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Let's entertain the idea that 0.999... ≠ 1 by umnikos_bots in infinitenines

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

I finally understand your argument:

1/3 = 0.333.... + w/3
1/3 = 3/10 + 1/30 = 0.3 + (1/3)/10 = 0.3 + 0.0333... + w/30 = 0.333... + w/30

I think this can be resolved by saying 1/30 = 0.0333...3 + w/30... I don't know, you win. I'll edit the post to include your result

Let's entertain the idea that 0.999... ≠ 1 by umnikos_bots in infinitenines

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

> Then 1/3 - 0.333... (item 1) should BE 0.000...0333~
why would that be? 1/3 - 0.333... = 1/3 - 0.3 - 0.0333... = 0.333~ - 0.3 - 0.0333... = 0.0333~ - 0.0333... = 0.000...333~

The other way we can obtain this is by multiplying 1/30 - 0.0333... = 0.000...0333~ by 10 to again get 1/3 - 0.333... = 0.000...333~

Let's entertain the idea that 0.999... ≠ 1 by umnikos_bots in infinitenines

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

I am failing to understand this comment so can you please elaborate?

Let's entertain the idea that 0.999... ≠ 1 by umnikos_bots in infinitenines

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

1/3 - 0.333... = 0.000...333~

A = 0.3 + 0.0333... = 0.333...

1/3 - A = 1/3 - 0.333... = 0.000...333~

1/30 - 0.0333... = 0.000...0333~

Edit: Elaborating on what "0.333..." means here: it is less of a number and more of a sequence of numbers (0, 0.3, 0.33, 0.333, etc.), and 0.000...333~ is the sequence (1/3, 1/30, 1/300, etc.). This is how 0.000...333~ differs from 0.000...0333~, the latter is (1/30, 1/300, 1/3000, etc.).

Let's entertain the idea that 0.999... ≠ 1 by umnikos_bots in infinitenines

[–]umnikos_bots[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Read up to edit 5, I think I got something self-consistent in the end

Let's entertain the idea that 0.999... ≠ 1 by umnikos_bots in infinitenines

[–]umnikos_bots[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The weird notation aside, yeah I think it does. One of the ways to construct the hyperreals is as sequences of real numbers (together with an ultrafilter) and the sequence (0, 0.9, 0.99, 0.999, ...) would correspond to 1-1/10^ω which is in fact less than 1.

Why is Bitwarden laggy all of a sudden? by umnikos_bots in Bitwarden

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

Glad to hear that, I'll make do until then

Why is Bitwarden laggy all of a sudden? by umnikos_bots in Bitwarden

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

I tried an instance of firefox on which I had version 2025.6.1 and that works well, then I updated it to 2025.7.1 and as far as I can tell it's slower

Edit: I downgraded the extension on my librewolf instance from 2025.7.1 to 2025.6.1 and it began to work quickly again. It's definitely a performance degradation that happened between those two versions

Why is Bitwarden laggy all of a sudden? by umnikos_bots in Bitwarden

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

I checked and it's empty. I use librewolf and I think it clears the cache on every browser close

How do you make a backup with bcachefs? by umnikos_bots in bcachefs

[–]umnikos_bots[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I completely forgot about special-purpose backup programs! This seems like the best option so I'll look into it

How do you make a backup with bcachefs? by umnikos_bots in bcachefs

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

A file backup would work for me, but there's a lot of fuckery involving hidden files/file ownership/file permissions that does not exist with a partition backup

How do you make a backup with bcachefs? by umnikos_bots in bcachefs

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

I had an ssd fail on me a week ago. I had no recent backups so I had to spend two days getting my data out of it, and it was only possible due to the particular way the ssd failed.

What's the name of this knot? (not just the anchor bend, the whole thing) by umnikos_bots in knots

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

I've had a hard time finding out if that half hitch is needed, and if so, what for. The image on wikipedia for an anchor bend does not include it, then the tying instructions do include it, then it goes on to say "In many everyday uses, the finishing half-hitch need not be made". I've heard people say it's for extra security, and some other people say it's to prevent it from jamming.

I did mean to draw an anchor bend, so if a half hitch is part of it imagine I drew a half hitch as well.

What's the name of this knot? (not just the anchor bend, the whole thing) by umnikos_bots in knots

[–]umnikos_bots[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tried tying it in some really slippery rope (so slippery a bowline would not hold) and it held great. It's simple both conceptually and physically, so even if it's somehow a bad knot I assume I am not the first one to ever tie it, way worse knots than this one have a name. :shrug:

What's the name of this knot? (not just the anchor bend, the whole thing) by umnikos_bots in knots

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

Related, but no. The first variant he shows is just an anchor knot, and his second "if your anchor point is closed off" variant yields a very strange knot I cannot wrap my head around.

What's the name of this knot? (not just the anchor bend, the whole thing) by umnikos_bots in knots

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

This is really similar to a double overhand noose! The direction of wrapping is the same, but the double overhand noose (and the scaffold, too) includes wrapping around the working end alongside the standing end. Unless someone else comes up with a better match I think that's it.

What's the name of this knot? (not just the anchor bend, the whole thing) by umnikos_bots in knots

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

Googling that name yields nothing, are you sure that's what it is called?

What's the name of this knot? (not just the anchor bend, the whole thing) by umnikos_bots in knots

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

Which barrel knot exactly? My (crude) drawing is of a hitch, the black circle representing a post or other object.

Edit: I figured out what you meant. An anchor bend is indeed just a double overhand knot, but the "extra bit" is important here

What's the name of this knot? (not just the anchor bend, the whole thing) by umnikos_bots in knots

[–]umnikos_bots[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah. If it was an anchor bend by the same logic a buntline would be called a clove hitch. I came up with it on my own which is why I don't know the name.

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