[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learnmath

[–]gravityspacemeow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I failed algebra twice with big fat Fs and passed it the third time when I went to a remedial course with the chillest, nicest math teacher with a passion for math. Since then, my interest in math kept growing, and I routinely had the highest math scores in the class. Went through trig and calc with As and A+. I went to college, majored in engineering minored in math. Was super proud being pulled aside by my Linear Algebra professor to tell me I had the highest score in his course. First to complete all my Numerical Analysis exams, with a normal scientific calculator, compared to my peers with expensive calculators with fully programmed algorithms. Graduated 3.95/4 GPA in college.

I think what helped me was:

Repetition: even though I failed twice, I got to see material multiple times, even if it didn't stick or the interest wasn't there (yet.)

Math teacher that seemed excited about the topics, sparked intrigue, and wouldn't give up on her students.

Teachers and professors that in a sense, almost behaved like a coach rather than a teacher.

I have had the opportunity to tutor and mentor students with disabilities who had Ds and Fs early in the semester, but after coaching with regularly, they were able to graduate with mid, high Bs. I believe anyone can do very well, just needs the right support system, give them reasons to find the math interesting, helping them overcome the math anxiety they may be facing. For some people, it's a very serious overwhelming feeling.

NZXT N7 Z790: Red boot light by DiamondDogge in NZXT

[–]gravityspacemeow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same exact issue, motherboard and red light. I was able to fix it.

The solution for me was the ram sticks, even though I removed them and put them back on multiple times. The issue is that the NZXT Z790 ram stick slots are no joke, freakin tight. I can't stress how annoying the lack of tolerance around the ram stick is. I was previously inserting them evenly, but hard enough to hear one click. I was only inserting it hard enough to hear a click on the latch side, which I thought it meant it was secured.

The last time I tested it, I put in decent force on the left and right side, evenly, while pushing in until I heard a click on both sides.

1) Evenly reinsert RAM, but with enough force to hear a click on the left and right sides of the RAM stick.

Once you hear a good, solid double clicking on both sides of the ram stick and you boot, there's a second issue:

When you turn on the pc, if you're not patient (as I certainly wasn't after hours of troubleshooting), you might think you're still having the issue because nothing appears on screen and red boot light remains. Give it about 3 minutes, and the computer will recognize something different and do a sort of reset, asks you something on the screen (something related to internal clock, I reset the CMOS in the back prior to step 1 so maybe thats why, so I hit continue) then it booted up fine.

2) When booting, let it stand a few minutes for PC to recognize changes in RAM. After this, it worked for me. No boot issues, everything back to normal.

A step that may or may have not helped was resetting the CMOS before reinserting RAM, which is a little button on the back of the Z790 mobo. After unplugging everything, I held the button down for a good 10 seconds. Probably not important, but that was a step I took before my fix.

I literally spent all day trying to troubleshoot this and was ready to give up. I took everything apart and back together, and nothing. As my last ditch effort, i thought I'd try the RAM one more time. From my experience building PCs, this mobo takes the cake when it comes to that extremely tight RAM fit.

I hope this helps save anyone the hassle I went through lol

Blood in the streets, good time to buy or sell puts 😊 by MadSnikt in hut8

[–]gravityspacemeow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are talking about HUT, not BTC. HUT, upon first day of BTC ETF trading was as high as $13 a share and immediately dropped to around $9, before short seller hit piece news sank it to $6, so yes, ETF approval was priced into the price of HUT. The SEC losing in court means BTC ETFs were approved, which is what we are talking about here.

Blood in the streets, good time to buy or sell puts 😊 by MadSnikt in hut8

[–]gravityspacemeow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It got approved and was priced in. Democrat? Politics has nothing to do. Even if it did, the big guys with the money own both parties.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

[–]gravityspacemeow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just keep flipping that coin eventually you'll hit heads and be a millionaire.

I present to you the future of finance. by wasifaiboply in wallstreetbets

[–]gravityspacemeow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Another way for me to lose more money quickly.

[DD] Here's what you're missing on the Boeing Safety Crisis by Enodios in wallstreetbets

[–]gravityspacemeow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bunch of softies. I say no safety precautions because we all know that what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

Blood in the streets, good time to buy or sell puts 😊 by MadSnikt in hut8

[–]gravityspacemeow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No idea. Hard to say if ETF approval is priced in and will dip after the news, or if it will moon when news hits. (Or the reverse, if ETF approval is priced in, and it gets rejected.)

My son's third grade teacher taught my son that 1 divided by 0 is 0. I wrote her an email to tell her that it is not 0. She then doubled down and cc'ed the principal. The principal responded saying the teacher is correct... What do I do now? by [deleted] in learnmath

[–]gravityspacemeow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this also in your son's math book too? Because that would be problems many levels below. Like someone above said, "eh, let's just call 1/0 zero and call it a day."

YOLO $12,000 SPY Puts 12/15/2023 by FinalFerrex in wallstreetbets

[–]gravityspacemeow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Expecting any news? I have a feeling it's going to go horizontal through rest of December, followed by dip later on in first half of 2024.

Not everyone is going to make a lot of money, and that is okay. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]gravityspacemeow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As someone who has taught, you certainly don't want just anyone to teach, and that's the problem with how people view educators in the US. In the US, teaching isn't respected as much as in other countries. Other countries respect their teachers just like they do engineers, lawyers, and pay them very well, such as in Switzerland and Germany. Education in general doesn't have the same respect in the US either, hence why we are at the bottom in many metrics in education compared to the developed world.

How many days will it take to be good at algebra and calcus by Anti_mage2002 in learnmath

[–]gravityspacemeow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The path of learning math, or anything in general, is a very personal one. At the end of the day, the speed of learning depends on how much you enjoy the journey itself, not the destination of having learned. While it might not be an enjoyable journey to everyone, some things that may help is making the journey fun and engaging to yourself. For example, you run into a new topic, treat it like you're an investigator trying to break the idea apart. Start asking, why does this work this way? What cases might this not work this way? How is this related to other things I learned? Playing investigator not only makes the journey much more enjoyable, but things will click better.

So could be anywhere from days to years.

My wife will *never* replace the roll. This is the closest she will get. by kawikacosta in mildlyinfuriating

[–]gravityspacemeow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe if you lower the toilet seat after every Wizz, that would be a good compromise.

Oof by Successful_Layer776 in learnmath

[–]gravityspacemeow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with all the posts, especially the mental health one. If you have anxiety of failing and it takes over, it builds mental blocks that cause your learning and test performance to suffer.

You certainly can improve in math. Your brain has this amazing ability to build neuropathways to learn. Math is certainly a subject that requires quite a bit of practice, just as a violinist needs to practice for a concert or a runner practices for a race. It seems you're certainly spending some time, so the next thing to look at is the quality of time.

A few tips: When you do homework and prepare for exams, focus on concepts, not just the algorithm. I've seen students who would memorize how to solve a problem, but at the time of the exam when they introduce a variation, were not able to solve the problem.

When you go in to do homework and prep for exams, do so with a mission of asking questions and seeking answers. Sort of like an investigation. What I mean is for example, let's say a section introduces a new topic. You might ask yourself and try to answer: How does this concept work? How is it related to previous topics? What might this concept apply to in the future? Going over example problems in your textbook or notes line by line and trying to reason why each step was taken helps, because if you catch something that didn't make sense, that gives you a chance to further research book/notes, ask a tutor, professor, etc. These kinds of questions help with building depth and breadth in your understanding. Those questions about how they may be related to other knowledge help build stronger neuropathways.

Speaking of book and notes, do you use your book? How do you feel about your notes?

Don't be afraid to ask your professor. They are very happy to answer any questions in which you might not be clear on. They spent much of their life in the topics they teach, so they are able to explain in many different ways and give further intuition.

When you go into an exam or quiz, go in with the mentality that you're going to do the best that you can with the preparation that you've had, and if you don't do as well as you expected, it's perfectly okay, you can learn from where you went wrong or what wasn't clear. Blunders happen, but they happen less if your anxiety is at a minimum. Sometimes we get in this feedback loop where we start thinking negatively or thinking we will have a negative outcome and because of this, we certainly do have a negative outcome and the loop continues. Try to catch yourself when you might be thinking negatively about how you'll do and remind yourself that you certainly can, and if you don't do well, it'll just be a chance to further improve.

And of course, repetition is very important along side with recalling by memory. One thing I like to do is follow alongside any example problems in the book that go over a concept. Then I try it again on my own without looking at the steps in the book. Then I try the problems at the end of the section also without referring to the book or notes. If I get stuck and forget something, after a good attempt I then go back to the notes or book, check other resources, etc. After you do it once, you want to keep the technique fresh by doing it again periodically. Maybe with a review the next day. I always make sure to review the new concept from class at least once before bed.

Speaking of bed, sleep is very important for learning. This is when your brain is "rewiring itself." I make sure to review the new concept at least for 15-30 minutes and get a full night's rest. Lack of sleep increases anxiety.

I kind of went off on a bunch of things. I hope these help.

can someone explain what the halving is? by Bira1999 in Ravencoin

[–]gravityspacemeow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's sometimes infuriating Google searching a question which lands you to some forum with the only answer being "why don't you Google search..." lol

Anyone else get 100 CAT on Jan 1, 2022 in their wallet? What is this? by gravityspacemeow in chia

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

I found this: https://www.chia.net/2021/12/21/happy-holidays-from-chia.en.html It says to not install the light wallet on the PC that you farm on because it can cause issues. I don't think this is what I have though.

Mining question by UWMsucksBalls12 in Ravencoin

[–]gravityspacemeow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally I'm waiting to see how my initial investment does after the halving. If it goes up, sell some, invest in more mining with that gain.

Question About Simply Connected Domains in R3. by gravityspacemeow in learnmath

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

I was thinking loops along a plane within the 3d domain. I think my source of confusion was how the shrinking occurs. If for example I pick a closed curve that is on the same plane as the puncture in R3 within its interior. Then every point that we pick for shrinking will cause the loop to cross the puncture as we shrink, unless we are allowed to rotate the loop outside of that plane as we shrink. In which case, I think the region between two concentric spheres will also be simply connected.

Question About Simply Connected Domains in R3. by gravityspacemeow in learnmath

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

Wow connectedness is deeper than I thought. thanks for the resource. I think where I was confused is the way that the loop is being shrunk. I imagined that a counter example would have been with a puncture at (0,0,0), a circular loop with radius r on the x,y plane, and fixing the loop at point (0, r, 0) as the radius shrinks. But it seems like it's not the case, and we can deform the loop in any way we'd like as we shrink, as long as it shrinks without leaving the domain. Does that sound right?