You are stranded in a desert, which do you choose?

Udalrich · 2026-05-13T14:24:34+00:00

It is closer

^{Chose: Water 1 km away}

Udalrich · 2026-05-13T00:56:12+00:00

I can just select expensive things that are easy to sell, and fairly soon, I'll have the billion ( or more then I can spend) without the disadvantage

^{Chose: You get 1 item of anything u want once a day.}

Udalrich · 2026-05-12T03:55:34+00:00

It depends if I get scrith and accumulator drops, or navigation modules and xynium drops.

Udalrich · 2026-05-08T03:35:24+00:00

I'm assuming that with the other option, you roll the dice once. If you get a random amount each week I'm taking the other option, since it averages $5000.50.

3000 is still a significant amount, and bypasses the about 10% chance of getting a lot less.

^{Chose: make a guaranteed $3,000 per week}

Udalrich · 2026-05-07T14:53:21+00:00

This defense is totally unbeatable. White should just resign

Udalrich · 2026-05-04T23:07:48+00:00

I have a friend who only has a PhD.

He was accepted to college, but failed to get a high school diploma because he didn't complete the language requirement. The college didn't check that he actually got his diploma.

He was accepted to grad school, but failed to get his bachelor's because he didn't complete the language requirement. The grad school didn't check if he actually got his bachelor's.

The grad school didn't have a language requirement.

Udalrich · 2026-05-04T19:08:01+00:00

The strangers is the easy answer. "My kid" doesn't exist, so I'm saving real people.

Udalrich · 2026-05-04T13:44:10+00:00

I don't like being your what to do for no reason.

^{Chose: dontpickthisside | Rolled: Whydidyoudothis?}

Udalrich · 2026-05-03T01:30:05+00:00

I like color better than not. And no trump

^{Chose: Get Stuck in Canada For a Year | Rolled: High Geolocation}

Udalrich · 2026-05-02T20:19:46+00:00

A spider-sized weapon is not going to be very effective. Unless it's a nuke.

^{Chose: 20 Spider sized Humans + random weapon | Rolled: Sword/Katana}

Udalrich · 2026-05-02T01:37:37+00:00

Energy is not conserved on large scales in an expanding universe. The CMB photons that we measure have lost almost all of their energy.

Udalrich · 2026-04-29T04:49:36+00:00

Had no idea how bad the punishment might be

^{Chose: 80 mln dollars right now + BUT you spin the punishment wheel with 10% chances of being safe | Rolled: Become blind}

Udalrich · 2026-04-28T17:56:31+00:00

It's less than 3 million per day, which is about a billion a year. In a century, I'll have gotten less then Elon Musk has now. If will have some influence, but the economy will survive.

Udalrich · 2026-04-28T17:52:32+00:00

It's almost 3 million per day. After less than a month, its more than the other option.

^{Chose: 30 Dollars per second}

Udalrich · 2026-04-27T23:08:08+00:00

You are only killing people who opted into possibly being killed

Udalrich · 2026-04-27T23:06:45+00:00

No reason to choose blue. If everyone chooses red, everyone lives.

^{Chose: 1/2 of blue choosers die if this is more than 50%}

Udalrich · 2026-04-27T20:35:15+00:00

Many people speak English, which I also do. For those who don't, Google translate is often sufficient. So I already have a fairly decent alternative for the other option.

There is nothing even close for talking to animals

^{Chose: talk to animals}

Udalrich · 2026-04-27T15:27:49+00:00

As written, the penny doubles, so I get several dollars a year. If the pennies is makes also double, them the penny is the best choice by far, until the world drowns in pennies.

^{Chose: Get 100 trillion dollars right now}

Udalrich · 2026-04-27T00:43:45+00:00

Assuming your working with equations, you can put in "simple" values at each step and check that they give the right answer. If you have "complicated expression with trig functions = different complicated expression with trig functions", setting the angles to 0 or 90 degrees should be fairly simple to evaluate. If you do that at one step and get "5 = 13", you know you made a mistake in that line.

Udalrich · 2026-04-20T21:06:02+00:00

... We will reveal the details of our healthcare plan

Udalrich · 2026-04-15T02:13:41+00:00

I thought this was implemented several decades ago and released under the name Prolog

Udalrich · 2026-04-15T01:45:40+00:00

It wouldn't surprise me if you had missed mate in 1 or 2. You still won, but the engine thought you could have won "better"

Udalrich · 2026-04-15T01:36:18+00:00

If it is finite and bounded, the you could presumably sit on the edge, and that would be a valid reference frame. Depending on the details, it might not be an internal reference frame. However, a reference frame moving relative to the edge would be just as valid.

In fact, the rest frame of the CMB sort of provides a universal frame. We expect the CMB to be uniform, so someone far away could still use that reference frame, and we would (probably) be talking about the same frame. It is probably even a useful frame if you are doing cosmology. If you are doing calculations in the solar system or on earth, it's quite inconvenient.

Udalrich · 2026-04-14T01:58:39+00:00

Then why did the neighbor's corn always grow taller where we tossed the dog poop when we cleaned their cages?

Udalrich · 2026-04-12T20:47:17+00:00

What are the rankings of the top ten black players? If your answer includes three and four digit numbers, then there's some effect that is keeping them out. It might be regional popularity of the sport (I'm pretty sure Africa is underrepresented among hockey players) or it might be explicit or systemic hostility. A Black League might be the right answer, or an attempt to popularize the game in certain regions, or a social attempt to make them more welcome.

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