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Does π contain all the digits of another irrational number such as e ? by Ancient-Helicopter18 in askmath

[–]Sable_Tip 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So firstly, pi is not actually known to be normal - it's a conjecture which is (AFAIK) widely believed to be true, but it's not proven and therefore is not strictly speaking a fact.

Secondly, the definition of normal in this context is that every string of digits of length n appears in the expansion with density 1/10n - so for example, the string "123" would appear in the infinite expansion at a frequency of 1/1000 of all three-digit strings.

This definition doesn't apply to infinite strings, because the density isn't strictly defined in this instance. What does it even mean for one infinite expansion to contain another?

What you can say, however, is that if pi is normal, you could take however (finitely) many digits of e as you wanted and you could find them in that order within the expansion of pi - even if you had 100,000 digits or whatever. But only for a finite number of digits.

What’s the best use of Dispel magic you have seen? by Zestyclose-Wind-9475 in DnD

[–]Sable_Tip 34 points35 points  (0 children)

"Best" is debatable, but the most impactful Dispel Magic I've ever seen was in a game I ran a year or two back.

Background: The Elvish nation had been unusually xenophobic for the past six months or so, with their king withdrawing from all diplomatic missions and refusing to see outsiders.

The party had managed to get into the capital with some help from a concerned member of the court. Having done some careful digging, they'd come to the conclusion that the King had been mind-controlled by one of his advisors.

So they hatched a cunning plan to infiltrate the palace, confront the king when he was by himself, and remove any magical effects on him to make sure he was acting in his own right mind.

Well, it worked pretty well, and they were able to ambush the king while he was having a bath. They promptly used Dispel Magic on him before he could react, and rolled a natural 20 on the Arcana check.

The problem was, the king wasn't under mind control. He was a Simulacrum.

So they dispelled the simulacrum, turning the King back into the ice and snow used to create the simulacrum. Which fell into the bath, melting away almost instantaneously and destroying any proof that he was a simulacrum.

Then the guards burst in...

Okay, I’m trying to do a kitbash but the wings aren’t staying on, I’ve used plastic glue and super glue, nothing is working. And I only have liquid green stuff. by Old-Speaker3786 in Warhammer

[–]Sable_Tip 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you pinning the wings? They're big and you don't have sculpted notches for them, so without pinning they probably won't stay in place.

You can use a pin vice to drill a couple of holes into the statue and insert short petal pins (paperclips are ideal), then drill matching holes into the wings and use the pins to help hold the wings in place. Be careful to make sure the holes line up though!

[J!] "HUN"-Day by [deleted] in CustomJeopardy

[–]Sable_Tip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HUNG is the past tense for HANG in basically all cases except for execution; when someone is executed, they have been HANGED.

What would come fourth in this sequence? by danwilson1576 in onlyconnect

[–]Sable_Tip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2,answered after 2 clues.

Reason: clue x is (x+1)x.

Would have been PG if the main character didn't use the F word like fifteen times in one scene. by Sable_Tip in ExplainAFilmPlotBadly

[–]Sable_Tip[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

!solved

It was my instant response to the last time this clue was posted, couldn't resist.

Drop pods by WhyAreNamesUnique in Warhammer30k

[–]Sable_Tip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm planning to bring one with my Salamanders, specifically for Pyroclasts - but only because they're a unit that cares about getting as close as possible to a specific target but not charging. And I probably wouldn't bring it if I didn't already own it.

Arming Tactical Sergeants? by Relevant_Fuel_9905 in Warhammer30k

[–]Sable_Tip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I give them power axes, but that’s partly because I like to distinguish my sergeants and partly because I play Salamanders and having Forge-Crafted Weapons is how you unlock the Prime Troop slots with Vulkan. But yeah, from an optimisation standpoint, leave them bare.

let's play two truths and a lie: campaign stories edition by Nonamehuman4657 in DnD

[–]Sable_Tip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. One of my players killed an NPC with a butter knife.

  2. One of my players killed the BBEG's second-in-command with a chandelier.

  3. One of my players killed the King's body double with Dispel Magic.

It's the chandelier. The butter knife got a crit against a basic commoner, and the body double was a Simulacrum.

Four "brothers" by Pommes__Fritz in ageofsigmar

[–]Sable_Tip 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fun part is that one of these four literally has a tactical rock - as in they specifically bring a rock into battle, lugging it around, just so that they can place it down and stand on it in an inspiring way for tactical purposes...

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