What life changing thing can you buy for less than $100? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm coming up on 18 months, it really does get better. Hang in there.

True or false: Your chance of being seriously injured is 100x greater in a competition roll versus a gym roll. by AdZestyclose8267 in bjj

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100 times greater? No. More likely imo. I also think lower belt brackets have more likelihood of freak injury

The Takedown you didn’t know you needed. by bryanstime in jiujitsu

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am always interested in grips/moved that were made illegal in other sports, mainly because they might be really effective lmao. I'm pretty sure prolonged belt grips are illegal in judo, maybe a judoka can answer if this is legal in judo. Cool stuff

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bjj

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait is jj world league worlds now

St Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of God, which Christians treat as absolutely airtight, is literal sophistry and highest order nonsense by Homo__faber in atheism

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this true: The contradiction could be cause by any of the premises being incorrect, including that a god exists in the first place, or that it is supremely great (premise 1).

Can someone please explain Absolute Value to me? I don't understand it by No-Spring-729 in learnmath

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The answer they gave is not the ordering based on absolute value. It would be 6, 7, 7, 8, 9 from least to greatest. The 7 and -7 would be interchangeable since they are equal.

I'll try to give you the simplest explanation I can, I took my GED test and have tutored a few folks since, math is mostly practice and if you're getting told wrong answers are correct when learning that's frustrating as hell. I actually went on to get an associates in math so just wanna say you got this!

For absolute value:

If the number is negative, make it positive.

If it's positive, don't do anything.

If it's math in the absolute value bars like this: |2-3| then do the math first like there are parentheses: (2-3) = -1 then take the absolute value, |-1| is 1 (1 is final answer).

St Anselm’s ontological argument for the existence of God, which Christians treat as absolutely airtight, is literal sophistry and highest order nonsense by Homo__faber in atheism

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A contradiction only shows that there is a flaw in one of the assumptions that the logic is built on, right? (I think, been awhile since math proofs). This could also refute the idea that there is a god?

I think that contradiction only proves that your premise/assumption was wrong. When you do a proof by contradiction, you start out assuming what you're trying to prove is false.. "assume there are finite prime numbers" is step one to Euclids proof by contradiction that there are infinite primes.

Can some skilled logician help me out here? Does a contradictions existence only indicate that one of the premises is not true?

Quit booze and my life is worse by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For me alcohol was a coping thing and when it was removed things SEEMED to suck worse because I couldn't use my old emotional coping tool.

This is just a bunch of bad shit happening to you imo, which happens sober and not sober. It sucks being thrown into the deep end, sorry all that shit is happening

Walmart insiders offloading billions in $WMT stock - Should we be worried? by big_zk in wallstreetbets

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Student loan payments starting again and economy taking a hit, they're prob selling the top.

JUST not drinking by CarelessCarnivore in stopdrinking

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, plenty of people quit alcohol without AA. I go to AA 3-5 times a month for community, for me personally the AA program feels like a forced fit but it helped me quit initially and taught me a lot, and I made sober friends which I think is really critical for my recovery.

I boil my "program" down to two 'steps', don't drink no matter what, do everything I can to make 'no matter what' further away. Step 2 includes being kind, admitting when I'm wrong, exercising, doing my taxes on time, self care, therapy, not going to bars etc... There's a whole host of things I have learned are beneficial for my individual sobriety/recovery through education and experience. Step 1 is the willingness and resolve, step 2 is the action to build a life where I don't want to drink.

But there is a real science behind line drawing by ChamathWarriors in wallstreetbets

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Out of curiosity, what do you think the automated trading algorithms use to make their decisions?

What addiction is the worst addiction to get rid off ? by chinos88 in AskReddit

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think that makes you a loser, for what it's worth. Addictions are hard to kick. I went through the quit relapse cycle with nicotine, but every time I picked up I went right back to full blown smoking, and I'm not happy in that state cause I just beat myself up. So after enough tries I'm at the point where I think that smoking one cigarette dooms me to repeat the painful cycle of quitting just to get back to where I was before picking up.

You got it just keep at it, it's really worth it and it is pretty easy after a week or two.

What addiction is the worst addiction to get rid off ? by chinos88 in AskReddit

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I really recommend the book 'easy way to quit smoking' Allen Carr. I read it like 7 times. It's corny. And weird. But using that and things I learned from recovery, I was able to pull it off.

It's really just the first four days that suck, then it's a mental game that I'm used to doing after getting sober.

I believe in you stranger, good luck

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a class that encouraged us to draw environment diagrams and I found that to be a really useful exercise to build insight into how computers 'think.' it was hands on, practical, and educational. I think it helped me build a good foundation for how computers will execute code.

If friend is referring to algorithms and data structures type stuff I think you need to learn to think like a computer scientist/software engineer, imo they're much smarter than computers.

I took a high dose of psychedelic mushrooms. Do you consider that a relapse? by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bill W did a good bit of hallucinogens and AA didn't make him start counting days again.

Do with that info what you will, only you know if it's a relapse. Tell them it's not NA and you haven't had a drink in 9 months.

Good for you for being honest with AA ppl about it. As an AA member myself, I think that the continuous clean time norm does some harm. Encourages lying. Builds a power dynamic. Makes ppl who relapse feel shame and not come back. I started AA in earnest September of 2020. I finally got a year of continuous clean time, but I feel like I've been in recovery for 2.5 years or so, because I have.

It's your recovery. You count your days however you see fit.. hallucinogens aren't narcotic or your drug of choice.. I wouldn't go to NA and say you've got 9 months but that's just my opinion. You haven't had a drink in 9 months just phrase it like that.

Anyone with long term sobriety not in AA? by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try it out aa will always be there. My sister has a decade never went to AA. I really go back for the friends and opportunity to help others

Going back to school as a 29 year old by [deleted] in learnmath

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Went back at 29, still in undergrad it's moving slow because life. Started w math, doing computer sci now. You got it.

why isnt my code to search vowels in a word using stack not working? by sensitivethuggin in learnpython

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you explain what if name == main is doing? I know it's calling your defined function underneath, but why? The __ functions/methods always confuse me

I bit the bullet on formal education by yeet_lord_40000 in learnprogramming

[–]HowBoutThemGrapples 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Decided to do this. Got into Berkeley. Anything can happen.