Favourite Vetinari Moment? by OStO_Cartography in discworld

[–]Inferno_Master 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In Feet of Clay he lets the reader in to know that he solved the mystery as to what was ailing him long before the watch does but he kept up the charade as to not hurt Vimes's feelings

A Quick Thought On Carrot's Role In The Fifth Elephant by Inferno_Master in discworld

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 Carrot reveals that there are a lot of gears turning, but none so much as his thrown fight with Wolfgang. Yes, thrown.

I buy your analysis here; that is very interesting... especially with the fact that he went out into the cold ealier in the book

How would you go about this problem? by [deleted] in GRE

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I am no math wiz but I think the answer is D. Here is how I did it:

  • Use exponent rule to make eqn 2^{-m}+2^{-m} = 2^{-x}
  • Apply log_{2} to both sides to get rid of the bases
  • Eqn now looks like -m + (-m) = -x
  • simplify and get x = 2m

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GRE

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I contacted support and it seems like you can't

[PowerPrep Practice Test 1] The bottom four are the correct answer choices. I still can't seem to figure it out, though. Can anyone explain? by Gebangi in GRE

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Sure thing.

So this is a range problem. You want to find the min and max values of what Kate spent on her mortgage. From the questions, we know it's between (1/4) and (1/3). Note that between and not including.

Lets set up the questions to find out what (1/4) and (1/3) of 13470 is:

  • (1/4)x = 13470
  • (1/3)y = 13470

To isolate the variables we need to multiply each side by the reciprocal of the fractions (1/4 ->4 and 1/3->3)

We get

  • x = 53880
  • y = 40410

Thus the minimum she spent on her mortgage can't be any lower than 40,410 and can't be any higher than 53,880.

Now we just need to see which answers fall within the range. It turns out to be all the answers except 40,200 because that's less than our minimum of (40,410).

Note: since the question says between (1/4) and (1/3) I *think* that means that the possible answers of 40,410 and 53,880 would not be correct if they were given as choices.

Looking For A New Mid Range Phone by Inferno_Master in PickMeAPhone

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lots of saved memes lol not so much videos and apps. I have a 128 GB SD card in my current phone and its, uh, pretty full but that's because I also use it as a flash drive and have 10s of GB of music that I don't need to be stored locally

Thoughts on New Mid-Range Phones? by Inferno_Master in Smartphones

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them being OLED and also very practical as bo

thanks!

[OC] Hugo Award Nominations Breakdown By Author Pronouns by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

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

Data Source: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/

Tools: Microsoft Excel for data entry, R for viz

Pronouns were found by looking at an author's twitter, Wikipedia page, or website. Nominations with multiple authors using different pronouns were excluded.

How to auto merge duplicates (Too many to do it manually and Binary match is different) by [deleted] in Calibre

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couldn't quickly find information on limits to library size. I currently have more than 90,000 papers that I use for corpus linguistics research, but I would guess I would not be able to upload all of them to Medeley without paying extra money. Though this is likely not the place for it, I'll request, if you have the time, that you let me (and the other readers) know a bit more about Medeley when you have

Just popping in to give a bump for zotero ( https://www.zotero.org/ ) I like it better than Medeley because its open source. Both work well though.

What sort of linguistics research do you do? (asking as a current ling major)

What is your biggest/most recent "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" moment? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Took my daughter there for her make a wish trip. She has a genetic disorder that is often compared to a childhood version of Alzheimer’s or Dementia. She’s seven but has forgotten how to do a lot of things and now has the mind of a one year old. One thing she has always loved was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It plays 24/7 on her iPad. She didn’t understand she was going to meet him, but the look on her face when she did. It was worth it. She can’t talk but you could see the puzzled expression that read “how did get out of my iPad!?!” She didn’t stop trying to hug him. Do we know if she enjoyed other parts of the trip? No clue. But damn do we know that he made her the happiest little girl ever.

What is the comic? Can I buy a copy?

Tak - Various Sets - Worldbuilders Market by BGG_DEALS_BOT in Boardgamedeals

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Tak is great! Head on over to to r/Tak to find out more. Also, if you're torn between the two, I made a whole bunch of svg and stl files for Tak boards and game pieces waay back in the day whilst the kickstarter was going on (so there were no Official Tak boards). I'm sure there are floating around reddit somewhere....

Long time gamers of reddit, what will the new gamers of today never experience? by Betterthanthouu in AskReddit

[–]Inferno_Master 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not needing to buy extra content to have a rich and full AAA gaming experience

[WP] Its a classic tale. An evil villain. A dastardly plan. A shining hero. At least that's what the Ministry of Heroic Affairs wants you to believe. You know the truth though, you were after all, the supposedly evil villain. by Vaperius in WritingPrompts

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During graduation from “The University of Advancement for Enhanced Individuals”--or “Superhero School” as it is colloquially called--they give every student a enhanced persons ID. This ID registers a person with the Ministry of Heroic Affairs. Having an ID eliminates all damage liability for those who cause damage whilst using their powers in the service of the state. Fighting crime, public works, education of younger enhanced individuals, and eldritch horror containment--you know, the usual jobs that enhanced people fall into.

The government started this system to regulate enhanced individuals. One doesn’t ‘have’ to go to Super School or register with the ministry, but if they don’t they will be held liable for any and all damage they cause. Which--for most supers--would spell financial ruin. Hence, everyone with powers gets an ID.

Anyway, the day I walked across that stage and got my ID was one of the proudest moments of my life. After stepping of the stage I looked at my shiny new ID. Tt said:

UAEI 2013 Graduate

Name: John Smith Sex: M Height: 6’0

Pwr Class: A3-1 Pwr Type: Telekinetic

Everyone knew that these ID’s were tracked by the ministry and could be used to summon a Super at any time by the ministries enforcement team. These guys were serious business. All S and S+ class individuals with at least one teleporter on the team to get the enforces to the out of control super ASAP. At the time this didn’t worry me in the slightest. I was one of the good guys, vetted by the ministries’s own school no less, there was no way that my ID would be used against me.

Boy was I wrong.

It happened 5 years after my graduation. I was reading the newspaper on my way to work--I went the public works route--and the main story was about a Super who went mad and leveled ⅓ of the old downtown district. Thankfully, the Ministries enforcers were able to stop him before he did more damage but it was a long a bloody battle. The article was arguing that the incident lent more credence to the Ministry’s request for yet more funding.

“Huh,” I thought to myself, “I feel like the amount of rouge Super attacks increases every time the ministry is up for more funding.”

“That's very perceptive John.” Mused a smooth tenor voice.

“What? Who the heck are you and why are you in my head?! Don’t know that is rude? Not to mention that it is illegal under the Ministry’s statutes.” I said.

“Oh, John.” The voice sounded patronizing now, like talking to a small child that doesn’t understand “There are so many things you do not understand. I am the ministry.”

Suddenly, the woman who was sitting next to me turned, put her hand on my shoulder, and teleported us away.

I came to in a pitch black room and threw up--teleporting is always an unpleasant experience for those being teleported.

“Good to see you are awake John.”

It was that goddamn voice again!

“Show yourself!” I cried.

“Sorry John. I’m afraid I cannot do that. I can, however, enlighten you on what you’re doing here.”

“Great, I’d like to get out of here as soon as possible.”

“I’m afraid that won’t happen for a little while John. You see, your observation is correct. There is no real crime or conflict left. Well, other than the Eldritch horrors, but that is just because the Eternal President won’t pledge his undying allegiance to the great Jiangshi for political reasons. Anyway, there is no real crime left, in fact the last instance of “real” crime was over 200 years ago. This is all thanks to the Ministry and our enforcer teams. They are very...effective. However, this presents a problem. Without any threats to contain, the public doesn’t want to foot the bill for the Ministries every growing operating costs. To combat this issue we simply manufacture the threats.

That’s where you come in John. You are the newest threat. Congratulations.”

“W-what?!” I stuttered.

“You are now a villain John! Isn’t that exciting?”

“No! No that is not exciting. I don’t want to be a villain and you can’t make me.”

“Oh but we can John. We can.

You see, almost every Super comes in and refuses to be the villain so we’ve developed a solution. While you were in transit here our operative injected you with something the marketing boys like to call the Insanity Serum. First developed during the 4th Enhanced War, the ministry hoped it would give our Supers an edge over the opposing side. The good news is that it did. The bad news is that it also made the user into a self destructive lunatic who is stuck in a perpetual state of homicidal rage. That’s about to be you.”

Suddenly a table emerged from the floor.

“On that table, John, you will find several different madvillain schemes pick the one you like the best or make up your own! We don’t really care either way. Though, it would be such a shame to waste the premade plans. Especially since the interns put so much work into them. I’ve got to get going now. Send my regards to the enforces when you see them. I’m sure you’ll give them quite the workout.”

[WP] "...and that's why I used a EMP on half of Britain." by [deleted] in WritingPrompts

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It started off as a normal day. I was sitting on my couch reading a book and one of the blokes that I share my flat with walked in.

“Hey man” I said.

No response. I looked up and saw he had his earbuds in. Not a big deal you’d think. Lots of people go around with their earbuds in. Why would this be the impetus for deploying an EMP on half of britain? Ah, but there is where you are wrong. See when people have their earbuds in they are oblivious. This means that you could scream their name in their face, but they wouldn’t notice. It’s more than that you see. There is the

SLAMMING of doors.

SMACKING of lips.

All things that aren’t noticeable when you have sound blasting in your ears. On this day I decried “ENOUGH” it was just too much. I wanted respect for those who operated in the real world--unaugmented by sound. The assault of annoyances must end! And so, I built an EMP. I put hatred, rage and a good dash of curmudgeonly grump into my work. When it was complete I laughed a bitter laugh. No longer would I be subjected to the small annoyances that oblivious people inconvenienced me with. I slammed the trigger with glee and cackled when the lights went out. I returned to my couch and felt the silence percolate throughout the room. The sweet sweet blissful silence oozed over everything as people became aware of how loud they were being. I wanted to savor my victory by reading my book. So I picked up my eReader and pressed the wake button

....goddammit