Spyro

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (7 children)

The gambler’s fallacy is pretty easy to get, as is the Monty Hall problem if you restate the question as having 100 doors instead of 3. But for the life of me I don’t think I’ll ever have an intuitive understanding of the birthday problem. That one just boggles my mind constantly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Releasing someone who made an extremely successful drug distribution ring while also threatening tariffs under the guise of a fentanyl crackdown.

Predictable behavior from someone who’s only consistent action is his golf schedule.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like some DEI talk to me, maybe someone should go report them or something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Try some chicken and waffles when you get the chance - 5000 calories have never tasted so good.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

They don’t directly mention it, but as I recall after that episode traveling at high warp speeds was greatly diminished and warp speeds above certain thresholds were only used in emergency situations/required special authorization. So not completely abandoned but they certainly didn’t build on the premise, which is a shame because I thought it was one of the cooler plot elements that was introduced in the series.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago

The Talos Principle - It’s pretty much purely a puzzle game with a nice dose of philosophy to drive the story along. Some of the later puzzles can get pretty difficult, and some of the optional challenges will likely take you a good while to figure out without guides.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’d be fine with it if we could get some good “once in a lifetime” events occasionally. I’m in my 30s and pretty much every single one has been bad so far.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Ya know now that you mention it, I don’t recall Congress ever explicitly delegating the selection of the “go” and “stop” colors to any government entity. Wonder if you could now use this as a defense against running a red light…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This was probably true for a bit after 9/11, but I can’t say I personally know anyone who currently feels safer flying on planes because of the TSA. Pretty much everyone I’ve spoken to in person regarding this knows the TSA is a joke.

Realistically it’s now a government jobs program that is basically immune from ever being terminated because many politician benefits from having this program operate in their district/state/etc providing jobs that they do not want to lose.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You seem to be under the impression that they care about your safety. Rookie mistake. They care about the security of the airplane, not you.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Chemists would look in envy at the mathematician's cyclohexane / benzene ring pancakes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just fyi the term for molecules with hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions is amphipathic not bipolar.

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