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I'm still looking for images of strange and bizarre alien/mutant megafauna, dinosaurs, etc. if anyone has any more lying around. =) Every little bit helps!I'm not sure my Pinterest pins are going to be that helpful (and I haven't added to them in a while), but you did say every little bit.
I'll give em a look through when I get home! Thanks!
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Well, sometimes the way you grow up really helps during the apocalypse.
- I was ruthlessly bullied at school, so I preferred to spend my afternoons safe at home with good books
- We went backpacking/cross-country skiing into the deep wilderness for at least a month a year, so I got really accustomed to being alone in the wilderness for long periods of time
- My high school aptitude test went so far as to recommend "Forest Ranger" since I enjoyed being away from people so much.
So going out shopping in unfamiliar stores with GothBard today (well, CVS and Gordo's, where I didn't know any of the employees), I realized just how uncomfortable I am right now meeting "new" people.
I was just, "I have my 'circle of 7', can I just not come within 6' of anyone else in the world, please?"
(And yes, my 'circle of 7' is pretty hilarious:
- GothBard and the Impii (3)
- The checkers, owner, and butcher at the corner store (4)
I can live meeting everyone else in the world remotely, thanks!
Fellow Matherines.
It's been a hot minute since I did most of my formula-making.
I'm trying to show an asymptote - or at least see if something *is* one.
I found this thing:
https://www.symbolab.com/solver/function-asymptotes-calculator
... but I don't really remember how to do this right now. (My head is filled with much younger math and more typical game math.)
If I have the formula
b=<current value>/[c+X]
... where you start with an arbitrary number, such that
N=arbitrary starting number
b=adjustment value
c=some constant
X=iterative increasing value (+1 each time; start at 1)
and <current value> is always defined as <previous current value+b> and always starts at N
(I should probably call it "N-sub-naught," and "X-sub-naught" or whatever number, but I don't know how to do that with a keyboard, and I forgot how to indicate specific iterative increases anyway.)
... I'm trying to see if b is an asymptote. The main hangup is that b is *always rounded to the nearest whole*, which, you know, is kind of the sticky wicket.
So, for example,
N=82 and c=11 means that according to <current value>/[c+X]...
82/[11+1]=82/6=6.833333...
then... 6.8-->7
82+7->89->our new <current value> and X ticks up by +1, so...
89/[11+2=13]=89/13=6.84615384615...
then... 6.8-->7
89+7->96->our new <current value> and X ticks up by +1, so...
103/14=6.866... then 6.8-->7... 110 is our new <current value> and X ticks up by +1, so...
117/15=6.882blah, ->+7 ->124/16=6.8888...
And so on. I'm guessing b is an asymptote of 7. I've hand-iterated this out to 37, and we're now at 6.9-some-odd, but the rate of change is slowing down, which makes me think it's an asymptote of 7 (meaning it'll always effectively just be 7)... buuuuuu~uuuut I can't be sure and I can't think of an easy way to check off the top of my head. Any takers?
(For the record, I'm not just interested in this one number b - I'm interested in seeing if that formula will function for several different varieties of N and c, and am looking for a reasonable and quick way to go, "Ah, yeah, totally this when you get to 'X=whatevs' and this should be straight forward, but dyslexic+forgetful+syyyymbols.)
(In the meanwhile, I'mma just keep tickin' 'dem iterations by hand...)
Ah! Just got it.
I started presupposing substituting ever-larger numbers and extrapolating from there.
Seems pretty clear that that puppy is never gonna really get past 7.
Once I just started figuring at ranges above 700 million, and still hadn't broken that barrier, it's pretty clear it's how it works. Would be nice to see a graph, but the quick and short-hand approach is nice, too.
(Really should have done that sooner.)
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I'm still non essential.
I'd get a job to tide me over but by the time I get the job, get my first paycheck and get quarantined for exposing myself to covid-19 everyone else in the company will be getting ready to work.
So, I wait and watch the neighbors.
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Fellow Matherines.
It's been a hot minute since I did most of my formula-making.
I'm trying to show an asymptote - or at least see if something *is* one.
I found this thing:
https://www.symbolab.com/solver/function-asymptotes-calculator
... but I don't really remember how to do this right now. (My head is filled with much younger math and more typical game math.)If I have the formula
b=<current value>/[c+X]... where you start with an arbitrary number, such that
N=arbitrary starting number
b=adjustment value
c=some constant
X=iterative increasing value (+1 each time; start at 1)and <current value> is always defined as <previous current value+b> and always starts at N
(I should probably call it "N-sub-naught," and "X-sub-naught" or whatever number, but I don't know how to do that with a keyboard, and I forgot how to indicate specific iterative increases anyway.)
... I'm trying to see if b is an asymptote. The main hangup is that b is *always rounded to the nearest whole*, which, you know, is kind of the sticky wicket.
So, for example,
N=82 and c=11 means that according to <current value>/[c+X]...
82/[11+1]=82/6=6.833333...
then... 6.8-->7
82+7->89->our new <current value> and X ticks up by +1, so...89/[11+2=13]=89/13=6.84615384615...
then... 6.8-->7
89+7->96->our new <current value> and X ticks up by +1, so...103/14=6.866... then 6.8-->7... 110 is our new <current value> and X ticks up by +1, so...
117/15=6.882blah, ->+7 ->124/16=6.8888...
And so on. I'm guessing b is an asymptote of 7. I've hand-iterated this out to 37, and we're now at 6.9-some-odd, but the rate of change is slowing down, which makes me think it's an asymptote of 7 (meaning it'll always effectively just be 7)... buuuuuu~uuuut I can't be sure and I can't think of an easy way to check off the top of my head. Any takers?
(For the record, I'm not just interested in this one number b - I'm interested in seeing if that formula will function for several different varieties of N and c, and...
Watch out, boss, he's speaking in tongues!!
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I got a job to reply.
It's a terrible job that pays garbage, but can start me next week.
If I weren't a reaponsible father I'd say f~+@ em.
I spent all night filling out paperwork instead to make sure I got this s+#!ty job ASAP.
See...this is why I wanted to remain an irresponsible single dude so long. No regrets, but it's funny to know I was right.
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I've been contemplating making a pell (kind of like a punchbag, but for use with swords) for the back garden, regardless of the puzzled/concerned looks I will inevitably get from the neighbours.Hey! I actually know what a Pell is! :)
And it would be cool to have one.
However, in MY specialty, (STAGED combat) it wouldn't really help much. As I practice to make sure that I DON'T hit my partner, (and make it look good!) as opposed to actually hitting them. ;P
Maybe rig one up that applauds when you manage not to hit it in a suitably spectacular fashion?
In other news, I found the 12 (? 10-12?) CD set of the full-cast BBC adaption of LOTR yesterday, which has taken me a good couple of days to get through, and made working from home less of a slog. It's good work.
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A few Pathfinder Classic books have been incorporated into the home office.I would have stuck with the slashing damage from bowler hats, but bludgeoning damage is good, especially if there is currently a viral pandemic that may end with zombies.
Machetes make acceptable bookmarks.
Bookmarks do not make acceptable machetes.
Remember this - it may save your life!!!!
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Fellow Matherines.
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Fellow Matherines.
It's been a hot minute since I did most of my formula-making.
I'm trying to show an asymptote - or at least see if something *is* one.
I found this thing:
https://www.symbolab.com/solver/function-asymptotes-calculator
... but I don't really remember how to do this right now. (My head is filled with much younger math and more typical game math.)If I have the formula
b=<current value>/[c+X]... where you start with an arbitrary number, such that
N=arbitrary starting number
b=adjustment value
c=some constant
X=iterative increasing value (+1 each time; start at 1)and <current value> is always defined as <previous current value+b> and always starts at N
(I should probably call it "N-sub-naught," and "X-sub-naught" or whatever number, but I don't know how to do that with a keyboard, and I forgot how to indicate specific iterative increases anyway.)
... I'm trying to see if b is an asymptote. The main hangup is that b is *always rounded to the nearest whole*, which, you know, is kind of the sticky wicket.
So, for example,
N=82 and c=11 means that according to <current value>/[c+X]...
82/[11+1]=82/6=6.833333...
then... 6.8-->7
82+7->89->our new <current value> and X ticks up by +1, so...89/[11+2=13]=89/13=6.84615384615...
then... 6.8-->7
89+7->96->our new <current value> and X ticks up by +1, so...103/14=6.866... then 6.8-->7... 110 is our new <current value> and X ticks up by +1, so...
117/15=6.882blah, ->+7 ->124/16=6.8888...
And so on. I'm guessing b is an asymptote of 7. I've hand-iterated this out to 37, and we're now at 6.9-some-odd, but the rate of change is slowing down, which makes me think it's an asymptote of 7 (meaning it'll always effectively just be 7)... buuuuuu~uuuut I can't be sure and I can't think of an easy way to check off the top of my head. Any takers?
Fires off several fresh cow pies toward Florida.
Watch out, boss, he's speaking in tongues!!
Yes. Yes he is.
We're gonna need a LOT more Cow Pies!!!!
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I've been contemplating making a pell (kind of like a punchbag, but for use with swords) for the back garden, regardless of the puzzled/concerned looks I will inevitably get from the neighbours.Hey! I actually know what a Pell is! :)
And it would be cool to have one.
However, in MY specialty, (STAGED combat) it wouldn't really help much. As I practice to make sure that I DON'T hit my partner, (and make it look good!) as opposed to actually hitting them. ;P
Maybe rig one up that applauds when you manage not to hit it in a suitably spectacular fashion?
In other news, I found the 12 (? 10-12?) CD set of the full-cast BBC adaption of LOTR yesterday, which has taken me a good couple of days to get through, and made working from home less of a slog. It's good work.
Aged Wizard approves.
Of which?Yes.
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"Ten minutes!? I'm someone that likes to take their time in the kitchen, so this doesn't play to my strengths!" - Contestant on season 8 of MasterChef.
Then why the f~%% did you enter into a timed cooking competition...
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I forgot how fun making weird cobbled-together monsters is.
MOAR TEMPLATES. MOAR.
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I've been contemplating making a pell (kind of like a punchbag, but for use with swords) for the back garden, regardless of the puzzled/concerned looks I will inevitably get from the neighbours.Hey! I actually know what a Pell is! :)
And it would be cool to have one.
However, in MY specialty, (STAGED combat) it wouldn't really help much. As I practice to make sure that I DON'T hit my partner, (and make it look good!) as opposed to actually hitting them. ;P
Maybe rig one up that applauds when you manage not to hit it in a suitably spectacular fashion?
In other news, I found the 12 (? 10-12?) CD set of the full-cast BBC adaption of LOTR yesterday, which has taken me a good couple of days to get through, and made working from home less of a slog. It's good work.
My kids love that series! Although the torture sound effects freaked them out until I pointed out that it sounded exactly like a stapler. Then they thought it was funny.
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I actually made it through an entire day without feeling like there was an invisible hand constantly choking me (which is how my anxiety attacks usually manifest).
So I didn't feel like I needed a drink or three this evening for the first time in a week, which felt liberating.
If I could actually get up in time to take a run before getting ready for work, then I would feel like I actually had a bit of a handle on things again.
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I've watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail three times this week.
I'm definitely the Black Knight.
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I have had to work in semi-close proximity to people at the office all week...so they can work from home.
We're getting them out, almost done and I'm of course grateful that I still have a job. But...I'm really ready for the 12+ hour days to be done. I'd like it to be my turn to take my computer home.
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...maths...
So, you made me waste a bit of time on this one, and now I'm determined to figure out what's going on.
It's easy to show via dozens of examples that if (roundup)(N/c+1) = k, then b is ALWAYS k.
And of course then you get that the nth term is N + nk, so of course for that b=(N+nk)/(c+n), and as n goes to infinity that's just k.
So the *big* issue is, "Why is that darned number always equal to k?"
I was really, really close after about 15-20 minutes, but then dinner and gaming called. It's a fun little page-long bit of algebra, but I think I have the general approach and I just need that horrible mistress known as Time to be kinder to me...
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Time is never a kind mistress.
But Mistress MATHS is a stone-cold B!@#$
I mean,... EVIL! EEEEEEEEEE-VILLE!
;P
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Treat the crappy job as a placeholder until something way better comes along.I got a job to reply.
It's a terrible job that pays garbage, but can start me next week.
If I weren't a reaponsible father I'd say f*@% em.
I spent all night filling out paperwork instead to make sure I got this s!&@ty job ASAP.
See...this is why I wanted to remain an irresponsible single dude so long. No regrets, but it's funny to know I was right.
So, like every job I've ever had?
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YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! Borderlans 1, 2, and TPS, XCOM 2, and the Bioshock series are coming to the Nintendo Switch!!!
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~looks at the prices~ And there goes $150 of my tax return once it comes in.
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Ok, that's a good one I just saw.
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Try to stay healthy, safe, and somewhat sane out there.
Be Very Glad you have the option of *working from home* if you do.
Please, for everyone, have mercy on your poor overworked/underpaid/underprotected sales clerks/cashiers/whatnot at the grocery stores you ABSOLUTELY MUST go to.
Call first to find out if they have essential supplies in stock or not.
Protect yourselves, protect THEM.
All it takes is one stockperson to go down with Corona and the store will close.
Don't be selfish.
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I have had to work in semi-close proximity to people at the office all week...so they can work from home.
We're getting them out, almost done and I'm of course grateful that I still have a job. But...I'm really ready for the 12+ hour days to be done. I'd like it to be my turn to take my computer home.
that's b$+~&&@&.
Similar b$+*#!&@ going on at my job.
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I actually made it through an entire day without feeling like there was an invisible hand constantly choking me (which is how my anxiety attacks usually manifest).
So I didn't feel like I needed a drink or three this evening for the first time in a week, which felt liberating.
If I could actually get up in time to take a run before getting ready for work, then I would feel like I actually had a bit of a handle on things again.
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FHDM, what are you doing up this early in the morning?
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FHDM, what are you doing up this early in the morning?
cant sleep.
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I'm sticking to my normal routine, i.e. going to bed at the same time, waking up at the same time, which means I have around an hour and a half extra in the morning, since I don't have to commute (which is nice). I've been using the time to get in some extra guitar practice and do various Straining and Heaving exercises.
HEAVE!
STRAIN!
HEAVE! HEAVE! STRAIN (etc.)
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FHDM, what are you doing up this early in the morning?cant sleep.
I am up if you want to talk. Otherwise, please take care of yourself.
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FHDM, what are you doing up this early in the morning?cant sleep.
Suspecting 'cuz clown will eat him.
:)
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FHDM, what are you doing up this early in the morning?cant sleep.Suspecting 'cuz clown will eat him.
:)
Nah, I'm not gonna eat him.
Probably.
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We found toilet paper at the nearby Target last night.
Somewhere a Prepper is crying in his freeze dried beer substitute.
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Apparently, we're considered cool by the kids these days because we aren't hoarding.
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Oh...more fun for me and my team...
The CIO has ordered that when all these hundreds of people come back to the office, we have to completely wipe the computer's drives and reload them from scratch.
I understand his reasoning, but with the amount of extra security in place on these machines, *I* can barely get missing software installed on them.
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Nerves are starting to fray for me at work. We are building the plane while we are flying it, and it is frustrating.
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Sometimes you wonder whether PMs and doc writers exist on another plane of existence or something.
NobodysHome: Hey, doc writer! In your guide, you point me to an article that's 5 years old! Is it still correct?
Doc Writer: Here are a bunch of links to cool new stuff I've written!
NH: Er, that's NOT what I asked for!
DW: Oh, OK! I've CC'ed the PM!
PM: Oh, those documents are all up-to-date! We just don't bother updating the dates on them!
Er... you don't think that labeling your docs as FIVE YEARS OLD might, just *might*, cause some hesitation in our customers?
(And it was even worse. I had THREE separate people (two doc writers and the PM) send me a bunch of "new" links that I might find "helpful". When my statement is, "Your reference is 5 years old," sending me new links to new docs seems entirely pointless. Maybe that's just me...)
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That sounds like a recipe for disaster, FHDM.
Wait...