TranquilTurbulence

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[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

A common dice has 6 possible outcomes. Unless it’s a special D6, it’s impossible to get a zero or some other value outside the usual range of 1-6.

Normally, each side has a probability of 1/6. If it’s a loaded dice, one value will have a higher probability, while the other sides will have a lower probability.

Let’s say you have two dice, you roll them, and hope to get 6 on both of them. It’s possible to get that on the first try, but it’s much more plausible that you have to roll them many times before that happens.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 hours ago

It can also be a good conversation starter. Some people genuinely don't know or care about the social media corporations spying on us. You can have some interesting conversations with them.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 2 points 19 hours ago

And so is alchemy. Useful and useless concepts were intertwined at the time, and it took centuries figure out what to keep and what to discard. Well, some individuals still held on to the trash ideas, while the rest of the world moved on.

I tend to do that with real life objects. For example, I might snap a photo of a price tag in a store, walk over to the next store and compare prices.

I tend to do that with real life objects. For example, I might snap a photo of a price tag in a store, walk over to the next store and compare prices.

When pixel count doesn’t matter, that’s probably the easiest way to do it.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well that’s an interesting thought. Care to elaborate how parties fail? Is the whole idea of parties rotten, or just the application of it?

And when the schedule is off, you get worried. Could it be a sign about the next crop? Should we have planted something else instead? Was it a mistake to marry this lady… So many questions.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Our maybe they treat airplanes as mystical objects used for fortune telling and other magical and religious purposes. That’s how stars and planets were treated before we figured out what they really are.

Long ago, medicine, chemistry, alchemy, astronomy and astrology were just one big mess. People used that amalgamation for all the purposes you could imagine.

That’s a good point. Even though the voting system makes it harder, it doesn’t make it impossible.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

In some countries you can even have coalition governments. Imagine a parliament made of at least 5 parties.

Hmm… need to set the white balance first.

 
 

You only remember the ones where the plot goes totally off the rails, dialogue makes no sense, and acting is just bizarre. Whoever is writing this trash is chronically incapable of producing anything even remotely good. It’s either forgettably mediocre or experimental chaos and pure madness.

 

They might also be meaningless internet points. Who knows.

 

While I was in the shower, I thought of a brilliant idea! Let’s trigger several smaller volcanic eruptions that release a semi-controlled amount of volcanic ash into other atmosphere. That will cool down the atmosphere, which should buy us some time to fix our carbon emissions.

Then I realized, that doing so would block visible light. Plants need the light to grow, and we need the plants to breathe and eat. Obviously, this is not going to be a long term solution. Oh, and how do you even make sure the volcanic eruption doesn’t spiral out of control and suddenly spew out 50 times the ash we were aiming for. Oh, and volcanoes also spew CO2 and even nastier gases, so… It sounded so good while I was still in the shower. The more I think about it, the worse it gets.

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