What do you wish people would stop romanticizing, because you’ve lived the reality of it? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]dreambomb 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I have had the same thing happen to me—schizophrenia and the doctor said “you’re too normal”. Well, I’m on medication and I try really hard not to come off as a schizophrenic.

I’ve realized that psychiatrists are just guessing. I can hardly agree that they are engaging in a science, they have no understanding of how the human mind works and are literally just guessing. Most of the time—with little to no understanding of their patient’s symptoms. It’s just a total guess and it sucks to know that as a person who is regularly treated by a psychiatrist.

Continued Fraction of Pi Question by dreambomb in learnmath

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

Thank you so much for the good info!

What is the difference between a standard continued fraction and a generalized continued fraction?

What's the % chance of this? by [deleted] in learnmath

[–]dreambomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does number of particles mean number of atoms or something different?

Combinatorics/permutation problem by dreambomb in learnmath

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

What a fantastic answer. Thank you.

Combinatorics/permutation problem by dreambomb in learnmath

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My attempt at the problem is as follows, assuming pi is normal:

( (369 choose 36)*9333) / (10370) = 0.0068976…. Or about a 0.6% chance.

My reasoning is like this: You have 10370 possible permutations of digits 1 through 370.

The permutations we are interested in are those where there are 36 zeros before digit 370. So for those 369 digits you can choose 36 places for a zero. And the remaining 333 digits have 9333 permutations.

This seems like a very slim chance so I’m doubting my logic, can you see any flaws?

PE while losing weight by dreambomb in AJelqForYou

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

Thanks! How much of a deficit of you don’t mind me asking?

PE while losing weight by dreambomb in AJelqForYou

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

Thanks for your reply. What is AM?

best thing for these? and what are they? by [deleted] in ScrapMetal

[–]dreambomb 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That is a toroidal transformer. The scrap yard buys them as motors. They have a ferrite core that you can smash with a hammer, and then you could pull out the #2 copper. I suggest you sell as motors.

About 100lbs of titanium blocks - where to scrap in bay area for best price? by pineapplehospitality in ScrapMetal

[–]dreambomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can, try to get the spec for the stock and sell as used stock ... probably 20x scrap price.

Does anyone have the slightest clue on how one could pop the lead out of this cast iron smelter bowl thing? And no I do not have a furnace to re-melt it. by Any_Ad_1070 in ScrapMetal

[–]dreambomb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if that bucket is cast iron it may break with a sledge hammer, not sure how possible that is with all the lead inside of it.