cleverbeans

15822 pts ยท September 9, 2014


People who unironically like the US are just people who've never been anywhere else. It's all they know.

2 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

This one was able to tolerate the sexism and abuse long enough to enter the world championship. That's a good sign of social progress.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

That's true for a lot of male dominated activities like chess or engineering. Women don't want to enter because of the sexual harassment.

6 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

The Polgar sisters disagree with you.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

The Polgar sisters tossed theory in the bin. Women don't play chess because it's supposed to be a fun game but the sexism runs deep.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Mostly to prevent harassment and discrimination against the women who attend. I wish I could say it wasn't a serious problem but it is.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

My parents tell me that ash from the explosion made it all the way up to Edmonton, AB and formed a snow-like sheet on the porch.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Here in Canada an innocent man was held for three days because the cops misidentified him. The cops were all charged and convicted for it.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Also, they just snap. A decade of good behavior and training can't help you prevent or predict attacks.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 4

The placebo effect is a real effect and even if it doesn't technically do anything safe changes will improve your chances. Good luck OP.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is also true of dead bodies.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Exactly (1/2)^n where n is the number of levels which is indeed very small for large n.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

A binomial curve. Bell curves are the curve binomials curves approximate as you increase the number of bins and levels to infinity.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's not a bell curve it's a binomial distribution. They look a lot like bell curves but they're not the same.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The location is irrelevant. All that matters is that you have a 50/50 shot of going left or right at each junction.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It doesn't matter where you pour them as long as there is a 50/50 shot of going left or right at each junction.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's a binomial curve not a bell curve. With infinite splitting and balls it would become a bell curve in the limit.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yes. A class 6 rapid is a class 5 rapid that no one has ever survived. Once a class 6 has been shot successfully it becomes a class 5.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Binomial curve. The bell curve would be if they had infinite bins at the bottom and infinite balls to approximate it in the limit.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's a binomial curve not a bell curve. It's very common to mistake them for one another.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

No not really. As long as it's 50/50 at each intersection you'll get this pattern.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Not normal, it's a binomial distribution and only approximates the normal distribution.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

No it's going to be the same distribution as long as there are equal changes of going left or right at each intersection.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

No because the shape is determined by the dividers not the interaction of the balls. As long as it's 50/50 to go left or right you get this.

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

It's not though, it's the binomial distribution and only approximates normal.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It really is. I can't name another river that has killed millions of people in a single incident and the Yellow has done that several times.

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

The Yellow River is very dangerous and routinely murders millions of people.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The Yellow River is one of the five cradles of civilization and while it does routinely murder millions of people it grows them a lot too.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The Yellow River is normally very dangerous and routinely murders millions of people when it decides to change routes.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Each year a few people die in the yellow river but when it decided to randomly divert itself it typically kills a few million.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0