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  1. Comment on What are your most trusted news sources and why? in ~news

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    Democracy Now, because they report on events that absolutely no one else talks about.

    Democracy Now, because they report on events that absolutely no one else talks about.

    13 votes

  2. Comment on How do you compute the probability of covering an entire population given you take an arbitrary number of random samples? in ~science

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    Well the math I posted above is again for sample size 1. To find K>=1, you need to change the expectation of each of the remaining examples. Its essentially going through the Coupon Collectors...

    Well the math I posted above is again for sample size 1. To find K>=1, you need to change the expectation of each of the remaining examples. Its essentially going through the Coupon Collectors equations, only changing the summation of probabilities.

    I found this link, you could try walking through this math:

    https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/131664/coupon-collector-problem-with-batched-selections

    2 votes

  3. Comment on How do you compute the probability of covering an entire population given you take an arbitrary number of random samples? in ~science

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    After some thinking and googling, I found this result: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/28905/expected-time-to-roll-all-1-through-6-on-a-die In which the best answer says that THIS type of...

    After some thinking and googling, I found this result:

    https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/28905/expected-time-to-roll-all-1-through-6-on-a-die

    In which the best answer says that THIS type of problem is known as the "Coupon Collectors" problem -- something I've never heard of before!!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupon_collector's_problem

    Now i'm watching youtube videos to understand it better ha

    Edit:
    So, using a sample size of 1, the number of trials needed for population size P is:

    P*( γ + ln (P))

    Where γ is the Euler–Mascheroni constant = 0.5772156649015

    6 votes

  4. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~books

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    yeah, its a great place to hide something

    yeah, its a great place to hide something

  5. Comment on What are y'all having for dinner tonight? in ~food

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    do you usually grill every night?

    do you usually grill every night?

    1 vote

  6. Comment on What are y'all having for dinner tonight? in ~food

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    $1 canned beef stew and $0.25 loafs of daily bolillo bread. Its actually not that bad, though I do miss vegetables.

    $1 canned beef stew and $0.25 loafs of daily bolillo bread. Its actually not that bad, though I do miss vegetables.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Now that Ubuntu 18.04.1 is out, have you upgraded from 16.04 LTS? in ~comp

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    Since 18.04 is LTS, I upgraded. Nothing really is different for me. I use gnome-flashback and Compiz, because I need my spinning cubez. I should probably make the jump to Arch or something so that...

    Since 18.04 is LTS, I upgraded. Nothing really is different for me. I use gnome-flashback and Compiz, because I need my spinning cubez. I should probably make the jump to Arch or something so that in 6 years time, I can still have my spinning cubez, and not be beholden to whatever whims Cannonical might whip up.

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Inside the life of the world's first self-driving teen in ~tech

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    After reading the headline, I was terrified of the though of a teen behind the wheel of a self-driving car, an was going to suggest that someone needs atleast 5 years of driving experience before...

    After reading the headline, I was terrified of the though of a teen behind the wheel of a self-driving car, an was going to suggest that someone needs atleast 5 years of driving experience before operating a self-driving car.

    After reading the article, I see that she's in a FULLY automated vehicle, sitting in the back.

    I suppose that pedestrian being killed in Arizona didn't deter the testing of this coming trend.

    I also just realized that "automatic" and "manual" might refer to a vehicle's autonomy in the future, not its transmission.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on The Bullshit Web in ~tech

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    I would say, yes, it is even worth talking about. Recognizing a problem is worth our time, even if its to sit around this digital campfire and bitch about our bullshit IT jobs with one another. I...

    I would say, yes, it is even worth talking about. Recognizing a problem is worth our time, even if its to sit around this digital campfire and bitch about our bullshit IT jobs with one another. I know it seems pretty obvious to us, but there is a generation of people who think this web is NORMAL, and to declare that its not, helps change a persons paradigm. As this article says, the rest of the world who has slower internet are suffering because of the west's bloat. Also, TALKING about a problem is the first steps to solving it.

    7 votes

  10. Comment on Netflix has renewed Altered Carbon for a second season in ~tv

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    I thought they had already renewed it... Why did it take until now to renew it? I am nervous about who they'll get to write it, since the first season told the complete story of the original book.

    I thought they had already renewed it... Why did it take until now to renew it? I am nervous about who they'll get to write it, since the first season told the complete story of the original book.