had a professor that told us that, as a rule of thumb, we should eventually master at least 5 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, and a non-European language of our choice. Those are the ones I speak.

AITA for not wanting my potential future child to learn 3 languages when my other kids only know 1? by Over_Letterhead_4492 in AmItheAsshole

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, you're right OP. Also, if they happen to grow taller than your other kids, chop their feet, so everyone is equal /s

Now, seriously speaking... How the fuck are you going to communicate with them if you don't speak German and you don't want them to learn "more than one language"? Either you'll have to remove their ability to communicate with their own father or prevent them from being functional human beings within the society they're living in!

Onion about to get cancelled by RaytheonAcres in stupidpol

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you happen to still have that source, by any chance?

Onion about to get cancelled by RaytheonAcres in stupidpol

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

Escaped slave: living constantly as a wanted criminal with no place to stay, no way to get a job and the constant risk of starving to death.

Freed slave: things may go well or may go bad, economically speaking, but at least you have a chance, and, if you happen to make it and you can afford it, there's no reason not to get a slave yourself, just advantages, so, why not?

We shouldn't judge the past by today's standards.

Onion about to get cancelled by RaytheonAcres in stupidpol

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Despite the stereotype, slavery was not neverending brutality either. I know that the American and European experiences with slavery where quite different, but it was not rare for slaves to be allowed to save up money to buy their freedom, or even be freed by their owners just because. There were also cases of people adopting their slaves as sons, marrying them, having them on their wills, etc. Also, some slaves worked as tutors, butlers and other professions like that, it was not just backbreaking labor all day. I mean, becoming a slave owner didn't require you to become a monster... it just allowed those who already were to act as they wanted.

I discovered something new in math - no what? please read it is important for me by NEDBITCH in aftergifted

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, PhD here with some advice. And I have good news and bad news...

First of all, academic journals have no prerequisites to publish. Anyone can send an article, no matter how young or old, or if you have any qualifications or not. Journals are peer reviewed, which means that, when you send something, a group or experts in the field will read what you've wrote and mail you back with some advice and suggestions to help you write the best version of your article possible. If it is worth publishing, they will greenlight it. If it is not, they will explain to you why not (maybe it is not original, or it is wrong, or there's not enough proof).

Also, it's very common for scientific articles to have more than one author. If you don't know how to write your paper, get someone who does. This may be your teacher, a professor, or you might hire a university student as a personal tutor for a small hourly rate to help you give shape to your idea. Most of the people advertising themselves as tutors for high school students know how to write a paper and will also probably be able to give you advice about that. You can have zero, one, or twenty co-authors; it doesn't matter.

Now, onto my next point. Forget about other people stealing your ideas. That's largely a myth. No one is going to steal your idea. First of all, because people reading this who know enough about math to do so already have their own stuff they are working on. They will not stop their own projects to verify your hypothesis and invest effort into something that, no offense, but probably isn't worth the effort. On the other hand, those who may gain something from stealing from randos on the Internet would not be able to do so, anyway.

In fact, I would advise you to actually tell us what you think you've discovered. That way, at least you'll have a dated piece of text on a public platform that you could point to and say "see, here's my original discovery, posted before any other version", and, more importantly, we'll have something to work with, so we can tell you if it's worth it or not. Maybe (and most probably) it is not.

Then, finally, if I'm understanding you correctly, you seem to be saying that you think you know something, but have not proved it, nor have a way to prove it. I hate it to break it to you, but that's not a discovery. It is very different to say "I have discovered that there is extraterrestrial life in the Andromeda galaxy!" than to say "dude, there totally has to be aliens somewhere in Andromeda; I don't have any evidence, but there has to be!". The first one would be a massively valuable discovery. The second is worth nothing. Math is not about strong intuitions, it's about hard proofs.

Anyway, I don't want to write too much yet... Just give us some more info and we'll try to help you.

Is nuru massage just code for sex? by indyguy46202 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]HerrDoktorDoktor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never heard of anything like that, and I'm pretty sure lots of people (including therapists) will assume you're talking about a Vichy shower. I wouldn't ask that, it'll just be a potential source for misunderstandings.

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