@redstarfish@social.linux.pizza2024-04-10 14:06:48
What's the probability of x?
Me: Well, according to my calculations it's 99.78%
WRONG! It's 98.46%. You counted wrong.
Me: 🙁
#probability #mathematics
@redstarfish@social.linux.pizza2024-04-10 14:06:48
@redstarfish@social.linux.pizza2024-04-10 14:03:07
Do you guys also struggle with counting (in context of combinatorics)?
I am doing this counting/probability problems from a book's exercise, and I'm often wrong.
#mathematics #counting
@adrianriskin@kolektiva.social2024-04-28 15:35:48
January 4, 2024 NYT crossword puzzle spoiler and petty gripe
NYT crosswords are usually so precise, but this one has a mistake, which I think is the first one I ever found after doing thousands of them over the years.
The clue is "36:1, for snake-eyes" and the correct answer is "ODDS". But the odds for snake-eyes are 1:35. Argh!
#NYTCrossword #Math #Probability
@redstarfish@social.linux.pizza2024-04-07 01:55:50
Doing #probability
@smurthys@hachyderm.io2024-03-22 22:50:07
Socks are a special kind of evil, I tell you: None of the first 14 individual socks I pulled out of the hamper belonged to a pair. 😈
(It was laundry day.)
#socks #laundry #probability