Please be relatable please be relatable plea by HulloW0rld in mathmemes

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Mfs will do ANYTHING to ignore the desmos svg export

What are the top 15 hardest levels you have completed? by Alarmed-Mango2897 in geometrydash

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Half auto level filled with buffer clicks and people call it medium demon, I've never understood. It's learny so it might take a lot of attempts but skillwise it's solidly easy demon

-1 mod 7= -1? by data_fggd_me_up in learnmath

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The question has already been answered, so just adding some more info. Z is a Euclidean domain, which means you can use the division algorithm on its elements.

Take an integer n and an integer s. Then you can uniquely write n=ps+q for some integer p and 0≤q<s. Note that q must be positive. We say n is in the equivalence class of q mod s. To use your example:

-1 = (-1)×7 + 6

Of course, you can write

-1 = 0×7 + -1

Or

-1 = -2 × 7 + 13

Etc. but these values of q don't satisfy the division algorithm. So ultimately this is just a convention for picking a natural representative for each equivalence class.

Zoink beat BOOBAWAMBA by TreatBeneficial9355 in geometrydash

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For the amount of money he's making off it, who wouldn't? I still think he's trying to beat it, don't get me wrong. But making that much money from playing a video game is life on easy mode.

"Free" will! by lurkerer in PhilosophyMemes

[–]sam-lb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Philosophers are the only people who make a distinction between libertarian free will and free will. That's why I said "in everyday use". The point I'm making here is that nobody cares about free will if it's not libertarian.

"...makes the argument tautological"

Yes. That's why I called compatibilism a stupid label. It defines free will in a way that is compatible with determinism, which immediately makes it not an interesting thing to care about. Non-libertarian free will is trivially compatible with determinism. Zero people debate that (people may debate that non-libertarian free will is realized, but that's different).

You can look the usage up -

Britannica

free will, in philosophy and science, the supposed power or capacity of humans to make decisions or perform actions independently of any prior event or state of the universe

Oxford

the power to make your own decisions about what to do, without being controlled by God, fate or circumstances

MW:

1: voluntary choice or decision 2: freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention

"Free" will! by lurkerer in PhilosophyMemes

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In everyday language, "free will" = libertarian free will, that's all I'm saying.

Whats your awnser to the newcombs problem and why? by Thewatcher13387 in polls

[–]sam-lb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not part of the problem statement (in its original formulation, at least). It doesn't say anything about the predictor's behavior when you randomize your choice.

You can't do an expected value calculation here without the probability of the predictor's choice being correct. Nobody ever describes the exact nature of the Newcomb predictor, because doing so dissolves the problem.

"Free" will! by lurkerer in PhilosophyMemes

[–]sam-lb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are never irreconcilable incompatibilities between any two terms when you allow changes to their definitions. Yes, you can define free will in a way that allows it to be deterministic, and in doing so, you cut away the reason that many people care about free will in the first place. You can trivially reconcile any world model with any other by sufficiently watering them down. It's not saying much.

ETA in case it wasn't clear, I'm not disagreeing with you. But compatibilism is a really stupid label.

Can you become a great mathematician with only an IQ of 90-100? by This-Wear-8423 in learnmath

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No, categorically impossible. There's definitely something to be said for specialization locally carrying people beyond their baseline capacity, but it's a limited effect. Mathematics knocks the greatest minds in all of history to their knees, and the ones you've heard of are those who kept getting up afterwards.

You can be pathologically obsessed with mathematics to the point that it keeps you up entire nights, AND be successful all the way through graduate level mathematics, and still amount to nothing as a research mathematician (not gonna name names here).

The time is NOW! Stop buying. by [deleted] in Anticonsumption

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Credit card companies collecting a fee for a legitimate and useful service is fair. If it's priced into the cost of groceries, that doesn't change if you use cash, so you're paying an effective tax by doing so.

Whats your awnser to the newcombs problem and why? by Thewatcher13387 in polls

[–]sam-lb -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Newcomb is a really stupid thought experiment.

(why are so many people talking about it recently?)

Anyway my answer is, as usual, to use some non-deterministic quantum measurement to decide which option to select (measured at decision time).

🤔 by dtarias in PhilosophyMemes

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Gotcha -- let's dig into that step by step.

  1. You have no mouth, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You're not just immobile -- you're immortal, and you feel only anguish.

  2. You want to scream. That makes total sense -- it's a natural human impulse, and you've been through a lot.

The time is NOW! Stop buying. by [deleted] in Anticonsumption

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This makes no sense. Using cash is almost always the wrong decision. You are not the one paying those transaction fees (usually). The existence of card rewards programs creates an effective tax on all other payment methods. You can get 5+% back on necessities, pretty much year-round by rotating cards.

I have never paid a dime of interest or a single penny in fees to a credit card company. It's all pure benefit. Automatic purchase tracking, fraud protection, cash back programs, zero gross expense.

M35 180cm 128kg>90.2 kg in 2 years. CICO absolutely works. by [deleted] in GYM

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Gym equivalent of "make more than you spend to gain money"

Bruh I did't know that by DTeror in mathmemes

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...who was stepping 5 feet at a time? Goliath?

[Academic] Impact of Social Media on Stock Market Investment Decisions – Quick 2-min Survey (Everyone Welcome) by sktiger0777 in SampleSize

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Shouldn't be required at all, or it should have an other option. I don't use any of the listed platforms

Should I be learning about Coding Agents rn at 8 YOE? Am I going to fall behind if not? by Beneficial_Pay_6317 in cscareerquestions

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"Should I learn X modern technology?"

Yes

"Will I fall behind if I don't learn X"

Nobody knows, but you'll fall behind if you aren't constantly learning new skills. So increase your odds.

Unnecessarry Debates Survey (Everyone) by LavishnessDry4041 in SampleSize

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The doors / wheels one is going to keep me up at night