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I'm not doing my entire profile over so go check it here:
https://mastodon.social/@d155a715f1ed
If this site is a sequel to Twitter, won't it just end up making all the same mistakes and crashing and burning?
And yet, we must Post
I'm not doing my entire profile over so go check it here:
https://mastodon.social/@d155a715f1ed
If this site is a sequel to Twitter, won't it just end up making all the same mistakes and crashing and burning?
And yet, we must Post
Why does she look like she's in a Fortnite crossover
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Why does she look like she's in a Fortnite crossover
no issue with search here but i see a lot of people in search results complaining about search not working so i assume there are intermittent issues somewhere still.
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
no issue with search here but i see a lot of people in search results complaining about search not working so i assume there are intermittent issues somewhere still.
ah, good old bs nes hitboxes
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
ah, good old bs nes hitboxes
PS: The fash already have their answer - they have decided human dignity is selective and revocable. This, you cannot reason or debate with, only calculate how to survive and overcome.
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
PS: The fash already have their answer - they have decided human dignity is selective and revocable. This, you cannot reason or debate with, only calculate how to survive and overcome.
I don't have an answer yet. I hope you find yours.
[fin]
[fin]
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I don't have an answer yet. I hope you find yours.
[fin]
[fin]
But we still, even without answers, must decide, what is the minimal level of human dignity required for the most vile, dead or alive? That dictacted not by our instinctive response and desire for vengeance, but for practices that promote a healthy society overall?
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
But we still, even without answers, must decide, what is the minimal level of human dignity required for the most vile, dead or alive? That dictacted not by our instinctive response and desire for vengeance, but for practices that promote a healthy society overall?
Protecting ourselves from harm from people who seem irredeemable does not require dehumanizing them.
There are other ways. The details...are out of scope for this conversation, though many things have been tried and mostly failed. There is no objective, mathematical solution here.
There are other ways. The details...are out of scope for this conversation, though many things have been tried and mostly failed. There is no objective, mathematical solution here.
November 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Protecting ourselves from harm from people who seem irredeemable does not require dehumanizing them.
There are other ways. The details...are out of scope for this conversation, though many things have been tried and mostly failed. There is no objective, mathematical solution here.
There are other ways. The details...are out of scope for this conversation, though many things have been tried and mostly failed. There is no objective, mathematical solution here.
And at what point does this train of thought become a justification for dehumanization instead? Of saying, no, you don't actually deserve life, you've done too much harm, you can never be redeemed, why do we waste resources on you?
If you're asking this question, stop and slow down.
If you're asking this question, stop and slow down.
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
And at what point does this train of thought become a justification for dehumanization instead? Of saying, no, you don't actually deserve life, you've done too much harm, you can never be redeemed, why do we waste resources on you?
If you're asking this question, stop and slow down.
If you're asking this question, stop and slow down.
You might apply similar logic to people, if you chose - the question then becomes, how many chances does anyone deserve, depending on the level of harm they have done?
How many must die for one human's redemption arc, in life or in death?
When does the total ticket cost exceed the jackpot?
How many must die for one human's redemption arc, in life or in death?
When does the total ticket cost exceed the jackpot?
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You might apply similar logic to people, if you chose - the question then becomes, how many chances does anyone deserve, depending on the level of harm they have done?
How many must die for one human's redemption arc, in life or in death?
When does the total ticket cost exceed the jackpot?
How many must die for one human's redemption arc, in life or in death?
When does the total ticket cost exceed the jackpot?
The best thing to do with this information, of course, is to convince yourself lottery tickets are a scam and you should put money in savings or something instead.
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The best thing to do with this information, of course, is to convince yourself lottery tickets are a scam and you should put money in savings or something instead.
If this formula doesn't already have a name, i'd call it The Lottery Formula, where your odds of winning are 1 in n, and c is the number of tickets you buy. Given that information, as well as the price of a ticket and the jackpot size, you can calculate odds of winning and expected profit, if any.
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If this formula doesn't already have a name, i'd call it The Lottery Formula, where your odds of winning are 1 in n, and c is the number of tickets you buy. Given that information, as well as the price of a ticket and the jackpot size, you can calculate odds of winning and expected profit, if any.
But you'd have to take my word for that and it's not really that important to anyone but me.
Really, more generally, the probability after c chances would be 1-((n-1/n)^c - and for any size n, this approaches 100% as c approaches infinity - but never reaches it, as it may never happen.
Really, more generally, the probability after c chances would be 1-((n-1/n)^c - and for any size n, this approaches 100% as c approaches infinity - but never reaches it, as it may never happen.
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
But you'd have to take my word for that and it's not really that important to anyone but me.
Really, more generally, the probability after c chances would be 1-((n-1/n)^c - and for any size n, this approaches 100% as c approaches infinity - but never reaches it, as it may never happen.
Really, more generally, the probability after c chances would be 1-((n-1/n)^c - and for any size n, this approaches 100% as c approaches infinity - but never reaches it, as it may never happen.
As n grows, this formula approaches 1 - 1/e, or about 63.212%.
I swear I once derived this formula independently (not the limit, but the rest) as a kid who hadnt even taken a stats class yet long before a recent youtube video about Mario speedruns nerded out about this formula.
I swear I once derived this formula independently (not the limit, but the rest) as a kid who hadnt even taken a stats class yet long before a recent youtube video about Mario speedruns nerded out about this formula.
November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
As n grows, this formula approaches 1 - 1/e, or about 63.212%.
I swear I once derived this formula independently (not the limit, but the rest) as a kid who hadnt even taken a stats class yet long before a recent youtube video about Mario speedruns nerded out about this formula.
I swear I once derived this formula independently (not the limit, but the rest) as a kid who hadnt even taken a stats class yet long before a recent youtube video about Mario speedruns nerded out about this formula.
Given enough chances, any nonzero probability could be amplified.
[warning: probability/statistics tangent with a dash of precalculus ahead]
If the probability of an event is 1/n (where n>=1) then the probability of that event occurring after n chances is 1-((n-1)/n)^n.
[warning: probability/statistics tangent with a dash of precalculus ahead]
If the probability of an event is 1/n (where n>=1) then the probability of that event occurring after n chances is 1-((n-1)/n)^n.
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Given enough chances, any nonzero probability could be amplified.
[warning: probability/statistics tangent with a dash of precalculus ahead]
If the probability of an event is 1/n (where n>=1) then the probability of that event occurring after n chances is 1-((n-1)/n)^n.
[warning: probability/statistics tangent with a dash of precalculus ahead]
If the probability of an event is 1/n (where n>=1) then the probability of that event occurring after n chances is 1-((n-1)/n)^n.
also, the dead do not have the chance to improve any longer. though some were already beyond self-improvement, but there's no telling what someone might do if they yet live.
The probabilities are often low, but the possibility of change is always there.
The probabilities are often low, but the possibility of change is always there.
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
also, the dead do not have the chance to improve any longer. though some were already beyond self-improvement, but there's no telling what someone might do if they yet live.
The probabilities are often low, but the possibility of change is always there.
The probabilities are often low, but the possibility of change is always there.
also thinking, does the manner or timing of your death matter to you if you're dead?
does it matter if you "deserved" to die or not? but if you were alive, what would i think?
really i'd prefer not to think of you, but ignoring assholes only goes so far.
does it matter if you "deserved" to die or not? but if you were alive, what would i think?
really i'd prefer not to think of you, but ignoring assholes only goes so far.
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
also thinking, does the manner or timing of your death matter to you if you're dead?
does it matter if you "deserved" to die or not? but if you were alive, what would i think?
really i'd prefer not to think of you, but ignoring assholes only goes so far.
does it matter if you "deserved" to die or not? but if you were alive, what would i think?
really i'd prefer not to think of you, but ignoring assholes only goes so far.
(warning: I just prewrote a bunch of braindumped crap in notepad and will be firing off several posts. mute the thread or something if you need to)
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
(warning: I just prewrote a bunch of braindumped crap in notepad and will be firing off several posts. mute the thread or something if you need to)
(and this was on a topic i might've agreed with the person on. but not everyone wants to read, write, or talk about current events 24/7. sorry not sorry, world's a terrible place and we could all do more to help - but we have plenty of people Posting About It.)
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
(and this was on a topic i might've agreed with the person on. but not everyone wants to read, write, or talk about current events 24/7. sorry not sorry, world's a terrible place and we could all do more to help - but we have plenty of people Posting About It.)
i've heard this is more common in places outside the US where Thanksgiving isn't a thing and Halloween rarely is either (and so there's no other widely celebrated holidays to effectively constrain the Christmas season)
October 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
i've heard this is more common in places outside the US where Thanksgiving isn't a thing and Halloween rarely is either (and so there's no other widely celebrated holidays to effectively constrain the Christmas season)
Like... Fuck the society that pushed a woman into believing she was so ugly she needed to take a black market mystery drug that literally sawed her in half and required daily maintenance to avoid extreme disability and death.
...but that society is merely a funhouse reflection of our own.
...but that society is merely a funhouse reflection of our own.
October 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Like... Fuck the society that pushed a woman into believing she was so ugly she needed to take a black market mystery drug that literally sawed her in half and required daily maintenance to avoid extreme disability and death.
...but that society is merely a funhouse reflection of our own.
...but that society is merely a funhouse reflection of our own.