Can you solve it?
>A craftsperson wants to make a box with a square base and an open lid that using 300 cubic cm of material. Find the dimensions that will maximize the volume of the box.
>>8878732
>Do my differentiation homework for me
No.
>>8878732
Do your own Calc I maxima homework.
homework is at >>>/hm/
Describe the length of a second without referencing something physical
1/60th the time it takes for a minute to pass.
This long.
The time it takes for OP to suck a dick.
WTF am I looking at?
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
>>8878530
Looks like an uncertainty relation.
>using chi for position
>using rho for momentum
Jesus Christ, do people actually do this?
>Professor says "How do you make a hormone?... Pay her extra."
What are the worst jokes your Profs have told?
>>8878423
your professor sounds based desu
>>8878423
Professor should be fired for sexist, misogynistic, oppressive joke.
>>8878423
You should have called the police
t. Space moose
Have any of you read Christopher Langan's CTMU? Did it give you any unique insights?
The idea of the universe as a recursive computer is interesting. I did find some ideas valuable. I just wish Langan would simplify his arguments to make reading them easier.
>>8878377
>Did it give you any unique insights?
Yes. IQ alone is a shit measure of intelligence.
>>8878391
Looks like someone couldn't understand Mr. Genius's big words.
so there is an empty beer bottle on my desk and theres a little bit of beer in there. A stink bug fell into it and died. Its been in there for a day, dead. hes got mold on it, and it just started moving its legs out of nowhere.
Please explain.
>>8878368
Take a video you fag
>>8878369
i moved the bottle and it responded to the movement, moving its legs rapidly.
Easy. The bug was in hangover for a day. Now the bug is sober and she is trying to escape the bottle.
Or maybe brownian mote.
Is there really more than 2 genders?
Find out for yourself.
>>8877978
So there is
>>8877961
Sexually identify as an apache helicopter
How do I focus?
How do you?
Calm settings or stimulants
>>8877930
Turning off everything in a room and bringing everything you need into your work space.
Here's the ritual:
1. Use the restroom
2. Get paper, pen, books I may need for reference
3. Glass of water
4. If I need a laptop run only one or two tabs in the browser as to not get distracted.
5. No music. People are shitty at multitasking, think music is going to help?
>>8878031
Not op, but some days l'm completely dependent on music. I'll just stare at code for hours but not type anything, and if I have music I'll start back up again. The catch is that it's harder to think with music, I'll literally pause the music to think about what I need to do then resume and start typing again. Ever happen to you guys?
of General Relativity before Einstein?
The understanding was lost when Atlantis went underwater. They used relativity for weaponry in the Finno-Korean hyperwar back in the days. We had it all, but we just had to fight eachother, and now our civilization is nothing but a small fragment of what once was.
>>8877841
what?
Yee but it all went downhill when the asking of Library of Alexander in a burned down, yes.
What does/sci/ think of BSc economics degree?
https://le.ac.uk/courses/economics-bsc
>Link related
I dunno but I go to this uni lol
>>8877755
Topkek
What do you study and what year?
What does/sci/ think of B.Econ. economics degree?
https://carleton.ca/economics/undergraduate-studies/b-econ-honours/
>Link related
How difficult would be for a 125IQ brainlet with no science background with access to vitamin gummies, to learn enough chemistry to synthesize compounds such as LSD, Piracetam, Noopept and other goodies on his own?
>>8877715
idk, how likely are you to finish a chemistry degree?
>>8877726
Very likely, if on drugs. Not very likely, if not.
>>8877730
>need a chemistry degree to get the chemistry degree
Go intu CompSci you fucking brainault.
I breezed through high school and got a 3.8 without much studying. Why the fuck is the trend opposite now in college? Am I fucked? Did the intelligence buff wear off when I enter college? How the fuck does one even "study"?
A friend works with people like you, who do really well in high school, this gets them into an ivy league school, and then suddenly they can't keep up and become suicidal. There are many people out there like you. Just hang in there and know that your intelligence isn't the only measure of your worth as a person.
>>8877570
Fuck I'm now actually worried that I'll drop out. People whom had worked their ass of getting in here are actually doing better than me, what gives?
>>8877590
>breezed through highschool
>not so easy in college
Stop being a slacker. You were smart enough to get through highschool without much effort, but now you need to actually work hard. Simple. Your hardworking peers just have a better work ethic than you.
Well, /sci/? Does it converge or diverge?
(not a homework problem, a random practice problem)
>>8877277
It's divergent, sqrt(k)<k if k is greater than one.
>>8877297
Doesn't the Comparison test only work if the series being compared is always [larger or smaller] than the series in question? For this one, it is not always smaller than k, only when k>=1.
it is convergent since
[eqn]\lim_{k \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{\sqrt{k}+2} = 0[/eqn]
Can someone please explain to me why so many people found the idea of Roko's Basilisk frightening?
For the confused:
>Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment about the potential risks involved in developing artificial intelligence. The premise is that an all-powerful artificial intelligence from the future could retroactively punish those who did not help bring about its existence, including those who merely knew about the possible development of such a being.
>http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk
How could punishing simulated brains have any effect on the development of the AI, especially since this requires that the AI was successfully created. I don't see how the AI could benefit from punishing non-contributors, since it's just simulated and can't actually motivate a person in the distant past to behave in a way that accelerates the creation of that AI.
Are people just concerned that they ARE the simulated mind being studied/subsequently punished? Or is there something here I'm just not smart enough to see?
>>8876781
>Or is there something here I'm just not smart enough to see?
I think it's the exact opposite
>>8876781
Just send everyone forward in time, to a point past at which it was supposed to be created by them and then live there.
Because you didn't make it past and will now longer make it.
The date at which it would've been made, ready to punish you for not attempting to make it.
Would have passed, meaning it no longer exists as a concept in that future timeline, saving you all.
OP everyone who has ever been on or contributed to lesswrong in any shape or form is a gigantic faggot
Gallons? How do you survive drinking gallons of deep fryer oil? There must be some sort of imbalance that occurs.
he probably shit repeatedly during the ordeal
These fat retards spend hours eating food all day long period drinking a gallon of soda is normal for any meal. He probably broke in and spent eight or so hours while the place was closed drinking this fucking oil. How disgusting
>>8876746
>25 gallons
That can't possibly be true