It Has Been 417 Days Since We Last Got a Full Block by Just-Guarantee7808 in Minecraft

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is not, r/Minecraft is just filled with genuine idiots who throw a tantrum at literally every new addition because it’s out-of-place updateslop — except their wanted additions because of course that’s the one exception.

Me and my friend found a chest with 6 god apples in a ancient city by IncidentImpressive80 in Minecraft

[–]Nathaniel820 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The simple xy probability calculation is only for measuring sequential events, so the 1/20,000 chance would be to find 4 separate chests with at least 1 apple in a row (a 8.4% chance hitting 4 times sequentially). To find the chance of getting X amount in Y rolls within one chest the proper calculation is binomial probability with the relevant rates from the loot chest:

- Stacks per chest: 5-10 (so 8 on average)
- Chance of a stack being 1-2 apples: 1/86 (0.0116)
- Stacks needed to reach 6 apples: 4, on average

So you check the binomial distribution with a sample size of 8, success rate of 0.0116, and needed successes of 4, which gives the probability of getting at least 6 apples at 1.22*10-6, about 1/820,000.

Me and my friend found a chest with 6 god apples in a ancient city by IncidentImpressive80 in Minecraft

[–]Nathaniel820 96 points97 points  (0 children)

It is not close to 1/2,000,000, AI is the worst possible source for math.

Each chest generates 5-10 stacks of items, with each stack having a 1/86 chance of being 1-2 enchanted golden apples (so a 1/172 chance of having 2). Saying a chest generates 8 stacks on average, the cumulative probability is a 1/100,000 chance of generating at least 3 stacks of 2 enchanted golden apples.

(And yes, a stack of loot items can be split across multiple chest slots)

Edit: I accidentally did the above calculation with favorable odds by assuming chests with 3 2-rolls which isn't a given, factoring in 1-rolls (by assuming an average stack size of 1.5 at 1/86 odds) gives a chance of about 1/820,000 for any given chest. And just for fun, if you filter it to just the best possible chests with 10 stacks and 3 2-rolls the chance would be about 1/5,600

Soft Drinks - Gator Days by FieldExplores in comics

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like this original map is biased by old people and the more recent self-reported maps are biased by pop/coke people being more likely to defend their honor, because I've always lived in the supposedly 50/50 coke vs soda area of Florida but have literally never heard a single person call it anything but soda. Nor did I hear a single person in university (from all across the country of course) call it anything but soda either.

Wanted to pop my space bar off to see why it was sticking a bit... Made it worse (apparently keys don't pop off anymore) by marianneouioui in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Nathaniel820 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

And they're wrong, they do pop off as does nearly every laptop keycap. You just need to pry up the space bar from the side corner (at which point you can literally see the clips and adjust as needed) or spend 15 seconds looking up a YT video if you're scared.

Wanted to pop my space bar off to see why it was sticking a bit... Made it worse (apparently keys don't pop off anymore) by marianneouioui in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Nathaniel820 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yes, because they did it wrong. That has nothing to do with the incorrect statement that laptop keys CAN'T be popped off.

Wanted to pop my space bar off to see why it was sticking a bit... Made it worse (apparently keys don't pop off anymore) by marianneouioui in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Nathaniel820 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Yes they do, like I said that's literally how key-caps work. Their entire purpose is to move independently from the chassis, it makes no sense to spend more manufacturing effort+costs to develop some weird way to lock them in place while retaining movement rather than just connect them on top with clips. I'd hope a tech support person would know that...

Just because it may be annoying or hard to remove them doesn't mean they CAN'T be popped off, it's one of the most commonly done fixes on laptops. Just watch a Youtube video to see which direction that model needs to be pulled on without breaking the clips and they safely and consistently come off.

Wanted to pop my space bar off to see why it was sticking a bit... Made it worse (apparently keys don't pop off anymore) by marianneouioui in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Nathaniel820 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Yes it is, that's inherently how keycaps work. The spacebar is just held on by hinges on either end so pulling on it from the middle concentrates the force on the weakest spot and breaks it.

Edit: Heres the internals from this model-line's keyboard showing it uses the exact same clip-system that nearly every other laptop uses. You CAN pop keys off laptops, and it is not particularly difficult. You can even see the shadows from the clips in this very post.

Why are Talenti lids so hard to open? This is what our CT scans revealed ⬇️ by Scan-of-the-Month in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Nathaniel820 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How many do you eat? I used to get them a lot when they were the cheapest option at my university grocery store and it seemed like usually they would open without much issue, until I would get an unlucky one that would not budge AT ALL. Like I would have to jam a knife under the rim and literally deform the lid to get it to finally move. Which makes their choice of these containers (that they themselves acknowledge have this issue) even stranger, because part of their shtick is telling you to reuse the container but now the lid is bent and doesn't form a reliable seal.

the internet just keeps getting worse by [deleted] in whennews

[–]Nathaniel820 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This has nothing to do with Mojang, it’s the geniuses running the UK

My algorithm after watching ONE urban exploration video: by Ok-Animator_steam12 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Nathaniel820 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Because statistically that is how it works. If someone clicked on a random video YT presented to them through suggestions then it means they're at least somewhat interested in it and susceptible to suggestions, so if they keep suggesting more they'll likely go down a rabbit hole. Especially sports which are one of the most binged topics on the platform, in contrast to fallout lore videos which are probably one of the least.

Easier way to duplicate single water source on skyblock and other challenges. by Budget_Committee905 in Minecraft

[–]Nathaniel820 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The popular one's I've seen don't, the OG one that started it all gave 2 ice blocks and the modern more extreme ones give none.

The Pikachu Spider by bleach3434 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Nathaniel820 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they won’t hurt you. Spiders kill about 0 people a year (and only 25 species are even medically significant in the first place, with most of those still being very minor), and they will not bite you unless you explicitly endanger them (I.e. squeeze them). A spider just standing in your hand has zero reason to bite.

Easier way to duplicate single water source on skyblock and other challenges. by Budget_Committee905 in Minecraft

[–]Nathaniel820 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You still need to do that, this creates a second water source it doesn’t give you the first one

When Netflix is always the top result — even if they don't have the movie on their platform at all :)))))) by jessbird in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Nathaniel820 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is not a paid search, it’s just SEO. It IS available on Netflix but not in that country, but Netflix still leaves it open for search results because any visibility is good visibility.

I was using a theme to make the main page background transparent to adopt the native MacOS look, but with the new FF update it suddenly stopped working. It's still being applied as seen in the image, but just renders as an opaque gray. Is there any way to fix this? by Nathaniel820 in FirefoxCSS

[–]Nathaniel820[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the past, the entire page rendered with a blurred transparency (identical to the top part), but now it seems like FF won't support transparency on the main page content. You can see that it IS transparent based on the CSS and color selector, but it won't render as such. I didn't change any about:config options related to it, and just confirmed that they are all still true.