#why is there so much math

[exaggeratedgreenwallpaper]

Women in stem

Suffering, tears, exhaustion, and math

#It’s all math #Why is there so much math #college life

[noonetalkslikethat]

Count Incestula

Ever since I was a kid I've always had 40 older cousins, and only 2, of all 40 of my cousins, were within 2 years of me. My dad was #4 of 10 kids, but when he decided to stay his 2nd marriage, his younger brothers and sisters passed him by. So all my uncles and aunts who were younger than him now have 11 kids that are 10-15 years older than me and it fucking sucks. The only cousin I had near my age was from my mom's side and he was 2 years older than me so we usually hung out together most of the time.

#one two three #sesame street #the count #why is there so much math #numerology

[beanghostprincess]

luffy knowing a bit too much information about beetles and zoro being oddly good at math are concepts that make me extremely happy for no reason

#actually the reason is that they're often seen as idiots but they just think differently #and also they're pretty much neurodivergent #luffy infodumping about beetles and zoro is like 'uh yeah sure captain' *didn't understand shit but luffy is happy so it's fine* #zoro explaining the most complicated equation known to mankind bc of some dumb new attack and luffy's like #'why are you using letters? math is with numbers haha silly zoro' #they're so real for all of this #zolu #roronoa zoro #monkey d. luffy #one piece

[locusfandomtime]

Doing the maths: Grian's failure at getting a mending book

lots of talk about maths and probabilities below the cut! but there's a graph and simple explanation at the end if you want to get the gist of it and are bad at maths.

(I am still young and learning maths, critique/advice always welcomed)

What are the odds of getting a mending book in Minecraft?

(I am assuming Grian has been doing all his fishing with Luck of the Sea 3)

The probability of a mending book is actually a bit annoying to estimate. The Minecraft Wiki lists fishing up an enchanted book as 1.9% chance. This is for ANY enchanted book. The Minecraft wiki talks about how the chance of an enchantment being selected is calculated. Mending has a weight of 2. Using the table, mending has a probability of 2/135.

However, Grian is looking for any book with mending, not just a pure mending book. Additional enchantments are calculated in a different way, involving RNG, which means it won't be as easy to model. Due to this reason, I'll just be using the odds for a pure mending book throughout.

TLDR: a mending book has a 0.028..% chance (2/135*0.019*100)

Grian's Data

According to this screenshot, Grian has used a fishing rod 5679 times. This number may not be fully accurate, as it includes the times he's fished other players, rather than just fished for items, but it is a good estimate.

To help visualise this data, with a median waiting time between catches of 17.5 seconds, Grian has spent over 20 hours fishing so far! He may have a problem.

Is this statistically significant?

Hypothesis testing (p-value approach):

H0: p = 19/67500 (the null hypothesis - he has no mending books because of chance)

H1: p < 19/67500 (the alternate hypothesis - he has no mending books due to different odds)

5679 trials, 0 mending books

X ~ B(5679, 19/67500) (binomial distribution, 5679 tries with a probability of a mending book being 19/67500, where X is the number of mending books)

p(X=0) (what is the probability the number of mending books being 0)

p = 0.2021473392

Now, the point at which data becomes significant is subjective. For instance, you *could* get a million heads in a row flipping a coin, it's not impossible, but at a certain point, you can begin to say "okay there's something not normal about this". For this approach, the closer the p-value is to 0, the more evidence there is against the null hypothesis . The p-value here is far above a significance level of 0.01, or 0.05, or 0.1. There isn't a clear line between significant/non-significant, but this is answer is quite a bit far from 0

With this, I cannot reject the null hypothesis.

Personal conclusion: this is not statistically significant, Grian is just unlucky.

Are other values statistically significant?

Gem's proposed 9000: results in a p-value of 0.079... more significant than Grian's number but I don't imagine Mojang would be too concerned. As said though, it's all subjective.

I am bad at maths, what does all this mean?

Here is a graph, showing what number of mending books you might have after 5679 tries. The height of the bar represents the probability of getting that amount. The numbers at the top are the (rounded) numbers I used in my calculation

The pink column is 0 mending books - like what Grian has! As you can see, it is less likely than getting 1 or 2 books, but not too uncommon to happen.

End conclusion: Grian has bad luck. Like, not as hilariously bad as he thinks, but still bad. If he keeps going, chances are he will get a mending book, but I think he should probably stop fishing because at this point he has a problem.

#if you saw my last post no you didnt #<- misread “5679 fishing rods used” as having fully used up 5679 fishing rods #this is so much better written than my last post though. and i think the graph helps a lot #long post #locus fandom time #locus maths time #grian #hermitcraft #hermitblr #hermitcraft 10 #“why the p value approach” i missed the lesson for it so this is my catch up work unironically

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 107

“Hey uh pal, what you got there…?”

Grundy hummed a rumble, blinking slowly as he turned slightly towards his… what were they… Not an enemy, not a threat… they were… friend! Yes, they were the friend that didn’t mind that whenever he came back he came back different. 

He uncurled his arms slightly, proudly showing his friend what he’d found splashing in the water growling angrily. His friend blinked, mouth opening and closing for a few moments as he waited patiently, careful not to drop the squirming duo. 

“Babies,” he proudly declared as they let out squeaky roars. 

#dcxdp #dpxdc #solomon grundy #vlad plasmius #danny fenton #prompts #why yes those are definitely roars and not grumpy yells #Grundy found a pair of cores after a strange magic spike #He is Dad now #Waylon is friend so he can be... uncle #Waylon is part of his Fright now no take backs #Sure do hope the bats aren't freaking out too much #Grundy staring down at the pair of undead toddlers that formed in his arms #Grundy slowly doing lady math meme: Babies?? My babies???? #Sure do hope no one goes and enters his haunt when he's feeling broody #Grundy can beat up superman so a normal-ish person is getting mauled #Grundy: This baby is Sunday and this baby is Friday :) #Waylon still freaking out over the fact there's a pair of undead toddlers now:

[the-witchhunter]

DP x DC ramble: Types of power

Now, in this particular fandom, there’s a tendency to make an OP Danny

That’s a neutral statement, a lot of people just happen to like and post OP Danny

For the most part, not my taste but it can be fun in some contexts, but overpowered Danny isn’t my default

Now, Danny is physically strong. His abilities are combat focused and he can hold his own in a fight. He probably has a little less physical strength than you’d think since he uses gravity nullification to lift heavy things, but it’s impressive regardless. He has a goodly variety of offensive and defensive abilities that make him formidable is a fight

But the strongest characters in DC aren’t necessarily strong in that way

Superman is physically very strong, incredibly powerful, but he’s still nowhere near the level of the actual strongest characters, because their power is a very different type

Like I’m talking reality manipulation, omniscience, abilities that involve power over people’s very souls (and a ghost is a human soul) and where they end up. Psychopomps and some much more. I’m talking about beings that can mold the flesh of humans to remove something like a cancer and repair damage with barely a thought

And they’re mainly held in check by rules, mostly just being polite, sometimes Divine laws

This is a type of power Danny is not equipped to handle

It’s a very different game than Danny is playing. He can physically throw down, he might have an army if it’s Ghost King AU, but this is “can kill you with a literal snap and the snap is just for dramatic effect” territory

Danny is playing high school American football, these characters are playing Professional soccer aka what every other country calls football

It’s a very different game, and if he’s trying to play with them, he’s going to struggle

And that’s fine, he can still be OP and not be playing on the same field as Lucifer, or the Spectre, or various demon lords and so on, because it’s a different kind of power

But just arbitrarily saying he’s more powerful really undersells why they are powerful. Being able to punch good is not the same as a character that can just send him to the afterlife. Someone being able to reshape Danny’s body at their will isn’t going to be concerned about his ecto blasts

A Tuna is a big fish, but the ocean is VAST and DEEP

All this to say you’d have to drastically alter Danny’s actual power set to make him able to compete, otherwise you’re just de-powering the actual strongest characters, which is less impressive since it missed the point of WHY they were strong

Just because you can solve a sheet of math problems doesn’t mean you’re going to be able to ace a three page essay on the poetry of Keats

This has been my thoughts on the matter, be sure to grab a souvenir from the gift shop

Also just going to sneak this in:

Danny should probably be more concerned about magic users

Magic clearly can affect him, just look at the Freak Show incident from season one, that’s not even getting into the reality gauntlet. Now add in the fact that there’s a variety of magic items/artifacts in DC and a slew other of magic uses and occultists that can summon and bind ghosts, spirits, and demons to do their bidding

Danny is firmly in the category of beings that magic specifically deals with, he should probably be a bit more concerned about magic users

#dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #dp x dc prompt #dpxdc #dp x dc ramble #just some thoughts #I’m very much a show don’t tell kind of guy so I do get disappointed if I’m only told Danny is OP #since a lot of things are very powerful in very different ways #and being just told he’s more powerful just comes across as everything else was made weaker to accomplish it #and if you look into some of the actual most powerful characters in DC #you can see why Danny being more powerful is questionable #since it’s a different type of power we’re talking here #beings that can remove lung cancer from someone and reshape the flesh to repair it is def not the same as punching #it’s like intelligence #a person can be good at memorizing things #but that might not help in a puzzle solving competition #the difference between math homework and a three page literature essay #being good at one doesn’t mean you’re good at the other

[gayvampyr]

ok so i think i’ve noticed a trend between preferences for types of math and science while talking to other people so i want to try and test out a hypothesis

obviously there are more types of science and math but i want to test the correlation between these specifically

#polls #science #math #geometry #algebra #chemistry #biology #i think the connection is whether you’re more of a visual learner and grasp physical concepts #or you’re more of a theoretical thinker and don’t have issues with intangible ideas or things #which is why i prefer algebra and chemistry. i find biology difficult because there’s just so much memorization involved and you can’t #really think or puzzle your way through it the way you can with chemistry #i mean you can but. it’s a different process #idk

[uncanny-tranny]

I think people are too normal about just how much goes into making things.

I've gone through nearly sixty-six yards of yarn on my project so far. If I stacked myself up, it would take thirty-five mes just to equal that. And that's only after ribbing and two and a half rows of normal single crochet on a project that will be done in five pieces.

There is so much that goes into art. There are so many hours, material, blood, sweat, and tears that go into even the most simple of projects. Once you start realizing this, you start to truly appreciate everything about art.

#art #crochet #maybe it's just because i'm using different yarn than the pattern but i'm calling bullshit right now on their recommendation #well actually the pattern calls for 1261yds for the size i'm making #bruh that's almost a mile of yarn (0.716) for ONE PROJECT #if my math is mathing then this hoodie is gonna cost a LOT for the materials ALONE #and people wonder why hand-made things cost so much. if i sold this hoodie i imagine it would be like... $300-$500 at least #and that's if i'd sell myself short lmao! #i'm so paranoid about math tbh like i always quadruple check it at least. but i think this is right? #i dunno i think many people almost expect art to like... magically manifest no matter the medium it is express with?

[dustykneed]

i think theyre incredibly silly !! but also from a character design/shape language perspective the triumvirate is so terrific i keep nerding out whenever someone makes them Shaped as god intended.

on the other hand my last midterms are tmr and i need something to keep me occupied after so by all means if yall have anything (if its tos spones mckirk or mcspirk rest assured that i WILL do it 100% bc im totally so sane abt then you see) youd like to see me scribble out in notes app feel free to send in an ask etc! ill do my best lmao

#spones #mckirk #star trek #leonard mccoy #spock #tos #star trek tos #triumvirate #is kirk shirtless or was i just too lazy to fill in his shirt?? youll never know ;) #but theres a reason why bones is Particularly inclined to be grumpy about it lmao #but also the one with the whales-era spones has my heart in a vice grip #god i have chem and math tomorrow wish me luck #did i study? NOPE #but i just love them so much your honor #jim kirk #HOW DID I FORGET HIM #cant believe this #its more of a tragedy than my grade in math

[blinkpen]

found another old one i never posted enjoy

#hhhhverse tag of spite #the first clue that viv cannot write entirely removed from Discourse Factor exists in the hazbin pilot #where vagina pulls AD aside to tell the audience so much badly written self-aware exposition instead of. idunno. #'how do you not know who he is?!' and then being cut off before she can exposition dump at us #the scene continues as normal but now neither AD or the audience knows why to be on edge but that there is reason to #and then AD and the audience get SOME answer when he does that OP shit at the end and then is like lol moving on #there! you answered AD's question without a paragraph of bullshit AND left INTRIGUE for the audience too for wtf all thats about! #wow! #a highschool english teacher would have pointed this out if you handed this to them for a grade! #but you decided you're too good for critique before graduating #and now you get pissy when people say this shit reads like a highschooler or someone still in highschool in their head wrote it #the math is very simple here or did you decide math is also for nerds and not worth your time as well

[bruciemilf]

If there’s one advice I can give you, it’s this: take math classes, dude. YouTube tutorials, tutoring lessons if you can afford it, online quizzes, ask your math whizz friends for help. because as someone who’s math incompetent and had a brutal situation at work, that shit WILL be an obstacle. I know math absolutely sucks, but trust me, it’s everywhere, and you WILL need at least the basics

#text #currently I’m crying abt not knowing how to do math even with a calculator in front of me #let me tell you #it’s not fun #I often wonder what becomes of people like me — who aren’t gifted #with a sharp affinity for logic and academics. I ask myself ‘why can’t you just understand what’s so simple for everyone else #and I don’t know!!! #but I do know I’m just as much of a human being as everyone else. I deserve nice things and decency because no human deserves less #regardless of their shortcomings

[ra-vio]

im supposed to be studying

#resident evil #resident evil 4 #ada wong #I ACCIDENTALLY MADE THIS CANVAS SO SMALL SO I HAD TO RESIZE AND NOW ITS BLURRY AHHHHHHHH #its fine but ITS NOT FINE IT BOTHERS ME SO MUCH LOL #i had to switch mice for this. the other one was so slippery. i dunno if its because its wireless or whatever. that boy go NYOOM #changing the settings didnt help. #anyway. last week i finished the mercenaries and got leons rpd outfit. it was hell. it wasnt but i was in a rush so it was #i think after everything my favorite is still ada cause that grapple gun is everything. the hardest for me was krauser #krauser should have been the easiest cause you just knife everything but i kept slashing dynamite and had to redo the village like 10 times #it was absolute ass. he's the most broken character why would they do that to me #and then immediately after i started on my separate ways professional S+ #its funny someone said the S+ was harder than base game. base game's pro S+ burnt me out so bad #i didnt touch the game for months afterward. separate ways S+ was a cake walk after. you dont even have to fight krauser ovo)b #the most difficult parts are probably the double garradors and the countdown to get to leon at the end #immediately after i got all my achievements I was plunged into a depression like no other. plus i had a discrete math midterm on friday #i am SO SAD. WHO WAS I BEFORE SEPARATE WAYS #i did the same silly thing i did when i drew Link. the shine in her hair says 'Ada' because i have to derive joy from somewhere

[bonnieisaway]

i live in a neverending hell

#HE'S OLDER THAN HER FOR FUCKS SAKE #IT WAS BARELY 2 YEARS BETWEEN HER MOM DYING AND SEVEN JOINING THE SHADOW KILLERS AT 15 #THE MATH IS NOT THAT HARD TO FUCKING MATH #HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SPECIFIC SWORDSMANSHIP STYLE #WHY THE FUCK WOULD HE NOT HAVE ONE IF HE WAS A PLUM BLOSSOM #EXPLAIN TO ME IN SO MUCH DETAIL #scissor seven

[iamacolor]

Some of Koo Ryeon’s best look in Tomorrow (2022)

#mbc tomorrow #tomorrow #kdramaedit #kdramanetwork #kdramadaily #kdramaladies #userstorge #userdusiks #tuserkinga #my edits #making these kind of sets always include doing too much math why do i put myself through it #anyway koo ryeon style icon for 500 years who's doing it like her #the icon jacket...the style team was so rigth for this #costumes #mine: tomorrow

[studyblr-perhaps]

I really want to make a series of posts explaining in simple terms the different maths/physics concepts I struggled with when I first learnt them.

Would anyone be interested in it 👀👀?

#studyblr #physics #maths #stem #studyinspo #academia #misa talks #I might even start explaining on posts stuff I am learning rn #I am too awkward with face to face interaction so Feynman method would probably work here #why did I never think of it omg #misa's undergrad journey #but yeah if anyone is struggling with concepts of physics and maths (hs level at least I don't know how much I can help of uni) #please let me know I'd love to make posts explaining them #if you've seen the previous post I reblogged yes this is inspired by it

[queenhawke]

the thing about apple tv+'s non-hit show mythic quest (2020-?) is that: is it good? who's to say. but goddamn if that larp episode didn't completely break my brain and now i haven't stopped thinking about it for two straight years

#mythic quest #don't ask me if it's a good show or not i am incapable of being subjective about it #i mean s2 is definitely good. i think. #quarantine is good #everlight is the best episode of a show ever. if you ask me #but s1? s3??? it's anyone's guess #anyway i Am in Hell #bc who knows when we'll get a new season what with the strike #and this fandom is tiny so i don't even have that much fanfic to tide me over #autism is a curse why can't i hyperfixate on something useful like math