TauZero

I'm coming up with "agent noun"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_noun#Words_related_to_agent_noun

tldw: scientists try to match absorption spectra of 20 molecules to exoplanet transit curve; one of them (DMS) matches to 2σ; scientists publish paper "hint of DMS found!"; university published press release "biosignature found!"; news media report "extraterrestrial life found!"

So basically the xkcd jellybeans situation: https://xkcd.com/882/

(2σ = 95% confidence interval = 1-in-20 false positive)

I'd be afraid for your SSD crapping out. I had CRC errors (not in Factorio) and I ignored them (after fixing the files). When I got a new SSD and copied my filesystem over, I had a bunch more hidden errors in long term files all over the place.

Consider how old your SSD is, how heavy a load it's been under, check the SMART report and self-test.

Using dd to move-resize a partition by writing down the cylinder numbers and moving it piece by piece like some Tower of Hanoi. Wanted to add more space to my root after deleting the Windows partition, which happened to be first. There is apparently no built-in command to do that.

Booted up fingers crossed and everything worked.

one of those will be interpreted as aggressive and the other submissive

No choice then. Odd letters of the alphabet gets capitalized, even letters get downcased. That way you need to learn only one glyph for each still, but nobody will interpret you as BDSM.

Paste this into your browser console to add an authentic moving hologram to your lemmy page!

document.body.style = 'background: url("https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/2facd4d2-172e-4bbe-b761-8dc46151e1eb.png") center fixed;'
document.body.onmousemove = function(e){document.body.style.backgroundPosition = e.clientX/4+"px "+e.clientY/4+"px";}

Capital letters give shape to lines of text on a page that make it easier for the eye to skim. Sure, they don't add any additional information that the period does not already have (and proper names are mostly vanity), but try reading page after page of all lower-case. It will take longer and comprehension will be lower. This is the same reason why some letters extend above and below the line - makes decoding words easier by giving them shape.

You can try it out yourself by saving this bookmarklet and using it to downcase a page! (Create new browser bookmark and paste "javascript:..." as the URL)

javascript:for (e of document.querySelectorAll('*')){for (c of e.childNodes){if (c.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) c.textContent = c.textContent.toLowerCase()}}; void(0)

Come to think of it, the ease-of-read effect does look more pronounced on a full page of text rather than someplace where every post is a single sentence.

Yes! Cancels out, leaving only a very slight edge on door 2. All that work for only... 2.77% edge over picking at random. What a troll problem, huh?

I agree that OP is in the best position to report the crime to the police - they are closest to the police station, they have video evidence, they literally know who the thief is - but it should not be their responsibility! OP has done nothing wrong and there are no measures they could have taken to prevent this crime (other than not shopping online at all). If OP gets a police report, OP is taking up the task of being the victim, and then BestBuy has no legal obligation to refund them at all, other than out of the kindness of their heart. Rather, BestBuy is the victim in this crime, same as if the item was stolen off the shelf at their warehouse and scanner records forged. It is their responsibility to file a police report, if they want the numbers in their system to add up. Only then could they ask OP to kindly provide the video evidence to help them out, and they'd be lucky if OP would give it to them, having no obligation to do so.

Knowing that the ball was gold gives you Bayesian knowledge about the boxes behind the door, since the prior probability of the host pulling a gold ball from a 6-gold door is different than from the 3/3 door. So you have to multiply Monty Hall probabilities and Bayesian probabilities together.

That assumes the host pulled a ball at random, of course, and not a deliberately gold ball.

Yes! It's an olympics game of mental gymnastics where everyone - BestBuy, DoorDash, OP, the police - try to offload responsibility onto someone else. However, a crime WAS committed. Someone is the victim. The victim is the one who was deprived of property/money and will not have access to it until/unless the thief is caught and property recovered. BestBuy thinks OP is the victim, since the item was stolen off (not)their porch. OP thinks BestBuy should be the victim, since OP had no involvement in organizing the delivery. DoorDash could also take up responsibility of being the victim, since it was their (not)employee that stole from them.

If OP goes to the police now, they would be losing the mental gymnastics by accepting the status of the victim. BestBuy would never refund them in this case. It is in OP's best interest to pursue the chargeback first. If OP succeeds in the refund or the chargeback, then BestBuy will have no package and no money, so BestBuy would be the victim. Then it will be BestBuy's responsibility to report the crime.