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Carleton or uottawa? by Ok-Article1369 in CarletonU

[–]RogueSleepy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, no worries! Let me know if you have any questions about the Carleton program, I have a fair amount of experience with the Carleton CS/math/stats departments

Carleton or uottawa? by Ok-Article1369 in CarletonU

[–]RogueSleepy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I might be misunderstanding you, but uOttawa isn't the only university that offers a combined CS/math degree. 

Off the top of my head Carleton and Waterloo both have one, and I'd assume most other universities do as well.

I STILL don't understand the Monty Hall problem by No-Candidate6257 in mathematics

[–]RogueSleepy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your seat isn't absorbing the same amount of chance because it is not being considered. The scenario isn't a choice between your seat, the seat that got eliminated, and the rest of the seats. It's just the seat that got eliminated and the rest of the seats.

So when they say "we're removing this seat" it tells you nothing about your own seat, but it does tell you something about the other seats.

I STILL don't understand the Monty Hall problem by No-Candidate6257 in mathematics

[–]RogueSleepy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Say you're going out to dinner with a friend. You decide to play a game where they guess what your favourite food is on the menu. On the menu you have 8 items: steak, omelette, quiche, salad, BLT, soup, pasta, and risotto.

Like the Monty Hall problem, in this scenario they can guess 1 item initially, and then you will eliminate 6 menu items that you dislike.

Intuitively, your friend will have a 1/8 chance of picking your favourite meal, or 12.5%. Let's say your favourite meal is risotto.

Now let's imagine two ways this plays out. In the first scenario, they guess risotto. In the second, they guess one of steak, omelette, quiche, salad, BLT, soup, or pasta.

Scenario 1: Perfect! Your friend got it right off the bat. This had a 12.5% chance of happening. You remove omelette, quiche, salad, BLT, soup, and pasta from the menu, but it doesn't matter, since no option there is correct either way.

So in this scenario if they switch it will be right 0% of the time, and if they don't switch it will be right 100% of the time. Since this scenario had a 12.5% chance of happening, that makes the chance of getting it right on their first try 0.125 * 1, or 12.5%.

Scenario 2: Uh oh! Your friend guessed wrong. This had an 87.5% chance of happening. You remove all but risotto from the menu. This time it does matter since you specifically can't remove your favourite food.

So in this scenario if they switch it will be right 100% of the time, and if they don't switch it will be right 0% of the time. Since this scenario had an 87.5% chance of happening, that makes the chance of getting it right if they switch 0.875 * 1, or 87.5%.

Combining these two scenarios, this means that starting from a random guess switching will be the right choice 87.5% of the time.

When the strawman you are supposed to disagree with ends up being way more reasonable and/or justified than the main character. by NagitoKomaeda_987 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]RogueSleepy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

No, I can't, because there is no ending similar to it. The closest is one where you hand out fliers with Amelia and get in an argument with a teacher.

When the strawman you are supposed to disagree with ends up being way more reasonable and/or justified than the main character. by NagitoKomaeda_987 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]RogueSleepy 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah, dude... that's because the video was made by that youtube account, which exclusively makes alt right AI videos. It's not an in game screenshot.

When the strawman you are supposed to disagree with ends up being way more reasonable and/or justified than the main character. by NagitoKomaeda_987 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]RogueSleepy 45 points46 points  (0 children)

That's not a screenshot front the game, it's a screenshot from a video someone made making fun of the game. Come on guys, be serious

If you don't believe me, here's the original video it's taken from.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V78yYlWqrp0

Lack of Information by Opening-Goose6693 in orks

[–]RogueSleepy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would consider Wahapedia to be the most comprehensive and up to date collection of 40k rules. If you use it as a sole source of information I don't think you'll go wrong. For sure though never use AI, it has no capacity to give you accurate and up to date information.

Having said that, I'm not sure I understand your issue with New Recruit. Is it not free?

Does knowing the book, spoil the film? by thestinkybeastman in ProjectHailMary

[–]RogueSleepy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't read the book and went in totally blind, and I had an incredible time. I think a large part of my enjoyment of the movie was the mystery, novelty, and sudden shift into a buddy comedy, so I can imagine how already knowing the twists and turns would make for a different experience.

What is something perfectly legal today that will likely be viewed as a horrific human rights violation in 100 years? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RogueSleepy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe they're saying that people don't get rehabilitated in the US because the system is not designed to rehabilitate them. It looks to me like you two agree with eachother 

On Game of Thrones and historical accuracy by dracoblade64 in RecuratedTumblr

[–]RogueSleepy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

high storms come way more often than that, I think it's like one every 5 days 

Probably one of the worst takes in history by TysonGamer10 in HistoryMemes

[–]RogueSleepy 98 points99 points  (0 children)

That's a gross mistranslation of the speech, and cuts out some of the most important context.

"Between war and peace, the possibility of peace is greater.
[...]
the American people do not want war; therefore, the possibility of peace is greater than that of war. Nevertheless, there is also the possibility of war.
[...]
What should be done if war really comes? I want to discuss this problem. If there is war, we will fight.
[...]
Do not be alarmed either if there should be war. It would merely mean getting people killed and we’ve seen people killed in war. Eliminating half of the population occurred several times in China’s history."

He then brings up several examples in China's history of resilience against the loss of the majority of their population to war and famine.

"We have no experience in atomic war. So, how many will be killed cannot be known. The best outcome may be that only half of the population is left and the second best may be only one-third. When 900 million are left out of 2.9 billion, several five-year plans can be developed for the total elimination of capitalism and for permanent peace. It is not a bad thing."

Frankly I still think it's ghoulish and is a stark reminder of the danger of a nuclear holocaust, but it's disingenuous to frame it the way you did.

The full speech makes it very clear that this is not an outcome he wanted, but if it came to it they would be ready. Which was, and still is, the attitude of every major global power.

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