Thanks. That's a lot lower than I would have expected, but as I couldn't find any other figure, I imagine it'd be relatively accurate.
I was surprised to see that United States is the world's largest cheese producer, but most if it is eaten domestically which would explain why it's not often seen elsewhere.
Well, I live in the UK and the "vegetarian" labelled cheeses are definitely the minority. They're usually more expensive as well. I doubt that it's all due to protectionist policies as new varieties of cheese are mostly made with animal rennet and they wouldn't be covered by "D.O.P." rules.
I just tried to verify your 35% figure - where did you find that out?
I didn't think it was that much of a secret. I've been a pescetarian (a fish-eating vegetarian) for a couple of decades and have known about rennet in cheese for most of that time. A better kept secret is probably the use of fish finings in the production of wine.
Strangely enough, I tried making cottage cheese myself just a couple of weeks ago and thus read up on a couple of different ways to make it. I used goats milk (because I like it), heated it and then put in lemon juice to curdle it. It ended up with quite small curds, so I left it pressed in a cheese-cloth to make it into a single lump.
Most modern cheeses still use animal rennet. Typically, it's just the cheeses labelled as vegetarian that use an alternative to rennet. e.g. Parmesan cannot even be called Parmesan unless it's made with rennet.
Even if it wasn't for attacks like this one, everyone should boycott Microsoft browsers for their awful use of "standards" in IE6. The total amount of pain caused to web developers around the world must never be forgotten.
If you're going to be so uppity about someone's mistake, then at least spell "embarrased" correctly (and put a hyphen in "semi-literate"). I appreciate the attempt to improve people's writing skills, but you're doing it in a way that makes you look like an arse.
To try and understand how you get to x/0 = infinity can I ask you how you define division?
Typically, division is defined so that if a/b = n, then a = b x n.
We know that any number multiplied by zero becomes zero, so if you have a = 6, b = 0 and n = infinity, you end up with:
6 = 0 x infinity, which contradicts what we know about multiplying by zero.
If you want to define division-by-zero, you end up with a totally different set of mathematical rules which is fine and dandy, but not the same maths that we use in everyday calculations.
Browsing the internet only from a VM is actually the most secure way to do so whether or not you're running Steam. With a VM, you can do some browsing, click on all the most depraved and unsavoury sites and then close it down and revert to a snapshot.
The way I see it, it's not whether or not we are in a simulation, but what differences would there be if we are (not) in a simulation? If there's no measurable difference, then it's completely meaningless to discuss it. It's only where there are differences that the concepts become interesting.
Let a=b
Then a^2 = ab
a^2 + a^2 = a^2 + ab
2a^2 = a^2 + ab
2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 + ab - 2ab
and 2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 - ab
This can be written as 2(a^2 - ab) = 1(a^2 - ab)
and cancelling the (a^2 - ab) from both sides gives 1 = 2.
(Couldn't figure out how to get the superscript working)
I think you'll find that consciousness is a fiction. Consciousness is just a trick our brain plays on us to make it easier to organise information. There's lots of hints that we're not actually conscious e.g. the time delay between an event in reality and our consciousness of that event (typically about 0.5s); the fact that people use Windows etc.
My hostility towards creationism is not about the "evidence for it", but the fact that there is no way to disprove it. Scientific theories make predictions and when those predictions fall short, it points out a problem with the theory. Creationism provides no predictions and there's no way to "disprove" it except to rightly say "it's meaningless".
In a very similar fashion, being in an accurate simulation also had no way to "disprove" it. Until now, that is.
You're partly right in that we can define divide-by-zero how we want, but there are serious problems when it is defined (e.g. as infinity) as it leads to a huge amount of inconsistencies in other areas. The simplest example is the typical proof that 1 = 2 which uses a divide-by-zero to lead to absurdity. If you want consistent numbers, then division by zero needs to be undefined.
I've had far more trouble with hardware RAID than with software RAID, so I always prefer software RAID for direct attached disks. Also, modern SATA controllers will allow a hot swap of a failed disk which can be handy, whereas I've wasted too much time with Dell PERC controllers that wait to spin up every single disk before letting you get into the controller bios.
These days, I'd recommend software RAID over hardware RAID (especially for Linux boxes). Modern systems can run software RAID at pretty much the same speed as hardware RAID and you get a big advantage of not having to keep specialised hardware around for when your RAID controller fails.
It's often useful to be able to take disks from a broken RAID system and easily mount and read them on different hardware. Also, Linux RAID software tends to be updated/fixed more often than a hardware RAID controller.
Here in the UK, just entering someone's property isn't a crime. You'd have to show "intent to steal" or damaging the door to get entry is considered breaking and entering.
I'd have to admit it would be strange to get back home and find someone there reading a book. I'd prefer it to having all my stuff gone - if the intruder said "I saw your door was left open, so I came in to stop anyone from stealing your stuff and while I was waiting I read this book - hope you don't mind" then I doubt that I'd call the police.
I think you've misunderstood. The vast majority of time, you can relatively accurately use male or female pronouns. When male or female isn't appropriate, you can use the person's name. There's hardly a need for lots of pronouns.
Calling someone 'it' just because you can't easily classify their gender is somewhat insulting. If someone has a complicated gender, then you're better off referring to them by name and thus acknowledging that they are a person. By trying to shoehorn everyone into two narrow gender categories, it implies that someone's gender is more important than their humanity.
It's an IE vulnerability (use-after-free to bypass ASLR) that loads a flash-based payload. Just because the payload is in flash doesn't mean that the vulnerability is not in IE.
I'd use the law if someone is stealing my valuables, but the crime would be theft (or trespass with intention to steal). If someone walked into my house and read some of my books, then it wouldn't be illegal and I'd have to ask them (politely) to leave.
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Thanks. That's a lot lower than I would have expected, but as I couldn't find any other figure, I imagine it'd be relatively accurate.
I was surprised to see that United States is the world's largest cheese producer, but most if it is eaten domestically which would explain why it's not often seen elsewhere.
Well, I live in the UK and the "vegetarian" labelled cheeses are definitely the minority. They're usually more expensive as well. I doubt that it's all due to protectionist policies as new varieties of cheese are mostly made with animal rennet and they wouldn't be covered by "D.O.P." rules.
I just tried to verify your 35% figure - where did you find that out?
I didn't think it was that much of a secret. I've been a pescetarian (a fish-eating vegetarian) for a couple of decades and have known about rennet in cheese for most of that time. A better kept secret is probably the use of fish finings in the production of wine.
Strangely enough, I tried making cottage cheese myself just a couple of weeks ago and thus read up on a couple of different ways to make it. I used goats milk (because I like it), heated it and then put in lemon juice to curdle it. It ended up with quite small curds, so I left it pressed in a cheese-cloth to make it into a single lump.
Use the camera on the other side.
Most modern cheeses still use animal rennet. Typically, it's just the cheeses labelled as vegetarian that use an alternative to rennet. e.g. Parmesan cannot even be called Parmesan unless it's made with rennet.
Even if it wasn't for attacks like this one, everyone should boycott Microsoft browsers for their awful use of "standards" in IE6. The total amount of pain caused to web developers around the world must never be forgotten.
If you were made ruler of the entire earth, what would be top on your list of things to change?
If you're going to be so uppity about someone's mistake, then at least spell "embarrased" correctly (and put a hyphen in "semi-literate"). I appreciate the attempt to improve people's writing skills, but you're doing it in a way that makes you look like an arse.
Godel prooved, however, that there are plenty of true statements that cannot be prooved.
To try and understand how you get to x/0 = infinity can I ask you how you define division?
Typically, division is defined so that if a/b = n, then a = b x n.
We know that any number multiplied by zero becomes zero, so if you have a = 6, b = 0 and n = infinity, you end up with:
6 = 0 x infinity, which contradicts what we know about multiplying by zero.
If you want to define division-by-zero, you end up with a totally different set of mathematical rules which is fine and dandy, but not the same maths that we use in everyday calculations.
I don't quite get what you mean. Dividing by zero is the undefined operation which is where the proof goes wrong (as you point out).
... = -1/12
You can't specify that 1/0 = infinity as infinity is a concept and not a number. e.g.
infinity + 1 = infinity
take away infinity from both sides: 0 = 1
My favourite paradoxical result is the infamous:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5
Browsing the internet only from a VM is actually the most secure way to do so whether or not you're running Steam. With a VM, you can do some browsing, click on all the most depraved and unsavoury sites and then close it down and revert to a snapshot.
The way I see it, it's not whether or not we are in a simulation, but what differences would there be if we are (not) in a simulation? If there's no measurable difference, then it's completely meaningless to discuss it. It's only where there are differences that the concepts become interesting.
There's lots of variations, but here's an easy one from https://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/falseProofs/first1eq2.html :
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Let a=b
Then a^2 = ab
a^2 + a^2 = a^2 + ab
2a^2 = a^2 + ab
2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 + ab - 2ab
and 2a^2 - 2ab = a^2 - ab
This can be written as 2(a^2 - ab) = 1(a^2 - ab)
and cancelling the (a^2 - ab) from both sides gives 1 = 2
(Couldn't figure out how to get the superscript working)
I think you'll find that consciousness is a fiction. Consciousness is just a trick our brain plays on us to make it easier to organise information. There's lots of hints that we're not actually conscious e.g. the time delay between an event in reality and our consciousness of that event (typically about 0.5s); the fact that people use Windows etc.
My hostility towards creationism is not about the "evidence for it", but the fact that there is no way to disprove it. Scientific theories make predictions and when those predictions fall short, it points out a problem with the theory. Creationism provides no predictions and there's no way to "disprove" it except to rightly say "it's meaningless".
In a very similar fashion, being in an accurate simulation also had no way to "disprove" it. Until now, that is.
You're partly right in that we can define divide-by-zero how we want, but there are serious problems when it is defined (e.g. as infinity) as it leads to a huge amount of inconsistencies in other areas. The simplest example is the typical proof that 1 = 2 which uses a divide-by-zero to lead to absurdity. If you want consistent numbers, then division by zero needs to be undefined.
I've had far more trouble with hardware RAID than with software RAID, so I always prefer software RAID for direct attached disks. Also, modern SATA controllers will allow a hot swap of a failed disk which can be handy, whereas I've wasted too much time with Dell PERC controllers that wait to spin up every single disk before letting you get into the controller bios.
Or maybe just the Anglo-Saxon ones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Anglo-Saxon_origin
These days, I'd recommend software RAID over hardware RAID (especially for Linux boxes). Modern systems can run software RAID at pretty much the same speed as hardware RAID and you get a big advantage of not having to keep specialised hardware around for when your RAID controller fails.
It's often useful to be able to take disks from a broken RAID system and easily mount and read them on different hardware. Also, Linux RAID software tends to be updated/fixed more often than a hardware RAID controller.
Here in the UK, just entering someone's property isn't a crime. You'd have to show "intent to steal" or damaging the door to get entry is considered breaking and entering.
I'd have to admit it would be strange to get back home and find someone there reading a book. I'd prefer it to having all my stuff gone - if the intruder said "I saw your door was left open, so I came in to stop anyone from stealing your stuff and while I was waiting I read this book - hope you don't mind" then I doubt that I'd call the police.
I think you've misunderstood. The vast majority of time, you can relatively accurately use male or female pronouns. When male or female isn't appropriate, you can use the person's name. There's hardly a need for lots of pronouns.
Calling someone 'it' just because you can't easily classify their gender is somewhat insulting. If someone has a complicated gender, then you're better off referring to them by name and thus acknowledging that they are a person. By trying to shoehorn everyone into two narrow gender categories, it implies that someone's gender is more important than their humanity.
It's an IE vulnerability (use-after-free to bypass ASLR) that loads a flash-based payload. Just because the payload is in flash doesn't mean that the vulnerability is not in IE.
I'd use the law if someone is stealing my valuables, but the crime would be theft (or trespass with intention to steal). If someone walked into my house and read some of my books, then it wouldn't be illegal and I'd have to ask them (politely) to leave.