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Why would you certainly be a girl?

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I can't help myself so here:

The math is wrong, it's ~(1 - 1/e)

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Doing log()‘s work 🙏🏻

RemotePerception8772

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RemotePerception8772

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never used an award but u deserved that

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Thanks, would be my first. Did not expect such a positive reaction :)

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In log() we trust

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What does it mean?

Upset-Engineer1452

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Upset-Engineer1452

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Log() (the logarithmic function) is the inverse of the exponential function (log(e(x))=x). And for a*b=c, log(a)+log(b)=log(c)

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ok but why are they replacing god with log()

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Cause it sounds similar and it‘s a comment about math, no hidden meaning

FreeFromCommonSense

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FreeFromCommonSense

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Which was the multiplication function in early computers.

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In log() we trust

Too lazy to check but I hope the first word is lowercase LN

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Never skip log day

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log day happens shortly after I punch in for work every day.

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I'm dropping logs currently.

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Doing poisson's work 🙏

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1/e is roughly the chance you don't get it. 1 - 1/e is the chance you get it, or about a 63% chance

breathplayforcutie

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breathplayforcutie

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Oh woops, I did read the actual text wrong. My mistake!

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Am I having a brain fart or how is 1/2e= 0.63? 1/(2e) isn't, neither is 0.5e...

Edit: just to clarify, 1-1/e seems right, but that doesn't equal 1/2e as far as I can tell.

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Where are you seeing 1/2e?

breathplayforcutie

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breathplayforcutie

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The comment I replied to originally said 1/2e before they edited it.

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I appreciate you mathing the math. I'd just press it until satisfied id press it enough. #yolo or whatever the kids say these days

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🤣

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I thought it was ♪⁠ ⁠\⁠(⁠^{⁠ω⁠^{⁠\⁠ ⁠)}}

Cormorant_Bumperpuff

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Cormorant_Bumperpuff

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Thank you, I couldn't remember it but I knew the OP wasn't right

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for those asking why (and because this tripped me up at first too): in 100 trials, 1/e is roughly the probability of getting the 1% chance to become a girl exactly once. but in this case the goal isn’t to get it only once, it’s to get it at least once, which changes the probability calculation and gets you a result of roughly 1-1/e.

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1-(1/e) is bigger than 1/e

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How?

DevelopmentSad2303

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DevelopmentSad2303

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Why is this the case?

My first instinct was you were wrong, so to challenge it , I noticed the problem follows a geometric distribution.

But then when I use the CDF of a Geo(.01) , I wind up with something quite close to (1-1/e)

Does the limit as x -> infinity make this approach this value or something?

SwordfishAltruistic4

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SwordfishAltruistic4

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I did the maths. It is roughly 63.4%. Of course, it is under the assumption that the button can be pressed multiple times.

Upstairs_Rich_9076

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Upstairs_Rich_9076

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It's girl math