Lord Antares

Well, I think this has been the only game of football I've seen where I could say the team winning 5-0 played badly. That game was something else.

Lol England I think France may have the technically best squad in the whole tournament. My candidates are France, Germany, Brazil or Spain. So nothing unusual at all. But if I had to put money on anyone, I would put it on France. I just hope Croatia are able to get out of the group stage. With the kind of players we have, we should go far but it never works out that way.

France, Brazil and Spain are looking the best to me. What about you?

I'm Croatian and I didn't understand anything you wrote.

What a coincidence. I had been off the forum for months now, probably a good year since I was active and I came right back the day someone replied to something of mine. No, you're right. It was a phrasing error, though and not a mathematical one. I understand that certainty and probability cannot be combined like that. I meant ''how long before something is expected to happen'' but then I would have to define ''expected''. Over 50% chance would work.

No thanks. Although programming is something that sounds interesting, one would need to dedicate a LOT of time to it. I can only dedicate so much to things I like, and there are many, many things worth dedicating to. Programming is not on top of my list.

Thanks. Yes, there really is a shortage. I've had zero luck with google searches and I mean zero. I would if I knew how to. On the other hand, asking a bunch of people (say, on a reddit) to type words fast would only get me so far and would in no way be representative of an actual statistic. Also, a lot of people use mobile phones for browsing and typing. This would need to be considered as well.

Thank you. I did not even consider this. I was only looking into keyboard key proximity, direction and previous key position etc. Also, I imagine the answer might different if one types on the phone. Anyone else got any knowledge to share?

I am trying to get information (statistical preferably) on how typo likelihoods work. Do you know what would be the most likely typos of a random word? Do you know how sequence and the position of the previous character would affect these? What about typos on mobiles? I have done a search on google but I can't find anything relevant. Does anyone here know any info? Has anyone researched it a bit? Thanks.

I think it would be optimal if you could only give upvotes and downvotes in science sections. Many people have built up a rep (be it positive or negative) in the politics or religion sections. This completely defeats the purpose of the rep system. I don't know if that's possible to make, though. This would also help get rid of the ''win by rep'' debates and would decrease the effects of ''ganging up on someone'' which is also most prominent in politics sections.

I agree that negative rep shouldn't be removed. It's a good indicator of who posts good stuff and who posts trash. I've always thought that the rep system is very newbie-friendly in that it is a good indication of legitimate science vs pseudo-science. If you are a newbie, you will generally not have enough knowledge to tell what is right, so the upvote and downvote system is often a very accurate way to tell. So I think it's almost necessary for this forum. You might argue that: but for example, we have Janus who doesn't have the badge, yet I consider him (subjectively) to be the best poster here. One look at his rep to post ratio and it all makes sense when you read his posts. On the other hand, I think that neg rep is handy to recognize the crackpots. Yes, it taints their reputation but it is hardly unwarranted when you see they are sitting at -50 with 200 posts by only posting unsupported trash. So I disagree with Raider as well.

Damn. I still can't believe you guys don't have free healthcare. I think if I lived in America, I would self-treat pretty much everything. Does that apply to lifting weights? Or just normal hand movements. Because it never hurts when I'm doing normal activities like using a mouse or keyboard.

Yes, I've heard there are two methods to resolve this: Pulling it with the syringe and cutting it out with a scalpel. The former is much more convenient but the sac stays in there and there's a good chance it will come back. Never heard about dissolving the sac. That sounds legitimate. The latter puts your hand out of hard use for some time but it doesn't come back after that. I hope the former can be done effectively.

Yes, I know about hitting it with a book (people used to do that for hundreds of years - hence the alternative name ''bible bump'') but the issue is that it doesn't get rid of the ''bag'' so it just returns. I know because I've slept on it a few times. It disappeared and came back in a week or two (mine is on the wrist, I don't rest my head on my toes lol) I would just like to know to what extent I'm going to be able to use my hand and how long.

Has anyone had one removed? How long am I not going to be able to use my arm for demanding physical activites? I've heard at least a month. Is that like the 3 weeks you're not supposed to smoke for after wisdom teeth removal or are you actually unable to use your arm for that long? I realize I'm not supposed to ask for medical advice, I just a bit of personal experience.

Since there has never been evidence of telepathy, it does not have a scientific side. Anyone can write a book and web article. Have you heard of David Icke? Woah. I once woke up and thought ''how nice would it be if ebay delivered my package today'' and what do you know, they actually did. I must be some sort of telepathic god. Claiming it's anything other than a coincidence is ridiculous without any evidence. That's not how it works. It is either true or it isn't. If you are trying to find out how it's true, you need to find and present evidence and not wild guesswork like in the OP.

But there are, nevertheless, valid and invalid theories. It is a valid observation that when an object is dropped, it will fall downwards towards the earth. The evidence that this happens is such and such and is empirical. There is no such thing in philosophy. There are more and less valid observations in philosophy, but there is no evidence of that to the degree that science has.

No I don't. But you still cannot prove it. Valid is subjective in philosophy (however right it may seem), and valid is completely objective in science.

No. But you cannot prove that your opinion is more valid, unlike science.

No, not at all. I might have expressed myself wrong. I see your point. The stuff that is either true or isn't and can be proven but isn't yet, isn't philosophy. It's the things which cannot be proven or aren't ''true or false'', like the holographic universe, determinism and the vague metaphysics stuff.

Philosophy is, in some ways, diametrically opposite to science. In philosophy, there is no truth, nothing you can universally agree upon. Almost every opinion is as valid as every other and in most cases, nothing to be correct about; it's just views on different things. Science works hard to be opposite of that. There is no opinion in science, there is only fact. There are no equally valid views, there is simply a right one and wrong ones. In science, there are such things as evidence, correct, and empirically supported. This is true and I agree. For example, the ever so appealing ''theory'' of the holographic universe and life being an illusion. There is no possible way to prove or disprove this and it makes no difference in anything we do or learn. It is quite possibly not even possible to prove it or find how it impacts life. Therefore, it cannot be scientific, but it can be bad philosophy at best.

I am at work and on mobile so I can't write much; I just want to address a few key points for now. First and foremost, I am confused about you saying that you are scaring buyers off because ypu installed security cameras all around and that's why he is doing this. I had the impression that you installed the cameras AFTER this started happening so that couldn't have been the reason. Also, that implies that he knows about the cameras, yet he is standing there in full view doing whatever he is doing. Also, where is this neighbour now? Did you talk at all after the "bad blood" started with you reporting him to the police for the rent thing? Why are the other neighbours scared? Why are they not keen to find out who this man sneaking around their houses is? We are definitely missing some details here? Can't you just sleep with a bat or something and as soon as that thing wakes you up, you make a mad dash outside to at least scare him shitless? This is all I can write now, I will talk to you later.

WTF. What can be seen on the camera? Is the person doing this discernable? What is he (or she) wearing? Also, does this happen at the same time each night? If it is, it might be easy to set up an ambush, like the police, or worst case scenario, you with a wooden plank. Another thing. Is the thing he uses visible? How big is it? Are your windows open? Have you tried closing the shades or windows? It would be incredibly less efficient to try to find out what he is using a making a defense, instead of just solving the problem first-hand. Now that's just crazy talk. What would you suspect this? Knowing nothing, it would be much more reasonable to suspect one person is behind and doing this. To suspect that there's a chain of possible culprits leans towards paranoia and conspiracy theories. Don't do that. The fact that none of the neighbours or other people cares about this is very fishy. The neighbours aren't concerned about someone sneaking behind their house on the middle of the night almost every day. Something's off about all of this.

Shit, you're technically right.

No, you comments absolutely doesn't hold water. So what that the brother is personally involved in the matter? It doesn't make any of what he says as automatically true without any evidence. Anyone talking without evidence is being equally assertive. Also, get this. I did a quick google search. There have been 14 black people in space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African-American_astronauts There have been 12 hispanic people in space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hispanic_astronauts The argument makes no sense. Seeing how less Hispanic people have been to space than black people, and also taking into account NASA's quote... ...(taken from the link in the OP), saying that they want more diversity, my made-up scenario seems more plausible than the racism claim.