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howrar, to piracy in Louis Rossman/FUTO's YouTube app, GrayJay, now supports Sponsorblock... and shames you if you use it

Can confirm. I upload YouTube videos and it shows me stats on which parts of the video people watch.

howrar, to cooking in [Discussion] How do you store/organize your recipes?

Used to store them on Google Keep, but things were getting too messy there. I’ve been gradually moving things over to Notion. So far, it’s working a lot better in some respects (better organization with their tables and formatting options), but also worse in others (Notion app and website is way heavier than Keep). Would love to hear about better options, especially since I don’t trust them to stay alive for as long I want all this data to stay alive.

howrar, to piracy in Once a pirate, always a pirate

If I didn’t want for money in my daily life

Big if. We unfortunately don’t live in a world where you can stay alive for long if you dedicated your time to the arts without getting paid. But in an ideal world where that wasn’t the case? I would agree with you there.

howrar, to cooking in [QUESTION] What's the most interesting thing you've eaten?

Sky fishing

howrar, to memes in Every Job person now

Ridiculously expensive housing without the salaries to match. But at least I don’t have to worry about going broke if ever someone in the family gets sick I guess.

howrar, (edited ) to science_memes in Sleeping Beauty Trolley Problem

tldr: Always flip the switch

Edited with some of TauZero’s suggested changes.


  • Let N be the size of the population that the villain abducts from
  • Let X be the event that you are abducted
  • Let R be the outcome of the villain’s roll
  • Let C be the event that you have control of the real switch

  • If 1-5 is rolled, then the probability that you are abducted is P(X|R∈{1,2,3,4,5}) = 1/N
  • If 6 is rolled, then P(X|R=6) = (N-1 choose 9)/(N choose 10) = ((N-1)!/(9! * (N-10)!)) / (N!/(10! * (N-10)!)) = 10/N
  • The probability of getting abducted at all is P(X) = P(X|R∈{1,2,3,4,5})P(R∈{1,2,3,4,5}) + P(X|R=6)P(R=6) = (1/N)(5/6) + (10/N)(1/6)
  • The probability that a six was rolled given that you were abducted: P(R=6|X) = P(X|R=6)P(R=6)/P(X) = (10/N)(1/6)/((1/N)(5/6) + (10/N)*(1/6)) = 2/3

So as it turns out, the total population is irrelevant. If you get abducted, the probability that the villain rolled a 6 is 2/3, and the probability of rolling anything else is its complement, so 1/3.


Let’s say you want to maximize your chances of survival. We’ll only consider the scenario where you have control of the tracks.

  • P(C|R∈{1,2,3,4,5}) = 1/10
  • P(C|R=6) = 1
  • P(C) = P(C|R∈{1,2,3,4,5})P(R∈{1,2,3,4,5}) + P(C|R=6)P(R=6) = (1/10)(5/6) + (1)(1/6) = 1/4
  • P(R=6|C) = P(C|R=6)P(R=6)/P(C) = (1)(1/6)/(1/4) = 2/3
  • P(R∈{1,2,3,4,5}|C) = P(C|R∈{1,2,3,4,5})P(R∈{1,2,3,4,5})/P(C) = (1/10)(5/6)/(1/4) = 1/3
  • If you flip the switch, you have a 1/3 chance of dying.
  • If you don’t flip it, you have a 2/3 chance of dying.

If you want to maximize your own probability of survival, you flip the switch.


As for expected number of deaths, assuming you have control of the tracks:

  • If you flip the switch, the expected number of deaths is (1/3)*1+(2/3)*0 = 0.33.
  • If you don’t flip it, the expected number of deaths is (1/3)*0+(2/3)*10=6.67.

So to minimize the expected number of casualties, you still want to flip the switch.


No matter what your goal is, given the information you have, flipping the switch is always the better choice.

howrar, to science_memes in Sleeping Beauty Trolley Problem

There is also a chance that your switch is not connected and someone else has control of the real one. So there is an implicit assumption that everyone else is equally logical as you and equally selfish/altruistic as you, such that whatever logic you use to arrive at a decision, they must have arrived at the same decision.

Ah, yes. I forgot to account for that in my calculations. I’ll maybe rework it when I find time tomorrow.

howrar, to piracy in What VPN do you use and why?

I have torrents that have never completed due to lack of seeds and peers.

That’s what failing means here. You know how you sometimes see a torrent site list a non-zero number of seeders but when you try to download it, you don’t connect to any of them and it shows 0 seeders in your client? That’s what happens when neither you nor the seeders have port forwarding set up.

howrar, to cooking in Do You Need To Wash Rice Before Cooking? Here’s The Science

Ah, okay. When I said “throughout the day”, I actually mean throughout the day. As in making a large pot of rice in the morning and eating from that same pot for breakfast lunch and dinner. One of the main appeals of rice cookers is the ability to do that. It may not be recommended by food safety guidelines, but it’s standard practice in any household that consumes a lot of rice and it’s never been a problem.

howrar, to cooking in Do You Need To Wash Rice Before Cooking? Here’s The Science

What pressure cooker do you use? I just tried today with an Instantpot and the bottom completely solidified after a few hours with the rest of the rice turned into mush. This is with the keep warm setting.

howrar, to piracy in Scientific papers

Please tell me where I can be paid for publishing papers.

howrar, to food in Favorite secrets, tips & tricks in the kitchen?

Another upside to this is that it ensures you stay focused and don’t wander off and forget that you were cooking when there’s downtime. That’s assuming this is a problem you’re prone to.

howrar, to cooking in We're thinking about merging some of the cooking/food communities, want to get your input

Agree with merging. We could use tags in post titles (e.g. [Recipe], [BBQ], [Ask], etc) so we can easily pick out those that interest us, and also allow us to see if a particular subtopic is gaining more popularity.

howrar, to cooking in Do You Need To Wash Rice Before Cooking? Here’s The Science

I don’t understand what you’re trying to say with the yield. The rice didn’t go anywhere. The nutritional value of that pot of rice is the same regardless of how you cook it. Different methods just produce rice that absorb different amounts of water, so the weight is different.

howrar, to cooking in Do You Need To Wash Rice Before Cooking? Here’s The Science

How well does a pressure cooker keep a cooked batch of rice throughout the day?

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