Topic: Random Stuff Part III (Read 654418 times)

Seprix · « **Reply #1125 on:** June 03, 2016, 01:12:15 pm »

Yes, but I've read it all over, and it makes no sense to me at all. I am taking an accelerated course online, so there's not really any help outside reading the book.

Chris is me · « **Reply #1126 on:** June 03, 2016, 01:14:03 pm »

Quote from: Seprix on June 03, 2016, 12:57:33 am

One of my friends offered a colorful interpretation of the Peasant line artwork as the life cycle of a stoner. Peasant is a chill dude, just likes to get high. Soldier is when he finds himself in the military and torn from his illegal pastime. Fugitive is when he is on the run, having quit the army to get high, consistently paranoid as a result. Disciple is when he discovers academia, a wonderful place where not only can he get high in peace, he can learn his craft from the masters. Finally, he becomes a teacher, an esteemed elder spreading the gospel to anyone who will listen.

Don't do drugs kids.

eHalcyon · « **Reply #1127 on:** June 03, 2016, 01:18:35 pm »

Quote from: Seprix on June 03, 2016, 01:05:03 pm

Man, I hate economics already. I have no idea how to calculate a market equilibrium having nothing but a table (no equation), or how each change in demand and/or supply affects equilibrium prices and equilibrium quantities in a competitive market. It's week one. I'm doomed.

Demand goes up, equilibrium price goes up.
Supply goes up, equilibrium price goes down.

What's on the table? Can you just find the row/column for the price and supply? I don't remember ever using a table; usually we drew graphs. Oh, I guess you can plot some points using the table to get supply and demand curves, then find the intersection.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #1128 on:** June 03, 2016, 01:21:20 pm »

Maybe interpolate linearly to estimate the intersection.

Seprix · « **Reply #1129 on:** June 03, 2016, 01:27:07 pm »

There was a table with some price points with apartments, demand, and supply. For some reason, I couldn't make a graph. All of this is so new to me, I have no idea what I'm doing. I guess I'm going to spend all weekend watching videos on this..

silverspawn · « **Reply #1130 on:** June 03, 2016, 02:30:37 pm »

I just realized that newspapers are unbelievably boring

I can't believe people read them every day.

Tables · « **Reply #1131 on:** June 03, 2016, 03:44:25 pm »

I asked my housemate for a newspaper the other day.

"Don't be stupid." He said, "Nobody reads newspapers any more. Just use my iPad."

That fly had no idea what hit him.

ashersky · « **Reply #1132 on:** June 03, 2016, 04:15:46 pm »

Was flipping through the radio stations here in Rome and hit on one called FD5. For a second I was blown away that our forum had a radio station!

Kirian · « **Reply #1133 on:** June 03, 2016, 07:32:00 pm »

Quote from: Seprix on June 03, 2016, 01:05:03 pm

Man, I hate economics already. I have no idea how to calculate a market equilibrium having nothing but a table (no equation), or how each change in demand and/or supply affects equilibrium prices and equilibrium quantities in a competitive market. It's week one. I'm doomed.

To be perfectly fair, most professional economists can't calculate that either, at least not with real world numbers and people.

Teproc · « **Reply #1134 on:** June 04, 2016, 07:12:46 am »

Quote from: silverspawn on June 03, 2016, 02:30:37 pm

I just realized that newspapers are unbelievably boring

I can't believe people read them every day.

They're not.

They don't.

Witherweaver · « **Reply #1135 on:** June 04, 2016, 07:22:32 am »

Quote from: Teproc on June 04, 2016, 07:12:46 am

Quote from: silverspawn on June 03, 2016, 02:30:37 pm
I just realized that newspapers are unbelievably boring

I can't believe people read them every day.

They're not.

They don't.

They just need Christian Bale singing about them.

silverspawn · « **Reply #1136 on:** June 05, 2016, 06:12:56 pm »

there's a giant flying thing in my room that makes weird rustling noises. I do not approve.

Awaclus · « **Reply #1137 on:** June 05, 2016, 06:15:36 pm »

Quote from: silverspawn on June 05, 2016, 06:12:56 pm

there's a giant flying thing in my room that makes weird rustling noises. I do not approve.

A helicopter?

silverspawn · « **Reply #1138 on:** June 05, 2016, 06:16:35 pm »

no, I meant giant more as in compared to a fly

eHalcyon · « **Reply #1139 on:** June 05, 2016, 06:42:49 pm »

Quote from: silverspawn on June 05, 2016, 06:16:35 pm

no, I meant giant more as in compared to a fly

A helicopter is giant compared to a fly.

ConMan · « **Reply #1140 on:** June 05, 2016, 07:34:00 pm »

Quote from: Kuildeous on June 03, 2016, 10:21:22 am

Man, I hate overexplainers. Someone had an issue with a Word document.

Co-worker: The page numbers are replaced with that.
Me: Oh, that's a field code. Press Alt+F9 to fix it.
Co-worker: And then there are these things scattered through the document.
Me: Yep, press Alt+F9.
Co-worker: And the index is gone.
Me: That's also a code. Press Alt+F9.
Co-worker: And my Table of Contents disappeared!
Me: *deep breath* I see that. Press Alt+F9 now, and it'll all be fixed.

Seriously, if I can diagnosis it after one symptom, I don't need to know the others (and they're really all one symptom anyway).

On the one hand, absolutely. Especially in this case, where all of the problems were in fact symptoms of the same underlying issue. But then on the other hand you get the people who will only report one symptom, and it won't be the one most relevant to solving the problem (the archetypal one being the person who calls tech support because they can't see their mouse cursor, one page of dialogue later they admit there's been a blackout).

silverspawn · « **Reply #1141 on:** June 05, 2016, 08:57:58 pm »

Quote from: eHalcyon on June 05, 2016, 06:42:49 pm

Quote from: silverspawn on June 05, 2016, 06:16:35 pm
no, I meant giant more as in compared to a fly

A helicopter is giant compared to a fly.

yes, but by saying that it was compared to a fly it no longer necessitates a helicopter and hence the more plausible option is more likely.

Kuildeous · « **Reply #1142 on:** June 05, 2016, 09:59:25 pm »

And giant is relative anyway.

A fly is giant compared to an atom.

Seprix · « **Reply #1143 on:** June 05, 2016, 10:00:14 pm »

Quote from: Kuildeous on June 05, 2016, 09:59:25 pm

And giant is relative anyway.

How's your uncle Goliath?

Kuildeous · « **Reply #1144 on:** June 06, 2016, 08:39:19 am »

*opens shiny new Office 2013 application*
*presses Ctrl+O and tries to type path*
*discovers new shortcut key is Alt+F, O, C, B*

This is why no one likes you, Office 2013.

Tables · « **Reply #1145 on:** June 06, 2016, 01:08:39 pm »

Quote from: silverspawn on June 05, 2016, 08:57:58 pm

Quote from: eHalcyon on June 05, 2016, 06:42:49 pm
Quote from: silverspawn on June 05, 2016, 06:16:35 pm
no, I meant giant more as in compared to a fly

A helicopter is giant compared to a fly.

yes, but by saying that it was compared to a fly it no longer necessitates a helicopter and hence the more plausible option is more likely.

Why was there even a small helicopter in your room anyway?

Kirian · « **Reply #1146 on:** June 06, 2016, 02:08:12 pm »

Quote from: Kuildeous on June 06, 2016, 08:39:19 am

*opens shiny new Office 2013 application*
*presses Ctrl+O and tries to type path*
*discovers new shortcut key is Alt+F, O, C, B*

This is why no one likes you, Office 2013.

I stopped using Office in, like, 2007. At the time, I was using an old copy of Office 2000. Switched to OpenOffice, never looked back, though I have considered LibreOffice.

Awaclus · « **Reply #1147 on:** June 06, 2016, 03:20:42 pm »

OpenOffice is awful. I'm using Office 2013 now, but it's not really any better or worse than Office 2007 which was super amazing.

Kuildeous · « **Reply #1148 on:** June 06, 2016, 03:59:39 pm »

Quote from: Awaclus on June 06, 2016, 03:20:42 pm

OpenOffice is awful. I'm using Office 2013 now, but it's not really any better or worse than Office 2007 which was super amazing.

Yeah, I see no indication of Office 2013 being hugely different from Office 2007, except that apparently they just want to keep punishing us hotkey users. They took something as beautiful as Ctrl+O and turned it into a monstrosity.

Seprix · « **Reply #1149 on:** June 06, 2016, 10:54:33 pm »

Quote from: Kuildeous on June 06, 2016, 03:59:39 pm

Quote from: Awaclus on June 06, 2016, 03:20:42 pm
OpenOffice is awful. I'm using Office 2013 now, but it's not really any better or worse than Office 2007 which was super amazing.

Yeah, I see no indication of Office 2013 being hugely different from Office 2007, except that apparently they just want to keep punishing us hotkey users. They took something as beautiful as Ctrl+O and turned it into a monstrosity.

Can't you change the hotkeys? You can with Mac applications #MacMasterRace

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