gerryflap

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  Possible, but at least in my experience most normal people know 1/3rd and understand what it means, but if I’d throw a “point three repeating” at them they’d probably get confused. Fractions are just a tool to communicate stuff more efficiently, good in some scenarios, confusing in others. It would be cool if we could teach everyone the “repeating” syntax as well because it’s another useful tool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m also Dutch so I don’t have the answers about the imperial system haha

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  In many cases that’s fine, I’ve done so regularly. But when you want to be precise without making it complicated you can just say the fraction as well. But in order to do that you need people to feel comfortable with it, therefore we need to teach kids this from a young age. I’m not saying we always need them, but they’re definitely very useful tools that you want at the ready when you need them. To make quick calculations in your head it’s often way simpler to use the fraction than the real number. And in cases like 1/3rd or 3/7ths it’s a way simpler, accurate and more efficient way to communicate the number than to name the rounded number.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Imo fractions are way more simple in many cases than decimal numbers. Saying 1/3rd is way more useful than hitting someone with the 0.33333333333333… Quick mental computations with fractions are also simpler in this case. Though this question (and questions like it) seem useless to me indeed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people say "I wouldn't want a government to dictate what I eat"? This would mean they'd be against food safety regulations, would it not?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a big difference between food safety and not eating meat. One is about companies putting dangerous stuff in food that can potentially harm people, the other is about something which humans have been eating ever since they existed. I understand that there are some arguments to be given about why we shouldn’t eat meat, but those are definitely not as widely supported as disallowing the companies to inject “poison” into our food. In my opinion banning meat definitely would go way too far, the cost of banning meat far exceeds the benefits for public wellbeing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why have black history month or black lives matter, don’t all lives matter? Why have feminism, don’t all genders matter? Why aren’t cishets included in pride, can’t they be proud?!

  These things exist to call out specific issues that exist for specific groups. Other groups might experience the same problem, but that doesn’t matter. This is for men and their specific issues. As a man we’re always told to just suck it up and keep going. To be strong. It was way tools late that I realized that I was allowed to seek help and feel emotions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay but I don’t know anything about the boardgame. I’m judging the game based on the game itself. It’s a cool game set in a cool Cyberpunk world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2 is now in preproduction, CD Projekt says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What? The launch was definitely botched, but after all the updates it’s now a great game. Personally one of my favorites. Honestly I’m not sure if there are many studios who would do a better job than CDPR in making such a large scale Cyberpunk game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Afaik it’s quite reliable as long as you’re not very muscular. I’m 190cm and roughly 80-85kg, which is a quite normal (but a bit higher than avg) according to BMI. I also have a bit of a beer belly and definitely feel like I could lose some fat.

  Unless you work out a lot and are muscular, I’d expect the classification of obese to be correct for your height and weight. 10cm taller than me and 35kg heavier doesn’t sound like a weight within the healthy range unless it’s muscle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 for me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  18. I don’t own any pajamas or something and I’m usually too hot anyway.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I either reuse the clip or twist and tuck it if there’s no clip. I don’t understand why I’d use extra stuff for this like my own clips or rubber bands

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does Lemmy use "@" instead of ":" like Matrix does?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally I like the @ way more. You even read it as “at”, which makes sense in this context. “Gerryflap at feddit.nl” instantly makes sense. It aligns with email, so it also makes it easier for newcomers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #13⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m still not sure what to think of early access. On the one hand, it is too often an excuse to push a buggy mess. That shit is seriously annoying.

  But if it’s done right, it can allow developers to make games that are way larger than they otherwise could. In the end development costs money, so with only X million dollars of upfront investment you will run out at some point. With early access they can extend the money pile further, and therefore they can keep extending the scope of the game way beyond what would otherwise be possible as long as the game is popular enough. But then the focus should be on delivering a mostly stable core experience instead of a buggy unbalanced mess.

  Imo it worked quite well for games like Factorio, Valheim, Satisfactory. I had like 80 hours in Satisfactory way before the official release, and then another 100 hours or so with friends a bit later (also before the final release). While there were definitely some bugs, the experience overall was worth my money and I was happy to be able to play it already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OMG no please don’t call me.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah. Text > in person >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> video call > audio call. I hate calls so much. With in person communication people can at least see that I don’t have time for them, and I can also see them coming. I also find it easier to keep my train of thought while talking in person.

  Calls are like a random interruption of everything I’m doing and therefore catch me by complete surprise, causing stress. Usually it completely clears my working memory, meaning that I have to spend time and energy to get back to what I was doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company's code was written by AI | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah that’d explain some stuff. Happy to have switched to Linux

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Squint your eyes 👀⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “AI” brought a lot of bad things, but this shit is pretty good. In the thumbnail I only see the text, but when the image opened in full size it looked like a completely different image without the text. The brain is a funky little meat computer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows"⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve switched a few months ago. Plenty of issues, but none of them major enough anymore to go back again. All games I play regularly apart from Assetto Corsa work, and AC should also be fixable as far as I read.

  Just a few days ago I got the first racing sim working properly with my wheel. AC doesn’t start yet and Automobilista 2 does not match the irl steering wheel movements (this also happened on Windows sometimes), but ACC worked without much of an issue.

  For music production I also got most of my setup working. I’m having a lot of issues with opening my old projects, but I wasn’t actively working on them anyways and with some effort I can get them back. Still some issues like the Vital synth CLAP version crashing when the window is opened and the Splice sample thingy not allowing drag and drop, but we’ll get there. For new projects it’s mostly workable.

  Basically everything else I need just works. Games, photography stuff, everyday programs, and obviously my programming stuff because it was already on Linux.

  I use Arch by the way :3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anybody?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah thanks for the info! Together with the other in-depth comment this is painting a good picture of what’s happening. Though I have some terms to study before I’ll get it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anybody?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay I have some reading to do haha. Thanks for the explanation!

  As a programmer (who also did quite some math) it never ceases to amaze me how often math just uses single character variable/function names that apparently have a specific meaning. For instance the P^(n)® thingy. Without knowing this specific notation, one might easily assume it meant something else like power sets. Even within the niche I’m more familiar with (machine learning) there was plenty of that stuff going around.

  Then again, this meme has an incentive to make it harder, it wouldn’t be funny if it explained symbols.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So true⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m Dutch and I have similar memories. Fries, crisps, and/or ice cream used to be a quintessential part of the pool visit. Kinda makes me nostalgic thinking about it. After all that moving around the fries were an even better treat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anybody?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah this was a possibility I was thinking as well. The superscript n could just be n recursive applications, but then n is still not defined. It’s one of the things that makes me thing that it’s just nonsense. Also, how do you do math on Lemmy? Can you just use LaTeX math syntax or did you copy those symbols?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anybody?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, so:

  1. 🍇 = 1, because 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
  2. Therefore, 🍪 = 2, because 2 - 1 - 1 = 0
  3. 🥪 is the set of all integer numbers Z, as defined
  4. I am not sure about 🍔, but I assume that it’s the set of integers with all even numbers removed, therefore it’s the set of all odd numbers.

  Beyond that starts the nonsense for me. I’m very curious whether that stuff actually checks out. Some of the terms I remember from group theory, but other stuff seems incorrect to my (limited) knowledge.

  • The second definition of 🍕 seems to contain redundant information, as afar as I can see " --> " defines a morphism, so why is the predicate “φ is a morphism” matter?

  • The first definition of 🍕 with the contravariant thing also doesn’t parse for me, what does that “-” mean in the function arguments?

  • In the definition of 🌭, what is the n (or the P)? ChatGPT started yapping about real projective space, but I’m not sure if that’s correct.

  If there’s an actual mathematician here who knows then I’d love to know the answer. I’ve kinda been nerd sniped by this question but I don’t possess the knowledge to fully get this one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Believe It Or Not, Black Licorice⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I must consume all the licorice. It’s very common here in the Netherlands and I fucking love it. Especially the salty licorice with salmiak (or whatever y’all call it).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't believe it let me do that⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh damn I wasn’t aware this was possible. Just did it as well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why walk, when you can ride?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Because the grocery store is so close to my house that grabbing my bike from the shed an parking it at the store feels like more effort than walking there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well that's one advantage that they have⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  But I don’t ever want to see one :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Python Performance: Why 'if not list' is 2x Faster Than Using len()⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like it. It’s a complete fever dream graph. I really don’t get how someone can use an image like that. Personally I don’t really like AI art anyways, but I could somewhat understand it as a sort of “filler” image to make your article a bit more interesting. But a graph that is supposed to convey actual information? No idea why anyone would AI gen that without checking

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's a global pandemic somewhere just waiting for someone to do a dare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Biden propaganda”. Lol. Not everyone is from the US. Also, I think we agree about masks so no need to call it bullshit. They didn’t work because people wore relatively ineffectieve masks and didn’t use them properly. I agree that if everyone used the right masks properly it would’ve had a big effect. But that measure is no longer realistic given the urgency of the crisis. Everything we do as humans carries risk, we can’t live fully sterile and perfectly safe. Every time you travel you can get into an accident, a lot of food or drinks we consume are bad for us, and likewise going anywhere were people are you can get ill. I got mono before COVID started and it fucked me up. Should people no longer share drink glasses or kiss to avoid the risk?

  The COVID crisis was a crisis because the disease was bad enough for the average person to cause a significant amount of hospitalizations. That was lifted due to immunity from vaccines and infections and due to mutations. Now it’s just another flu: dangerous to the vulnerable people and it can definitely fuck you up, but not in such numbers that it cripples society.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There's a global pandemic somewhere just waiting for someone to do a dare⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like this is such an overreaction. Violence?! I’ve got some permanent symptoms after COVID and mono, and I won’t judge anyone for wearing a mask. I’d happily comply with masking requirements in places where vulnerable people often visit like hospitals or elderly homes. But violence?

  Masks were quite annoying and honestly didn’t seem too effective here. Not because a well applied mask doesn’t help, I fully believe that it does, but the average person just didn’t use them correctly and other measures like vaccination were way more effective. When the hospitals are filling up it absolutely makes sense to enforce these kind of rules, every little bit helps. But it’s not 2021 anymore. The virus at this point is more like a spicy flu than the unknown hospital filler that it was in 2020-2022. Expecting people to mask everywhere is unreasonable imo and calling it violence or dangerous is definitely an overreaction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America is fucked⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There seems to be quite some space there compared to what I’ve seen emergency vehicles use here in the Netherlands. Recently there was one traveling across a pretty narrow bridge and a road that normally allocated 2 cars. The traffic was completely stuck and yet somehow the emergency vehicle got enough space to travel through. It outpaces me while I was racing down the bridge on a bike. That was more crowded and narrow than this. People went everywhere with their car to create a way for the emergency vehicle