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[methylatedspirit]

I am starting to suspect we are missing information or the question is in fact phrased incorrectly.

I wouldn't be too surprised if that's the case. After discussing the question with another math teacher, it turns out that the "intended" solution can only be reproduced when you throw the binomial distribution out the window, and use the conditional probability formula. I'm pretty sure it's bullshit, though.

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1 from Group 1 and 2 from Group 2: 1/4 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/64
2 from Group 1 and 1 from Group 2: 1/4 * 1/4 * 1/2 = 1/32
3 from Group 1: 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/16
Sum: 7/64.

I'm also not sure of the importance of why [NAME] would be redacted.  Isn't this a fictitious question?

I was quoting the question verbatim, and I redact names on principle. Sure, I could've made up a name, and it would've been less jarring, but I'm too lazy. What do you mean by 'fictitious', though? The question is about a fictional situation, but it was intended for students studying at a school for gifted students.

[McTraveller]

What do you mean by 'fictitious', though? The question is about a fictional situation, but it was intended for students studying at a school for gifted students.

I just meant I wasn't sure why a name would need to be redacted in a made-up problem.  Even if the original problem had a real person's name in it, I mean say it was Helen, how would that even matter?  It just seemed odd that the name was redacted.  I'm wondering if perhaps there was more information about the students, so that the name may have mattered if we had a history of the grades associated with the student to use in the conditional probability?

[itisnotlogical]

What's some of the best Arthurian fiction that is still reasonably close to the original mythology? I've tried to read L'Morte d'Arthur a ton of times and just can't get past the old English it was written in.

[scriver]

Surely there has to be an update-translated version that's in fresh English somewhere.

[Arx]

TH White's The Once and Future King is pretty good, from what I remember. However, The Book of Merlin which is usually published separately is an incredibly thinly veiled political tirade about fascism, so you can skip that one.

[TD1]

What's some of the best Arthurian fiction that is still reasonably close to the original mythology? I've tried to read L'Morte d'Arthur a ton of times and just can't get past the old English it was written in.

J. R. R. Tolkien's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Also contains Sir Orfeo and Pearl!

[Yoink]

Is it bad that I stopped taking my medication a while back?

I was visiting family and being even lazier than usual and found myself forgetting to take them more and more frequently, until it got to the point that, since I hadn't taken them in several days without seeing any sign of the godawful side-effects that supposedly happen if one suddenly stops taking them, I just wouldn't bother.
Not like I'd been noticing much/anything in the way of benefits, in any case. Then again, I was never on a very high dosage.


Not sure if I should just continue on not giving a fuck, or go see my GP about it (come to think of it, I was supposed to go show him a letter about that broken collarbone of mine anyway), or maybe just... I dunno.

Asking 'cause I need to go to the pharmacy later anyway, which reminded me that they were on my case a while back for the prescription I had waiting to be refilled.



Edit: oh yeah, it's an SSRI, if that makes any difference in your answers.
Escitalopram.

[Parsely]

Is it bad that I stopped taking my medication a while back?

As long as it's not hurting anyone else and you're aware of the consequences and prepared to deal with that then I don't see how it could be a bad thing. If you're asking because you're not sure what will happen, then this is a question for your doctor.

[Kagus]

I was visiting family and being even lazier than usual and found myself forgetting to take them more and more frequently, until it got to the point that, since I hadn't taken them in several days without seeing any sign of the godawful side-effects that supposedly happen if one suddenly stops taking them, I just wouldn't bother.

SSRIs tend to be fairly long-lasting, so it takes a while to "load" the system, but then it also takes multiple days before they're completely out of your body.

I don't notice much effect from mine, either. If I self-evaluate, I can definitely say that I don't feel much of any difference in mood or general energy/ability.


But you know how I can feel that? Because I'm not spending half of my time in a funk so deep that I can't even piece two thoughts together. I used to have 2-3 black days every week, now I can go over a month between dips and it's very rare that they're as powerful as they were back before.

Proper evaluation of antidepressant effectiveness isn't based on how you feel, it's based on being able to point to your track record and say "This is when I started taking it, and a month later the incidence rate of depressive episodes started going down". Which is admittedly a lot of record-keeping for someone who needs antidepressants.


But yeah, what Parsely said. If you're uncertain, talk with the doc.

[Wizard of Manaia]

I eat mushrooms. Seems to work for me.

[Kagus]

I eat mushrooms. Seems to work for me.

As medically recommended by 9/10 vivid hallucinations!

[dragdeler]

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[Yoink]

Thanks for the answers, guys!
@Kagus: I'm pretty sure the only real benefit to them I noticed was, earlier on in the piece (but not so early on that they wouldn't have started taking effect) there was the odd moment where I'd pause to think, "hang on, this is a super stressful situation where I would normally be reduced to a gibbering and/or monosyllabic wreck by anxiety, and yet I'm actually holding it together! How nice," whereas my bouts of depression seemed to grow proportionally to the drop in anxiety.
Of course, as you say, keeping an accurate record of feelbads is hard work. I did try to keep a general journal for a while, which I'm sure would have helped to gain a vague idea of my mental state if I'd started it up again, but it wasn't exactly scientific.
All those weird apps for tracking mental health seem hella daunting, too, especially since they all seem to want one to dive straight into the whole meditation side of things. Yecch.


I think the main thing I was asking wasn't so much "are withdrawal symptoms gonna fuck me over entirely" since I seem to have somehow skipped those anyway (although according to my googling tonight they can take a long time depending on the person), but more... should I feel like I've let myself down by giving up on this particular avenue of potential self-improvement, even if it didn't seem to be doing a great deal?

I mean sure, a better idea would probably be to discuss trying different medications, but it takes me a lot of effort to work up the nerve to seek out any doctor interactions, let alone if the plan is to say "hey your shit ain't working for me doc, gimme something better".
How confrontational!

I really oughtta at least get back on track with my less-daunting psychologist appointments, since it's always nice to at least talk at someone even if I usually kick myself afterwards for forgetting all the important stuff, but I can't afford to pay their "missing an appointment without giving notice" fee, which I still owe from last time. Whoops, haha.

Also I gotta head to the city and buy new books for use as diaries/journals. OCD decrees that buying a different, easier-to-find book would be entirely unacceptable.

I eat mushrooms. Seems to work for me.

But wouldn't that involve having to go outside to find 'em?! Bugger that for a joke.    
Seriously though I can be pretty fun guy when the fancy takes me.

[Arx]

All those weird apps for tracking mental health seem hella daunting, too, especially since they all seem to want one to dive straight into the whole meditation side of things. Yecch.

Hahaa, time to shill! I've been using Daylio for like a year and it's super simple, super intuitive, and does everything you need to track your mood. You put it into one of five broad categories with optional customisable subcategories, and you can also record activities and a short note with it, if you want to. But you can always just enter a broad category and hit save, which I really like.

The interface is very clean and usable, and it doesn't try to do anything other than record how you're feeling. You can configure it to give you a notification up to twice a day in the free version, at times of your choosing, to make an entry, and AFAIK there are almost no limitations other than the number of reminders on the free version. That said, I liked it so much I paid for it within a day or two of buying it, so I might have forgotten.

[Yoink]

Hey science people! Or people who were present and attentive during high school science class, at least.

I know joules apparently don't measure pressure (even though I could have sworn they did, but again, science class was a long time ago and I avoided it where possible), but would I avoid looking like an ass if I said "...a few joules' worth of pressure?"
Trotting out these 'pascals' or whatever tf they're called would make for clunky wording and entirely destroy the joke I'm trying to make.
If that's no good I could always go with "kinetic force" or something, I guess, even though it still doesn't roll off the tongue as nicely as the original.



@Arx: well, I'll give it a shot! Thanks.