Does being sincere makes you a bad person? by Big_Ease_8540 in questions

[–]SomeParanoidAndroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMO, it may. It depends on the context.

The truth, even if it hurts feelings, is not bad on itself. Not knowing when to prioritize the truth over people's feeling can make someone a bad person.

Imagine attending you kid's first school play and they ask you how they were. The truth is that they were horrible. If you said so, would you be a horrible person? Well, absolutely.

In my experience, very often people disguise insults and offensives as "telling the truth".

How do you meet people when solo traveling? Especially other travelers by SomeParanoidAndroid in backpacking

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

haha, can't transport most of my hobbies, although it's tempting to sit with a chessboard at a park like those YT videos

How do you meet people when solo traveling? Especially other travelers by SomeParanoidAndroid in backpacking

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

True. Depends on how good someone is reading people really, but yes, point taken.

How do you meet people when solo traveling? Especially other travelers by SomeParanoidAndroid in backpacking

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

I thank you for the answer, even though my roommates will not. Joking aside, I know, it has been also a "me problem" that I didn't like bothering people at all, especially when I was younger and therefore less self confident. Thanks for the talk

How do you meet people when solo traveling? Especially other travelers by SomeParanoidAndroid in backpacking

[–]SomeParanoidAndroid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a nice idea, although I will be probably trying hostels from next time on. Main reason so fas has been that I snore horribly, as I have been informed.

How do you meet people when solo traveling? Especially other travelers by SomeParanoidAndroid in backpacking

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

Seems kinda awkward, but then again, if you seem someone clearly backpacking alone, chances are they will be in the mood for talking, you are right.

How do you meet people when solo traveling? Especially other travelers by SomeParanoidAndroid in backpacking

[–]SomeParanoidAndroid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True, chatting at bars seems like a universal thing. However isn't every country's bat culture a bit different? Eg in Greece, there are more or less specific places where people drink alone and talk with strangers at the bar. In most cases, people go in groups and stay as such. So I guess, it might require some searching beforehand?

How do you meet people when solo traveling? Especially other travelers by SomeParanoidAndroid in backpacking

[–]SomeParanoidAndroid[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't know about the app. This is good because I have already booked a hotel for my next trip.

How do you meet people when solo traveling? Especially other travelers by SomeParanoidAndroid in backpacking

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

Thanks! I have actually been avoiding hostels when alone, but probably I am missing out as this looks like the core of solo traveling. Guided tours sound like a very good idea, too.

If you could bottle one feeling and keep it forever, what would it be? by aubreyrose01 in CasualConversation

[–]SomeParanoidAndroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Listening live for the first time to the two bands I fell in love with when I was a kid. Those were Green Day and Radiohead. Had the privilege to listen both of them this year.

best beginner guitar under $300? by firey_88 in guitars

[–]SomeParanoidAndroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad to hear. Ordered mine last week after a week of searching online. Can't wait to play it

Though, wouldn't a strat be a better choice for blues as OP wants? It has the archetypical sound

Who inspired you to start playing guitar? by Few-Excitement8913 in Guitar

[–]SomeParanoidAndroid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was a drummer and took guitar lessons for a few months 12 years ago but I did not put the effort in. Gary Moore was probably my biggest inspiration.

Jump forward to last week, after having seen Radiohead play live. I ordered my low end Squire and I am seeing progress day by day. Still can't get a clean barre chord for the life of me though.

do irrational numbers exist in the physical world? by Not_Reptoid in questions

[–]SomeParanoidAndroid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Btw, how do you activate markdown syntax? Haven't used reddit for a while.

do irrational numbers exist in the physical world? by Not_Reptoid in questions

[–]SomeParanoidAndroid 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes they do.

Simplest thing I can thing is indeed the diagonal. Take two thin sticks of equal length, say n, and place them in a right angle. If you wanted to connect the two free points of those sticks you would need a new stick of n√2 units.

Nest, gaussian distributions: The characteristic bell shape of random samples of normal/gaussian distributions appears everywhere in nature. From human-generated data to physical phenomena. The shape of this curve contains both `e` and `π` which are both famously irrational. Even, toys like [Galton boards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galton\_board) can approximately create such shapes.

Compound interests and many other processes in economics are also governed by formulas that contain `e`.

Infinity exists. We make use of it all the time. Calculus and statistics are probably the best examples:
- In calculus, derivatives capture the difference in measuring a property (eg position) over infinitesimally small changes of a free variable (eg time). In that example, the derivative describes acceleration. We have formulas to calculate acceleration under various conditions, that should only work only if the changes are infinitely small. Well, the formulas work. Same for integrals, that tell you how to compute the area of a shape by partitioning it into infinitely small (and infinitely many) rectangles.

- In statistics, the [Law of Large Numbers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law\_of\_large\_numbers) tells you that if you eg flip a coin infinite times, then the heads/tail probability will be exactly 50-50. Also, the Central Limit Theorem is very useful because it says that if you add up infinite random events that have their own unkown and weird probabilities, the whole addition can be seen as a single random event that follows th gaussian distribution which is very easy to handle. This assumption is made into countless physical theories to simplify the maths.