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  • It’s about 300 samples for an estimate of the distribution with a 95% confidence iirc. That’s assuming the samples are representative (unbiased) and 95% confidence doesn’t mean it’s within 95% of reality, but that 5% of tests run in such a way would be expected to be inaccurate (and there’s no way of knowing for sure which one this particular sample is because even a meta study will have such an error rate, though you can increase the confidence with more samples or studies, just never to 100% unless you study every possible sample, including future ones).


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    The point is that you can’t observe anything without some kind of interaction. Even just looking at something requires bouncing light off of it.

    We’re used to our observations seeming passive because light is often hitting the things anyways, but the double slit experiment forces the point because the subjects of the experiment are so small that even just using ways of observing them affects the outcome of the experiment.








  • Lmao, it was while reading this comment that I realized it wasn’t Semi-Charred Kind of Life, a mistake that ironically helped me see that it was darker than it seemed.

    It makes the line “I want something else to get me through this semi-charred kinda life” pretty obvious that he has negative feelings about it and from that I could guess that there was some kind of pain between the lines, though younger me thought maybe infidelity or some kind of mania (which I guess isn’t too far off the mark).

    That said, despite the hidden tone, that song always makes me feel good. The overt tone is just so upbeat!



  • Which is fucking cool because it’s one of the few space travel things that really does work. Like if we can figure out the fuel/propulsion thing and some kind of equivalent to deflector shields (not for space battles but for all the random shit in space that could destory your ship in a collision, especially if we get up to relativistic speeds), we could have space travel where you can walk around normally on the ship.

    Also the gravity increasing ships like Goku used in DBZ, so we could actually have someone doing extreme gravity training while en route to a big fight.

    And it works for both acceleration and deceleration, only difference is you’re either travelling up or down.

    Also loved the special seats they used when doing combat maneuvers. ST didn’t just make up artificial gravity (since their ships moved forwards rather than up), they had inertial dampeners, because the evasive maneuvers would have been much more dangerous than the shocks from getting hit.

    ST is more rooted in science than SW, but parts of it are just as much fantasy as the force, which was depressing to realize when you’re hoping for humanity to eventually go in that direction. The biggest human tech fantasy in the Expanse is an engine upgrade that gives improved thrust and efficiency. Not to light speed, but just by like an order of magnitude. And they’ve even got a brutally realistic scene about the discovery that was great world building imo.





  • I’d probably do a red thai curry. So tasty but also pretty easy. Thai curry paste needs to be used up within a week of opening it, so when I do open one, I get a lot of practice. Even the ones that turned out not so great were still delicious (one time I used a bag of frozen seafood that had a strong fishy flavour, another time I burnt it a bit before adding the coconut milk and deglazed the burnt stuff instead of switching to a new pan, both of those ended up being “delicious curry plus kinda offputting extra thing”).

    If you do try making a thai curry, IMO the critical ingredients are the curry paste, coconut milk, and carrots. First two more essential than the last, but it’s just not the same without carrots.

    Also, learn how to balance the flavour groups. Even just making sure they are all present to some degree will enhance your cooking results, for curries and everything else. It’s the thing that has transformed a lot of “it’s alright I guess” dishes into “this is really good”.

    Downside of learning how to balance flavours is that you’ll notice it when restaurants fail to do so. But plus side is you can just do it yourself with salt, sugar, vinegar/lemon juice, and soy sauce, which many restaurants will bring you if you ask. Just taste it before adding anything or you’re not balancing but just adding seasonings to something that may or may not need it.


  • I just made it for the first time this week, plus dairy free. After giving my daughter maybes when she’d ask because I thought it would be harder.

    I used premade pasta and sauce though, which made it even easier. Browned some ground meat, set it aside to saute some celery, onions, and carrots for a bit, then re-added the meat, then the sauce, simmered for a bit, then built the lasagna layers. Normally I’m not a fan of that dairy free cheese, but it turned out pretty good overall.