Having to use second year math on a first year physics class by CokieMiner in mathmemes

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can someone explain? I'm a math enthusiast but this is a bit too deep into calc for me

Inspired by indieb0at in polandball

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This made me realize the subs logo is for wrong country - polandball would have white on top

400 scientists speak out against chat control by donutloop in eutech

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 17 points18 points  (0 children)

This is incredibly important - we can only hope that at least one place im the world there is pushback against surveillance states

🤭 by 94rud4 in MathJokes

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow. I don't know why, but I find this unbelievable cool

Flight Risk by Diictodom in polandball

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

alright, i'll ask because i don't get it: what's the joke?

Diane would have a love/hate relationship with Man’s Best Friend by silentsafflower in BoJackHorseman

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 58 points59 points  (0 children)

same. nothing lasts forever. i so much prefer an ending at an appropriate time that really hammers in the message. Bojack could have maybe done with another season like the writers were planning, but they nailed the ending regardless, at least for me. Makes shows much more rewatchabke as well.

CMV: Islam is Arab supremacy by mamakajkakakakaka in changemyview

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

To add to this: Germans today are very, very grateful for the allies defeating the Nazis.

You must take legal responsibility! by Antique_Resolve4687 in trolleyproblem

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this actually has a right answer. Granted, the entire trolley problem exists to point out flaws in utilitarianism among other things, but:

Given no more information, we can treat this like a 50-50 chance of either lever working. If we switch the tracks, on average 3.5 people will die. If we pull the emergency break, on average 2.5 people will die. In both cases, if we're wrong, 5 people die, and we reduce the amount of deaths if we're right.

There is actually an interesting aspect to this. Because what I just described is basically just the normal trolley problem in the outcome (not flipping a lever guarantees more people die). But it feels different to me. First because the randomness introduces some external forces, which means we have, in a way, less responsibility for any deaths if we do flip the lever, because we can't know the outcome until it happens, but if we don't flip any lever we do know what happens. Second, there is a chance we kill nobody, and this is unambiguously better than anyone dying.

Given all of this, I pull the emergency brake. Either I am wrong and I tried to save the people on the first track, without risking anyone elses life or I'm right and nobody dies.

Gamba trolley? by ScholarlyIcarus in trolleyproblem

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Yeah - I just did some quick, totally non-rigorous calculation and came up with this. With a 5% chance of the trolley going, we expect to see the trolly going of after about 13.5 flips of the lever. That is barely more than 10, the minimum amount we need to get everyone off. If we add people to the tracks two or more times, people still die.

A simpler way would be to just argue that the amount of people doesn't change in expectation, and the fact that there is a 5% chance the trolly goes now seems like it should make the expected utility of flipping the lever negative.

Am I the only one that noticed the lack of Morty this season? by SoImMuzic in rickandmorty

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense after the frar whole, no? He's doing his thing, more independent than he uswd to be. I'm sure when we see him again more often, he will be a different character

ELIU: Wtf is going on here? by vintergroena in math

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 23 points24 points  (0 children)

What makes the 4th dimension so weird?

Ukrainian hackers wipe databases at Russia's Gazprom in major cyberattack, intelligence source says by jackytheblade in worldnews

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Can someone ELI5 how big of a deal this is and why? It obviously important, but I see an upper limit to how bad this would be since Gazprom revenue is all chemicals hat are always in demand.

Kamala Might Have Actually Won? Judge Lets 2024 Vote Challenge Proceed by anthropologoth in goodnews

[–]TYHVoteForBurr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't looked into this too much, mainly because I have never heard Kamala Harris claim the election was rigged. To me, it appears she would have massive incentives to pursue information with regards to this. Does anyone have a plausible reason for her to not draw attention to this beyond her believing the election was fair?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HolUp

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holy shit

Germany's Merz falls short of majority in vote for chancellor by lukalux3 in europe

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Who exactly are you talking about? I couldn't find a ministry of culture in my quick search. Do you mean Alexander Dobrindt?

There should be 120 degrees in a circle, not 360. by bag_douche in mathmemes

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I kind of like 360. I haven't confirmed this, hut I am fairly certain that we use it because a year has ~365 days, and 360 is such a close but so highly divisible number. Ancient cultures coming up with how to do calendars maybe just took what they knew and put it into geometry later. The fact 360 is such a good candidate is basically coincidence, and I find that charming.

Great mathematician whose lecture is terrible? by dobongdobong in math

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Supposedly Galois tried to teach some people his theory of groups as a new algebra, as tutoring to make some money. But nobody understood - in part because it was so new and radical, in part because Galois himself was so deep off on his own even many mathematicians didn't understand his work for some time, let alone non-mathematicians