00:02 <Cepheid> You may know it as by it's clinical name Dimenhydrinate. It's a medication for dealing with nausea.
00:03 <Cepheid> This took me far longer to make than it should have. *Finishes Shara Ishvalda Alpha+*
00:06 * Finwe sips his elderflower tonic drink.
00:07 <RichardMist> I asked to make sure
00:07 <RichardMist> oh, tonic drink
00:07 <RichardMist> cool
00:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Crossover Collection Now Back in Stock [ https://tinyurl.com/yy9366xv ]
00:20 <Cepheid> Let's see if I can get that Zinogre picture.
00:23 <RichardMist> My head is like... floating on water
00:26 <Cepheid> Hum. "West side of Area 1, atop a giant rock." The moon is to the southwest. Thus, it would have to be one of those pillars that some monsters hop across to get around.
00:27 <Cepheid> That's of course, assuming a tempered zinogre in an event quest even functions the same way as one in an investigation or normal quest.
00:28 <Cepheid> ... And just as I say that, the map says he's headed towards a rock on the west side.
00:30 <Cepheid> ... And then halfway there, he suddenly changes his mind and heads to area 8. I suspect this one is rigged to stay in certain areas.
00:32 <RichardMist> Monster Hunter?
00:32 <Cepheid> Oh. No, he stopped because it changed to daytime. And yeah.
00:32 <Cepheid> Trying to get a picture of a certain monster in certain conditions.
00:33 <RichardMist> cool
00:33 * Cepheid shakes fist at the sun. "CURSE YOU SUN!"
00:37 <RichardMist> I need to take some rest...
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01:02 <Cepheid> Finally. It's night time again. Here comes Zinny.
01:04 <Cepheid> There. Got it.
01:06 <Cepheid> That last one though... Get a Velkhana attacking a cortos with it's breath attack.
01:08 <Cepheid> Well, let's see what I can do.
01:09 * Finwe curls up on Ali and snoozes.
01:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Say Somethihng Nice About Flitter [ https://tinyurl.com/y43bh2jx ]
01:16 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/uX4dHSR.png I did it. All 30 requests, maxed out.
01:16 <Cepheid> And all I got was this lousy t-shirt </joke>
01:17 <Cepheid> Man, it doesn't even give an achievement for it.
01:18 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/C05xKdN.png ... Okay, so not a lousy t-shirt. I'll take this as a reward.
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01:29 * Schism applauds Cepheid!
01:30 <Cepheid> The Velkhana picture wasn't actually that bad. Pick the quest to kill it, or go on an expedition, start in area 15, just wait like, 3 minutes, Velkhana walks in, looks around for a bit, takes flight, and immediately flash-freezes some cortos.
01:32 <Cepheid> .... Now I just need to go OCD and gold-crown all the endemic life.
01:36 <Cepheid> And yes, before you ask, my Seliana house is decorated in cats.
01:52 * Cepheid goes to poke the ??? for the sake of poking it and seeing what it's like.
01:54 <ADragonDreaming> hokay. card games is done.
01:57 * Ali jellies at card games
01:58 <Cepheid> Fire resist.
01:58 <Cepheid> Lots of fire resist.
01:58 <Cepheid> And tremor resist.
01:59 <Cepheid> And more defense than you can shake a stick at.
02:01 <Cepheid> Otherwise, purple sharpness weapon recommended, and lots of wounding.
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02:14 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2370 [ https://tinyurl.com/yxrwveqm ]
02:15 * Schism signs up for shifts on Boxing Day and New Year's, thus getting two more lieu days she can use at the start of the year. She considers. "I could, at this point, take a full week's vacation."
02:18 <Schism> For now, I will be going to the vampires on the 24th, and hopefully that'll work out alright. Maybe at some point next week I'll be contacted by the new doctor and finally given a prescription.
02:22 <Cepheid> I have no idea why you would subject yourself to such torture.
02:24 <Schism> Well, I have Christmas Day off -- it's the 25th anyway, and we're closed, but I'm taking time-and-a-half on that one. Boxing Day and New Year's, I'm scheduled, so I get a day off later next month for each. I have a _ridiculous_ amount of stored vacation time.
02:25 <Schism> Ultimately, that means that I effectively get a full week of paid vacation which I actually do have to use within 3 months.
02:26 <Schism> Well, not the pay -- but I can take an entire week off without qualm.
02:26 <Schism> The lieu days, yes.
02:27 <Schism> So, sometime in January I'm just going to sleep for about 168 hours straight.
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02:30 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, January 11th, against all common sense and reason I start University again.
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03:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Pinkie Music: Nyancat380 - Do What You Love [House] [ https://tinyurl.com/yyy6b5fh ]
03:40 * Angeline plays a game like Monster Hunter meets Dynasty Warriors.
04:57 <Cepheid> So, I went downstairs to take some meds, and I noticed that Tizzy was staring intently at the stove.
04:58 <Cepheid> She spotted a bug, I'm not sure what. What glimpse I could catch of it suggested that it was a cockroach, which is unusual around here. But Tizzy is intent on catching it.
04:59 <Cepheid> Probably wondering what the hell it is, and if it's edible.
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05:37 <Schism> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ7l8YaAYvo
05:37 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
05:37 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Kobayashi san Chi no Maid Dragon - Kanna bug hunting
05:42 <Cepheid> Basically.
05:45 <Cepheid> C'mon body, I need to sleep. Go to sleep.
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07:45 * Golden no longer has to hunt for bugs, and fish in ACNH!!
07:57 <Finwe> Good morning, everypony!
07:57 * Finwe noms on his breakfast.
08:01 <Golden> Morning
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09:57 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
09:59 * Dappled flops in.
09:59 * Dappled waves. He just got home from the work.
10:02 * ConfusionRift wavies back.
10:09 * Dappled finds posts of Red Vs Blue in the wild. Find this to be strange. Would have thought it less likely given the current season.
10:09 * Ali flops over ConfusionRift and Dappled
10:10 * Dappled gives hugs.
10:16 * ConfusionRift also huggles Ali.
10:16 <ConfusionRift> Sorry, got distracted.
10:18 * Dappled stares at Steam, Distract me!
10:20 * Dappled also went to the grocery store to get donuts cause the small child likes to tell me I can
10:20 <Dappled> can't have things.
10:20 <Dappled> So I like to have them to eat in front of her.
10:21 <Dappled> But only when she tells me I can't have them.
10:21 * Dappled left with only one donut, the big donut, the best donut. Angel Food Cake.
10:22 * ConfusionRift just has regular donuts.
10:22 * Dappled intends to eat the whole angel food cake.
10:55 * Finwe noms on Ali.
10:55 <Finwe> Lunchtiem? :3
10:56 * Ali squeaks.
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11:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2142 [ https://tinyurl.com/y28dznxo ]
11:10 <RazorSharpFang> Evening.
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11:23 * Lumindia awakens
11:23 * Lumindia hugs all the good ponies
11:34 * Finwe snuggles a Lumindia.
11:42 * Dappled explains that warmed up sandwiches are better than cold.
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11:52 * RichardMist *wavies*
11:57 * Lumindia gives Dappled some pancakes
11:57 <Lumindia> Pancakes for everypony
11:57 <ConfusionRift> Huzzah!
12:01 <RichardMist> noice
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13:20 <Jackie> I feel better that I'm now running a private server in Minecraft.
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14:01 <Schism> Funny enough, any singleplayer server is in fact a private server...
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14:06 <Schism> Minecraft basically just creates a server locked to localhost in those circumstances. At least the Java version does. Can't say about other ports.
14:07 <Jackie> Schism: I mean only whitelisted players can join
14:07 <Schism> I know, I know. I'm just being pedantic.
14:20 <Jackie> My friends are building the spawn point before doing survival
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14:32 <RichardMist> Hello Jackie, nice to meet you
14:32 <Jackie_> Hi RichardMist.
14:33 *** Jackie_ is now known as Jackie
14:33 <Jackie> I'm not sure who you are.
14:34 <RichardMist> Just a good pone
14:35 * Jackie pats RichardMist
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14:36 <RichardMist> Oh, thanks
14:38 <Jackie> you're welcome
14:38 <Jackie> I've never heard of a RichardMist
14:39 <RichardMist> So, whatcha doin'?
14:39 <Jackie> I'm okay, watching videos while supervising my builders
14:39 <RichardMist> Minecraft, cool
14:41 <Jackie> I really don't know who you are lol.
14:41 <Jackie> I was thinking you're Fireany
14:41 <Jackie> *Fireant
14:42 <RichardMist> I haven't been here for about 6 months, so...
14:43 <Jackie> What were your other nicks?
14:43 <Jackie> Double is another possibility
14:44 <RichardMist> This is my only nick
14:44 <Jackie> Oh
14:45 <Jackie> You seem to be in channels I've been in
14:46 <RichardMist> Oh, Jackie, I remember you, someone mentioned you before, you are a smart one
14:46 <Jackie> Yup!
14:47 <RichardMist> Smart Jackie, now I remember
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14:50 <RichardMist> Your nick is changing so often
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14:55 * Lumindia does a boop on Jackie
14:55 <Lumindia> snoot boop!
14:56 * RichardMist *greeting Lumindia by booping her snoot*
14:56 <Lumindia> his*
14:57 <RichardMist> eep... sorry
14:57 <Lumindia> everyone does that
14:57 * Lumindia patpat
14:59 <RichardMist> I've seen you so many times, but I still make mistakes
15:08 <RichardMist> Lumindia, so how are you for today?
15:08 <Lumindia> fine
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15:32 <ADragonDreaming> !log
15:32 <Unixkitty> https://unixkitty.com/logs/EquestriaDaily/latest.log.html
15:32 <RichardMist> Heyo ADragonDreaming *wavies*
15:33 <ADragonDreaming> yo
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15:54 <RichardMist> So, ADragonDreaming, how are you today?
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16:01 <Cepheid> Morning.
16:08 <ADragonDreaming> morning
16:08 <RichardMist> Morning
16:09 <ADragonDreaming> I'm doing well enough. Was looking at gifts for family with family, but family went to shower and such and that's taking much longer than I thought, so I've been just sitting here looking at things on the internet while waiting
16:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Hearth's Warming Music: MelodyBrony - Better Rush! [Rock] [ https://tinyurl.com/y2pcup6k ]
16:13 <Cepheid> I think my parents meanwhile are off doing groceries, I just woke up so I am not doing anything yet except eating breakfast.
16:14 <RichardMist> If you want to give them a gift, then it must be a surprise
16:14 <RichardMist> Cepheid, than have a good meal
16:16 <Cepheid> Today's plans involve working on schoolwork at some point, and I have an appointment to get tested for COVID-19 at 3 PM.
16:18 <RichardMist> Okay, good luck
16:36 <Cepheid> Didn't sleep too great, last night. On the other hand, this morning, what woke me up is I figured out how to solve that one assignment question from yesterday.
16:39 <RichardMist> Yep, sometimes the sleep is our solve
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17:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: OC Pony Day Tomorrow. Send OC's and Get Ready to Celebrate! [ https://tinyurl.com/yyesygdf ]
17:16 * Cepheid sings quietly. "All of these thoughts running through my head, arm on fire, veins burning red. Frustration is getting bigger, bang bang bag, pull my devil trigger!" Still swears that this song is a perfect theme for her, too bad it can't be used as such.
17:19 <RichardMist> Cepheid, take care of yourself
17:19 <Cepheid> I'm fine. Just listening to music.
17:20 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WpnPSChVRQ
17:20 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about [Full Song\/Official Lyrics] Devil Trigger - Nero's battle theme from Devil May Cry 5
17:24 * Schism imagines Cepheid as the main character of the Sleeping Princess in the Demon's Castle.
17:24 <Cepheid> I am not familiar with that.
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17:25 <Schism> Well, the demons have captured the princess of the noble kingdom! And locked up as she is, because of course that's part of The Plot, she is unable to escape. So instead she just decides to get a good night's sleep -- but can never seem to.
17:26 <Cepheid> Heh.
17:26 <Schism> She inevitably winds up tormenting all the demons, even the Demon Prince, who are trying their very best to make her comfortable and happy.
17:27 <Cepheid> I mean, I slept okay. Just, I tossed and turned a lot. I think I need new pillows.
17:29 <Schism> Mm, same.
17:29 <Cepheid> Though I'd probably be closer to a demon than anything else in any sort of fantasy story. But the type who doesn't discriminate with their rage. Thus, you're just as likely to see me grab a demon, and with adrenaline-fueled strength, swing it overhead and slam it into the ground, as you are to see me do the same to an angel or a mortal.
17:30 <Cepheid> Such is the problem of blind rage.
17:30 <Cepheid> It doesn't discriminate.
17:31 <Schism> The Princess outright terrifies the demons, because in her pursuit of a good night's sleep, she takes no prisoners and bars no holds. When she's sleep-deprived, she will tear the castle to shreds, escape and return with a mystical artifact meant for the Hero, all to get a better rest.
17:35 <Finwe> o3o
17:35 * Finwe hats on Schism.
17:36 <Cepheid> Heh.
17:36 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
17:36 * Schism doffs her Finwe.
17:36 <Cepheid> One of these days, I'll fully understand the little engine of rage inside of me.
17:36 <Cepheid> ... And then the world shall cower.
17:36 * Finwe is doffed.
17:39 <Cepheid> Hum. Now, the question I have regarding that question that stumped me yesterday is..
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17:40 <Cepheid> Does he want the angle relative to 0 degrees from S, or does he want the angle relative to the vector S to T?
17:40 <Cepheid> .... I'll give both, just as a precaution.
17:40 <Cepheid> It's not hard to calculate either, after all.
17:41 <Finwe> How was the angle described?
17:42 <Finwe> The angle between two vectors is the planar angle between the vectors in the plane in which they both lie.
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17:48 <Cepheid> Therein lies the problem. It's only described as "At what angle, say θ, should a ray leave S so as to reach T after one reflection on W1?" S and T are points, W1 and W2 are parallel mirrors placed 5 units apart. S is 1 unit above W2, T is 2 units above W2, and the horizontal distance between S and T is 10 units. I know how to solve all of this, I just don't know how he wants the angle expressed, in terms of whether it's
17:48 <Cepheid> the angle between ST and the ray, or if it's between the ray and a horizontal line extending to the right from S.
17:49 <Finwe> Is that a two-dimensional space?
17:49 <Cepheid> I'm not sure how your various fields of math treat an angle of 0 degrees, but in CS, an angle of 0 degrees is a horizontal line extending to the right from a given point. I know in some fields, they like to rotate the system 90 degrees counterclockwise so that angle 0 degrees is pointing up. And yes, it's 2D space.
17:49 <Finwe> Then it's probably relative to x-axis.
17:50 <Cepheid> Yeah, that's what I'm leaning towards thinking.
17:51 <Finwe> In mathematics, the angle is positive if it's anticlockwise from x-axis and negative if it's clocwise.
17:52 <Cepheid> Ah, so same in CS, then.
17:52 <Cepheid> It's just, I've seen some areas use a rotated version, in which 0 starts along the positive Y axis instead.
17:52 <Finwe> In navigation, dead ahead is 0.
17:52 <Cepheid> I think nautical- Yeah.
17:53 <Cepheid> Which, for ease of grasping in our brains presumably, is depicted as the positive Y axis being 0.
17:53 <Schism> You'd think that turnwise would be the positive angle, and widdershins the negative, but we're also in a world where electrons are negative, so. o3o
17:54 <Cepheid> For some reason, I consider the horizontal positive axis being 0 to be "natural" somehow.
17:54 <Cepheid> Probably because of protractor usage.
17:56 * Schism finishes her meal of 'entirely too much starch and protein', has a glass of orange juice, and then cracks open an energy drink. "Hopefully this will get me through the day."
18:00 <Cepheid> In any case..
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18:00 <Cepheid> The angle can be calculated by taking the vector from S to Tr, the reflection of T on W1, and applying atan2(), or normalizing the vector, and applying arccos() or arcsin().
18:01 <RichardMist> Hello Schism
18:01 <RichardMist> Finwe
18:02 <Cepheid> You know how I figured this out, by the by?
18:02 * RichardMist *bows*
18:02 <Cepheid> I taught myself how to calculate this ages ago, I just forgot. I had read about rays and reflections in a physics textbook I bought for myself.
18:05 <Cepheid> I literally woke up at around 11 AM, with my mind dreaming about mathematics for some reason, and it just... fell into place.
18:06 <Cepheid> Oh, Schism, I recall you one time saying you were listening to a song called "514." I bring this up only because after solving the above and writing a full page of explanation, I started watching this:
18:07 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjJMWj6BYhY
18:07 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about [Touhou 3D] Brambly Boundaries
18:07 <Schism> Yup. o3o
18:08 <Cepheid> minusT is pretty impressive.
18:09 <Cepheid> Far as I know, all the bullet stuff is done via scripting/programming in Blender, so not only is minusT a decent drawing artist, they're also a good 3D model maker/animater, *AND* a programmer.
18:12 <Cepheid> Won't lie though, watching their videos makes me wonder.
18:12 <Cepheid> How well would a player using a VR headset handle a first-person bullet-hell game with stuff akin to what's seen in their videos?
18:22 <Cepheid> Right, I almost forgot about my appointment for 3. I need to go take a shower and get changed for that. Back in a bit.
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18:35 <ADragonDreaming> good luck
18:36 <Cepheid> I'm not really worried. It's more just a precaution.
18:37 <Cepheid> I was in a hospital for 9 hours, some of that sitting next to various other people with no proper barriers and such. I had a mask on, but, surface contamination and all that.
18:57 <Cepheid> I feel like information is missing in this next question.
18:58 <Cepheid> "A wireless transmission system has bit-error rate p bits per sec (0 < p < 1) and packet length of n bits. What is the probability that a packet has an error?"
18:59 <Cepheid> The reason I feel like it's missing information is because the error rate is defined as bits per second, but there's no definition of how many bits are transmitted per second over the medium. Only the length of a packet.
19:00 <Cepheid> There's no other information provided either.
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19:15 <Cepheid> Whelp, we found the bug Tizzy was after last night. Not a roach.
19:15 <Cepheid> It's a beetle. What I saw weren't antenna, but a pair of legs from a perspective that created the impression that they were antenna coming out of the head.
19:16 <Cepheid> Also, with respect to the above question, based on course material, the professor just likes to express the bit-error rate as "per sec", even though no bit transmission rate is specified.
19:18 <Cepheid> So, where probability of a bit error is p, then Pr[packet of length n has an error] = 1 - Pr[Packet of length n has no error]. Pr[Packet of length n has no error] = (1 - p)^n. Thus, Pr[packet of length n has an error] = 1 - (1 - p)^n. The professor likes to approximate this to 1 - 1/e, where e is Euler's number.
19:18 <Cepheid> Anyways, I gotta go. I'll be back in a bit.
19:49 <Schism> okay. A colleague having a mental breakdown is never a good thing.
19:49 <Schism> Well, emotional breakdown. Either/or.
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19:58 * Ali licks Schism nosie
19:58 * Schism snuggles the Ali. She's got a few hours left of work, bleh.
19:58 * Ali gives Schism Cyberpunk, its borked.
19:58 <Schism> It is. Certain body parts peeking through clothing, for example.
19:58 <Ali> NPCs ignoring collision
19:59 <Schism> Textures and models loading a minute after they've spawned.
19:59 <Ali> Welcome to modern gaming, where you get to pay $70 to be an alpha tester
19:59 <Ali> Framerates tanking harder than the NES
19:59 <Schism> All that crunch time sure was well worth it, wasn't it?
20:00 <Ali> Why can't game developers delay and fix these problems instead of sweeping it under the rug?
20:00 <Ali> I mean, the so called bustling city shot they showed at E3 was not the same either.
20:01 <Schism> Because $MONEY!$ Okay, back to the grind.
20:02 <Ali> Also the starting gimp revolver can do 2000 damage headshots
20:02 <RichardMist> Hello Ali, *wavies*. How are you
20:03 <Ali> Eh, just woke up so a bit groggy.
20:03 <RichardMist> Ok, Ali, have a nice meal if going to eat
20:21 <Cepheid> Hum. All done with the nose swab for the test. Whee.
20:21 <Twilight_Sparkle> huzzah
20:23 <RichardMist> Hello Twilight_Sparkle, nice to meet you! *wavies*
20:23 <Twilight_Sparkle> Hello Richard. I am Adra, just on a different computer.
20:24 <RichardMist> Well, then, Adra, nice to meet you
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20:40 * Dappled appears once more.
20:40 * Dappled waves.
20:41 <RichardMist> Hoii Dappled
20:41 * RichardMist *wavies*
20:41 <RichardMist> How are you?
20:42 <Dappled> Good. Playing Pokemon Alpha Sapphire as a thing to do.
20:44 <Cepheid> Right, home, had some food, back to work on this assignment.
20:47 * Dappled also sees that's saturday. Stares at the patreon app to update. Gimme my next chapter read....
20:48 * Cepheid looks at next question.
20:48 <Cepheid> ... For the love of the-
20:48 <Cepheid> Professor, please, when you use a value, define it.
20:48 <Cepheid> In computer science, epsilon means TOO MANY DANGED THINGS.
20:48 <Dappled> Memory is the key.
20:50 <Cepheid> "What is the maximum possible packet length so that the probability a packet has error is at most ϵ."
20:50 <Cepheid> What the hell is ϵ in this case!?
20:51 <Cepheid> It isn't expressed anywhere in the question.
20:51 <Cepheid> And using the typical CS definition doesn't tell me much, because there are multiple meanings for it in CS!
20:58 * Cepheid rants in answer about this, then expresses that the lowest error rate occurs at n = 0. Because with a packet size of 0 bits, you can't have any errors. :D
20:59 <Dappled> This is true.
21:01 * Ali tells it to divide by zero
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21:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3546 [ https://tinyurl.com/yxnule5r ]
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22:00 <PinkieShy> hihi
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22:10 <Cepheid> For some reason, on one of the slides about Link-State Protocols for routing, my professor wrote the name "Satan" in reference to something.
22:37 <Cepheid> I... You know, this set of questions makes me worried my answers are wrong, because the conditions for the question are vague as hell, the questions themselves are vague as hell, and it is trivial to show that the requested cases hold.
22:38 <RichardMist> Hoi PinkieShy, how are you?
22:38 * RichardMist *wavies*
22:40 <Cepheid> Right. Just going to submit this as is, leave it to the TAs to figure out my scribblings and such, and spend the rest of the evening relaxing.
22:41 * Dappled applauds this decision. But he is also very lazy.
22:43 <Cepheid> Well, part of the problem is that right now, I'm floating between "dropping out" and "continuing this madness" so I'm a little... indifferent right now to cleanliness of my work and such.
22:57 <RichardMist> Poor Cepheid, every day this madness...
22:58 <Cepheid> I'll live.
23:10 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Plushie Compilation #446 [ https://tinyurl.com/y5owh8zg ]
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